The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-28
THE FRATERNITIE>
scottish Rite Masonry

The burlington Free Press publishes an AZ.
ticlc That gnes 10 SHOW that not 0nty gotd but
great men are among the zeflnus patrons Of
ccnasonry. IL SANS that Daniel Nicholson,
ED, OF that city, Deputy Grand Master OF Ma
soI, and Comma nder-tn chief Of the vermont
C"nsl-tugy ef scottish Rue MHsons, attended 4.
meeting In Scoiilsh Rite hall, cor of Madison
( Avenue AMI 2Nh street New York civ the iIlh
inst, and had the plea q Of witnessing the con.
icrring OF the several g'ades Including the 32t
degree upon eN.Guv Ru-,> eli = Flower, Hon
thauncey Depcw, Ri Rev Henry { Potter,
Bishop Of the Episcopal church. cN collector
Jnel q Erhlrdt, Rev Charles L Treat ami -
/ others forming one class, The work OF the goth
! WIS eNempiiied in IN ceremonial form.
The 2olh degree calls attention TO toleratiun
lnsi &c aud truth. The pu-iulahis are Instructed
that totratnn teaches that M man has the
right To- Cinte 10 a other in matters nf t,rlrf or
faith, and when u man per-ecutes for opinions
shte he usurps the prernsative OF God. Justice
teaches that man should Judge others ~ he
judges himself; find for their actions the OK
| cuses that he readily finds for his own, and
/ cot always for II good her than y bad motive.
I Truth teaches that no falsthuod can be other
than evil; il is tn act OF coward TO lie, rN.
p'essly or by implication, and 1t is base and dis
| honorable.
District No 3, IOoFh held district meeting
| at Island Pond yesterday. The lodges at Island
Pond AMI Barton exemplifled the degree work
rehearsal OF the order of Eastern Star was
| held Monday evening.
A special meeting of Beauseaut Commandry
No X T was held Tuesday night for the pur.
pose of working the Red cross degree.
Columbian Lodge No 80 held n special meet
ing Wednesday night and worked the end de
gree.
Braitleboro Lodge No lC2 met last night
and special meeting of Beau.eaut Comman
d will be held tonight and the Temple degrae
conferred.
The Red Men viii hold a rehearsal of the
warriors degree at their wigwam tonight.
:, DIR VIM Wright of Pennsylvania visited the
Brattieboro lodge OF o o 4, Monday evening
ana gave Interesting talk.
The Odd Fellows worked the second degree
on four candidates Monday night and received
two new applications for membership.
The Red Men held one of the mos, successful
dances in their series in their hal; Tuesday
evening. special ear waited TO take home
the Wet Brattleboro people who attended in |
large numbers. The next in their series will be !
given March 10.
Next week THURSDAY there Is to be a spe ciai
meeting of Brauseani Cummandry No !, X I |
AMI the Temple degree will lie worked. Stlas |
Cummings, grand COMMANDER aud other !
grand officers Of the state are expected to be |
present.
West Chesterfield.
Berton Johr son, an employee of q II Farr
met with 4 l.,Inful accident last Saturday morn.
ing whe going across the track of the large
saw he turned To look back aud the car Iiage
his left ankle breaking the small bone and dis.
locating the juinr. He:"a earned 100 K
farl's and DR. Pratt attended him. The fraci.
ure {. nut painful and he isas comfortable as
could be- expected.
Mrs Sarah tarr had a morning glory open
the morning of the Pend.
The ~ L held interesting social
meeting at q q Fairs last Thur iay ev, ming
after literary pr gram, old and Young took
pHI IN retailing Il dunday, which was very
amusing Perley Andrews took the first prize
and Fred Snrw the BOBBY.
February this yeari am unusual mouth in the
way of legal holidays, sp, rial 'lat etc. la the
lif-t place ;hc month has ~ DAYS FOR the last
time IN eight years, neal Is has live Saturdays.
2 he nd day nf the mtnih Cnrcilenus
iay. western people call II grand ha' iay, the
l2ih waS lHrUin's birthday and the 22nd was
Mashingiuns hiiit,iai. There eclipse
OF the sun The lSih and the l4th WAS 81 Vat
entint.' d. the l.ih wa 'sh "Wednesday or
The fret of Lent, TIN. % the fret sunday in
Lieut. and un the ssth iheIe will be a partial
'clirsc of the:mutn. (,