The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-02-04
Secret Societies.

The members Of the Rebekah Sewing Club
are requested to meet at the Rebekah room,
Odd Fellows Hail. this afternoon at2 o'clock.
Tarratine Tribe of Redmen will be public
ly installed Monday evening, the Sth, at Odd
Fellows Hall. Waldo Lodge and ladies are
specially invited.
Will Carlton, the poet, author of Farm
Ballads, etc, will lecture at Rocl1and, Feb.
18th, under the management of Canton La
fayette, Patriarcls Militant, I. 0. o. F.
Hon. Charles F. Loring died at his home
i'll Melrose, Mass, Jan. Goth. He Sc
preme Regent of the Royal Arcanum-the
head of the order of this country--a member
of the Governors Council, and formerly
Commodore of the Massachusetts Yacht
Club.
There are about twenty-five secret socie-
ties in Belfast and consequently many de
grees are worked No lodge in Belfast Of
any society confers the work 50 accurately
and so well as does the degree staff of eight
teen ladies in Aurora Rebekah Lodge, l. O.
o. f. The ladies are surely ahead in secret
work
The new Odd Fellows block at Hartland
will he ready for occupancy in the course of
a few weeks 1t is three stories high, and
Is feet wide hy 50 in length. The third floor
will be used entirely by the Odd Fellows
while upon the second there is Il fine. public.
hall, With ID stage 20 y IS, equipped with a
full set of scenery bought in Chicago, while
the seating capacity Of the hall. including
galleries. will easily be 80 The finish is in
white wood and will be very handsome.
There will he $50 opera chairs on the floor
and galleries directly in front of the stage.
setteeS being used on the sides This new
building Will be opened the first week in
March with good three-lays fair, which
will undoubtedly be made the biggest thing
of its kind ever seen in Hartland
The Odd Fellows throughout the iurisdic-
ton of Maine will learn with deep sorrow of
the death at Portland last Sunday of j. Hen
ry Crockett. Mr.. Crockett was native of
Norway but has lived in Portland since he
was lad. He was a member of the drug
firm of j. W. Perkins x CO. He had been
and was an earnest Republican. Mr.. Crock
EFT was an ardent odd Fellow, a member of
Unity Lodge. In 1sS:'-4 he was Grand Mas
ter of the Grand Lodge and one OF the alest
men who ever held that position. In loS4-5
he represented Maine in tile Sovereign Grand
Lodge. He was the author of the Maine Di-
grSt OF oGd Fellow law Of this jurisdiction.
Mr.. Crockett died of throat trouble at the
age of II.
The officers If Palestine Co1nmanlcry.
Knight, Templa.. II Belfast. were publicly
installed last evening hv tnl. " II. Fuglp'
of Eucill;Dnd Past Eminent Commander.
After the EXERCISES Capt. An>ri WadsWorth.
Eminent Commander. in the mann. 81 Pal,,-
tine C"nYt!ldely. presented Col. Fugirr
with Past Eminent Commanders ivWv, of
great heallty. Tile git was in recognition Dc
faithful >trvie" and was 2 surprise to Il g
Colonel. The jewel is Latin cro~s III solid
II karat gold, With blaluu sun. surluount-d
by crown. Above the cross is Il gold b;t,l-
ner, one and half inches long hy one INCH
wide, an exact reproduction of the banner of
Palestine CommandrN. On one side of the
jewel is the following inscription: ''Pre-
scented by Palestine Commanders. NJ H.
Belfast, Me, Ia Eminent Sir William H
jewel cost 50, and was huugiIt through H.
T. Mrl1onald. The exercises OF presentation.
et",, will be more fully reported neNt week.