The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-10
MASONIC COLUMN.
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Jesse b. Anthony and George Babcock
are members Of the honorary grade Of 80 :
of Masonry.
Rev. NJ Il. Peck, formerly of Brook
field, Orange county, who was refused a Ii
cense to preach Oh account OF his being
Mason. few months since wrote to the
New York Mdependea that he was asked
which he should give w, if he were obliged
to give up the church or the lodge. He
replied that though he had no doubt as to
the relative worth of Christianity and Ma
sonry, his conduct in any supposable case
would depend somewhat on tie circum-
stances. Rather than give UP his right Of
judgment in the matter, he would change
his plan of life.
AT the recent ohsequcs of the late DR..
Duncan Mclean Thaxter, simple funeral
rites were conducted 10y the Rev. George
\. Thayer, pastor Of the Unitarian church,
South Boston, who made a brief address
upon the life and character OF the deceased
After this service the beautiful Masonic
ritualstic burial service was conducted by
the officers of Il Omar c0mmandery, OF
which the deceased was past eminent com
mander. Some fifty or sixty members Of
the commandcry were present in full re
gala.
\ new and beautifully finished cabinet
organ of Estey x Co., of Brattleboro,
make, has recently been put up i'll the Ma
sonic Hall at Pattsburgh, n. Y.
Hon Thos Waterman, of johnson, now
in his ninety -fifth year, is undoubtedly The
oldest Free Mason in the state.
In the British Parliament there are 1873
Free Musons -iifly-siX in the House of
Lords and seventy-fve in the Commons.
| Fifteen OF the Free Masons in the lower
house are noblemen The Prince of Wales
heads the list, and the Bishop OF Peter
borough is in it. Neither Mr.. Gladstone
nor NJ. Disrdeli Is II Mason.
The late Col Levi Boutwell, was widely
and lavorably known as a Mason He had
hon oraby filled nearly every position of
honor and trust in both Lodge and Chapter
| during his residence in Montpelier, and the
sad intelligence of his death filled the
hearts of his brethren with the deepest sor-
row. y special meeting of Aurora Lodge
was called at which almost every member
was present, when it was decided TO attend
his funeral in body, and about seventy
five members joined in the last sad rites.
Suitable resolutions in regard to the de-
parted brother were also adopted by the
lodge.
Freemasonry is in high vogue in Eng
land At recent quarterly meeting of the
Grand Lodge in London the Grand Master,
persons of high degree present and as
sisting were Lord Balfour, the Earl of
Shrewsbury, Lord Tenderden, Sir j. War
rem Hayes, and some five hundred other
noblemen and gentlemen. The very great
and noble Grand Master said Iii was indeed
proud thing to he called 10 stand at the
head of a'body of men who. while in the
midst of such great prosperity, and with
ever increasing numbers, We're able to
boast that during the past twelve months
not a single cloud had for one moment
overshadowcd the perfect briliancy of
Masonic harmony. That was a thing of
which Freemasons might be justly proud
because it showed that they had been acting
in the best spirit of the ancient craft. Let
them remember that the strength of the
order did not lie in the number of its
lodges, nor in the increasing roll of its
members, but in the spirit by which those
members were animated, and which lived
and breathed in those lodges.
MASONIC ELECTIONS
At the annual communication Of Web
ster Lodge No. 81, Winooski, held IN
Thursday evening, the following officers