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assembled , numbering not less than ten thousand . _ All seamed deeply affected by the loss which has been sustained , and desirous of paying the last tribute of respect to the departed . The following Canadian Lodges of Freemasons were represented as below . The greater part went down by the Great Western in the morning train , and proceeded from the Suspension-bridge Station by the Erie and Ontario Railroad to Clifton . The number conveyed by this train was over five hundred . Toronto . —St . Andrew ' s , St . John ' s , King Solomon ' s , and Canadian Knights
Templar . Hamilton . —Barton Lodge , No . 3 ; Prov . Grand Lodge of Canada ; Strict Observance Lodge , No . 17 ; St . John ' s , No . 20 ; Acacia . No . 30 . Elsewhere . —Woodstock Lodge , No . 895 , English Register ; Grimsby Lodge , No . 4 z , Provincial ; Alma Lodge , Gait ; St . John ' s Lodge , London ; Kellarwan Lodge , London ; St . George ' s Lodge , Montreal , No . 613 , English Register ; St . George ' s Lodge ; St . Catherine ' s ( Mr . Zimmerman was a member of this Lodge ) ; and Niagara Lodge .
On the arrival of the Masons from Canada , they were met by those from the United States at the Clifton House , and all proceeded to the large hall in connection with that hotel , where a Lodge was opened in due form . From Buffalo there were representatives from each Lodge . Prom Rochester , the deputation consisted of General Lathrop , and -IS Knights Templar .
Jjrom JLockport , Ur . Murphy , High Jrriest or one _ r raternity ot iNew York , Dr . McLean , and the entire Encampment of 75 members . Mr . Zimmerman was a Knight Templar in this Encampment . Prom Syracuse , a deputation of 12 Templars , of Central City Encampment , attended . All the Templars present were arrayed in silver and black regalia , cocked hats , swords , gauntlets , & c . & c . After the Lodge had been opened , the procession filed out , and numbered clothed Masons 590 , which was augmented by additions , swelling the number to over 650 . Two bands—Union ( seventeen members ) from Buffalo , and Scots ( fourteen members ) from Rochester—took places allotted to them ; and the Masons moved up the hill towards the residence of their deceased Brother , the bands playing the "Sicilian Mariners' Hymn . " Arrived at the house , at which there
"was assembled an immense concourse of people , the procession rested—during which time divine service was being performed in the house by the Rev . Mr . Inglis , of Niagara . Falls ' , and the Rev . Mr . Looming , of Ohippawa , clergymen of the Church of England . At 2-15 , the hearse , drawn by four beautiful horses , was driven to the door , and the coffin containing the remains of the deceased deposited therein . The procession then formed , and moved from the house at 2-50 . It proceeded down the hill , towards the Falls , and entered opposite the Clifton House , the grounds laid , out and beautified by Dr . Zimmerman , through which it moved towards the base of the hill , whore a vault had boon erected . Around the vault
an inclosure of half an acre was formed by ropes and stakes , around which the Masons formed two deep , allowing the palbbearers with the coffin , the Cuard of Honour , and the Crand Officers to pass the vault . The body was then deposited at the mouth of the vault , and the Rev . Mr . Looming proceeded to read the Church Burial Service , after which Dr . Murphy , the High l . Yiest of the Fraternity iu Now York , read , in a clem * and distinct voice , from the Masonic Manual , the funeral ceremony for Fast Masters .
