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Peabody Cadet Band, West Concord, F. W. Peabody, leader.
St. Jean Baptiste Society. Marshal, Charles Lussier; assistant marshals, Isaac Bois- vert and Louis Patrau; president, J. O. Tremblay; vice-president, Celestine Lefebvre; 125 men.
Carriages containing Charles Dube and Jean Louis Gagnon, founders, and Charles Voyer, Zephonin Tremblay, P. D. St. Germain, and Joseph Lemerise, veteran members of St. Jean Baptiste Society.
Janesville Drum Corps, H. S. Whitney, leader.
St. Augustine Society, 50 men. President, G. T. Biron; marshal, Napoleon Charon; assistant marshal, Joseph Carpenter.
Albion Drum Corps, Amoskeag, William T. Copson, leader.
L'Union St. George, 100 men. First Sergeant, Moses Dyson; second sergeant, Jean Dubois; orderly sergeant, Joseph Boisvert.
Imperial Fife and Drum Corps, West Manchester, Archie Provencher, leader.
Union Sacred Heart, 24 boys in red and gold uniforms. Captain, George Ladriere: president, Charles Martel.
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GERMANIA BAND, DRUM MAJOR F. H. PIKE.
AMOSKEAG VETERANS, ORGANIZED 1854.
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ROSTER OF PROCESSION.
ELEVENTH DIVISION.
Mounted Sir Knights Ossian D. Knox and Thomas Hobbs, bearing beauseants.
Eminent Commander Isaac L. Heath of Trinity Commandery, mounted.
Mounted Aids: Sir Knights Perry H. Dow, Fred A. Palmer, Henry W. Parker, George D. Towne, Charles E. Cox, Charles D. Sumner.
Sir Knight Frank P. Cheney.
First Regiment Band, C. E. White, leader.
Trinity Commandery of Manchester, 150 men. Eminent commander, Isaac L. Heath; generalissimo, Henry D. Soule; captain general, John H. Wales, Jr .; acting prelate, John Gillis; senior warden, Arthur S. Bunton; junior warden, Henry I. Haselton; treasurer, James H. Weston; acting recorder, Alonzo H. Weston; standard bearers, Leon E. Magoon, Benjamin W. Robinson, Charles W. Farmer; sword bearer, Henry Lewis; warder, George N. Burpee; captains of the guard, Charles G. Ranno, Elmer D. Goodwin, Fred K. Ramsey.
Lynn Cadet Band, S. S. Lurvey, leader.
De Witt Clinton Commandery of Portsmouth, 60 men. Eminent commander, Morris C. Foye; generalissimo, Gustave Peyser; captain general, Richard I. Walden; prelate, Albert R. Junkins; senior warden, Jesse H. Wilson; junior warden, William H. Fellows; treasurer, Wingate N. Ilsley; recorder, James L. Parker; standard bearer, Walter H. Page; sword bearer, Horace W. Waldron; warder, William H. Marshall; captains of the guard, Frank L. Pryor, John W. Newell, James G. Ward; sentinel, Robert H. Hall.
Third Regiment Band, Arthur F. Nevers, leader.
Mount Horeb Commandery of Concord, 125 men. Eminent commander, William J. Green; generalissimo, Sylvester P. Danforth; captain general, George D. McCauley; prelate, Horace A. Brown; senior warden, Charles S. Parker; junior warden, Charles H. Sinclair; treasurer, John F. Jones; recorder, John F. Webster; standard bearer, John J. Bartlett; sword bearer, Daniel W. Chandler; warder, Louis J. Rundlett; sentinel, Frank L. Sanders; captains of the guard, Ethan N. Spencer, George D. Waldron, and Charles H. Wiggin; bugler, David Arthur Brown.
Berlin Band, E. A. Steady, leader.
North Star Commandery of Lancaster, 75 men. Eminent commander, William H. Thompson; generalissimo, Thomas C. Beattie: captain general. Garvin R. Magoon; prelate, Nelson Sparkes; senior warden, George B. Underwood; junior warden, Joseph Smith; treasurer, Erastus V. Cobleigh; recorder, Ralph Drisco; standard bearer. Levi H. Parker; sword bearer, Stetson W. Cushing; warder, Parker J. Noyes: captains of the guard, John C. Eastman, William M. Heath, Charles L. Dolloff; sentinel, Ephraim C. Roby.
