, 1881-10-26
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Twenty.fiftn Annual conclaye Of
the Grand Commandery.
At Eloquent Address hy lepuly Grand Commander
or The Enllel Slate.. sltCurdy.
Election of Officers for the En-
suing Year.

01 Hs!abla ha+et1bleti ut tho!r twDnt y-lIth m.
NUM- cotclnso In lilo asylum, Of Apoo Cou-
tiai1dcry NJ. ], III Mnnrna atreet, tt 10 o'clack
yesterday morning. Grand Commander Smith III
tlie Enst. Among tho 'otnbles preasut wcro tho
Very EMInent Hugh Mctiurtiy, u. &. T.. Ut tho
Unitud States; Tiousinro II. rarsn, n. IT, of tho
U. T. nj tile United flutes; and Sir II. T.. c. +.
y. G.Collins. u. Z. Uf Michigan, who were received
wilt, tho usual haiors u.,i eourtestus.
Very Eminent Sir MuCurLy, when Introduced,
spoke III fouws
Ninlr Eat*Esr srns: When Minerva, tho
99ra.ory, wntiIl eiyu pleasure % her well.lovcd
tiertur trp:u tho guIen rcaltns Of tho gods. ns Il
Stsss,is 70 hts creatures snd t1 no'r nto Their
Mo,s % i'',lncat 0 orsSna lid &sstsr' sss whom @ '''f
e. 6s = tns r..reset.t Wy tol.y bring frs'.n tho
tet.trs. l.nd nratnry: and with tfun prnmuthean
sk!'t and 'icvnton 70 tho good Ut hutnan Kind
itnpulses Eos the slHItlno md hcnrttfni md iii
m Kr;fGt @ which III our order at'orn aud en-
In ,no presence Of these impulses unt1 cnno-
bllny thonyuts inv quickly tho c4rcs tit !ufest
o.lr nssy lie tod their tents and. ltke tho Arahs
Gttler sho 6cnIgn lsltiuctlrr u wccutne tell.
derti with stict, togae'ics mud Krnce oslc tus-
Ess fas W l M Il ny wn p'ssssFs r.
= trAies among fr"icrs-o1lco ol conlnlou house-
ora,ory lnsu no,,s: t ae such us ayc .iyc y
unto thet. eHlinot hunu to VIE with you III
9sa Il Iio isrvs ot ana .o ~
cbnructer oI that fric,iiy rrestit,.. aid t5nse
words nt co'iErAtusatton hi,d good .Ecrr which.
t,ay l,rInr to ynu-a irGoti11y irtwhtr, viii i,
nf,1 viii a,td ,,irt", ri IL I'm .ori,i'S T,ot. ~
r ct,;ni,,rn Ire f,rotherbn.:d >N' 'S@' "
Thus coming, oh behnlf Of thu Most Eminent
Grand Mostcr, In w'1ose t1au'e spcuH. and to
WHOSE SDEt.E QUALITIES
of head aud heart must consider this wo:con,c
kn'ntt;v rrtt M yt,,I 20 rr,a,Ig tao 70
nc, a1,,{ acccnt tfo so an lcnMir Of ii,a. t;ranI
Encanpnsen. AMI Of iIo i nItod ssatc., Of .saei It'll
,,'rt ,uIno ''oos 'o'as "no "a ootose"
;ro l,r ussgnrd tho duty of making ,h,, 0rat,d
tnrnts.his ~ :;ts fr,,"sa ~ tnn ,rnss n,,a
ero,yn frarrs nutG for tf,cir t.,i,tr5. mi rnr,,
intellectual ntsAinfncns--to hr Unsigned 10 sucf,
Il ruty. willie II ~ MI honur thAl fur trnnscents
ny nsr!t. yct II y ntc Which iult apprcclutc,
@ aa 2, e., wh.h n, nm 3aistty nrYai: And nssurt
you tosother %'tn is esery nce en nciaang n ~
M ~ tao llnes. oL tn9 wlsie. the er1wnin9 gnry ut
your wGcpmc' VIZ EYER :,si, b. esteemed 1y mn
laid AWAY ln tne archives ot my met1ory as tho
na '0as ehe4'snea souvenir Of my 1esnpsar osparI-
e"tsi si.o come with congratulations to tho ct,.
Mississippi Vnl!sy: unon tts yAst tlatural re-
sS s s @ ysfS hs 9SsS It s6S 35a IS
ps'ssf FL By ss # %ssts 9ra te es aS re-
isi, nef SOL Fasnd!nR Ia !erti!sty He SOL o. tho
aa r. enu a., 3asI yeyS' asr oaI nonuisss
,tosr1 sennoa SYSTEM, ssG!nu ~ n9nG N tho
ttlioi. Iney nf0 esfecilllt nrou!i ol TINS great
t1, sy, touMy .no nesroput's 81 tao MGst @ua des-
IT. w,s THE ryt.,:r, x.r III, >sr
of Aur,,st,,4 ftnanr tbat h.. fM,uI I,n,n ,ttv ,f