The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-01-08
DROUGHT TO LIGHT" !"


OLD RECORDS KFsURRECTED
AND sPEAN OF BY-GoNE
DAYS. I LIKT A VOICE FROM
THE r pMV
THE CqWER-sToNE or THE
MASOF1C TEMPLE REMOVED
FROM IT'S RESTING PLACE OF
n yVARs.
On last Monday forenoon Mr.
Jerry w. Taylor, with the assist
ance OF one of his workmen, Il. l..
Roudreaux, removed the corner
stone from the first Masonic hall
building erected i'm this city. The
Masonic order, some time ago, sold
this building, their first home, to
Mrs. John Fisher. 1t was erected
some u years ago for the Masons
of this city.
When the cornerstone was re
moved it required some hard CHS
el NJ to dir awav the cement which
encdsed the copper box. In this
latter were number of records
of the dav of their entOmh,ng
which made interesting reading not
alone for the MasOns.
A peculiar fact connected with
the history of this conversions is
that it was set bv Mr.. TavIor. who
was at that time jOurneyman.
working under Mr John Weob. 1t
fell to Mr.. Taylor, now a COntrac-
tor, to remove it from its long
resting place.
Resting, for naa"iv generation.
with the copper box were the fol-
lowing articles
A napkn-in very bad condi
ton.
A copy of Buttcrick's Fashion
Plates, in colors. showing Che la
dies styles Of that day This sheet
has been framed And is exposed IL
Noah's Ark shOw-win iniow, where
it may he seen hv the public. It
should b eSprci Il Y interesting l.
the Young ladies Of to-day, as j:
hows the STYLES that their mamas
were Interested III when they were
Young ladies.
6g A record of the Lodge officers
and members, which we publish Lc-
low.
A copy Of the Constitution of the
Grand Lodge.
A copy of the Bylaws of Au
rora Lodge.
A record of the day by Mr.. w.
X. Burke, which we print in full,
believing it to be it's first publ
cation
A foreign silver coin of 1902, g
A record of the United States
and State officials of that day
Anil copy of the New iberia
Enterprise, bearing date Of April
q, lsse-printed just three days
before it was entombed. This
copy of the paper, which was s.
column folio, was No 13 OF Volume
5. On the heading margin was
written with lead pencil the
name, ~. G. Fuller" The Enter
prise at that time was owned and
edited by Mr.. J B. Lawton. Its
columns contained an advance
mention OF the cornerstone laying,
The records which we publish tell
their own sad story and need but
little comment from our pen. These
message from the dead, telling
OF many things quite forgotten by
many Of our older citizens and
"news' to the younger generation.
These records are treasured me-
mentos of the Masonic fraternity
and they will, in all probability,
find new resting place behind the
cornerstone Of the new Masonic
Temple, which will be erected on
the lot at the corner of Main and
Julia streets, where they may a
gain slumber for century or
more. When they come to light
again their story will be more Won
derful, for they will tell of the
first temple, while their accom-
panying records will tell of a
second temple-telling their story
to a new people, who will be the
actors upon the stage of life long
after this day and generation will
have been forgotten.
AURORA LODGE, No. 1913,
f. & A. NJ.
OFFICERS.
.J. 4. ruler, w M.
.J. H. Wise, s. w. .Wm. Lourd, J. W
JAS. Gebert, $. y.
C. w. GeOrgs, j.. D..
.Wm. Robertson, Treas.
.Seraphin Bcudreaux, Sect'y.
"A. Ribbeck, Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
j. c. Fuller, .J. II. Wise,
Jos. A. Breaux.
Deceased.
MEMBERS.
A. G. Barnard, Laurent BaZus,
A. Broussard, Chas. I. Cade,
Overton Cade, Geo. T. Colgin,
II. Coguenheim, G. II. Ring,
Geo. Simon, G. Eisemann,
Aug. Erath, J. A Fagot,
Geo. Harris, Eug. Henry,
p r. Henry. J. N. Roberts,
H. $. Snider, X. F. Hogsett,
Joe Indest, D. Levy,
NJ. H. Lewis, p. Maillard,
r. s. Perry, Il. A. Pharr,
Geo. M. Robertson, w. II. Wills,
Jno, T. DeValcOurt,
Initiated, Passed, and Raised This
Year.
Adolph Koch, J. r. Boutte,