Dover Cornet Band, Chesley W. Drew, leader.
St. Paul Commandery of Dover, 90 men. Eminent commander, Charles F. Sawyer: generalissimo, Alonzo M. Foss; captain general, Benjamin F. Nealley; prelate, Henry P. Glidden; senior warden, James H. Southwick; junior warden, Charles E. Stevens; treas- urer, J. T. W. Ham; recorder, John H. Nealley; standard bearer, Horace T. Babb; sword bearer, John H. Nute; warder, Alden S. Hatch; captains of the guard, Charles E. Small, Frank B. Murdock, George H. Frary; sentinel and armorer, Frank M. Libbey.
American Band of Claremont, C. W. Green, leader.
Sullivan Commandery of Claremont, 51 men. Eminent commander, Charles H. Long: generalissimo, George H. Stowell; captain general, Hiram G. Sherman; prelate. Clesson C. Atherton; senior warden, Adelbert M. Nichols: junior warden, Webster Thrasher; treasurer, Henry C. Kimball; recorder, Charles B. Spofford: standard bearer, Albro W. Proctor; sword bearer, Frank P. Huntley; warder, Fred M. Parmelee: captains of the guard, Harvey B. Glidden, James H. Richardson, David R. Roys; armorer and sentinel, Edward H. Jacques.
Keene Military Band, Edwin E. Bagley, leader.
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Hugh de Payens Commandery of Keene, 51 men. Eminent commander, Martin V. B. Clark; generalissimo, Daniel McGregor; captain general, B. T. Alcott; prelate, John T. Abbott; senior warden, C. E. Joslin; junior warden, H. W. Keyes; treasurer, Clark F. Rowell; recorder, Frank H. Whitcomb; standard bearer, A. H. Hamblet; sword bearer, S. A. Morse; warder, Charles M. Norwood; captains of the guard, Arthur L. Wright, W. S. Tuttle, Charles E. Gilmore; armorer and sentinel, Ainsworth M. Nims.
Second Regiment Band, M. J. Devine, leader.
St. George Commandery of Nashua, 100 men. Eminent commander, James H. Blake; generalissimo, James H. Hunt; captain general, Richard P. Elliott; prelate, Rev. Enoch Powell; senior warden, William H. Greenleaf; junior warden, George E. Danforth; treas- urer, Quincy A. Woodard; recorder, Ralph A. Arnold; standard bearer, Edward O. Fifield; sword bearer, Charles H. Webster; warder, Elmer W. Eaton; sentinel, Wilder M. Gates; captains of the guard, Rufus Fitzgerald, Charles T. Patten, George N. Andrews.
Pease's Band, C. R. Pease, leader.
Pilgrim Commandery of Laconia, 60 men. Eminent commander, Alpha H. Harri- man; generalissimo, Henry Tucker; captain general, Elmer S. Tilton; prelate, Rev. Lucius Waterman; senior warden, B. F. St. Clair; junior warden, J. A. Greene; treas- urer, George H. Everett; recorder, Charles K. Sanborn; standard bearer, Eugene J. Dinsmore; sword bearer, Albert T. Quimby; warder, Russell H. Carter; captain of the guard, True E. Prescott; guards, William A. Plummer, True A. Prescott, L. E. Hayward; sentinel, Walter S. Baldwin.
American Band of Rochester, Edward F. Copp, leader.
Palestine Commandery of Rochester, 36 men. Eminent commander, John Hanscom; generalissimo, Jonathan L. Mack; captain general, David R. Pierce; prelate, William Keir; senior warden, Charles L. Wentworth; junior warden, Everett M. Sinclair; treas- urer, George McDuffie; recorder, Frank E. Whitney; standard bearer, Charles A. Jeller- son; sword bearer, Charles M. Bailey; warder, Frederic E. Small; guards, Charles H. Keates, Emanuel H. Davis; armorer and sentinel, Gustav Andreas.
