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Mark Masonry.
MARK MASONRY .
FORTITUDE LODGE , No . 66 . rPIIK auuual meeting was held on the 24 th ult ., to instal Bro . W . F . X Wefctcott S . W . as the W . Master for tho year ensuing . Tho installing Officer was Bro . U . Langmead P . M . 16 P . P . G . P ., assisted by the following Board of Installed Masters : —Bros . S . Jow , J . B . Gover , W . Allsford , H . Holman , J . R . Lord , Jamea Gidley , Archeleus
Trout , James Holland . The Officers wero invested , as follow : — Bros . J . Hicks S . W ., P . B . Clemens J . W ., T . Gray I . P . M ., H . P . Hearle M . O ., Vincent Bird S . O ., W . S . flearder J . O ., the Rev . W . Whittley Chaplain , S . Jow Treasurer , J . B . Gover Seoretary , Isaac Latimer
Registrar of Marks , G . Whittley S . D ., S . G . Baker J . D ., J . H . Koats D . C , J . G . Kevern Organist , E . Coppin S . B ., G . Whittley I . G ., J . Gidley Tyler . The brethren adjourned to the refectory room at the Club , where an excellent banquet was prepared by Bro . Harvey , and a pleasant evening was spent .
CHELMER LODGE , No . 342 .
rp IIB regular meeting of this Lodge was held at tho White Hart X Hotel , Chelmsford , on the 25 th ult ., Bro . T . Rymer Jarvis W . M . presiding . Tho ballot was taken for Bro . Wm . Flanders Howard Flanders , which proving unanimous tho candidate was regularly advanced by the W . M . The working tools were presented aud the oharges impressively given by Bro . J . P . Lewin P . M . P . P . G . J . W .
For Fellowship Sake.
FOR FELLOWSHIP SAKE .
FTIHERE was recently completed , at the Delaware Avenue X Cemetery , a plain but stately granite monument . This memorial , erected by the Masonic Board of Reliof of Buffalo , stands for a noteworthy fraternal and philanthropic work , which is of such wide interest as to warrant a few
words of history and description . We cannot do better than quote from a historical report prepared by Secretary ( now ex-Secretary ) Charles R . Fitzgerald , and deposited with other papers in a copper box in the base of the monument : —
During the early history of Masonry in Buffalo no particular plan had been devised for the distribution of charity to the needy and helpless sojourning brethren , or their widows and orphans . It was the custom of the Lodge , to whom application was made by an afflicted sojourning brother , to bear the burden of his necessities .
This was considered unjust , proportionately , and fnrnished no safegnard against impostors . Feeling the necessity of a rigid plan for the detection of tho unworthy , aa well aa for a uniform and judicions system of aiding the needy sojourner , a call waa issued to tho Officers of tho different Lodges to meet for the purpose of
organising a body to provide for tho control and distribution of a fund proposed to be raised for purposes of relief ; and , accordingly , early in June 1858 , the " Masonic Board of Relief of tho City of Bnffulo" was duly established and organised by the election of Officera and the adoption of suitable byc-lawa providing for its
government . A fund was established by each of the Lodges agreeing to donate to tho Brard of Relief a certain sum annually , based upon a pro rata assessment ou the number of members each Lodge returned to the Grand Lodgo ; and by that body making a liberal annual donation
thereby regarding Buffalo as next in importance to tbe City of New York in caring for the wayfaring brother in distress . The plan thus established proved of great benefit to the Craft , both to tbe contributing Lodges and to the worthy sojourner seeking assistance , and continued in operation until the 14 th of May 1870 ,
when , through some diversity of opinion , it was deemed advisable to re-orgauiae the system then in use ou a more economical basis , in order to furnish greater safeguards against imposition , aud make better provision for the interment of deceased sojourners , and their widows and orphans .
The new system , possessing additional features for the maintenance of its fund , being deprived of the liberal donation by the Grand Lodge was regarded by many of the original members as insufficient to meet the demands made upon it for aid ; but , by a careful and judicions distribution of charity to those considered worthy , and the detection
of impostors , it has been demonstrated , that with tbe present resources of the Board , and the absence of epidemic , we are in possession of as complete a system for tho object in view aa tho existing circumstances require . The Board cousists of tho following Lodges : —Hiram , No . 105 ;
Concordia , No . 143 ; Erie , No . 161 ; Washington , No . 210 ; Parish , No . 292 ; Modestia , No . 340 ; Queen City , No . 358 ; Do Molay , No . 498 ; Harmonie , No . 699 ; and Occidental , No . 766 , who regularly respond to the assessments made in duo form , and who famish each three delegates as the working membership of tho Board .
