Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-26

PUTNEY KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Installation of Officers Friday
Evening.

Evening.
Able Address by Henry Clark of Rut-
land---Putney Bears the Banner of
Hospitality and Good Fellowship.
The installation of officers of the Knights
| of Honor Friday evening was the social
and musical triumph of the season. At
the able rendering of Gen. Sigers grand
march, by W. II. Clouse, the guests march
ed in to a delightful supper of scalloped
oysters and choice sweetmeats, after which
they assembled, 200 strong, in Masonic
hall to listen to the address and annual in.
stallation exercises, conducted by Hon.
Henry Clark of Rutland. The program
was opened by a male quartet " Even
song" by j. II. Tenney, Walter A. Gilbert
LIST tenor Fred f. Gilbert 2nd tenor, Clarke
A. Tefft baritone, j. Walter Shelley basso.
These officers were then installed: j. NJ.
Gilbert, dictator; d. f. Graves, vice die
tator; II. d. Gale, assistant vice dictator;
George Warwick, reporter; c. W. Kimball,
financial reporter; A. w. j. Wilkins, treas
urer; Rev. E. w. Sharpe, chaplain; s. c.
Gorham, guide; w. p. Hannum, guardian;
f. Martin, sentinel. Fred Robertson was
guide and Mr.. Patterson past dictator.
After very pleasant rendering of Aides
"Brown eyes or blue eyes," by j. w.
! Shelley, Miss Abbie f. Goodell, accom-
PIANIST, Hon. Henry Clark delivered his
address on "The spirit of fraternity" which
is given below. The quartet than sang,
"Stars of the summer night" by w. o.
Perkins, after which some very witty re-
marks were made by Col. II. E. Taylor,
John Orion, and the dictator of the Brat
tleboro lodge. w. A. Gilbert sang "Dear-
est heart, farewell" by Anton Stulezki,
| and more remarks were made by Peter
Chase, Rev. E. w. Sharpe, j. W. Stowell,
! c. w. Kimball, Mr.. Clark and Mrs. l.. Nj.
! Plantz. The speakers laid much stress
upon the fact that Putney, as to sociabil-
ity, was the banner town in the state in so
far as they had become acquainted. We
agree with them on tina; point. No person
ever comes to Putney and suffers from lack
of entertainment.
The meeting was closed with quartet,
cold folks at home,' by Stephen c. Fos-
/ ter
Mr. CInrIS's Address ON "The Spirit of
Fraternity"
The spirit of humanity and fraternity is
the demand of the day and generation-it
| is the cry of the hOur-and the millions
are listening to it, each in his own way and
in accord with the call that is made upon
him by the voice of his suffering fellow.
along the pathway of human existence. a
great republic of humanity is being build
ed, whose foundations are the intellectual
and physical needs of the race, the age,
the generation, and the hour Temples
are arising whose cornerstone is the
brotherhood of man, and the cry of the
worshipers is the voice of the nations.
Benevolence, charity and love to one
another is the creed. The association
which, this night, celebrates its anniversa-
ry under such pleasant auspices is but one
of the temples in this republic of human
brotherhood. The reason of reasons why
the Knights of Honor hold the third posi-
ton in fraternal orders, paying nearly
100000 in death benefit certificates,
with a membership of nearly 10000,
bonded together for deeds of good and err
rands of mercy, have done and are doing
so much good for the small pittance mem
bers pay into the treasury, is that it is
purely a fraternal order The spirit of
fraternity is abroad in the land as never be-
fore, and the need of its ministratons was
never greater than now, when the great
industrial depression causes privaton in so
many homes. Knighthood is a real frater
nifty. For nearly two decades of years it
has borne that word upon its diamond
studded crown that shines like the star in
heaven. But better even than that, it has
enshrined the thought in its temples, and
carried out its illustrations in the homes
of tens of thousands of sorrowing fellow
men. Others may misuse or debase the
idea of fraternity, but knighthood lifts it
up out of the mire into which it may have
been trodden by unhallowed feet, and
holds it aloft upon the cross as one of the
brightest gems of earth, of more worth
than the mines of Golconda or all the gold
that was ever taken from the hills and
plains of the Pacific coast. If want is
threatening, the doors of the knightly
treasures open wider. No Knight of
Honor sinks into a paupers grave, no
matter how poor he may be. This is true
knighthOod. These are the inculcatons of
the great Dictator, who went about doing
good. In a word, this is knigntly humani-
ty.
Knighthood seeks not to usurp the
rights or privileges of the religious world
in any particular, but to aid its work by
the relief of bodily suffering and temporal
distress, to enjoin by precept and example
the principle of true helpfulness and fra
ternity, thus strengthening mans faith in
his fellowmen, illustrating the spirit of
sincere human benevolence, brotherly love,
and nselish interest. A Knight of Hon
or contributes his funds in honor of a
quarter of a million of men who have tax
en- upon themselves an obligation of friend
ship, fellowship and benevolence Knight
hood makes no note of, concerns itself
not about, the questions of dogmas relating
to the great hereafter. The only doctrnal
faith is that in which is held the brother
hood of man. Knighthood comedies to
every man his political preference and
prejudices; it respects, yet ignores, all par
ty divisions in civil government as in relig-
iOus matters. 1t enters upon Its mission
i with mankind divided into races and
creeds, orders and parties, preiudices, big
otries and suspicious, and seeks to elevate
man, to aid him in the struggles of life,
and protect his family by a death benefit
fund, after he has passed away, accumu-
lated at small cost while living, and which
has also aided families of the loved ones
of his deceased brothers and fellow Knights
of Honor The Knights of Honor live a