Carriages containing officers of the Grand Commandery of New Hampshire: Right Eminent Grand Commander Daniel Crane Roberts of Concord, Very Eminent Deputy Grand Commander John Hatch of Greenland, Eminent Grand Treasurer Joseph W. Hildreth of Manchester, Eminent Grand Standard Bearer Thomas M. Fletcher of Alder Brook, Eminent Grand Sword Bearer George A. Sanders of Laconia.
Carriages containing Past Right Eminent Grand Commanders Don H. Woodward of Keene, Charles N. Towle of Concord, Albert S. Wait of Newport, Andrew Bunton of Manchester, Milton A. Taylor of Nashua, John F. Webster of Concord.
Carriages containing Past Most Worshipful Grand Masters George W. Currier of Nashua, John Pender of Portsmouth, Alpheus W. Baker of Lebanon, Charles C. Hayes of Manchester, Solon A. Carter of Concord.
Carriages containing officers of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, A. F. and A. M .: M. W. Grand Master Henry Augustus Marsh of Nashua, R. W. Deputy Grand Master John McLane of Milford, R. W. Senior Grand Warden George I. McAllister of Manchester, R. W. Junior Grand Warden Bradford Sumner Kingman of Newmarket, R. W. Grand Treasurer Joseph Kidder of Manchester, R. W. Grand Secretary George Perley Cleaves of Concord, R. W. District Deputy Grand Master Edwin F. Jones of Manchester, R. W. State Grand Lec- turer Herbert E. Richardson of Manchester, R. W. District Deputy Grand Lecturer Fred E. Barrett of Keene, R. W. Grand Chaplain Rev. Henry B. Smith of Nashua, W. Senior Grand Deacon Henry B. Quinby of Lakeport, W. Junior Grand Deacon Joseph Shattuck of Nashua, W. Grand Stewards John K. Wilson of Manchester, Frank J. Phil- brick of Portsmouth, Frank W. Richardson of Milford, W. Grand Marshal Charles C. Danforth of Concord, W. Grand Sword Bearer Frederick J. Shepard of East Derry, W. Grand Pursuivants John C. Bickford of Manchester, John T. Clark of Kingston, Grand Tyler Frank L. Sanders of Concord.
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WESTON OBSERVATORY.
LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE BY THE GRAND LODGE, A. F. AND A. M., OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, MONDAY, SEPT. 7.
Monday, September 7, was a red-letter day in the history of Trinity command- ery, Knights Templar, of Manchester. By the munificence of ex-Gov. James .A. Weston, the city was left $5,000 by his will for the purpose of building an observatory on. Oak hill. As soon as it was TRINITY decided to lay the corner-stone of the observatory during the Semi-Centennial week, Trinity commandery, with loyal energy and characteristic enterprise, at once entered into preliminary arrangements to make the occasion a mem- orable one in the annals of the Masonic fraternity of New HOC Hampshire, and one that should reflect credit upon the ancient craft and honor upon their distinguished frater, R Sir Knight Weston, whose memory is revered by every citizen of New Hampshire.
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Trinity commandery was organized in 1824, and its charter was revived in 1852. In 1896 it had three hun- dred and two members. Its officers for that year were:
Isaac L. Heath, eminent commander; Henry D. Soule, generalissimo; John H. Wales, Jr., captain general; Joseph Kidder, prelate; Arthur S. Bunton, senior warden; Henry I. Haselton, junior warden; James H. Weston, treasurer; George I. McAllister, recorder; Leon E. Magoon, standard bearer; Henry Lewis, sword bearer; George N. Burpee, warder; Charles G. Ranno, third captain of guard; Elmer D. Goodwin, second captain of guard; Fred K. Ramsey, first captain of guard; John Gillis, armorer and sentinel.
The committee for the Semi-Centennial arrangements consisted of Past Eminent Commander John K. Wilson, president; Eminent Commander Isaac L. Heath; Generalissimo Henry D. Soule, secretary; Senior Warden Arthur S. Bunton; Past Eminent Commander George I. McAllister, treasurer; Past Right Eminent Grand Commander Andrew Bunton; Past Right Eminent Grand Commander Charles C. Hayes; Sir Knight Alonzo H. Weston; Sir Knight Horace Marshall.
Over $2,500 was subscribed by the Sir Knights to defray the expenses of entertaining the Grand Lodge and Grand Commandery, which Trinity did in a royal manner, befitting the oldest and largest commandery in the state.