On 15 th April 1882 , the board took steps towards tho purchase of a desirable lot in the Delaware Avenno Cemetery . On 3 rd May 1884 , the board entered into negotiations , for the purchase of the lot , and authorised
the officers to incorporate tho board in order that it might hold real estate , under the State laws as an incorporate bod y . The incorporators were Charles F . Bishop ( now Mayor of Buffalo ) , Johu H . Doyle , Charles R . Fitzgerald ,
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James P . Gething , William J . Donaldson , Henry Zipp , and Philo W . Dorris , who constituted the board of directors for that year . The certificate of incorporation states that the particular business and object of the Masonic Board of Relief of the City of Buffalo is " to provide for
and relieve needy and distressed sojourning Free and Accepted Masous , their widows and orphans . " The lot which was bought ia fiucly situated at the corner of Delaware and Hertel Avenues , and thereon has been
erected the monument . It is oE granite , 25 feet 8 inches high , and cost 1000 dollars . The front face of the die is polished , with a raised Masonic emblem , and the inscri ption : — " Erected by the Masonic Board of Relief . A . L . 5889 . A . D . 1889 . " The contract was entrusted to
Wor . Bro . Peter Frank , of this city , and the finished work is regarded as highly satisfactory . The first burial in the society lot was that of Bro . Karl
Petzke , member of a Lodge in Berlin , Austria , who died suddenly in the New York Central Depot in this city on 20 th January 1885 . Modestia Lodge gave the stranger a burial with Masonic honours .
On the 13 th day of May 1885 , it was conceived by Secretary Charles R . Fitzgerald that the formation of a National Masonic Board of Relief for the United States
and Canadas would be most conducive to the best , interests of the Craft . Consequently , by the aid and assistance of Bro . D . F . Pennington , President of the Masonic Lodge of Relief , of Baltimore , Md ., a circular letter was issued and
sent out to Boards of Relief , Grand Lodges , & c , throughout the United States and Canada , for a conference upon the subject , to be held at Baltimore , Md ., ou the 31 st of
August 1885 . On 1 st September 1885 , the " National Masonic Board of Relief" was organised , and the Buffalo board made its first payment of dues to that body on 17 th October 1885 , for one year to 1 st September 1886 .
On 17 th April 1887 , the general good effects of the organization and operation of the National Masonic Board of Relief were manifested by the reduction of tho per capita assessment upon each Lodge membership of the Buffalo Board from 25 cents to 12 | cents .
At the end of ten years of service as Secretary of tho Relief Association , Mr . Fitzgerald has resigned . His term of office has seen much substantial work done . As General Secretary Pennington has lately stated , in a circular letter , it -was largely through Mr . Fitzgerald ' s individual efforts
that this final resting place and monument have been provided for indigent Masons who die in Buffalo ; he has been instrumental in reducing the assessments upon the Lodges , and has been successful in bringing about such action between Masonic organizations in the various cities that tho
Masonic tramp , impostor , and adventurer , may be watched and guarded against . It is for such work as this that tho General Masonio Relief Association and other bodies havo testified in hearty appreciation of his services , and in regret at his retirement . —Buffalo Sunday Express .
At a representative meeting of the brethren of tbe Threo Towns , held on the 20 th ult ., Bro . J . R . Lord presiding , it was decided to hold an Easter ball in the Masonic Temple , Plymouth , on 16 th April . The necessary
arrangements were resolved upon , Bro . Lord being elected Chairman of the Committee , Bro . G . R . Barrett Vice-Chairman , Bro . John Leonard D . C , and Bros . Court , James , and Gibbens M . C . ' s .
On the 27 th ult ., the Masons of Margate entertained 250 of the aged poor of the town at the Foresters' Hall . A bountiful dinner and tea was provided , and between the meals a capital programmo of vocal and instrumental
music was gone through . Short addresses were also given by the Mayor ( Bro . W . Leacb Lewis ) , who presided , Bro . Rev . W . Taylor Jones , and the Worshipful Master Bro . B . L . Moor .
We learn that a ball in aid of the Dublin Masonic Orphan Schools will be given in the new Leinster Hall , Dublin , under the auspices of Lodge No . 25 , on Fridav , the 25 fh April . J
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Mark Masonry.
MARK MASONRY .
