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The Reporter.
brother , and especially identified him with this prosperous Lodge of Improvement ; he considered Bro . Savage had been one of the pillars of the lodge , who , by his personal exertions and talents , had contributed to make it renowned throughout the Craft . But Bro . Savage ' s fame in Masonry did not rest solely upon his masonic erudition , or his services to this particular lodge . His aspirations in Freemasonry took a more extendedand he miht adda nobler flihtin the support of its
, g , g , charities , and in the exercise of those virtues which practically demonstrated its advantages . In a social point of view he stood pre-eminent . The toast was drunk in the most hearty and cordial manner . Bro . JOHN SAVAGE begged the brethren to accept his sincere thanks for the very kind manner in which they had responded to the toast of Bro . Whitmore . Bro . Whitmore , had said much of him ; more indeed than he could take credit to himself as deserving ; although
he had certainly taken a very active part in the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , for a period of nearly fourteen years ; for ten years he had been a constant attendant , and although he might not be so well known to some of the younger , as he was to the whole of the senior members , as from his private engagements he had ] lately been unable to see so much of them as formerly , he nevertheless always felt on their behalf the same interestand each succeeding Friday evening
, he found himself with them in heart , though absent in person . Bro . Savage concluded by proposing " Prosperity to the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . " Several other toasts were proposed and responded to , and the conviviality of the evening ; was kept up until high twelve , when the brethren
returned to their homes , well pleased at having had an opportunity of celebrating another annual meeting , and of testifying their feelings towards their respected Bro . Mountain . CASTLE LODGE . —We regret to have to record the occurrence of circumstances connected with this hitherto flourishing lodge , which have led to the secession of nearly half its members , and which may not improbably lead to its final dissolution . It appears that one of the Past
Masters of the lodge , ( Bro . John Elliot ) , had for many months past made himself obnoxious to the other members , by a line of conduct which they considered utterly at varience with the fundamental principles of our Order , and which called forth severe and frequent rebukes . With the lapse of time , the evil increased to such an extent , that various of the brethren felt it incumbent upon them to request him to withdraw from a lodge in which they felt it impossible to work with him in
harmony and brotherly love . The request being treated with contempt , and the offensive conduct still persisted in , it became the painful duty of those who had taken upon themselves the ungracious task of " belling the cat , " to submit to the lodge at its meeting in April last , a formal motion for the exclusion of the offending brother , which was carried by a majority of nine , the numbers being for the motion 12 , against it 3 . When the lodge resumed its masonic session in September last , the
minutes were duly confirmed , and the act of exclusion perfected . Bro . Elliot then took the matter before the Board of General Purposes , by whom the exclusion was set aside on the technical objection that the formality of thrice admonishing the offending brother had not been complied with , pursuant to the strict letter of the law , as laid down in the Book of Constitutions . * ' Bro . Elliot being thus thrust upon the
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The Reporter.
brother , and especially identified him with this prosperous Lodge of Improvement ; he considered Bro . Savage had been one of the pillars of the lodge , who , by his personal exertions and talents , had contributed to make it renowned throughout the Craft . But Bro . Savage ' s fame in Masonry did not rest solely upon his masonic erudition , or his services to this particular lodge . His aspirations in Freemasonry took a more extendedand he miht adda nobler flihtin the support of its
, g , g , charities , and in the exercise of those virtues which practically demonstrated its advantages . In a social point of view he stood pre-eminent . The toast was drunk in the most hearty and cordial manner . Bro . JOHN SAVAGE begged the brethren to accept his sincere thanks for the very kind manner in which they had responded to the toast of Bro . Whitmore . Bro . Whitmore , had said much of him ; more indeed than he could take credit to himself as deserving ; although
he had certainly taken a very active part in the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , for a period of nearly fourteen years ; for ten years he had been a constant attendant , and although he might not be so well known to some of the younger , as he was to the whole of the senior members , as from his private engagements he had ] lately been unable to see so much of them as formerly , he nevertheless always felt on their behalf the same interestand each succeeding Friday evening
, he found himself with them in heart , though absent in person . Bro . Savage concluded by proposing " Prosperity to the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . " Several other toasts were proposed and responded to , and the conviviality of the evening ; was kept up until high twelve , when the brethren
returned to their homes , well pleased at having had an opportunity of celebrating another annual meeting , and of testifying their feelings towards their respected Bro . Mountain . CASTLE LODGE . —We regret to have to record the occurrence of circumstances connected with this hitherto flourishing lodge , which have led to the secession of nearly half its members , and which may not improbably lead to its final dissolution . It appears that one of the Past
Masters of the lodge , ( Bro . John Elliot ) , had for many months past made himself obnoxious to the other members , by a line of conduct which they considered utterly at varience with the fundamental principles of our Order , and which called forth severe and frequent rebukes . With the lapse of time , the evil increased to such an extent , that various of the brethren felt it incumbent upon them to request him to withdraw from a lodge in which they felt it impossible to work with him in
harmony and brotherly love . The request being treated with contempt , and the offensive conduct still persisted in , it became the painful duty of those who had taken upon themselves the ungracious task of " belling the cat , " to submit to the lodge at its meeting in April last , a formal motion for the exclusion of the offending brother , which was carried by a majority of nine , the numbers being for the motion 12 , against it 3 . When the lodge resumed its masonic session in September last , the
minutes were duly confirmed , and the act of exclusion perfected . Bro . Elliot then took the matter before the Board of General Purposes , by whom the exclusion was set aside on the technical objection that the formality of thrice admonishing the offending brother had not been complied with , pursuant to the strict letter of the law , as laid down in the Book of Constitutions . * ' Bro . Elliot being thus thrust upon the