The Grand Lodge and every commandery in the state were invited to be the guests of Trinity commandery. Grand Master Henry A. Marsh, of the Most Wor-
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shipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of New Hampshire, accepted the invitation to lay the corner-stone of the Weston Observatory, and every commandery but one in the state was present to participate in the grand parade, as escort to the Grand Lodge. The Masonic division in the procession formed one of the most brilliant features of the day.
On arrival. of the commanderies, they were escorted to the Straw grounds. where ample provision had been made for the.comfort of the knights. In the spa- cious house a separate room was assigned each commandery, and also apartments for the Grand Lodge. After lunch, the knights formed to participate in the parade.
Immediately following the parade, the Grand Lodge officers, escorted by the commanderies, took special cars for Oak hill, where the ceremonies of laying the corner-stone of the observatory were witnessed by a large number of spectators. The arrangements were in the able hands of Grand Marshal Charles C. Danforth of Concord.
Mayor Clarke, in behalf of the city, publicly invited the Grand Master to lay the corner-stone. Grand Master Marsh replied as follows:
Mr. Mayor :- From time immemorial it has been the custom of the ancient and honorable fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, at the request of the proper author- ities, to lay the corner-stone of religious, educational, and other public buildings, as well as those to be devoted to the use of the craft, with appropriate ceremonies.
This custom is as old as the fraternity itself, and the ceremonies are practically the same in all civilized countries, notwithstanding differences in language and diversity of faiths. The great purpose of Free Masonry is to promote the welfare of mankind; it is founded upon the great truth of the fatherhood of God and the spirit of brotherhood of man. Animated by this spirit, our distinguished and beloved brother, James A. Weston, provided for the erection on this beautiful site of an observatory for the use, enjoyment, benefit, and mutual improvement of the citizens of Manchester and all others who may visit this spot for scientific research or for recreation and pleasure, thereby promoting the welfare and happiness of his fellow men. It therefore gives mic great pleasure to accept your courteous invitation, and I stand here today as grand master of Masons in New Hampshire, supported by my associate officers, and many of my distinguished prede- cessors in office, escorted and surrounded by a noble company of Knights Templar, to lay the corner-stone of a structure which, so long as it shall stand, will be a monument to the liberality of our distinguished brother.
The teachings of Free Masonry inculcate in all our works, great and small, begun and finished, we should seek the aid of Almighty God.
It is our first duty, then, to invoke the aid of the Great Architect of the universe upon the work in which we are about to engage.
I therefore command the utmost silence and call upon all to unite with our grand chaplain in an address to the throne of grace.
After prayer by Grand Chaplain Henry B. Smith of Nashua, an ode was sung by the Ariel Quartet of Nashua, consisting of Sir Knights Henry L. Sanderson, George E. Danforth, James M. Blakely, and Edward O. Wood.
The Grand Master then said:
It has ever been the custom, on occasions like the present, to deposit within a cavity in the stone placed in the northeast corner of the edifice, certain memorials of the period at which it was erected; so that in the lapse of ages, if the fury of the ele-
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ments, or the slow but certain ravages of time, should lay bare the foundation, an enduring record may be found by succeeding generations, to bear testimony to the energy, industry, and culture of our time. 1
The R. W. Grand Secretary then read for the information of all present a record of the contents of the casket.
CONTENTS OF CASKET.
Portrait of James A. Weston.
Parchment copy of the bequest in Governor Weston's will of $5,000 for the building of the observatory, and the resolution of the city council accepting the same, with the names of the special committee for the erecting of the observatory.
Map of the city of Manchester, 1896.
Handbook of postal information, presented by Postmaster Knowlton.
Report of the water commissioners of 1894, the last written by ex-Governor Weston; also the report for 1895, which contains his portrait.
Program of the high school graduating exercises of 1896, presented by Albert Somes, principal.
List of officers of the Grand Lodge of Masons of New Hampshire; Grand Com- mandery Knights Templar of New Hampshire; also of Washington lodge, Adoniram - council, and Trinity commandery, and the Masonic record of ex-Governor Weston, presented by George I. McAllister.
Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of New Hampshire for 1894, presented by Joseph Kidder.
Program of the Semi-Centennial celebration.
