Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-05
State Odd Fellows sIeeting.

BELLOWS FALLS, Feb. 2.-l'he grand en-
campment Of the l. O. o. +. of the State
held its annual meeting here to-day and
selected the following officers; q. c. p,
q. II. Henderson of st. Johnsbury; q. II.
p, w, w. Henry of Burlington; q. 5.
W., l.. w. Robinson of Derby Line g. j.
W., A. II. Sabin of Saxtons River: G..
Scribe, j. a. Edgerton of Northfeld G.
Treasurer, G. Parmenter of Rutland G.
Marshal, j. w. Goodell of Burlington
Il. |. >, c. b. Foster OF Derby Line; G..
{. S, Jerome Corbett OF St Johnsbury.
Reference, was feelingly made to the fact
Timothy Nlnton of Brattleboro, is lying at
the point OF death, aged ST years.
At the grand eucampment the grand
scribe made report showing the receipts
of the year We're Sll15, and the number
of members of the subordinate encamp-
ments 54. Reports We're received from
the II encampments in this State which
have total membership of SIS The
grand representative made Il lengthy re-
port of the condition of the order through
out the jurisdiction of the sovereign grand
lodge, which has n membership OF 621 600
The sovereign grand lodge was attended
by $50 members from fl grand lodges and
grand encanpmentS, representing over
5000 lodges and about 600 eucampments.
Inc grand encampment ui Vermont Odd
IeIlpNS was orS'lHILetl al rutland, June
2l, 1871, 10y Fred d. Stewart, then grand
sire of the grand lodge of the United
States The first annual session was held
at st. Adams in February, 1872, when a
constitution was adopted and the follow
ing officers elected: l.. w. Brigham of
Rutland, grand patriarch J. II. Baker
OF St Johnsbury, grand high priest;
Charles &. Peterson OF Burlington, grand
senior warden Is. a. Harvey of St
JOhnsbury, grand scribe; l.. ID. Davis of
5Iatueboro, grand treasurer; John Ret
ting of Brattleboro, grand Junior warden.
Henry Clark OF Rutland, Representative to
the grand lodge OF the United states. The
order was then reported To have good
footing III the state. ana since ls19 has
gradually increased, although Vermont
Is the,smallest jurisdiction in the country.
The patriarchal branch of odd Fellows in
the United States is composed Of I! grand
encampmentS, with 1893 subordinate en-
campments and Il membership of q3lS2.
The receipts Of these subordinate encamp-
ments the past year were S41+ -. 10 of
which Sl9' ,O39, l3 was paid out tor the re-
lief OF the members, their families, widows
and orphans and the burial of the dead.
Vermont has IL enCampments with "A
membership of51S
Odd Fellows Meeting ut Bellows Falls
Ministerial Installation.
BELLOWS FAILS, Feb. 3.-The members
at O'Clock and much business was done
relating to the good of the order The
officers elected were Grand Master, y.
p Bowman of st. Johnsbury Deputy
Grand Master, W. ID. Wilson Of st. AL
bans Grand Warden, T. H. Gordon of
Montpelier Grand Secretary, o. IL. Pen.
derson of ST. Johnsbury Grand Treasurer
L. X. Robinson of Derby Line; Grand
Chaplin, 5 Bigwood of Winooski Grand
Representative to the Sovereign, II. l..
Stillson of Bennington Grand Mar
shall, II. w. Hall of Bennington Grand
Conductor ID. c. Foss Of Island Pond;
Grand Guardian, G. + Russell of Rut,
land; Grand Herald, J. w Smith of
Brattlehoro District Deputy Grand Mas
tiers, No. /, y. NJ, Puffer of Bennington;
No. ,, NJ. j Horton of PCulJney No. 3. j.
w. Goodell of Burlington: No. !, W. ID.
Wilson of St Albans; 80. ,. James
Young, Jr,, of Derby Line: No. 9, !. f.
Aiken Of Mclndoes Falls: No =, j. u.
Donovan oi Montpelier; No. :. q. T. Ar
thur of Bradford No. q, &. A. Perry of
lfoadsboro No. 10, ID. !. Rotting of Brat
tlehoro; committee on credentials, j. is.
Edgarton OF Mortified, J r. Hale of
Richford, j. II. Jones Of Bradford.