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after Bros . Wynne , Beard , Farthing , and others had made some remarks , several resolutions were adopted . After the business , the Brethren adjourned to refreshment , and passed a very pleasant evening . The visitors present were Bros . George Martin , No . 219 , and Collins , No . 902 , the former responding to the visitors'toast . At the suggestion of Bro . Beard , Hon . Sec , the Brethren agreed that the usual annual ball , for the benefit of the charities , should take place , and a committee was formed to carry out the necessary arrangements .
St . Thomas ' s Lodge ( No . 166 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of this Lodge was held at the Freemasons ' Tavern , on Saturday , 5 th inst ., Bro . Staite , W . M ., presiding . The only business before the Lodge was the election of W . M . and Treasurer for the ensuing year . For the former office , the suffrages of the Brethren were unanimously in favour of Bro . Archer , S . W . ; and the re-election of Bro . Frampton , P . M ., as Treasurer , was ensured by the highly satisfactory manner in which the duties have been discharged during the years the office has been in his hands .
The Lodge having been closed , the Brethren proceeded to banquet . About eighteen sat down , the absence of several members , on account of indisposition , being matter for regret . The viands were of the customary excellence—the wine afforded unqualified satisfaction—and the social pleasures of the evening were enhanced by a succession of songs and recitations contributed by members and visitors . Amongst the latter we observed Bros . A . L . Bellinger , P . M . No . 82 , and P . Prov . G . J . W . Herts ; F . Binckes , P . M . No . 11 ; Smith and Frith , No . 170 .
Old Concoed Lodge ( No . 201 . )—This Lodge assembled its members on Tuesday , the 1 st of December ; Bro . Jeffries , W . M ., in the chair , performing his duties most satisfactorily . Messrs . Edward Terry and William Sankey were initiated info the mysteries and privileges of Freemasonry , and the Bev . Bro . Hales received the Degree of M . M . The next business transacted was the election of Master for the ensuing season , which was unanimously voted to the S . W ., Bro . Jackson . The election of Treasurer followed , and the important office was
again intrusted to Bro . Kennedy , P . M . The Tyler , Bro . Beckett , was also reelected . After which the Brethren adjourned to banquet , which was well served , and gave great satisfaction . Upon the removal of the cloth , the W . M . proposed the " Queen and the Craft , " which was received with the usual amount of enthusiasm , followed by the national anthem , which was charmingly rendered by Miss Ada Taylor , Bros . Eramens , Donald King , and G . F . Taylor ( who presided at the pianoforte ) . The healths of the M . W . G . M . and the D . G . M . were then proposed ,
and duly responded to . After which the W . M . proposed the health of their excellent Chaplain , the Bev . Bro . Laughlin , who , in returning thanks , dilated with his usual eloquence upon Freemasonry—saying , My Brethren will , I hope . forgive me , while , in the spirit of sincere friendship , I wish to remind them , that they ought not to consider their admission into a Mason ' s Lodge as being designed to enlarge the eircle of dissipation . Let them , on the contrary , view it as laying them under an additional obligation to submit to the rules of order and propriety ,
and as a happy means of forming in them a taste for the delicate and refined moral pleasures of the heart . For that reason , every species of levity , and opposition to the rules of good order and manly behaviour , are perfectly inconsistent with the spirit of Masonry . In conclusion , let me recall to memory , the ceremony of your initiation . Brethren , learn to govern your passions—speak no ill of a Brother—and ere long you will have occasion to say , l In becoming a Mason I truly became the man ; and while I breathe will never disgrace a jewel that kings may prize * ' " The W . M . ' s health followed , which was gracefully responded
to by Bro . Jefferies , who thanked the Brethren for the courtesy and attention they had bestowed on him during the time he had occupied the chair ; it had rendered his position a comparatively easy one , and he was sure his successor would meet with the same kindly feeling at the hands of the Brethren . Bro . Ernmens , P . M . and Sec , then proposed the health of Bro . Jackson , the W . M . elect , paying him a well deserved compliment for his attention to the duties of the Lodge . Bro . Ernmens would take this opportunity of adverting to the forthcoining ball ( of which Bro . Jackson was the president ) , and urged the co-opera-
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after Bros . Wynne , Beard , Farthing , and others had made some remarks , several resolutions were adopted . After the business , the Brethren adjourned to refreshment , and passed a very pleasant evening . The visitors present were Bros . George Martin , No . 219 , and Collins , No . 902 , the former responding to the visitors'toast . At the suggestion of Bro . Beard , Hon . Sec , the Brethren agreed that the usual annual ball , for the benefit of the charities , should take place , and a committee was formed to carry out the necessary arrangements .