Report of the reunion of the Excelsior Literary Association, by F. T. E. Richardson.
City directory of 1896.
Poster containing advertisement of the Semi-Centennial celebration.
Report and circular of the Manchester Building and Loan Association.
Card of J. Truesdale & Son.
Ancient Order United Workmen "Financier's Monthly Reminder."
A New Hampshire Fire Insurance policy, with the signatures of all the em- ployees at the home office.
Semi-Centennial compendium of historical facts, presented by Frank H. Challis. Copper coin of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, date, 1788.
Copy of the "Massachusetts Centinel," printed October 28, 1789, presented by J. B. Bruce.
Card, Lieutenant John A. Barker, First Light Battery.
Almanac of 1872, presented by J. B. Bruce.
"Queen City Journal," published by H. W. Eastman, for July, 1896.
Semi-Centennial button, presented by E. R. Coburn Company.
Roster of Capt. Joseph Freschl Post, Grand Army of the Republic. Photograph of the city hall, by J. G. Ellinwood.
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CONTENTS OF CASKET.
List of officers and committees of the city government of Manchester, 1896.
Annual report of the public schools for 1895, by Supt. William E. Buck.
Inaugural address of Mayor William C. Clarke, 1895.
Power of attorney from Nelson IIolmes to George Daggett, to vote November 8, 1864, for presidential electors.
Envelope and letter head of Semi-Centennial committee.
Copper plate inscribed to the memory of James A. Weston, presented by the civil engineers of Manchester.
Membership of Security Lodge No. 8, Ancient Order United Workmen.
Copy Manchester daily "Mirror and American," September ?, 1896.
Copy daily "Manchester Union," September ?, 1896.
Copy of The Mirror's Pictorial Manchester, 1846-1896.
Catalogue Daniels & Downs' private school.
By-laws of Story Division No. 1, Uniformed Rank Knights of Pythias.
By-laws and rules of order of Granite Lodge No. 3, Knights of Pythias.
Knights of Pythias constitution for subordinate lodges of the grand domain of New Hampshire.
Semi-Centennial oration by Judge Burnham, September 8, 1896.
Oration at Knights Templar banquet, by George I. McAllister, September ?, 1896.
Dedication of Masonic hall, October 15, 1890.
List of the Semi-Centennial committees.
Copy of The "Manchester Union," June 1, 1896.
The casket to be deposited under the corner-stone contained the following engraved inscription:
Inscribed to the Memory of Our Friend and Professional Brother, James A. Weston, By the Civil Engineers of Manchester, Sept. 7, 1896. Charles K. Walker, Augustus G. Stevens, George HI. Allen, Perry H. Dow, W. H. Bennett, Frank A. Gay, Charles H. Bartlett, John P. Young, Charles S. Kidder, Joseph B. Sawyer.
The casket was then lowered into its place amid impressive music by the band. The ceremonies of laying the corner-stone in due form were then performed by the Grand Master and other officers.
HENRY A. MARSH.
M. W. GRAND MASTER, M. W. GRAND LODGE A. F. AND A. M.
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REV. DANIEL C. ROBERTS, D. D. R. E. GRAND COMMANDER, GRAND COM- MANDERY, K. T.
MASONIC HALL, MANCHESTER, N. H.
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MASONIC CEREMONIES.
In his annual report to the Grand Lodge, May 19, 1897, Grand Master Marsh said:
In accordance with an invitation from a special committee of the city government, extended by the mayor of Manchester, on September 7, 1896, with the assistance of my associate officers of the Grand Lodge, I laid, with the ancient ceremonies of the craft, the corner-stone of the Weston Observatory, on Oak hill in Derryfield park.
Trinity commandery, Knights Templar, tendered an escort and invited every com- mandery in the state to attend as their guests and assist them in giving the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire the largest, the most brilliant and inspiring escort ever witnessed in the state.
Lafayette and Washington lodges tendered the use of their apartments for the convenience of the grand officers, and all the brethren in the city united to do honor to the Grand Lodge, and to the memory of the distinguished brother whose liberality promoted the erection of a structure for the advancement of science, and for the pleasure, enjoyment, benefit, and improvement of mankind.
