The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-07

and has well filed treasury. and own
hall that yields n good annual rental
The officers OF the lodge at the present time
are ii. II. Boyle, noble grand; james X
Kenyon, vice grand r cording secretary.
Rogers; permanent secretary, William
The exercises of the evening began with
banquet by at least $50 pers,os. Then
came short entertain nent IL. whicl
Miss Edith Kent and William Rnssnthal
werr the principal artists. accompanie
Pas, Grand S'iSej.l d Jonnson ona Graad Master
J. Milton PAYNE, Deputy Grand Master
}. +. e. Farnham. Grand Rspr,sen-
tative T.. J, Trumpler. Grand Chap
lain Alfred Manchester and Others !;
Grant Warden, George II. Macxinnon !;
Grand Representative elect. John Cock
croft: Aching Grand Secretary. Lindsey
Anderson aud Grand Marshal, A. }.
Cushing were also present. and enjoyed
the festivities Then came the dancing
This PORTION of the evenings entertain
ment was In cha ge OF Past Gran d
John G. Worrall: The committee. OF
ID. johnson. William Manchester. James
Higgins. A. McCrossen, ,mes X. Kenyon,
Alfred Thompson and John G. Worrall.
Toe only charter member OF the lodge
present vae Past Grand Capron aud he
was as young as the youngest and enj yed
1uc Cubifc pEOSEalu uedtbii1.
The meeting OF Franklin lodge was OF
more than usual interest last Wed 4esdav
evening, inasmuch as there was "A pleas
ant surprise In store for one OF its old
and tr usted officers. The session in the
hall was Of short durat ion, and an order
to c'ose and adjourn TO the parlors Of
Gelb & Norton was in order, where q ban-
quet Was IN waiting, which was rendered
tue membe. by Deputy Grand Master
j. r.. Z. FarDham in honor OF his being n
mem Der OF the lodgs for the past twenty
years. This was supposed by the victim
TO be the emf OF the affair,
and not until Grand Master J. Miito 4
PAYNE called upon Edward w. Hall TO
stand up" di he imagine that he was
TO play an important part in the events
OF the evening. Brother Hal is an old
fireman and IL accustom to being la
dangerous positions aud has always
been noted Tor being 'cool. calm aud
plctely ''broke up" when the grand
master, on benalf of the members, pre-
sented him with dozen sterlin Z
silver spoons, half dozen gold
lined orange spoons and a fish
knife. The trouble for Brother Hall
did not ead here. for Deputy Grand Mas
ter Farm ham WAS well aware OF the fact
that Brother Hall loved to sno Ike. and as
there was n sum OF money ieft after pur-
chasing the sooons It was decided that
the Change" should be put into meer-
schaum pipe and SO In the future Brother
Hall will vile away the quiet hours in
his little Office on SJuth Main street with
lis present AMI taink OF the happy hours
he has spent with the members of the
Frankiin lode. These presents were
Destowe upon him because he has held the
position OF treasurer Of Franklin lodge Tor
past twenty years and is the only posi-
tiol he can be induced to accept. and it
sn -. t.s l..l 49, -sL a l..
the s ate has SO faithful an officer as
franklin lodge has iu Edward w. II IL
Among the ieading members of the or d er
who were present we re Grand r .presen-
tative II. j. Trump ler. Grand kepresen-
tative Eject John Cockcroft, Past Grand
Masters II NJ. Coombs, Lindsey Anderson,
Grand Warden George r. Mackinnon
aud Past Graad H. Is. Liucolu. The
event was brought 70 close about
midnight.