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 st John the Baptist, the foreman of
 Christ whose conception and birth
 was attended by wonderful ciruum-
 stances, and who in after years was thrown into prison and finally exc.
 cuted for no other reason than being
 faithful to his trust, was Q great pat
 ron of Masonry, The 24th of June
 being dedicated to him, consequently,
 Masonic festivals are generally held all
 over the world on that day, in honor
 of their disastrous patron Early on last Wednesday morning, tho Masonic
 fraternity in Globe could be seen husi.
 ly engaged making preparations for 9
 departure to Final mountain for q grand celebration in tho shape ofa
 picnic, About.S o'clock a. m. vehia
 cleS of every description, containing
 Masous and tlicir families, departed tor the scene cF festivities, at which
 place they arrived about 10 o'clock.
 The lofty oaks and pines shedding the
 rays of the noon day sun, thc exhiler-
 ating mountain breeze and tho ciyG-
 tai stream of pure water, made tt one
 of the most desirable as we'll as pie
 tugesque spots which could have been selected.
 Everything was at once prepared to the queen $ tasta for comfort and eu- joyment. Ico cola lemonade (not cir. GUS lemonade eithor) was immediately prepared and greatly relished, after our long up hin ride, but your cdrrts- poadent, being very dry and not used to such mild drinks, took his with stick" ir it.
 Swng5 were at once put ia lhotitn, games O. various kinds were indulgc1 1 in and the singing was really excel, 1 lent About l2 o'clock the welcome sound of dinner was heard echoing from mountain tn mouutain, and tiso 1 promptness with which the c9u ,eas answered woult have led you to be- lioya that thay tare nearly faratshad, | or that they bet red to tb5 minute corps Thsy 4 al sooE seated and went to work v %i!l tuowR only 1 e., +},. I.. s, -ry.v ..s. .l,sYl..s I,stl- 7 2 ham, tongue, cent l-at, bfcal, fresh { butter, toiled q .a pies and eaSas Of every description ,f3aFpoarad wita . presto change w4eh togetEer wiEh the tea, cosee, lcrat Jade. clarat, cdau- pague, alc, beer apI porter which the walters were evar ready toscrVe, made | them soon feel the woight-not of years but an overloaded digestive or san. In fact we all felt as carpulsnt as the senior editor Of the BELT. Af 1 ter little rest the ice,cream, which vas equal Co the othcr delicacieg both .n quality aud quantity, was served and to which every one did ample iuS. ice. Egg nog then took precedence, { It was ezcclser,t, although mace Hith. ,at eggs. The recipe cannot be giyea 1 To your readers as Jack Eaton and 1 discovered the process and he patent is applied for, and should 1 IoUr correspondent give 1t away he night be indicted for infringement. { The whole affair was a completo sue, cess and 8 credit to tho fraternity l Nc Accomplishments, no diseords Go mar inc pleasure of a single particl- pant, Mrs, Benis the lady photo Tapher was present and secured seg- ,ral views of the t3vellers.
 Among those present were Mes lanes Van Waruan, w. II. Cook Bailey, Taylor, ;.sdman, TregilliaD, Trengrove, ". { hcEelIy, 3utler Dates, Gerald, ayeEs, Lareduricks Eaton, Jcnes, Niet7l3, James PGscoe, 3emiS.
 The Misses oat s. Driver, Pascoe, Higdon, Gerald, 1rsy5llian, Middleton Erakes. {
 The ssntlepaen| vlro mo.srs. vaa "agenen, Taylor Bailey, Ben. Pascoe, rrevilliau, Tom Pa,coe, J. Pasooe irepgrOvC, Butler Beard, Gerald jliyens, Lana, Tucker, ". I, MaNelly, Dates Duryca, Frcderioks, Eaton, Henry, Ransom, Rediaan, isaacs, Ross,