The committee in charge of the ceremonies requested me to select the orator, and I invited Right Worshipful Brother George I. McAllister, who delivered an eloquent his- torical and eulogistic address. Never was the Grand Lodge more hospitably enter- tained than on this occasion.
Grand Commander Roberts said in his annual address on September 29, 1896:
The Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in New Hampshire accepted an invitation to lay the corner-stone of an observatory to be erected in accordance with the provisions of the last will and testament of our late distinguished Sir Knight James Adams Weston, sometime governor of this commonwealth. Trinity commandery ten- dered escort and invited the Grand Commandery and all the commanderies of the juris- diction to unite with the commandery in the escort. I accepted the invitation in behalf of the Grand Commandery, and it was accepted also by all the commanderies but one. The occasion was happily coincident with the fiftieth anniversary of the charter of the city of Manchester, and we had the pleasure of making the parade of escort a distin- guished feature of the procession, unprecedented in New Hampshire, which celebrated the anniversary.
The hospitality of Trinity commandery was so large and so complete, so magnifi- cent in its proportions and perfection, that it marked an epoch, an era to date from in the history of Templary in New Hampshire. The parade of the commanderies was in itself a great occasion; so many Sir Knights were never assembled together before in the state under the standard of the Grand Commandery. I take this opportunity to thank Trinity commandery in the name of the Grand Commandery and the subordinate commanderies for its splendid hospitality, and to congratulate the Eminent Com- mander and his officers and committees upon the superb result of their indefatigable efforts. I also felicitate his honor, the mayor of Manchester, and that flourishing municipality itself, upon its completed half century and the great and successful demon- stration which marked its semi-centennial birthday, with cordial good wishes for a great and prosperous future.
THE BANQUET.
At 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon, Trinity commandery tendered a grand com- plimentary banquet to the Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and the Grand Com- mandery of Knights Templar of New Hampshire, and all of the visiting Sir Knights. The tables were laid in the mammoth tent erected on the Straw grounds, and over one thousand three hundred Sir Knights, including many distinguished officials, enjoyed the festivities. Harvey Blunt of Boston catered.
EMINENT COMMANDER ISAAC L. HEATH.
After grace by Grand Chaplain Henry B. Smith, 33d degree, of Nashua, Eminent Commander Isaac L. Heath, who presided, said:
I wish, first, to extend to you all a cordial welcome to our city and asylum. For the second time within a quarter of a century Trinity commandery has sent out invitations to the Sir Knights of New Hampshire to come to its assistance in-performing a sacred duty, and for the second time you have generously responded to our call.
As I look about me I am sure I see the most magnificent conclave that can possibly be gathered in this state. Seventeen years ago another such gathering assembled in Manchester to dedicate the monument to our patriotic soldiers. Today, in larger num- bers still, you have come to aid us in laying the corner-stone of another monument soon to be erected to the memory of the bravest, truest, and most courteous knight that has ever fallen in life's battle.
By your permission and the consent of the grand master, a portion of the exercises that usually take place at the time a corner-stone is laid was postponed until this time. I now invite your attention to the oration in honor of the memory of Sir Knight James A. Weston, which Past Eminent Sir Knight George I. McAllister will now deliver.
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HON. JAMES A. WESTON.
GOVERNOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1871-72, 1874-75. MAYOR OF MANCHESTER, 1868, 1870, 1871, 1874-75. TREASURER OF TRINITY COMMANDERY 1864-1895.
HON. JAMES ADAMS WESTON.
Oration by George I. McAllister, E. Grand Captain General, Grand Commandery.
Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren :- The English and Scotch-Irish ances- tors of our lamented friend and brother, James Adams Weston, who resided in our state, were shrewd, thrifty, and intelligent people. They owned the land they cultivated, and enjoyed the inestimable right of suffrage and all the privileges of that grand institution of the people, the town meeting. They had the church, the common schools, and the press, and therefore were moral, virtuous, and intelligent. They possessed strong minds and magnificent physiques, and were distinguished for their indomitable cour- age and perseverance. Those brave, worthy, and thrifty people loved liberty and hated tyranny. They loved truth, justice, and good government, and hated deceit and fraud. They were good, substantial, and progressive citizens, and were active and successful in advancing the moral and material welfare of their fellow citizens.
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