FORTITUDE LODGE , No . 66 . rPIIK auuual meeting was held on the 24 th ult ., to instal Bro . W . F . X Wefctcott S . W . as the W . Master for tho year ensuing . Tho installing Officer was Bro . U . Langmead P . M . 16 P . P . G . P ., assisted by the following Board of Installed Masters : —Bros . S . Jow , J . B . Gover , W . Allsford , H . Holman , J . R . Lord , Jamea Gidley , Archeleus
Trout , James Holland . The Officers wero invested , as follow : — Bros . J . Hicks S . W ., P . B . Clemens J . W ., T . Gray I . P . M ., H . P . Hearle M . O ., Vincent Bird S . O ., W . S . flearder J . O ., the Rev . W . Whittley Chaplain , S . Jow Treasurer , J . B . Gover Seoretary , Isaac Latimer
Registrar of Marks , G . Whittley S . D ., S . G . Baker J . D ., J . H . Koats D . C , J . G . Kevern Organist , E . Coppin S . B ., G . Whittley I . G ., J . Gidley Tyler . The brethren adjourned to the refectory room at the Club , where an excellent banquet was prepared by Bro . Harvey , and a pleasant evening was spent .
CHELMER LODGE , No . 342 .
rp IIB regular meeting of this Lodge was held at tho White Hart X Hotel , Chelmsford , on the 25 th ult ., Bro . T . Rymer Jarvis W . M . presiding . Tho ballot was taken for Bro . Wm . Flanders Howard Flanders , which proving unanimous tho candidate was regularly advanced by the W . M . The working tools were presented aud the oharges impressively given by Bro . J . P . Lewin P . M . P . P . G . J . W .
For Fellowship Sake.
FOR FELLOWSHIP SAKE .
FTIHERE was recently completed , at the Delaware Avenue X Cemetery , a plain but stately granite monument . This memorial , erected by the Masonic Board of Reliof of Buffalo , stands for a noteworthy fraternal and philanthropic work , which is of such wide interest as to warrant a few
words of history and description . We cannot do better than quote from a historical report prepared by Secretary ( now ex-Secretary ) Charles R . Fitzgerald , and deposited with other papers in a copper box in the base of the monument : —
During the early history of Masonry in Buffalo no particular plan had been devised for the distribution of charity to the needy and helpless sojourning brethren , or their widows and orphans . It was the custom of the Lodge , to whom application was made by an afflicted sojourning brother , to bear the burden of his necessities .
This was considered unjust , proportionately , and fnrnished no safegnard against impostors . Feeling the necessity of a rigid plan for the detection of tho unworthy , aa well aa for a uniform and judicions system of aiding the needy sojourner , a call waa issued to tho Officers of tho different Lodges to meet for the purpose of
organising a body to provide for tho control and distribution of a fund proposed to be raised for purposes of relief ; and , accordingly , early in June 1858 , the " Masonic Board of Relief of tho City of Bnffulo" was duly established and organised by the election of Officera and the adoption of suitable byc-lawa providing for its
government . A fund was established by each of the Lodges agreeing to donate to tho Brard of Relief a certain sum annually , based upon a pro rata assessment ou the number of members each Lodge returned to the Grand Lodgo ; and by that body making a liberal annual donation
thereby regarding Buffalo as next in importance to tbe City of New York in caring for the wayfaring brother in distress . The plan thus established proved of great benefit to the Craft , both to tbe contributing Lodges and to the worthy sojourner seeking assistance , and continued in operation until the 14 th of May 1870 ,
when , through some diversity of opinion , it was deemed advisable to re-orgauiae the system then in use ou a more economical basis , in order to furnish greater safeguards against imposition , aud make better provision for the interment of deceased sojourners , and their widows and orphans .
The new system , possessing additional features for the maintenance of its fund , being deprived of the liberal donation by the Grand Lodge was regarded by many of the original members as insufficient to meet the demands made upon it for aid ; but , by a careful and judicions distribution of charity to those considered worthy , and the detection
of impostors , it has been demonstrated , that with tbe present resources of the Board , and the absence of epidemic , we are in possession of as complete a system for tho object in view aa tho existing circumstances require . The Board cousists of tho following Lodges : —Hiram , No . 105 ;
Concordia , No . 143 ; Erie , No . 161 ; Washington , No . 210 ; Parish , No . 292 ; Modestia , No . 340 ; Queen City , No . 358 ; Do Molay , No . 498 ; Harmonie , No . 699 ; and Occidental , No . 766 , who regularly respond to the assessments made in duo form , and who famish each three delegates as the working membership of tho Board .
