St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-06-26


No. of Lodges, 5,045
No. Initiated. 59.250
No. admitted by card, 1893:
No. reiDstated. 4,SS4
No. withdrawn by card, 12,13O
No. suspended or dropped, 22. 100
No. expelled, LIZA
No. deceased. 1899
No. of members in good standing ,097
No. of brothers relieved, 42,2s2
No. Of widowed families relieved, 6,2;2
Amount paid for the relief of
brothers, 1927 ,l2S, O6
Amount paid for the relief of
widowed families, Sl63,207,9 81
A survey of human society will fur
nish abundant evidences of-the power
of associated effort. Man isolated from
his fellows is Il poor, weak creature, IN
capable of great results. This Is more
universally than most ot lis are at all
times willing to concede it is so graft
flying to our self esteem to consider our
selves as individually the architects
of our own success. We often hear of
''sef made" men. But are they really
so Take for example. the man who
has risen in honorable and toilSome
business from poverty to wealth he
must have ministered in some manner
to the necessity or some wants of 9th
erS, and in return received that maten-
al aid and assistance from them with
out which he could not have reached
the position which he enjoys. Take
another instance Does history furnish
the name of Il military chiettain whose
Wreath of Glory was won by himself
alone ? How much of the success of
the most distinguished of these was due
to the corlnSelS and sagacity of his sub
alterns, and to the courage and devot-
edneSs of the hosts of unnumbcrcd and
ungloried braves. who at his bidding
fearleS>lv barred their unfolding breasts
to the storm of battle. Or regard him
who has achieved eminencc on account
of his intellectual requirements. Can
he say Il owe my position to no man
save myself; | have Snatched from
| Destiny the lawrel that rests upon my
brow" No, for intellectual ticld>ahoVc
all others. the culture attained Is due
to Il thousand unseen hands. and the
vigor has been nouriShed 10y the waters
of thousand hidden rill>. The great
ness of Fame'> prnudest son is debtor To
the misty past. To parental influence in
his e:rlicr years. to his every day con
tact with his fellow beings since all
of which. indirectly and 10y forces OF
which he is himself inScnSihlc have aid
ed him to climb the steep activity where
PallaS dwelS. He is indebted to his
associations and converse with the
mighty minds of the dim centuries long
gone by. whose voices caught mp 10y
their successors from age to age have
been borne along to live with incrc;i>-
ing volume Ill the present he owes
much to the w;tchtul care of those who
in his plastic wears of boy hood gave
purpose to his mind he has without
percciving it. been aided 10y daily in
tercourSe with minds inferior To his own.
The sources may battle discovery. but
they exist. Exist in those dissertations
upon which all men are dependent and
without which main atrainS nothing.
learns nothing and is nothing.
No stronger proof of the power of rs
sociation exists than i'll the organization
and work of odd Fellowship. Not alone
is this demonstrated in the relief t" the
physical wants of the brethren when
stricken down 10y disease and dire ac-
cident. though III tli, part of the work
ing of Odd Fellowship. volumes might
he truthfully written of brethren re-
licved 10y the broad hand of fratcrnal
charity. who. but for that power. would
have persisted without the help. 81
necdful in the hour of sore distress
How many hearts now throbhing will
health would have ceased to beat how
many eyes now sparkling with Il con
tinued living thauktulncSs, would hav,
been dimmed in death. but for the
prompt assistance afforded by willing
brethren where none else would have
heard OF needed the vail of sorrow
When broad lands and broader sea,
have separated the wandcrer from hi,
home. he who. else would have dicd
beneath an alien sky. Il stranger in {;
strange land, ''unwept. unhonorcd. and
unsung. has found Il country. Il home
and loving friends: his last moment,
cOmforted and checred. his faith in tn,
bounty of God. his trust in the brother
hood of man strengthened 10y the power
of the mystic tie, had he not belonged
to one of the departments IF the Re.
public of Humanity.
But beyond such manifestations %
the benign influence of Odd Fellowship
and to those who have never been :,
situated as to require the exercise to
wards them OF this branch OF tratcrna
duty. there is much. very much to chcel
and gladden. the heart. The Divine in
SEPARATION infused into mans nature 10y
inetfable Friendship. extends its foliage
of Love over all the earth and impart.
Il charity. peculiarly its own. to every
soul that rightly seeks its solemn an,
rl r. ,.t,li.,
from experience, are adapted to all mel
and the present times. Their stud,
opens up to the mind broad fields o
thought. over which the eniightcnc,
Odd Fellow may travel with ever in
creasing profit and delight, and alon:
whose sacred paths the foot of the self
ish man can tread. The works of Ar
and the wonders of Nature combine t,
enrich the temple dedicated to Friend
ship, Love and Truth, making it IL thric,
welcome retreat from the strifes ant
contentious of the outer world. whcT,
the wearied traveller along the rugged
pathway of life may rest and refrcSl
: himself within the tent. with ever re
newed pleasure, and invigorate himscl
from its trimming fountains of Low,
and Truth.
He who has studied but the mer,
formal ritual of Odd Fellowship, ha
but limited and imperfect sense of it
beauties. its teachings. and of its capa
bilities for the improvement of til,
, hearts and minds of men. Learn. then
my brother, that Odd Fellowship in
) vites You to study. Listen. like il pa
tient disciple of the Patriarchs, to it
} lightest word. Rehearse its COLDER
tenets until they incorporate themSelve
with lives. Remember all and remcm
bering keep its precepts and commands