The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-16

several times to act as an arb1ter between
lodges and individual members, and lam
happy to report that in every instance tne
questions have been permanently and SAT-
isfactorily arranged, with the best OF ira
ternal feeling resulting, and, ifanythlng,
we have been drawn closer together IN
consequence, and our respect and friend
ship for each other more firmly cement
ed. Although some of these questlonS
have been of magnitude, even threatening
the very life of the lodge, and the laws
| administered strictly and without evasion
in the smallest particular. yet, the hnal
action of these lodges has been such as
enable them to retain their own self-re-
spect, to place the Order on stronger
foundation in their community. and to
win the esteem and appreciation OF the
Grand Officers; and you will find no APP
peals from the action of the Grand Master
for your consideration to-day.
There are at present in the state one
hundred and thirty seven Subordinate
and sixty six Rebekah Lodges, gain
during the year of five Subordinate and
fifteen Rebekah Lodges. In the excellent
report submitted by tho Grand Secretary
to-day, you will find the membership anu
gain in the Order to January l, lo9o:
Since then the old lodges report net
gain of three hundred members IN the
| Subordinate and two hundred and nIty
| in the Rebekah Lodges In add1ulon 20
| this. I submit as the result of this years
work from the new lodges instituted,
A NET GAIN
of one hundred and seventy nine mem
bers'in the Subordinate and one thousand
and thirty in the Re ekah Lodges. These
| figures do not include those who have
Joined by withdrawal or State cards (more
| hon h11f
those who have been received into the
now lodges by initiation. There is, there
fore, to-day, membership of more than
twenty one thousand two hundred in the
Subordinate Lodges and eight thousand
four hundred and fifty in the Rebekah
Lodges.
NEW LODGES.
During the year the Order has been
strengthened by the addition of twenty
new lodges Five Subordinate and fifteen
Rebekah Lodges have been instituted.
For reasons that seemed sufficient to the
Board of Grand Officers, charters for one
Subordinate and two Rebekah Lodges
have been denied.
The new Subordinate Lodges ale as
follows: rNrr
Brooklin Lodge, No 1873, at Brooklin.
Hancock County; Central Lodge No.
1884, at Bridgewater, ArOostook County
Pemetic Lodge, No. 1856, located at South :
west Harbor, Hancock County; Monroe
Lodge No. 13, situated at Monroe, Waldo
County; Mount Moxie Lodge. No 1877,
at Bingham, Somerset County.
REBEKAH LODGES INSTITUTED.
R. B. Capen Rebekah Lodge, No. 50,
at Augusta; Ruhamah Rebekah Lodge,
No. So, at Springvale, Esther Rebekah
Lodge, No. "a, at Brewer; Pine Cone
Rebekah Lodge, No. 90, at Wiscasset;
Bethel Rebekah Lodge, No. 81 located in
Union; Mount Hope Rebekah Lodge, No.
So, instituted at Norway; Puritan he
bekah Ledge No. 50, at Tenants Har-
Dor; Twilight Rebekah Lodge. No. go,
at Hartland; Alva Rebekah Lodge, No
81, at Blaine; Sunrise Rebekah Lodge.
No. 81, at Caribou; Welcome Rebekah
Lodge, No. 3d. at Dixtield Sunset Re-
bekah Lodge, No. IA, at Bethel; Emerald
Rebekah Lodge, No. 90, at North Arson;
Laurel Rebekah Lodge, No &C., at Gin
ton.
ODD FELLOWS HOME.
The question of establishing in this
jurisdiction Home for aged and INDECENT
members of our Order, and for the widows
and children of deceased ODD Fellows
has been one of interest to many members
of this Grand Lodge. This branch of our
work is receiving much attention at the
present time in other States, and many
such retreats are being established
throughout our country In 1887, wher
the subject was first brought before this
Grand Lodge, there We're but four such
Homes in the United States, while at the
recent session of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge, the report showed that there are
now twenty eight Odd Fellows Homes
and Orphanages, valued at 1916, 594, with
1881 acres of grounds attached. In 1888,
Mr.. Joseph Farwell of Unity, formerly
an Odd4 Fellow, offered to present his
| homestead to this Grand Lodge for such
| Home. under various conditions and re-
strictions, which at that time, it was not
drought advisable to accept Mr. Far
| we'll has since passed to a higher and
better world, remembered land mourned
| by many who were the recipients of his
| generosity and care By the provisions
of his will, his fine farm and buildings
were left in trust to his executors and
trustees, to be given to some benevolent
| institution. A short time ago. Mr..
| Oscar j. Farwell, one of the trustees,
called on the Grand Master and rendered
| the Odd Fellows of this State this prop
erty. under the provisions of the will. In
company with the Grand Marshal. 1
drove to Unity, September 2Sth, and met
Mr.. Farwel, who kindly showed us the
house and buildings.
The estate is situated in the town of
Unity, Waldo County, time miles from
the railroad station Of UNI and one and
| oue-half miles from thu Thorndike
station. The house and ell contain ten
sleeping rooms, library, parlor, sitting
room, dining room, kitchen, etc. The
cellar, under the entire house, contains
new furnace, laundry, dairy, etc. The
whole house is finely finished and has
within year been renovated and painted.
A large stable is attached to the house,
and there are several large barns and
other buildings The farm consists of
two hundred or more acres OF land, divid-
ed into fields, pastures and large wood
lot. The situation is very attractive, the
house sits ON hillside at the foot of
which and bounding the farm is beau
tifuI stream. The neighborhood is one
of the best and tho town has excellent
schools. Mr.. Farwell said it was his wish
thas the entire furniture. carpets, dishes,
ETC., be made part of the gift, and it
was his opinion that tho trustees would
acouieSico in the same