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was elected secretary OF the lodge.
The next year he was advanced to
the station OF senior warden. and the
next to that OF master. to which sta
ton he was elected for five consecu-
tive years During his Ave terms OF
service the interest never tagged. but
rather Increased. till at It's close the
lodge had i7s members. $500 In the
bank and occupied splendid quarters
in the Masonic Temple. which cost
the fraternity $4,000. In November.
1882. Brother Peabody received the
degrees OF capitular Masonry In Pu-
eblo chapter No. 3. and In the follow
ing February the orders of knight
hood were conferred In Pueblo com
mandery No g. In the same year he
assisted In the organization OF Canon
City chapter. No "a. Royal Arch Ma
sons, and was elected principal so
journer In April OF the same year he
assisted In organizing Canon City com
mandery No. 9. Knights Templsr, and
was chosen It's first eminent comman-
der, which position he held for four
consecutive years. In 1875 and again
in 1887 he was chairman of the com
mIttec on foreign correspondence and
wrote the reports. which were quoted
for breadth and fullneas, and received
general approval Of the Masonic press.
In September, 1888, the appreciation
Of his brother Sir knights was shown
in his election as grand commander OF
Knights Tcmplar OF Colorado, n posi-
ton which he still holds by re-elec'
ton In the same year he was hp-
pointed on the committee Of jurispru'
dcncc for the grand chapter Of Colo
rado and the following year he was
appointed on the Jurisprudence com
mittte OF Colorado. In each Of which
positions he has been equal to the er-
pcctations of his friends
Mr. Byers then resumes
He has hlled every elective Once in
both tn. subordinate and grand bodies
Of Masonry and has for many years
served on the jurisprudence commit
tee Of the grand lodge. chapter and
cummamdcry In addition TO the
many distinguished positions which he
has attained IN the order at home. Mr
Peabody enjoys the honor of belong
Ing to pnr OF the most prominent Ma
sonic lodges In the world. the Quar-
tour Codonoil lodg" OF London. Eng
land Membership IN this lodge can.
not he obtained through application.
II must come alone through the &C
tion nl the lodge and such action II
unknown to the Mason selected until
after he has bocn honorcd. Masons
eminent In the craft, either by work or
writing. are those on which this honor
~ usually conferred.
MIR. Peabody proved his admirable
running qualities on the Grt volun
tccr department Of Canon city more
than twcu,, nyc years ago, and iudg
ing from bis list of elections he has
been In the running ever since. But
Mir Peabody has been al his best In his
own home. aud In social way. One
Of his errtwhilo admirers during the
two short yenrs when he nbode In
Pueblo tells how handsome he wna
how well he sang and how much he
was liked by all the young people
The song that she remembers ran In
this wise
20. wouldn't ! like to catch him,
q. wouidut happy be.
O, wouldn't civ" him particular hts
Tha, fellow that looks like me"
Mr. Peabody s,lll sings. In fact, the
whole family Is musical. but he has
given mp the search for the fellow that
resembles him. and sings more classic
music today 1, is u pleasure 10 visit
the Peabody home for one finda there
the ideal family life that is the safe
guard ol the nation no matter how
good Republicans they may be, that
household Is pure democracy where
everyone has n fail representation.
Mrs. Peabody In u beautiful and era
oions woman. Interested In church
work and clubs. though the church
comes nrst. the family having been
members OF the Episcopal church FOR
many years Mrs. Peabody belongs
to the Friends In Council. the Won
ans club aud the Dickens club beside
being director in the Library asso'
citation. which will shortly have the
pleasure OF opening the handsome new
Library building given by Carnegie.
Mrs. Peabody has the same quiet dig
nifty that characterized her mother,
Mrs Clelland. who Is member Of this
household The oldest daughter ls "A
student at Miss Wolcott's school.
Will. James Clclland and Miss Jessie
are at home, They are attractive
young folks. the kind that like EN-
morsnns divine ideas below;
Always hnd us young.
And always keep us so
Naturally Mir Peabody did not re
veal his whole future policy In case
of his election His past record would
show him to be In sympathy with
progressive ideas, and by no means
so mortally afraid Of experiments as
some OF his party
Nor can we repeat Wolseley's ad.
vice; I charge thee fling away ambi-
tion. for Mr. Peabody says he has but
one ambition In case OF his election.
and that iS to be the best governor
Colorado has ever had without regard
TO age. sex. color. previous condition.
or even the lines OF partisRnship to
be governor of the whole state, and
not a section of all the people not