Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-19
MASONIC RITES
PERFORMED

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All that was mortal of Captain Jo-
senh II. Johnson was consigned to the
grave in Odd Fellows cemetery yes
rerday. Not in many years has fun
eraI taken place that has caused such
an outpouriug of our own citizens and
brought here so many people from
neighboring places, fact which most
eloquently attested to the high stand
ing and personal popularity of.the de
| ceased.
The funeral took place from Pine
| Street Lutheran church at 30 p. m.
Rev. DR.. Shindel, pastor of Pine Street
Lutheran church, is just recovering
! from an illness and was not physical
/ lv equal to the task of conducting the
funeral. In his place Rev. U. G. My
ers of Catawissa officiated. Rev. Mr..
| Myers knew the deceased for many
| wears and he paid a noble tribute TO
/ his memory. Among the musical mum
/ bers rendered at the funeral was a
| beautiful solo, Face to Face, by
/ Mrs. Arthur Matchett of Middletown {:
also a quartette Abide With Me" by
/ Mrs. W. r. Paules, Miss Anna Fry,
/ Robert Jacobs and Sam A. Mccoy.
/ The deceased belonged TO Mahoning
! lodge No 5l6. +. & A. NJ, and he
was signally honored by the members
/ of the Masonic Fraternity. 1t would
! be difficult to recall an occasion when
"A larger number of the white glOved
fraternity were in line to follow n
brother to the grave Taking i'll lodge
SIC and the sister lodge 224, present
by invitation, there were i'll the pro
cession at least fifty members.
The deceased had fine war record.
. He was a member of the Union Vet
eran Legion, but he was none the less
bound to the members of G A. r. and
10 all veterans by the ties of comrade-
ship, so that among those who gather
ed around his bier yesterday large
proportion were survivors of the Civil
war In selecting the pail bearers the
honors were equally divided between
the two organizations of veterans. The
remains were carried by ID. Il. Eek
man, DR. Jno. Sweisfort, and George
Mears, of Rupert, representing the
Union Veteran Legion and W. NJ. He'd
dens. Thomas Mensch of Catawissa and
John Levers of Milton, representing
the G.. A. r.
The flowers formed a very beautiful
tribute and comprised a large shield,
in which were interviewer the letters,
u. V. L., ~ from the Union Veteran
Legion a large compass and square
wrought in flowers, the Masonic en-
blem, as a tribute from MahOning
Lodge No ole There was also a
beautHul offering from the Sunday
school class of !Pine Street Lutheran
church taught by Mrs. Johnson wife
of the deceased as we'll as large num-
Der of floral gifts from individual
friends.
The funeral was taken to Odd Eel
lows cemetery on two trolley cars,
which met at Walnut and Pine streets.
The Masonic fraternity in two columns
that faced each other occupied the
sidewalk and extended nearly all the
way from the church to Walnut street.
Between the two columns of Freemas-
ons, who stood with uncovered heads,
the casket on which was piled rich
profusion Of flowers, was slowly and
reverently borne along.
The remains were placed in the first
car which was occupied by the rela-
ily. The second car was given over to
the masons and was crowded. At the
grave the burial rites of the Masonic
order were observed.
The following Out-of- town persons
were at the funeral: James ID. Evans,
j. (Towney) Howe and Mrs. Anne
VanBuskirk, of Scranton Mrs. Sarah
Forred and Alfred Forred, Plymouth
Mrs. Wesley Eyer, of Bloomsbury.
Among the prominent Masons were
A. L. Fritz, Esq, Isaiah Hagenbuch,
r. +. Vanderslice and Charles Reice
of Bloomsbury Among the members
of the Union Veteran Legion were
G. 5. Furman, Lewis Cohen, Jacob
Kellar, r. c. Buckalew, Zachariah
Thomas, Elias Utt, Theodore Menden-
hall, of Bloomsbury P. J. Baylor,
William Miner, Riverside; DR. p c.
Newbaker, DR., Jno. Sweisfort, d. R.
Eckman, Charles Woods and Michael
| Breckbill of Danvjlle.
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Switch, Hug and Kiss.