The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-05
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cd from the humblest of the men in line
10 The highest of the officers in command -
THE PROCESSION
started from Washington square and accord.
ingly That was made the objective point of
thousands eager to see the head of the col.
umn move. Both in the Square and along
the line the citizens who assembled TO wit.
ness the pageant seemed to have caught the
admirable spirit of order and self-command
which peryaded the ranks of the assembled
thousands of masons in the line of The pro-
cession.
Inc utmost good feeling prevailed and
every one seemed as much pleased as deem.
ly impressed with the scene. nIa,forn,
gaily decorated with flags had been erected
In the centre of Washington Square and
from this the Grand Lodge was to view tho
procession.
Standing Oh this platform the view up
Fifth avenue as far as 23d street was very
imposing. In the centre of the magnificent
avenue the procession was arranged in all
the glory of prancing steeds, cleaning
swords, helmets flashing in the sun, ban
ners floating to the breeze-a scene COM
bining much of the pomp and panoply of
war with the civic order and smiling beauty
of peace.
AT 922 o'clock precisely the head of the
column began to move. 1t consisted of a pla-
toon of mounted police.
The body of police were splenddly
mounted and presented very fine appear
ance. The procession at the outset stopped
occasionally to allow of the necessary mar
shalling of the bodies of men in the streets
AUDITING on Fifth avenue. The interrup.
ton was, however, very slight, and by the
time the head of the column had got half
way down Fifth avenue the various diyis-
ions filed into line with precision and prom.
titude
The twenty-six divisions followed in reg
ular order, the whole line comprising to-
tai OF II, 4O2 men, over 10000 of whom
were on foot Some idea of the length of
the line may be formed from the fact that
when the head of the column marching up
Broadway had reached as far as Washing.
ton place, and the line was continuous and
down Broadway, along Canal
street and up South Fifth avenue, the line
of those marching downward extended I'D
Fifth avenue as far as the eye could reach.
TIE DEDICATION
The ceremonies Of dedication, which
took place in the presence of the grand
lodge of New York, invited guests and
of admission; were of the most solemn and
impressive character. The grand marshal
proclaimed "Silence. silence silence !"
when the grand chaplain offered prayer,
which was followed by an anthem, "Glory
be to God on high" rendered by band and
choir; vocal music, "Te Deum" address
by Elwood E. Thorne, grand master. Then
the usual Masonic ritual in the
dedication of halls, which were most adj
mirably performed by all taking part there
in. An elaborate and interesting Grafton,
dealing largely in historic narration, was
delivered by Past Grand Master John L.
Lewis, and the services were soon after
brought TO an end.
THE BANQUET.
The grand banquet took place in the
evening at Irving hall, which was hand
somely decorated for the festive occa-
sion. On the wall, at the back
of the grand masters table, was
arranged an enormous shield of bunting,
in the national colors, in which appeared
Leutze's great picture of Washington clos
ing his lodge. From the picture radiated
half-draped American flags, and above it
blazed in miniature gas-jets the symbolic
letter &C." At the opposite end of the
hall was the banner of the grand lodge,
with American flags draped across the
front of the gallery to each side. On two
sides the gallery front presented triple
parallel of red, white and blue, studded
with golden stars. To the right and left
of the central adornment at the grand mas
ter's back were trophies of flags, having as
center-pece knight templars' arms and
symbols. Upon an elevated table behind
the grand master were the floral decora-
tons from the grand lodge room; also
another, semi-confectional in composition,
the main feature of which was a reproduc-
ton of Leutze's picture.
After the banquet proper, the regular
toasts were read and responses made by
John w. Simons, p G. NJ. Jesse B. An
thony, S. G. w. Hon. Richard Vaux, p.
G. NJ, of Pennsylvania Hon. James w.
Hustled, d. G. NJ. Ex-Governor John 7.
Hoffman, Rev. John B. Murray, Serene
d. Nickerson, p. G. NJ, of Massachusetts,,
and Whitelaw Ried, editor of the Tribune.
Mr.. Hustled responded for Governor Til
den, member of the fraternity, who was
called away The speeches of the evening
were made by Gov. Hoffman and White
law Ried, neither of whom were masons.
The banquet closed the exercises of the &C.
casion.
The grand lodge of Vermont was repre-
sented by Hon. Leverett b. Englesby OF
Burlington; Park Davis, esq, of st. Al
bans, past grand master Edmund Z.
Houghton of Bennington, deputy grand
master Henry II. Smith of Rutland,
junior grand warden; Charles W. Wood
house of Burlington, grand treasurer
Henry Clark of Rutland, grand secretary.
Grand Master n. p. Bowman was de-
tanned at home because of his duties as one
of the judges of the Caledonia county
court.
We have endeavored to give only an ont
line sketch of the proceedings, AS the full
ceremonies, even in an Abbreviated form,
would occupy ten columns of THE GLOBE.