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Tidings Eeom The Craft In" The United St...
South Carolina , 61 ^ Ten nessee , 210 ; Texas , 90 ; Yermont , 37 ; "Virginia , 159 ; Wisconsin , 50 . The average of membership in these lodges is about 33 , which affords an aggregate of about 130 , 000 , all Master Masons . The publications made annually by these 35 Masonic Grand bodies exceed in the aggregate 4 , 000 pages octavo size .
There is but one literary society , as such , under Masonic patronage in the United States . It is styled The School of Grotona , located at Lodgeton , Kentucky , the residence of Bob , Morris , Esq ., and has been in active exercise nearly two years . Thus far its operations have been confined to exchanges of Masonic documents , and its modus operandi may be most readily understood by the following circular : —•
C ( Pro dome of the School of Orotona . —Wanted , Masonic books , pamphlets ,, circulars , bydaws , addresses , manuscripts , & c . & c . Also , medals , seals , etc ., with impressions of the same , in quantities large as possible . . ' . .. " The same number of articles , but no two similar , will be returned in exchange u Masonic bodies , Grand or Subordinate , print 100 extra copies of all their documents to send The School of Orotona .
'^ Individuals publishing addresses , etc ., send lOO extra copies to The School of ' Orotona . ' . , t .. . ' . ' .. ' ' . " Write on every article the name of the donor—if not , he will fail to get credit : for it . ( e Address School of 07 Vto ^ a , Jjodgetou , Kentucky . "'Bob . Mobris , G . P . " The success of this system has been exceedingly great ; vast quantities of
Masonic matter , much of it the unvalued accumulations of long periods , having found their way by this means into the hands of parties appreciating them . It comports with the original plan of this School of Orotona to establish a College of Masonic Instruction , as the only practicable means of correcting the irregularitiesof work and ritual which abound in this country , but this is a matter of time . During the month of August it was announced through the Masonic press , that the publication of The Universal Masonic Library ™ % completed . This is in part a
collection of original works , but chiefly a compilation of the standard literature of Preemasonry , in thirty volumes octavo , of 400 pages each . The issue of such a magnificent series of works , devoted exclusively to this institution , has secured the interestof the entire Fraternity . The 30 volumes comprise 54 works , including all those of Dr . Oliver , Preston , Oalcott , Hutchinson , Harris , Ashe , Morris , Lawrie , Anderson , Inwood , Percy , Mackey , De Vertot , Gourdin , Taylor , Creigh ,
Tucker , Allen , Brown , Morton , Arnold , Toun , and Portal . No better test of the literary zeal of the American Masons need be offered than the fact that nearly 2 , 000 full sets of the Library were ordered during the three years intervening between the publication of the first and the thirtieth volumes respectively . The work was projected , compiled and published by Rob . Morris , Esq . Having thus stated a few facts as a basis for the future papers of this ' series ,
I go on to give the scanty incidents of the past non-Masonic month , lhe presentation of an Honorarium to Hon . and M . E . Blackstone Hubbard , at Buffalo , New York , Sept . 9 th , was an event of importance to all Masons who cherish the orders of Christian Knighthood , and desire to see honour rendered to true merit . General Hubbard for the past nine years has been the Grand Master of the Knights Templar of the United States , and in that high position has given such proofs of self-devotion , large acquirements , and an intimate knowledge of
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Tidings Eeom The Craft In" The United St...
South Carolina , 61 ^ Ten nessee , 210 ; Texas , 90 ; Yermont , 37 ; "Virginia , 159 ; Wisconsin , 50 . The average of membership in these lodges is about 33 , which affords an aggregate of about 130 , 000 , all Master Masons . The publications made annually by these 35 Masonic Grand bodies exceed in the aggregate 4 , 000 pages octavo size .
There is but one literary society , as such , under Masonic patronage in the United States . It is styled The School of Grotona , located at Lodgeton , Kentucky , the residence of Bob , Morris , Esq ., and has been in active exercise nearly two years . Thus far its operations have been confined to exchanges of Masonic documents , and its modus operandi may be most readily understood by the following circular : —•
C ( Pro dome of the School of Orotona . —Wanted , Masonic books , pamphlets ,, circulars , bydaws , addresses , manuscripts , & c . & c . Also , medals , seals , etc ., with impressions of the same , in quantities large as possible . . ' . .. " The same number of articles , but no two similar , will be returned in exchange u Masonic bodies , Grand or Subordinate , print 100 extra copies of all their documents to send The School of Orotona .
'^ Individuals publishing addresses , etc ., send lOO extra copies to The School of ' Orotona . ' . , t .. . ' . ' .. ' ' . " Write on every article the name of the donor—if not , he will fail to get credit : for it . ( e Address School of 07 Vto ^ a , Jjodgetou , Kentucky . "'Bob . Mobris , G . P . " The success of this system has been exceedingly great ; vast quantities of
Masonic matter , much of it the unvalued accumulations of long periods , having found their way by this means into the hands of parties appreciating them . It comports with the original plan of this School of Orotona to establish a College of Masonic Instruction , as the only practicable means of correcting the irregularitiesof work and ritual which abound in this country , but this is a matter of time . During the month of August it was announced through the Masonic press , that the publication of The Universal Masonic Library ™ % completed . This is in part a
collection of original works , but chiefly a compilation of the standard literature of Preemasonry , in thirty volumes octavo , of 400 pages each . The issue of such a magnificent series of works , devoted exclusively to this institution , has secured the interestof the entire Fraternity . The 30 volumes comprise 54 works , including all those of Dr . Oliver , Preston , Oalcott , Hutchinson , Harris , Ashe , Morris , Lawrie , Anderson , Inwood , Percy , Mackey , De Vertot , Gourdin , Taylor , Creigh ,
Tucker , Allen , Brown , Morton , Arnold , Toun , and Portal . No better test of the literary zeal of the American Masons need be offered than the fact that nearly 2 , 000 full sets of the Library were ordered during the three years intervening between the publication of the first and the thirtieth volumes respectively . The work was projected , compiled and published by Rob . Morris , Esq . Having thus stated a few facts as a basis for the future papers of this ' series ,
I go on to give the scanty incidents of the past non-Masonic month , lhe presentation of an Honorarium to Hon . and M . E . Blackstone Hubbard , at Buffalo , New York , Sept . 9 th , was an event of importance to all Masons who cherish the orders of Christian Knighthood , and desire to see honour rendered to true merit . General Hubbard for the past nine years has been the Grand Master of the Knights Templar of the United States , and in that high position has given such proofs of self-devotion , large acquirements , and an intimate knowledge of