St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-06-19
VERMONT NEWS.
Ma Ons ut Burlington.

,aeoveral grand masonic bodies OF the
INC at Burlington. The first meeting
S ethe week was held Monday, when the
Oh ..rattv-seventh annual session of the
wont MCml Council of Deliberation was
We, 't,I IN the rooms of the Rite at the Tenn
nTlO The election of officers for the year
pe, was held with the following re-
SUI nto,n,mander-in. Marsh 0. Per-
,:as, first leutenant-commander Collins
o 1ni second lieutenant-commander,
W R'a E. Ranger; grand minister of
.tote, Henry S. Root; grand prior,
S SSaries H. Stearns; grand chancellor,
TT;ttredge Haskins; grand treasurer,
H Nl W. Whitcomb; grand secretary,
Worren G. Reynolds; grand engineer and
arcbitect, ]. Henry Jackson; grand hos.
a;taer. Daniel S. Danforth; grand master
Ceremonies, George H. Klnsley.
u The commandments announced the
nllowing appointments:
Grand standard bearer, George F.
flanders grand captain OF the guard,
Edwin B. True; grand marshal, Henry l..
Stllson; grand sentinel, George F. Morse.
The evening session was the occasion
of the exempli6cation of the twenty
U;r+h degree in full ceremonial form by
Vermont Consistory, Hamilton S. Peck,
+birty-second degree, commander-in .chief.
short speeches were made by Marsh 0.
Perkins, thirty.third degree; George
q TYLER, past deputy, and others of the
brethren present. At its close banquet
was served.
The Grand Commandery of Knights
Templar and appendant orders OF the
state of Vermont, Daniel N. Nicholson,
Grand commander, assembled in fifty.
ninth annual conclave in it's asylum at
the Temple Tuesday.
The grand lodge closed it's sessions
Thursday afternoon. A charter was
granted for lodge at Essex Junction, to
be called Ethan Allen lodge. The newly
elected officers were installed in the after
noon.
The officers elected were as follows:
Grand master, Charles R. Montague of
Woodstock; deputy grand master, Orlin
W. Daley OF White River Junction; grand
senior warden, Walter E. Ranger of
Johnson; grand junior warden Charles
A. Calderwood of st. Johnsbury; grand
secretary, w. 6. Reynolds of Burlington;
grand senior deacon, w. !. Horton OF
Poultney; grand junior deacon, P. w.
Buchanan OF Barre.
The following appointive officers were
announced later by the grand master at
the opening of the afternoon session;
Grand lecturer, Albert r. Bush OF Orwell;
grand chaplain, Rev. Edwin Wheelock
= t,r,J o,,+ o,,I IL, l..
Rev c. F. Partridge of Woodstock;
grand marshal, Daniel S Dantorth of St.
Adams grand sword bearer, Charles B.
BRYANT OF Londonderry; grand senior
steward, D. {. Barber OF Burlington;
grand junior steward, Albert Killam of
Burlington; pursuivant, Thomas P.
Bragg OF Rutland; grand tyler, Henry D.
Bryant OF Morristown.
In the evening there was held the an
nual gathering and election of the Order
OF High Priesthood.
The annual address OF Grand Master
w. Scott Nay was given Wednesday
morning and there was an address by
Grand Lecturer Walter Ranger of John
son in the afternoon.
The 18th annual meeting ofthe Mason
c Veterans association was held We'd
neSdav evening. The following officers
were elected: Venerable chief, Henry L.
Etillson; first associate chief, William F.
Scott second associate chief, Alonzo T.
Clarke: veteran treasurer. Charles A.
Underwood; veteran secretary, Warren
}. Reynolds.
The 9th annual assembly ofthe grand
r1rN al all @g he &c .E
Red Cross OF Constantine and appendant
orders was also held the same even
ng Officers were elected as follows
Grand sovereign, Jesse E. Thompson
grand viceroy, Elihu B. Taft; grand
senior general, Henry Jackson; grand
unlor general, Warren G. Reynolds; high
Prelate, Charles c. Miller; grand chan
elor, George D.. Wright; grand treas
rer, Sayles Nichols; grand recorder,
Russell E, Tilley.
New Estate Bought.
DR.. W. S. Webb has bought the farm at
Ehtlburne Point owned by Capt. Robert
White. The purchase price is not
made public. This latest acquisition to
Phelburne Farms makes the total acre
&c something like $500 owned in Shell.
)urne by DR.. Webb. The original farm
Capt, White contained over $50 acres,
tut a part had been previously pur-
hased by Thomas Newcombe of New
ork for a summer home, leaving 80 |
cres which was included in this sale.
The Capt. White homestead as well as
he adjoining property is in a historic
eGhborhood, large part OF which has
lassed into the ownership OF Others than
he original possessors. A short dis
anCe from the White farm are the ship
ards CT the Champlain Transportation
ompany where were built the first steam
rs IN the United States.
FIVE years after the charter of Shell
urne was granted in 1868 two Germans,
ohm Potter and Thomas Logan, COM
fenced settlement near here, the first
tempted in the town.
An incident in this connection OF his
ORC interest is as follows The NO set
ers were associated in getting out oak
mber for the Que bee market. In 1875
hey took raft of lumber to Quebec,
old 1t and on their return the command
6 officer at Montreal sent a sergeant
nd two privates to protect them
trough the Indian settlement, They
ad proceeded by boat as far as the
outh line of Canada, where they en-
1mped for the night. Here a conspir-
cy was entered into by the guard, by
mch two of them were to murder the
ermans for their money, the third
romising to keep the secret bound by a
)Iemn oath. The deed was committed
nd the 1nn,nn,r rnrncrred hut the con