St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-10-18

The Knights of Pythias convention
held here last week closed Wednesday af-
ternoon. The day was given up to re-
ports and the election OF officers.
From the report of ]. M. Cady, Grand
Keeper of Records and Seal, we take the
following:
The total receipts of the Grand Lodge
for the year have been $145S.06; dis
bursements $3.50 sc. There was Sept.
l. 1898, balance on hand of $616.47;
balance on hand Sept. 1, 1899, $534.97.
The Grand Lodge has supplies on hand
to the amount of about $780,
The subordinate lodges receipts for the
year ending June 80, 1899, were 1884,
81; disbursements $9621.41; cash on
hand and investments, $1653.21 ; para
phernalia, $99OOO2, total assets,
$11, 1,553.23.
There are now nineteen active lodges
in the state, with total membership
June 80, 1899, of 1916. year before
there were 1882. There have been added
during the year 2O4, and the losses in
clude two deiunct lodges.
The showing is on the whole very
good one, and shows that the cause of
Pythianism is advancing.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Following is a list of the officers elected:
Grand Chancellor, w. E. Barney. Barre;
Grand Vice. Chancellor, c. K. Tyler, Bur-
lington; Grand Prelate, S. G. Lewis,
Marshield; Grand Keeper ofRecords and
Seal, P. J. Cowles, Burlington; Grand
Master OF Exchequer, L. P. Sprague,
Bellows Falls; Grand Master at Arms,
D. H. Chapman, Cambridge; Grand Inner
Guard, G. W. Luce, Montpelier; Grand
Outer Guard, X. B. Gammell Danville;
Supreme Representative for 1900, II. w.
Buchanan, Barton Landing.
The retiring Grand Chancellor, G. w.
Rowell, Esq. OF Bennington, has filled the
office with great credit to himself and the
order. His successor, w. E. Barney, is a
charter member of Vinctia Lodge, No.
10. and aside from being an efficient and
prominent worker in the order is a
prominent citizen of Barre, lawyer and
judge of the municipal court.
The retiring Grand Keeper of Records
and Seal has done faithful work in that
capacity for number of years. being one
of the most active and interested pro-
moters of the order. His successor, Mr..
Cowles is we'll and favorably known in
St. Johnsbury. While now residing in
Burlington he is a member of the Hard
wick lodge.
The address in Music Hall, Tuesday
evening, deserves fuller notice than was
possible to be given last week.
DIR. wHlrE's ADDRESS.
The address by DR.. r. L. {. White of
Nashville, Tenn, Supreme Keeper of
Records and Seal was one of the most
poetic, witty and eloquent addresses
ever given in st. Johnsbury.
DR.. White opened his address by re-
fering to party Of Vermont excursion
lists who visited Tennessee something
more than third OF century ago. 1T
was presumably hunting party since
all of its members carried guns except
few who preferred swords, and, either by
reason Of similar sartorial tastes or for
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which they wore were alike in fabric, cut
and color. Not only were the entire ex-
penses Of the expedition borne by bene-
fcent government, but the members
were actually paid salaries for taking
part in it." He was not at home at the
time, and confessed that he had at the
time sought a more congenial climate
and gone further south for his health in
company with number of gentlemen of
similar way OF thinking and the same
quiet taste in the matter of the color of
clothing.
THAT was long time ago, and, now
that our differences of opinion have been
settled and finally adjudicated, have
made up my mind that lone good turn
deserves another" the Tennessee trip of
the Vermont contingent should be APP
propriately recognized, "better late than
never"-and | have come 1900 miles to
return the visit.
DR.. White referred to parallel herosms
and independent spirit of the early
settlers of Vermont and Tennessee, of
their Revolutionary heroes-notably
John Sewer of Tennessee and Ethan Allen
Of Vermont; and drew forth a storm of
applause when he said that while the
soil of Tennessee gave birth to the great
Admiral Farragut, that of Vermont
could boast the immortal hero of Manila
Bay.
The greater portion of the address was
naturally devoted to the order Knights
of Pythias. He said the ritual, founded
on the story of the famous Syracuse
friendship of Damon and Pythias, was
composed to quite an extent by boy in
a Michigan village, that the boy several
years later completed and arranged il
and realized the dream of his youth in