Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-15
Masonic Week at Burlington.

was CblCUldJOu db JllG
tions, Wednesday afternoon and evening
being devoted to that event.
The Vermont Council of Deliberation,
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, elected
these officers at its annual session at
Burlington Monday: Marsh o. Perkins,
$50, ommander-in-chief; Robert j.
Wright, 800, first lieutenant commander;
Elihu B. Taft, 800, second lieutenant
commander; Henry H. Ross, 800, minis
ter of State, G.. o.; r. T. johnson, 320 ,
grand chancellor; Charles W. Whitcomb,
$50, grand treasurer; Warren G. Rey-
nolds, $50, grand secretary; D. N. Mich
olson, 800. grand engineer and architect;
Silas W. Cummings, $50, grand hospi,,
taller; Jesse E. Thompson, 800, grand
master of ceremonies; Daniel Payson,
800, grand standard bearer; John M.
Clarke, 800, grand marshall George H..
Whitman, 800 grand sentinel.
The Knights TemplaTs met on Tues
day and elected the following officers ::
Sir Marsh o. Perkins of Windsor, r. E.
grand commander; Sir George W.
Squier of Swanton, V. E. deputy grand
commander; Sir Robert j. Wright of
Newport, E. grand generalissimo; Sir
Charles II, Heaton of Montpelier, E.
grand captain general; Sir Rev. Thomas
Bell of Island Pond, E. grand prelate;
Sir Silas W. Cummings of st. Adams, e.
grand senior warden; Sir o. W. OrcutG
of st. J1hnsbury, E. grand junior war
den; Sir Edward V. Ross of Rutland, E.
grand treasurer; Sir Warren G. Reynolds
of Burlington, E. grand recorder; Sir
David N. Nicholson of Burlington, e.
grand standard bearer; Sir Jesse E.
Thompson of Rutland, E. grand sword
bearer; Sir Isaac D. Bailey of Brattle-
boro, E. grand warden; Sir e. L. Bates
of Bennington, E grand captain of the
guard. The executive committee on
triennial reported that they were salts
fed that every commandery in this juris-
diction will be in line at Boston in 1895.
They recommended that the executive
and advisory committee be continued,
with full authority to secure and main
tain headquarters and to make all neces-
sary arrangements to secure full rep
resentation, as this promises to be one
of the most important meetings in Temp
lar Masonry that has occurred in New
England during this century.
The Grand Council met Tuesday even
ing. G. B. Sibley represented the Ben
nington council. Following are the Of
ficers: e. o. Hubbard of West Randolph,
grand master; NJ. j. Horton of Poultney,
deputy grand master; A. Stone of Bur
lington, grand principal conductor of
work; G. II. Heaton of Montpelier.
grand treasurer; W. G. Reynolds of Bur-
lingtOn. grand recorder; G. A. Calder
wood of st. Johnsbury, grand captain of
the guard; Daniel Payson of Windsor,
grand conductor; W. H. Fullerton, grand
chaplain; S. H. Kellogg of Rutland,
grand lecturer; S. H. Danforth of St.
Adams, grand marshal; G. w. Whit
comb of Proctorsville, grand steward /;
G. H. Whitman of Burlington, grand
sentinel. Past Grand Master Gulley of
the grand council of Michigan installed
the officers.
The Grand Lodge convened in its Cen
tennial communication, Wednesday
morning, at 10 o'clock. 1t was an event
memorable in the history of Vermont
Freemasonry. We have so lately given the
sketch of this order for its first 100
years, as we'll as its organization in 1894,
that we will not repeat here. There was
large attendance and the exercises,
proper, occupied the afternoon, closing
with banquet and postprandials in the
evening. We give the Centennial poem
by the author, Rev. A. j. Hough:
"LUx EsTo."
"I ,et there be light" this cry sublime
Was answered at the birth of Time,
When rolling worlds-sun, moon and star
Came robed In brightness from afar,
Dispelling universal night
With shafts OF fiame-"and there was lightW
The echo of that ancient word
Our own majestic hills have heard,
Aud told 1t to the pines, ard they
Have sent il the breeze AWAY
Ger meadow, stream, through vale and glen,
A whisper in the souls of men
On cloudy day, through starless night,
"Let there be light Let there be light"
The State was only three years old,
A lively youngster, strong and bold.
When Brothers Brownson, Woodbridge, Fay,
Smith and Brush, on an August day,
In Manchester met-Masonic aims,
Far reaching, deathless as their Names
II brought them in convention there,
And Nathan Brownson was in the chair.
Where ends the deeds sincerely wrought,
The issue of noble thought,
What immortality and might
Lies slumb'ring in ray oflight,
How little can the wisest know!-
That was hundred years ago
These brothers met; who dreamed that they
The stones of Masonry would lay
Midst these Green Hills so deep and broad
That when century's feet had trod
Across their walls, the work would stand
Firm as our mountains, and as grand.
In seventeen ninety-lcur thay met
While our Masonic light was yet
A cherished hope, a Rndling ray
Looked TO the East" and saw the day.
AS Master Masons, tried and skilled,
Prepared at once to work and build.
We meet with eighteen ninety-four
Inscribed above the Grand Lodge door.
Because the immortal five their own
Stamp gave to each Masonic stone.
Whatever stands whatever falls,
Men build themselves into their walls,
And this Grand Lodge that lightly wears
Her hundred years, semblance bears
In her foundation work to those
Who laid the stones on which she rose
These men who wrought were gifted seers,
And built for the eternal years.
The hint that history gives declares
What grand Masonic souls were theirs.
At Bennington Brush won renown
With the militia of his town.
Woodbridge, a graduate of Yale,
Had faced Great Britain's fiery hail
On many field; been present when
Burgoyne surrendered, sword and men,
AS mayor, judge in Court Supreme,
Chief justice three years, it would seem
He went with training, skilled to lay
Masonic Stones that August day.
In Smith the Grand Lodge saw the grace
And wisdom for the highest place
In her new halls, and set him there
-Four years in her grand masters chair,
To Bennington as "ffer,"Fay
The soldiers led, then fought all day
When but youth of sixteen years;
He later at the Bar appears,
Then on the Bench rare skill displays,
A leader in the States young days.
Brownson who occupied the chair
At Manchester, great anywhere,