The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-06
MASONIC VISIT
Jersey City Lodge Meets
With A Royal Reception
At Philadelphia.
ENTHUSIASTIC PYTHIANS.
District Deputy's official Call
Cadets Elect Grand
officers.
FREE AND ACCEPTED MAsoNs.

Jersey City Lodge paid another visit to
Franklin Lodge of Philadelphia last
Saturday. They made the Journey In d
Pullman coach procured by Brother
Frank Scott. and Worshiptul Brothers
Bagley IL Farrier. The committee had
stores were aboard. Fifty craftsmen
participated in the enjoyable trip. The
train left this city at three O'Clock
and the two hours spent on the rails were
pissed in a jolly manner. When the
train reached the Broad Street Station a
large delegation of franklin Lodge was
in waiting II escorted their guests to the
banquet hall of the Masonic Temple
where supper was served. A pleasant
hour was devoted to the feast and the
guests filed into the elegant lodge room
and were given a royal greeting by Wor-
shipful Master Gardner. The communi-
cation was an interesting one. The Jer-
sey craftsmen learned that Franklin has
a tund of $4,000. When the communica-
ton closed each member from Jersey
City was made the particular guest of
one of the members of Franklin,
SO that not one was neglected.
They played the host admirably at the
banquet, and forced the visitors to cry,
"Hold, enough" so rapidly were the
good thing piled before them. The ban
quent was followed by remarks, singing
and recitations. The lodge has an
abundance of talent. and the entertain
ment was enjoyed with as much zeal as
the feast 1t was after midnight when
the jolly party quit the Temple, and the
visitors and a large number of Franklin's
members returned to the depot, where
they had q merry time until the train
started for home. They arrived here on
time, and were delighted with the splen-
did reception that had been accorded
them by Franklin.
Rrnthor Tobn Rir1 ono nf fha uofarnnQ
of Hiram Lodge, met with a sad afhiction
last Monday. He has been ill for a long
time and on returning home was shocked
to find that his wife had expired suddenly
during his brief absence from home. The
blow was a severe one to the stricken
brother.
Varick Lodge worked the Fellowcraft
degree on Wednesday night.
Bergen Lodge was well represented at
the funeral of Colonel Speer. The Masonic
rites were conducted in an impressive
manner
At the regular meeting of Hiram
Lodge on Monday evening Worshipeul
Master Edelstein gave a practical demon
s~tration of the fitness of his staff to per-
form the work by calling to the East
Junior Warden Cassel who. conferred the
FelIowcrafts' degree remarkably well.
The feature of the evening. however, was
the Middle Chamber work by Bro Their
Wade Gordy, of Jersey City Lodge No.
"a, who commanded the close at
tention of all present. Brother Gordyis a
OF whom Jersey City Lodge
may we'll be proud. Among the visitors
present were:-Brothers Pangborn and
Matthews of Enterprise No. 4S, Painton
and BrebermiIz Of Bay View No. 146,
Foster of Williamson Lodge No. $50,
Philadelphia, and Worshipful Brothe r
King of Rising Star No. 109. Hiram has
an abundance of work on hand.
Brother Gordy of Jersey City Lodge
has n rival in Senior Deacon Fitch OF
Bergen Lodge in deliver ing the Middle
Chamber. Both are effective and elo'
quent. ,"