Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09
FIRST MASONIC FUNERAL N
BOISE BASIN.
a Pathetic Incident tn which en-
sheriff doe Oldham Figured.


following extract from a book entitled 4
"Reminiscences Of an Old.Timer.' /
which are the recitals 81 the exper-
fences Of Colonel George Hunter in /
fighting Indians, mining, etc, in Ore
gon, Washington aud Idaho. The in
oident related below occurred in 1853, /
and Joe 0lIham, now residing in
Boise, asserts that il is correct in every
particular.
on ms arrival a. CatisryIile ain.ass the Or, man
met uas ga Masonic TREND natsei owsI.y
COOL f.ttssf ian, Who had ~ thls catap some
time hsisse IN melting AMI exchanging grectiag-
ou-cN sat-, hoa arr, atsafs al others, the VERY
man am Eitd - meet just ANS
Thanking the doctor probably "saort- put
my hand % my pocket: seeing my he SAIL sSo
Gcor.e. that The facts are thai nsan ~. die.i
in cabin Just ont - tGsn leaving aitc and three
ssnAi children rHtrrly destitute alt Tar fTon, Their
home and friends lie told that the mans aan,e
vas SHADE and that he FROM Yrrka California,
that be had come into the camp afcN weeks before
Win A0ke OF oxen and light wagon; takiig sirk
he hal snd thu team and uagon and con lgussl ths
proceeds IN providing for hts family uhl- he WS sick
hnaii{ dying leaving the family destitute before
stated That slssie had na.le himself KnoWn 10 him
as Master Mason. and had given him his Masonic
pin, and the name and nuniter 81 hts lodge and re-
gues,ed him 20 30 al Ia his power assist the fam
~ that he ousisy) had attended Sl-Alr during his
sickness.
''So~, said the doctor. ''you are fertile IN re-
sources and raosi worker you must help ms out =
aid, Let Writ this cahln.- we did so an found
the Distressed family IN uiner's cabin which was
hunt OF logs the door Was II split h-anis ~ skcs
~ enc corner sas nrc place and chimney q sticks
AMI mud posts hal been driven into the ground
and on these bad e,n male platform Of poles
which sas stfcsed liz hoaghs, making a regular
miners hunk. Lying Vt these hunks with
aicw hunkcts under him, what VAS ieit Of
slahc while sitting around ;he fre Wrre N, .oryow
4 ri MFa lFF
After taking gos- took At the corpse I said
Doctor. there seems something familiar 10 nc in
that eounienance, and Il l had seea the man IN
health should probably have known him" A.
said this felt hand laid lightly On lny arm and
MT THIS George Hunter she askei Aasxered,
Yes" And she asked, "pid you not Know William
Stale who rs,,i 'oeiit the Nrcka papor Years axoy
answered Yes and YOU were Mss brown u Jack.
sonrtlc, quite young girl. When ! saw YOU last
she said, YES, then pointing to her dead husband
said, George, this and these dear children an AZ;
that Is left me Ia this Wide world and Cod onIy
knoSs what will hcepme al them aud me Tor / am en-.
uTelS without means even To hurry my poor dead
husband, much less u vothe aud tecd ms children
The tears STRAINED down her cheeks as she sa!d
/ this
took her hand and said: Mrs slaIe. do not dis.
tress Yourself about financial Affairs; you hAy. su,t,
cient 20 do TO comfort these poor ornhan ,hLlTen:
leave lie rest 70 the doctor and myself aud rest
assured that all will be done for your husband that
You could wish. and and your children will Il.
cared tor. There hundre,ls Of hle warm hearts
near you, and when they are made aware Of your
troubles, they wall sympa,hzc with and assist you
I and yours 10 their utmost ability"
She replied, The doctor has already assured me OF
the=e things; but oan only realize that l am left
4 husband
Then, dropping on to her knees, and i,ying her
weary head on the unthrobbing head Of him Nho had
Cod, all alone
j Well, this was too much for me an old timer
After wringing Mrs Owsley's hand and ki-Sing Inc
lAhrs, hurrieily left the cabin, feared that II
I renainei longer ! might shop oseI" msscli
n NHgt A..Na. "a
reached Main street Here concluded t. part each
taking side 81 the street ia search OF "brothers bu
longing TO our frat. ruity.
