The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-06


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DISTRICT DEPUTIES.
No. 3. ]. M. Isham.. .Winooski.
Sc 4. W. II. Bebee, -. East Dorset.
6 5. ]. w. Knight. Brattleboro.
g 8. D. p. Celley....St. Johnsbury.
Z. J. s. Graves. .......... Rutland.
.. II. 5. Putnam. .Middlebury.
Is 10. F. H. Bascom,. Montpelier.
An amendment was adopted fixing the time
of the meeting of the grand encampment
on the day preceding the meeting of the
grand lodge.
The office of grand instructor was abol-
ished.
After some miscellaneous worklthe grand
encampment was closed, to meet at Rut-
land on the first Tuesday in February next
Grand Lodge.
The Grand Lodge of the Independent
Order of Oddfellows assembled at the hall
of Mortified Lodge, No. 10, on Wednes-
day, February Sd, at o'clock a. IN.
Officers present.. G. Stiles, grand
master II. r. Dyer, as deputy grand mas
ter; N. c. Hyde, as grand warden John
Retting, grand treasurer John N. Gale,
grand secretary J. r. Burton, grand mar
shall Charles Woodhouse, Crane chaplain !;
]. l.. Abbott, grand conductor A. N.
Pearsons, grand guardian j. A. Parker,
grand herald.
The session was opened with prayer by
Charles Woodhouse, grand chaplain.
The grand master appointed the follow
ing standing committees;
ON CREDENTIALS.
S. G. Putnam, J. W. Knight, A. T.
Bean
ON FINANCE.
Samnel Bigwood, Harvey Dodge, Will
bur Davis.
ON sUBoRDINATEs.
NJ. r. Tyler. James Bullock, &. L. Shaw.
ON GRIEVANCES.
II. X. Dyer, Charles Woodhouse, j. G..
Burton.
on MILEAGE AND PER DIEM.
]. A. Parker, j. w. Simonds, A. L.
Bowen.
ON JUDICIARY.
J. NJ. Isham, N. E. White, L. B. Ad-
PRINTING AND SUPPLIES.
Henry Clark, p d. Bradford, Charles
WoOdhouse.
GRAND MASTERS ADDRESS.
l.. G. Stiles presented an address giving
a general survey of Oddfellowship in Yer
mont, of which the following is an alb
stract
AS we cast our eye over this assembly we
behold the vacant seats and miss the famil-
lar forms and faces OF many of our belov-
ed brethren who have held high and re-
sponsible positions in this worthy body, and
were good, true oddfellows, with warm
hearts and their hands open to a brother in
distress, but who have now passed beyond
the swelling floods before us and have OBJ
tanned seats in that Grand Lodge on high
where the bonds of universal brotherhood
are recognized, discords and contentious
are known no more. whilst we that have
been spared are now assembled TO carry
out and perfect those principles which our
departed brethren were ever jealous h
maintaining.
1t was the intention of the grand master
to have visited all the lodges, but the want
of time and the location of many of them
prevented his doing SO, but he had visited
majority OF them. The lodges visited
were, Montpelier, No. 2 Mortified, No.
10; Green Mountain, Burlington, No.
Lake Dunmore Lodge, Middlebury Netis
Locge No. %, Poultncy Killington Lodge
No. 30, Rutland Phoenix No. 90, East
Dorset Stark Lodge No. 10, Bennington
Factory Point Lodge No. 35; Wantasti-
quet Lodge No. 8.
Assisted by the grand treasurer, John
Retting and grand secretary, J. N. Gale,
the grand master dedicated the new lodge
room of Caledonia Lodge No. 6, at St.
Johnsbury. He had also visited Oriental
Lodge No. SO, Derby Line, and installed its
officers and exemplfied the work. This
Lodge was instituted August 4, 1874, with
12 members, and now numbers 81. This
Lodge is in good working condition and
bids fair to become prosperous lodge.
The grand master returned his acknow-
Judgements for the kindness and hospitality
extended to him during his official visitation
among the lodges. These visits will ever
remain as green spots in the memory of the
past. now surrender to you the high
trust which you have seen fit to confide to
my keeping, fully approaching the high
honor you have conferred on me. trust
you will overlook all errors that may have
been committed IN the discharge of the du-
ties of my office.
GRAND SECRETARY REPORT.
The Grand Secretary reported the re-
ceipts were 445.43. paid postage and ex-
press. 954, printing $50 copies of Grand
Lodge proceedings, $500.
The following are the statistics, of the
order in the State:
Contributing membership 1887; initia
tons, 200; admitted by card IL; re-instated
8, withdrawn by card 23; rejected SO; sus-
nended 40; expelled 2; deaths Z; degrees
conferred 543; Past Grands 1866; scarlet
members $3.50; total receipts $5657 80;
amount due Grand Lodge S5s5,78 l Il
Amount paid tor relief of brethren 1856 o.
Paid tor relief of widowed families 60.00
Paid for funeral benefits 474
Total amount of relief A" s760