The bee., 1877-09-06

Lodge thought to give him masonic
 burial, at the close of the religious seryI. ces, If such should be the wish of the family. A brother called on tho family, and understood that 1t would be pleasing to them, and full preparations were made to perform the masonic ritual. The re. port Is that, at this juncture, the EpIsco. pal minister, who was to read the burial service of his church at the grave, al- though the deceased was . member of the First Congregational Church, learn. Ing of the masonic arrangement, refused to read his burial service, if the mssons read theirs, saying that burial conduct. cd In the masonic manner ssould nOs 6s c Ohrstian 6uiali l do not know that this report is true, and hope, for the hon. orof humanity ,and common decency, that 1t Is not At any rate. the masonic chsp- lain received note from the family sug. gesting that the masons receive the corpse at the house, bear 1t to the grave, cast their evergreens into the grave and accompany the family back to the house, but that the ritual be omitted. But as the masons could no more omit their Tit. ual (which will compare favorably with the EpiscopaD than the parson could omit the prayer in his, 1t was impossible, by their rules, to comply with this re- quest; and so they simply attended the funeral as friends and neighbors. No blame is attached to the family; they had to decide between the two rituals, while there was nothing improper in us- ing both, and both, no doubt, would have been used, except for the interfer. ence of the priest. Some of the masons are asking whether we have Pope to dictate to us in Protestant Woodbury.
 The annual Fair takes place next week, and promises to be grand affair.
 Ut is believed that Charley likes the little girl down street perhaps loves her. At least, he seems to have about half as much trouble as married man. For further particulars, inquire of William, the unrivalled.
 What has become of that vote which was taken some time ago, to build good tar sidewalks?
 --Only a, few lamps are lighted on the streets these dark nights. We will take note of all those who have their lamps lighted in some future letter.
 The large tree which was destroyed by the wind several weeks ago, in the door-yard of ,Mr. Truman Orten's resi- dence, is being cut up into kindling wood.
 MT. Henry Wheeler is very i'll of lung fever at the Woodbury Hotel. He has been for number of years connected with this hotel
 MT. Henry c. Smith, of Hotchkiss- vile, will receive subscriptions for THE BEE. Price, only $l per year. Leave your name at the store of Allen 6 Nor ris with him.
 Mrs. Ella M. Betts, wife of MT. Ed ward Betts, and daughter of James and Maria A. Roberts, died Thursday, at noon, of consumption, aged 24 years. She left two small, interesting children. She was buried Saturday afternoon, and i her funeral was largely attended by her | friends, many of whom came from dis tance.
 Our friend Enos Benham, the mer- chant tailor. left town Monday morning for New York, and will return with fine assortment of goods.
 We heard that at the funeral of Col. Smith, last week, there came near being a serious accident. There was such a crowd In the house that the floor in one of the rooms began to give way, but by the prompt action of gentlemen present the catastrophe was prevented.
 Your poor, unfortunate correspon. dent, lowing to circumstances beyond his control" still remains NAAELEsa.
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