On 15 th April 1882 , the board took steps towards tho purchase of a desirable lot in the Delaware Avenno Cemetery . On 3 rd May 1884 , the board entered into negotiations , for the purchase of the lot , and authorised
the officers to incorporate tho board in order that it might hold real estate , under the State laws as an incorporate bod y . The incorporators were Charles F . Bishop ( now Mayor of Buffalo ) , Johu H . Doyle , Charles R . Fitzgerald ,
For Fellowship Sake.
James P . Gething , William J . Donaldson , Henry Zipp , and Philo W . Dorris , who constituted the board of directors for that year . The certificate of incorporation states that the particular business and object of the Masonic Board of Relief of the City of Buffalo is " to provide for
and relieve needy and distressed sojourning Free and Accepted Masous , their widows and orphans . " The lot which was bought ia fiucly situated at the corner of Delaware and Hertel Avenues , and thereon has been
erected the monument . It is oE granite , 25 feet 8 inches high , and cost 1000 dollars . The front face of the die is polished , with a raised Masonic emblem , and the inscri ption : — " Erected by the Masonic Board of Relief . A . L . 5889 . A . D . 1889 . " The contract was entrusted to
Wor . Bro . Peter Frank , of this city , and the finished work is regarded as highly satisfactory . The first burial in the society lot was that of Bro . Karl
Petzke , member of a Lodge in Berlin , Austria , who died suddenly in the New York Central Depot in this city on 20 th January 1885 . Modestia Lodge gave the stranger a burial with Masonic honours .
On the 13 th day of May 1885 , it was conceived by Secretary Charles R . Fitzgerald that the formation of a National Masonic Board of Relief for the United States
and Canadas would be most conducive to the best , interests of the Craft . Consequently , by the aid and assistance of Bro . D . F . Pennington , President of the Masonic Lodge of Relief , of Baltimore , Md ., a circular letter was issued and
sent out to Boards of Relief , Grand Lodges , & c , throughout the United States and Canada , for a conference upon the subject , to be held at Baltimore , Md ., ou the 31 st of
August 1885 . On 1 st September 1885 , the " National Masonic Board of Relief" was organised , and the Buffalo board made its first payment of dues to that body on 17 th October 1885 , for one year to 1 st September 1886 .
On 17 th April 1887 , the general good effects of the organization and operation of the National Masonic Board of Relief were manifested by the reduction of tho per capita assessment upon each Lodge membership of the Buffalo Board from 25 cents to 12 | cents .
At the end of ten years of service as Secretary of tho Relief Association , Mr . Fitzgerald has resigned . His term of office has seen much substantial work done . As General Secretary Pennington has lately stated , in a circular letter , it -was largely through Mr . Fitzgerald ' s individual efforts
that this final resting place and monument have been provided for indigent Masons who die in Buffalo ; he has been instrumental in reducing the assessments upon the Lodges , and has been successful in bringing about such action between Masonic organizations in the various cities that tho
Masonic tramp , impostor , and adventurer , may be watched and guarded against . It is for such work as this that tho General Masonio Relief Association and other bodies havo testified in hearty appreciation of his services , and in regret at his retirement . —Buffalo Sunday Express .
At a representative meeting of the brethren of tbe Threo Towns , held on the 20 th ult ., Bro . J . R . Lord presiding , it was decided to hold an Easter ball in the Masonic Temple , Plymouth , on 16 th April . The necessary
arrangements were resolved upon , Bro . Lord being elected Chairman of the Committee , Bro . G . R . Barrett Vice-Chairman , Bro . John Leonard D . C , and Bros . Court , James , and Gibbens M . C . ' s .
On the 27 th ult ., the Masons of Margate entertained 250 of the aged poor of the town at the Foresters' Hall . A bountiful dinner and tea was provided , and between the meals a capital programmo of vocal and instrumental
music was gone through . Short addresses were also given by the Mayor ( Bro . W . Leacb Lewis ) , who presided , Bro . Rev . W . Taylor Jones , and the Worshipful Master Bro . B . L . Moor .
We learn that a ball in aid of the Dublin Masonic Orphan Schools will be given in the new Leinster Hall , Dublin , under the auspices of Lodge No . 25 , on Fridav , the 25 fh April . J
Ad01103
FMPORTANT NOTICE . —Confidential Advice free per post to all i in weak anil failing boalth , with loss of strength and vitality . Fifty years experience in Nervous Ailments . Address , The Socretary , 3 Fitzallan Square Sheffield , Form of Correspondence Free . Write to-day , '