St . Thomas ' s Lodge ( No . 166 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of this Lodge was held at the Freemasons ' Tavern , on Saturday , 5 th inst ., Bro . Staite , W . M ., presiding . The only business before the Lodge was the election of W . M . and Treasurer for the ensuing year . For the former office , the suffrages of the Brethren were unanimously in favour of Bro . Archer , S . W . ; and the re-election of Bro . Frampton , P . M ., as Treasurer , was ensured by the highly satisfactory manner in which the duties have been discharged during the years the office has been in his hands .
The Lodge having been closed , the Brethren proceeded to banquet . About eighteen sat down , the absence of several members , on account of indisposition , being matter for regret . The viands were of the customary excellence—the wine afforded unqualified satisfaction—and the social pleasures of the evening were enhanced by a succession of songs and recitations contributed by members and visitors . Amongst the latter we observed Bros . A . L . Bellinger , P . M . No . 82 , and P . Prov . G . J . W . Herts ; F . Binckes , P . M . No . 11 ; Smith and Frith , No . 170 .
Old Concoed Lodge ( No . 201 . )—This Lodge assembled its members on Tuesday , the 1 st of December ; Bro . Jeffries , W . M ., in the chair , performing his duties most satisfactorily . Messrs . Edward Terry and William Sankey were initiated info the mysteries and privileges of Freemasonry , and the Bev . Bro . Hales received the Degree of M . M . The next business transacted was the election of Master for the ensuing season , which was unanimously voted to the S . W ., Bro . Jackson . The election of Treasurer followed , and the important office was
again intrusted to Bro . Kennedy , P . M . The Tyler , Bro . Beckett , was also reelected . After which the Brethren adjourned to banquet , which was well served , and gave great satisfaction . Upon the removal of the cloth , the W . M . proposed the " Queen and the Craft , " which was received with the usual amount of enthusiasm , followed by the national anthem , which was charmingly rendered by Miss Ada Taylor , Bros . Eramens , Donald King , and G . F . Taylor ( who presided at the pianoforte ) . The healths of the M . W . G . M . and the D . G . M . were then proposed ,
and duly responded to . After which the W . M . proposed the health of their excellent Chaplain , the Bev . Bro . Laughlin , who , in returning thanks , dilated with his usual eloquence upon Freemasonry—saying , My Brethren will , I hope . forgive me , while , in the spirit of sincere friendship , I wish to remind them , that they ought not to consider their admission into a Mason ' s Lodge as being designed to enlarge the eircle of dissipation . Let them , on the contrary , view it as laying them under an additional obligation to submit to the rules of order and propriety ,
and as a happy means of forming in them a taste for the delicate and refined moral pleasures of the heart . For that reason , every species of levity , and opposition to the rules of good order and manly behaviour , are perfectly inconsistent with the spirit of Masonry . In conclusion , let me recall to memory , the ceremony of your initiation . Brethren , learn to govern your passions—speak no ill of a Brother—and ere long you will have occasion to say , l In becoming a Mason I truly became the man ; and while I breathe will never disgrace a jewel that kings may prize * ' " The W . M . ' s health followed , which was gracefully responded
to by Bro . Jefferies , who thanked the Brethren for the courtesy and attention they had bestowed on him during the time he had occupied the chair ; it had rendered his position a comparatively easy one , and he was sure his successor would meet with the same kindly feeling at the hands of the Brethren . Bro . Ernmens , P . M . and Sec , then proposed the health of Bro . Jackson , the W . M . elect , paying him a well deserved compliment for his attention to the duties of the Lodge . Bro . Ernmens would take this opportunity of adverting to the forthcoining ball ( of which Bro . Jackson was the president ) , and urged the co-opera-