viii not try 10 dts Tibe my progress aheh I
presume, was duplicated by the doctor The fr-t
house ! visited was a large saloon, wherein we're
several "moncy Ct" tables around which were many
miners, packers and others. engaged in Hghting the
| tiger, and similar games. IL "ci,ips for dust"
! aud dust for chips" all around the hall 1 m
1 preached the bar and ordered something at the
same time IN my own way-invitiug a. many other
fellows I" JOIN me stood In need OF refreshments
thus attracting the attention Of many Of those pres
ent AunnS ihctn was Joe oldham, brother Of the
famed sim oldham. OF California
Joe was tall straight, hne-ioohing mana sport
lng nam ty profession, and saloon keeper lie az.
preached mo with the Others, and stepping aside
asked me II wished To speak With them replied:
Yes Upon INV arrival Ia THIS place an hour or so
ago, met Dr. Owsley, brother Who informed ME
that he had been attending professionally uissn a
brother Who had recently arrived from irska, aud
thAt thc patient died during the previous night, leay
INK BIS widow and three small children destitute anil
tricndlr-s IN cabin near BY. Nos tho doctor and
We nh III" eh Tor utlisfs. AMI meet ~ ia hall
here, where will institute Lodge of Instruction DOR
ln'et,gatlonl WHEN We all proceed 70 give tile De-.
Nidog aud orphans
Oldham any mYse.i then went IN a store and oriI.
erred such things were required for IN. immediate
use ni the family, Then We Interested some sport
ihg ~ofaen VIM repaired Ia the cabin and srMei foe
the family. closing their houses til after the funeral
There NeIe no other women a, this time except
Nrs o~sley and the broken down and grief stricken
widow.
! For the rest Of the day aud night the hunt for
brothers vent bratciy on throughout the suTronnl.
lng camps There were no lodges IN these camps a.
yet
The next morning at 10 o'clock a saloon keeper
sinppedhis business ami gave MS the tsr Of his ho,I-,
to arrange matters in. Then we met some eighty
odd brothers, dressed in wooden shirts and patched
pants.
After making the necessary examination. We
elothel ourselves In white pocket handkerrhIefs in
lieu OF the proper apruns, and repaired 10 the cabin
We had prepared as good cgin could he gotten
NJ ~ such place, and the family dressed In a
propriate mourning.
Forming In procession, We repaired to adjacent
MOUND alad there gave Our BROTHER the usual Masonic
burial, with all OF It's rites, etc.
Then Nc returned TO our mprovi-ei hall placed a
table ia the center 81 the ronm With gold scales,
blower aud purse on II, stating that all hrothUrs
had been made aware OF tia destitute circumstances
Of the widow and orphans and asked that all would
perform their duty. We then furmed Ia line ami
marched around TIE hall. brother ~ 20 the
table ne would select weight aud balance Il NIih
gold dust, put the dust ia the purse and on,
giving plaee 20 another Oldham marched immeti.
atey ~ front OF me, ard he To- the table
pulled ont purse II hundre q Of dollars care
FULLY untiesi u, then poured the contents into the
blower, shnnk the purse and dropped on the dust
turned and Said he shCok my hAnd-the tear.
tfirkliuN OF hts long uusaghe. brother George We
can do something to at1re for stdness, can {
WrT'
This settled Il. did not take time TO unite my
pursc, nay eyes being din at The tilHe; I suppose
caused ht a had gold that had contracted a short
time before just dropped ~ha, had aud pAzstsl
on, many OtherS did. Suffice IL 10 say that on all
being weighed, We found, after paying all expenses,
We had purse that presented To the " ieW OF
nearly three thousand dollars, This purse uwsey
Oldham ant myself wcrc delighted u carry - the
widow which dill. and uison pfese nting ID 10
her she utterly Eciased to take se said Il
much q aeccpt tram Strangers. Iut after Ne had
explained thai she dill hot take and the money
Tor herself anil children would h. forced 10 a,f-
point guardians tor the ehillrrn. Nha Noule take
and care or them ard that which tted Ia and
Tor them. their and heneflt our Arguments pre-
vailed and she accepted tine generous all and within
few DAYS started IN the OF brother Tor her dis
tant home anil friends
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