Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-06-29
Shenandoah Junction News.
Shenandoah Junction. w. Va.

Miss Marguerite Engle, of Martins
burg, is visiting Mrs. 7. T. Nuckles.
Messrs. r. L. and G. l.. Virts
went to Philadelphia, on Thursday, re-
turning with two new Maxwell cars to
replenish the stock of L. J. Vlrts & Son.
the local agents.
Mr.. C. w. Brantner. Mr.. and Mrs.
V. M. Osbourn, and Miss Elizabeth
Slaughter, motored to Washington, on
Sunday last.
Mr.. w. P. Morrison has toy; he will
gladly explain its use.
Mr.. R. A. Renfro. was Hagerstown
visitor the past week.
We regret to learn that Mr.. Warren
A. Carper and family will return to
Virginia IN few days.
| At the time of the Masonic Banquet,
We promised to give report of some of
the things SAID by the speakers, but our
notes became hidden under our darning
there to remain unthought of until the
busy house cleaning season was over.
But as the principles Of Masonry are
eternal. the thoughts then enunciated
are as good now as ever. Though we
are the grand daughter, the daughter
and the sister of mason we were not
allowed admission into the hall (the
hateful thingsD and eperinced almost
as much trouble hearing what was said
as does war correspondent in getting
the facts of the war. However we are
familiar enough with the voice of the
speakers to assign each utterauce to the
right individual. Past Master ]. !. Lyme
was POSTMASTER and in his opening re-
marks make some alluson to DR.. Brown
having lost his way in Pittsburg, on a
recent visit, although that city was his
home for many years. The applause
was so liberal that we were unable to
catch the story in detail. F. c. Little
john, gave beautiful eulogy of the
late King Solomon. We distinctly
caught the following paragraph" Oh
yes. Solomon was a mason, and built
the most wonderful temple the world
has ever seen, but, great as this feast
was it was as nothing to his being able
to go dashing around with the beautiful
Queen of Sheba and then to go home
thousand wives. We poor devils of to-
day find it difficult enough to explain
ourselves to one little wife" The con.
Guiding words were greeted with tre-
mendrous appluse. DR.. Brown spoke as
! follows: Mathuselum was Grand Master
of the Grand Jurisdiction of the East,
| he was a great orator and good feeder,
| he spent much of his time attending
such banquets as this. Do you wonder
| that he lived to be nine hundred? He
had a wonderful digestion, but he made
| the mistake of attending two banquets
the same evening. This was the end of
poor Mathuselm. They laid him away
with full masonic rites, and, as was f.
ting, placed menu card at his head and
feet. Some one in the near corner
whispered, Let the good doctor beware,
lest he suffer the same fate. l. w.
Irvln referred to the Farther of his
Country in this wise: OF course George
Washington was a mason of high degree
1t helped him out of many a tight place;
in his youth it enabled him to chop
down the cherry tree tell the truth
about it, yet escape the licking he de-
served during that terrible winter at
Valley Forge it was his salvation
cobs and lcycles and the soldiers were
clamoring for some slight addition to
the bill of fare the wise general would
call meeting of the lodge, and by the
time he had put a candidate through
the third degree the fellows would have
forgotten there was such word as
hunger in the dictionary you fellows
who have recently taken the trip will
admit your appetite was hardly normal
when you had finished the course. The
main substenance of the army was the
eggs produced by flock of Rhode
Island Red hens. may say in passing
| have some of the original strain and
of you fellows may secure setting for
"a so. The following rather startling
facts were brought out by some of the
visiting speakers therefore we were
unable to recognize the voice. Farther
Adam was not a mason, had he been he
would have eaten the apple himself and
taken the consequences. The record is
not clear to Abel, Lut Cam was not
mason; no mason lays violent hands on
his brother. Noah was tyler of Mt.
Ararat Lodge No. IN. In the excite
meut of the floo he let in not only men
aud women but all manner of beasts.
The Billy Goat remains till this day to
disturb the peace and comfort of the new
arrival Napoleon Bonaparte was
great mason and general, He won
many hard taught battles; Waterloo
would have been his but he forgot the
pass word. Boys never forget the pass
word.
The Good Doctor says the world mnst
indeed be moving very fast when man
can no longer wear the same shirt at
night he wore during the day.
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Major J. Ogden Murray, who has
recently returned from Richmond and