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Lodge Histories.
Trefy was elected , vrho held office till 1846 , when by public installation Bro . David Blaney was installed as Master . He held the office till December , 1858 , the space of tAvelve years , the longest consecutive time ever held . When his successor was elected , Bro . Blaney was the only Past Master living . He died last year ( 1879 ) , one of the best and truest of Masons . In 1858 , Bro . H , H . F . Wliittemore Avas electedand held the office till December 1862 . In 1860 the
, , Loclge celebrated its one hundredth anniversary , and by curious coincidence , tbe W . Master was of tbe same profession at the birth of the Lodge and on tbe celebration of its hundredth birth-day . Tbe Lodge at that time numbered sixty-two members , and every member not absent from touii Avas present on that occasion ; it was but twenty years ago . Yet twenty-eight of those who gathered at that festival bave passed to tbe Grand Lodge aboveamong them
, tbe Worshipful Master , Treasurer , Secretary , Marshal , and Chaplain . In December , 1862 , Bro . M . J . Doak Avas elected Master , ancl held office till December , 1867 , ivhen Bro . Jonathan Cole was elected ancl held office till December , 1868 , when Bro . Pitman was elected Master and held office till December , 1872 , Avben Bro . W . H . Wormstead was elected ; he held office till February , 1875 , Avben Bro . Doak was installed and remained as Master till the surrender
of the charter in 1876 . I ha \ 'e thus briefly sketched the history of the Loclge , as found in its records , not so ably as it could be clone by many of our brethren present , but in my own plain way , showing that though the Loclge may bave lain dormant , during some years of the past century , yet still the fires on its altars have ever burned , though someAvhat covered Avith ashes . Like the vestal fires of the ancients , it needed but the breath to make tbe embers glow , ancl tbe sweet breath of the spring now has started them into new life ancl bein ° \
Sonnet On The Late Learned John Oxlee.
SONNET ON THE LATE LEARNED JOHN OXLEE .
BY BRO . GEORGE MARKHAM TWEDDELL , Author of "The Peoples' History of Cleveland mid its Vicinage , " $ * c OXLEE ! Ave wonder bow a single brain , During tbe few short years of life allow'd To man for study herecould ever crowd
, So much of learning there ; or how sustain The load of language when it once was got . Pliny Avith wonder told of Pontns' king , In twenty-two lands' language conversing ; But Mithridates is well-nigh forgot ; Our Cleveland Walton ' s name is dim by thine :
What was Bologna ' s Cardinal to thee , Who knew more books * than other linguists see ? Thy name o ' er Mezzofanti's e ' en shall shine ; And , as the love of learning grows ' mongst men , Thy fame it will increase beyond all mortal ken . Base Collage , Stokesley .
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Lodge Histories.
Trefy was elected , vrho held office till 1846 , when by public installation Bro . David Blaney was installed as Master . He held the office till December , 1858 , the space of tAvelve years , the longest consecutive time ever held . When his successor was elected , Bro . Blaney was the only Past Master living . He died last year ( 1879 ) , one of the best and truest of Masons . In 1858 , Bro . H , H . F . Wliittemore Avas electedand held the office till December 1862 . In 1860 the
, , Loclge celebrated its one hundredth anniversary , and by curious coincidence , tbe W . Master was of tbe same profession at the birth of the Lodge and on tbe celebration of its hundredth birth-day . Tbe Lodge at that time numbered sixty-two members , and every member not absent from touii Avas present on that occasion ; it was but twenty years ago . Yet twenty-eight of those who gathered at that festival bave passed to tbe Grand Lodge aboveamong them
, tbe Worshipful Master , Treasurer , Secretary , Marshal , and Chaplain . In December , 1862 , Bro . M . J . Doak Avas elected Master , ancl held office till December , 1867 , ivhen Bro . Jonathan Cole was elected ancl held office till December , 1868 , when Bro . Pitman was elected Master and held office till December , 1872 , Avben Bro . W . H . Wormstead was elected ; he held office till February , 1875 , Avben Bro . Doak was installed and remained as Master till the surrender
of the charter in 1876 . I ha \ 'e thus briefly sketched the history of the Loclge , as found in its records , not so ably as it could be clone by many of our brethren present , but in my own plain way , showing that though the Loclge may bave lain dormant , during some years of the past century , yet still the fires on its altars have ever burned , though someAvhat covered Avith ashes . Like the vestal fires of the ancients , it needed but the breath to make tbe embers glow , ancl tbe sweet breath of the spring now has started them into new life ancl bein ° \
Sonnet On The Late Learned John Oxlee.
SONNET ON THE LATE LEARNED JOHN OXLEE .
BY BRO . GEORGE MARKHAM TWEDDELL , Author of "The Peoples' History of Cleveland mid its Vicinage , " $ * c OXLEE ! Ave wonder bow a single brain , During tbe few short years of life allow'd To man for study herecould ever crowd
, So much of learning there ; or how sustain The load of language when it once was got . Pliny Avith wonder told of Pontns' king , In twenty-two lands' language conversing ; But Mithridates is well-nigh forgot ; Our Cleveland Walton ' s name is dim by thine :
What was Bologna ' s Cardinal to thee , Who knew more books * than other linguists see ? Thy name o ' er Mezzofanti's e ' en shall shine ; And , as the love of learning grows ' mongst men , Thy fame it will increase beyond all mortal ken . Base Collage , Stokesley .