After the reading , at tin ; command of the l . Yiest , the whole body filed past , each Mason dropping a twig of evergreen on the coflin , and formed as before in procession .. The rest of the service was read , a prayer offered up , and the coffin carefully placed in the vault , covered with the cap , sword , mantle , gauntlet , lambskin , & c , of the uniform of the Knights Templar . Tin ; procession then returned to the hall , and the crowd dispersed . In the hall , Dr . Murphy presiding , M r . Stephens , 1 ) . lYov . ( I . l \ l , Hamilton , in a few very appropriate and feeling remarks , moved a resolution to the elfeet that
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assembled , numbering not less than ten thousand . _ All seamed deeply affected by the loss which has been sustained , and desirous of paying the last tribute of respect to the departed . The following Canadian Lodges of Freemasons were represented as below . The greater part went down by the Great Western in the morning train , and proceeded from the Suspension-bridge Station by the Erie and Ontario Railroad to Clifton . The number conveyed by this train was over five hundred . Toronto . —St . Andrew ' s , St . John ' s , King Solomon ' s , and Canadian Knights
Templar . Hamilton . —Barton Lodge , No . 3 ; Prov . Grand Lodge of Canada ; Strict Observance Lodge , No . 17 ; St . John ' s , No . 20 ; Acacia . No . 30 . Elsewhere . —Woodstock Lodge , No . 895 , English Register ; Grimsby Lodge , No . 4 z , Provincial ; Alma Lodge , Gait ; St . John ' s Lodge , London ; Kellarwan Lodge , London ; St . George ' s Lodge , Montreal , No . 613 , English Register ; St . George ' s Lodge ; St . Catherine ' s ( Mr . Zimmerman was a member of this Lodge ) ; and Niagara Lodge .
On the arrival of the Masons from Canada , they were met by those from the United States at the Clifton House , and all proceeded to the large hall in connection with that hotel , where a Lodge was opened in due form . From Buffalo there were representatives from each Lodge . Prom Rochester , the deputation consisted of General Lathrop , and -IS Knights Templar .
Jjrom JLockport , Ur . Murphy , High Jrriest or one _ r raternity ot iNew York , Dr . McLean , and the entire Encampment of 75 members . Mr . Zimmerman was a Knight Templar in this Encampment . Prom Syracuse , a deputation of 12 Templars , of Central City Encampment , attended . All the Templars present were arrayed in silver and black regalia , cocked hats , swords , gauntlets , & c . & c . After the Lodge had been opened , the procession filed out , and numbered clothed Masons 590 , which was augmented by additions , swelling the number to over 650 . Two bands—Union ( seventeen members ) from Buffalo , and Scots ( fourteen members ) from Rochester—took places allotted to them ; and the Masons moved up the hill towards the residence of their deceased Brother , the bands playing the "Sicilian Mariners' Hymn . " Arrived at the house , at which there
"was assembled an immense concourse of people , the procession rested—during which time divine service was being performed in the house by the Rev . Mr . Inglis , of Niagara . Falls ' , and the Rev . Mr . Looming , of Ohippawa , clergymen of the Church of England . At 2-15 , the hearse , drawn by four beautiful horses , was driven to the door , and the coffin containing the remains of the deceased deposited therein . The procession then formed , and moved from the house at 2-50 . It proceeded down the hill , towards the Falls , and entered opposite the Clifton House , the grounds laid , out and beautified by Dr . Zimmerman , through which it moved towards the base of the hill , whore a vault had boon erected . Around the vault
an inclosure of half an acre was formed by ropes and stakes , around which the Masons formed two deep , allowing the palbbearers with the coffin , the Cuard of Honour , and the Crand Officers to pass the vault . The body was then deposited at the mouth of the vault , and the Rev . Mr . Looming proceeded to read the Church Burial Service , after which Dr . Murphy , the High l . Yiest of the Fraternity iu Now York , read , in a clem * and distinct voice , from the Masonic Manual , the funeral ceremony for Fast Masters .
After the reading , at tin ; command of the l . Yiest , the whole body filed past , each Mason dropping a twig of evergreen on the coflin , and formed as before in procession .. The rest of the service was read , a prayer offered up , and the coffin carefully placed in the vault , covered with the cap , sword , mantle , gauntlet , lambskin , & c , of the uniform of the Knights Templar . Tin ; procession then returned to the hall , and the crowd dispersed . In the hall , Dr . Murphy presiding , M r . Stephens , 1 ) . lYov . ( I . l \ l , Hamilton , in a few very appropriate and feeling remarks , moved a resolution to the elfeet that