Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-02-03
VERMONT ODD FELLOWS.
The 18Th Annual Session of the Grand
EnChmpment- EIectiOn OF OtIlcers.


ISLAND POND, VT, Jan. 3l.-rhe 18th
annual session Of the grand encampment
of Odd Fellows was held here to-day.
Owing to the bad travelling the attendance
was unusually small. Grand Chief Pa
triarch j. H. Jones presided. His report
was an able one and showed that this
branch of the order is in healthy condi-
ton in Vermont. The grand secretarys
report showed one new encampment, the
Columbia at st. Adams had been added
and an increase of 1l2 in members the past
year and of over $500 in the treasury.
Grand Representative d. p. Colley of St.
Johnsbury gave a report from the SOW
ereign grand lodge. The business of
the session was harmoniously transacted.
The election of grand officers were
Chief Patriarch, j. II. Jones of Bradford
high priest. l.. II. Robinson of Derby
Line; senior warden, J. W. Goodell of
Burlington; scribe, j. X. Egerton of
Northfield treasurer, G. p. Arthur of
Bradford; junior warden, l.. G. Burn
ham of Burlington; Appointed officers
sice sentinel, o. j. Willard marshall, n.
NJ. Puffer district deputy grand patri
archs, l.. G. Burnham of Burlington, G.
r. Williams of Bondville, jerome Corbett
of Brattleboro, A. l.. Bragg of St Johns
bury S. G.. Putnam of Rutland j. +.
Northtield, ID. L. Sanders of Montpelier,
f. +. Wilmot of Post Mills, a. q. Bugbee
of Derby Line, G.. p. Arthur of Bradford,
&. r. Tower of Bellows Falls.
ISLAND PoND, Feb. THE Grand
Lodge of odd Fellows of Vermont assem-
bled here to-day Grand Master w. D.
Wilson presided. Last evening the mem
bers attended a session of Essex Lodge,
and witnessed the eXempliicatlon of the
third degree. Rev. a. j. H0ugh Of Brad
ford read poem "The Three Links BY
request another read The Good Slmari-
tan, ~ written by himself, which met with
such favor to-day the Grand Lodge vo-
ted to purchase the poems, copyright and
publish the same, together with his por
trait and instructed the grand representa-
tives to recommend he be crowned poet
! laureate of the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
! This forenoon was occupied with reports
of the grand officers, showing the order is
prosperous throughout Vermont. The
| routine business was harmoniously trans
acted. 1t was voted to locate the Grand
! Lodge at Montpelier permanently. An
amendment was proposed to the const1tu-
ton to change the time of holding the ses
sion from February to October.
The election of officers resulted: Grand
master, II. w. Hall of Burlington; dep
uty grand master, H. Henderson of st.
Johnsbury grand warden, f. c. Eddy of
| Bellows Falls; grand secretary, H. f.
Parker of Bradford; grand treasurer,
George p. Arthur of Bradford grand
chaplain, S. Bigwood of Winooski; grand
representative, w. d. Wilson of st. AL
bans; grand marshal, j. W. Goodell of
Burlington; grand conductor, d. G. Foss
of Island Pond grand guardian, J. c.
Temple of Rutland grand herald, ID, +
Tasker of Brattleboro. The above and
the appointed officers were installed. An
alternate form of burial ceremony for
lodges of sorrow for the degree of the Re-
bekah lodges was adopted and ordered
sent before the Sovereign Grand Lodge
for adoption. They adjourned to meet the
first Wednesday in February, 1889.