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* The revival left its seal on the following years. Indeed, the church has not yet outgrown the spiritual power of that single season. One hundred, between May and September of that year, joined this body."
The next notable religious movement of like character came in 1836, and was under Methodist Episcopal direction, though the Congre- gationalists always shared in the evening services. Rev. Charles L. Dunning was the Methodist pastor here, and Rev. James Erwin was in charge of the Chateaugay circuit. The latter's boyhood had been passed at Fort Covington, he had preached a number of times at camp meetings in Malone, and he was persuaded to come here in the winter of 1836 and work with Mr. Dunning. The services were held in the court house, the judge's desk serving as pulpit, a bench back of it for seating the participating clergy, and the inclosure in front which is usually occupied in court time by attorneys, witnesses and litigants for the men and women who led in prayer and were active helpers in the work, and also as a "mourner's bench." As a general thing meet- ings were held three times a day - those in the morning " for the bene- fit of the church, the establishing of converts, and for instructing peni- tents in the way of faith;" those in the afternoon for preaching, fol- lowed by prayer, and continuing sometimes until the evening service, which was on many accounts the most important of the day, as many, otherwise engaged mornings and afternoons, could then be present. In the evening there was always a sermon, usually addressed to the uncon- verted, followed by a rousing exhortation, and then "by one, two or three hours spent in united, earnest prayer, singing and giving instruc- tion to the penitents. * Great crowds attended the meetings from all the country around. They came from Bangor, Constable, Burke, Bellmont, and from 'up south.' * * Some revivals bring in young people mainly ; others an older class. But this took old and young, rich and poor, learned and unlearned. It was one of God's great 'flood tides'." The work continued without abatement for six weeks, the crowds increasing until the breaking up of the roads in
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the spring interrupted travel. "The Sabbath crowds were immense. People came from great distances, bringing refreshments with them, and spent the entire day, from the nine o'clock lovefeast to the close of the service," which was never until nearly midnight. "Sunday was the great seed sowing day. and on Monday we gathered the harvest," the conversions always being most numerous on that day. Mr. Erwin preached more than sixty sermons during the six weeks, and at the conclusion of his final effort fell in the pulpit, and could do no more preaching for three years, but was eventually so restored to health and strength that he continued active in the ministry for a third of a century and more.
Another remarkable revival was in the spring of 1840, a Congre- gational activity, with Rev. Jedediah Burchard the principal worker. Mr. Burchard was an evangelist of considerable repute and an enthu- siastic and eloquent preacher, who exercised much . control over his audiences, and caused a great deal of excitement and religious fervor. One stipulation in the arrangements which brought him to Malone required that he be supplied daily with fresh beef - which had to be brought by stage from Plattsburgh. A resident of that time, who gave some of his recollections to the press at a much later date, irreverently called Mr. Burchard's meetings a " howling success "; and added that the evangelist had formerly been a circus rider, and that in transports of exhortation he would leap from the pulpit and do acrobatic stunts in front of it. which is the more believable because Sanford's history of the town of Hopkinton, where Mr. Burchard went from Malone, states that "he would walk about among the people in the audience on the tops of the backs of the square pews, loudly and eloquently exhorting them to give up their wicked ways, and thus save themselves from eternal hell fire." In one sermon he described a great seething, roaring blast furnace which melted ore to a white heat. and declared that. inconceivable hot as the furnace was, hell was so much hotter that if one of its inmates could be transferred to the furnace he would freeze to death in five minutes! Mr. Burchard died at Adams, Jefferson county, in 1864. There is no authentic information available in regard to the permanency of Mr. Burchard's work in Malone other than that he sowed seeds of dissension between Doctor Parmelee and his people, which weakened the influence of the pastor, and which, after the evan- gelist's departure. nearly divided the church. As his son said in a biography of Doctor Parmelee, Mr. Burchard's "peculiar way of preaching, conducting meetings and telling ludicrous anecdotes were
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quite distasteful," and doubtless this disapproval rankled with those who were enamored of the evangelist, so that friction and animosities were created -resulting after a few years in the pastor's resignation. Cordial relations were restored later, however.
Northern Constellation Lodge, No. 148, F. and A. M., to be located at any convenient place within the towns of Chateaugay or Harison, was authorized December 3. 1806, and continued in existence for nearly thirty years: but becoming inactive during the Morgan excitement because of the withdrawal of many members . and because also of the then popular reprehension of the order, the continuing members were unable by reason of the scarcity of money to pay their dues. For this latter condition the charter was forfeited June 2, 1833, its last pre- vions return to the grand lodge having been in 1822, when it had 63 members. Reorganization was had in 1854 under the original name, but with the number changed to 291. From this latter date the lodge has been uninterruptedly active, and now has close to 300 members in good standing. The first master in 1806 was Albon Man, and the first under the reorganization Clark Williamson, who in 1834 had preserved the jewels of the lodge by burying them. The elective officers for 1918 are: E. J. Reed W. M., Grant G. Collins S. W., J. P. Badger J. W .. T. T. Buttrick secretary, and S. M. Howard treasurer.
Northern Constellation Chapter, No. 28, R. A. M., was chartered February 7, 1810, and, unlike the lodge, has maintained a continuous existence, though it was not active during anti-Masonic times, nor until some twenty years later. No record is available of the number of its charter members. Its first officers were: Albon Man high priest. Samuel Peck king, and Samuel Pease scribe. Upon the revival of the organization in 1853 Josiah F. Saunders was high priest, Philip B. Miller king. and F. P. Allen scribe. There are at present 218 members, and the elective officers for 1918 are: Grant G. Collins high priest, C. L. Lowell king, E. J. Reed scribe, C. W. Russell secretary, and N. M. Marshall treasurer.
Franklin Commandery. No. 60. Knights Templar. was instituted January 8, 1885, but had been in existence by a dispensation from April 28, 1884. There were something like 20 or 25 charter members, and the officers at institution were: W. H. Gray eminent commander, G. W. Dustin generalissimo, D. H. Stanton captain general, Rev. W. G. W. Lewis prelate. S. A. Beman S. W., R. C. Wentworth J. W .. W. R. Flanagan treasurer, T. Alfred Quaile recorder, L. C. Shepard standard bearer, H. H. Hickok sword bearer, S. C. Paddock warder,
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G. H. Kidney captain of the guard, J. A. Hogle, N. W. Porter and E. W. Lawrence guards. The present officers are: Ernest S. Mason eminent commander, Herbert H. Seaver generalissimo, Roy N. Porter captain general, Rev. J. B. Webster prelate, Grant G. Collins S. W., Geo. W. Calkins J. W., A. W. Gamble treasurer, R. McC. Miller recorder, Geo. H. Houston standard bearer, Carroll T. Douglass sword bearer, Chas. L. Lowell warder, and P. H. Tummons, G. C. Dewey and John S. Keeler guards. The present membership is 254.
At one period the lodge was moved to Fort Covington for a time because exorbitant rental was demanded for a hall in Malone. Other- wise its situs has always been in Malone, and for more than twenty years it and the chapter occupied rooms over the Dewey & Smith and Buttrick stores, and then for. nearly thirty years in Centennial Block. In 1904 the Masonic Temple Association was organized, with the lodge, the chapter and the commandery each equally represented in the board of trustees, and purchased and fitted up the Dr. Skinner place for a temple, in which each organization has accommodations. In 1907 a fair for the benefit of the order netted funds to the amount of $6,700.
Neshoba Lodge, No. 351, I. O. O. F. (renumbered 78), organized March 15, 1848, under a dispensation by the grand lodge granted upon the application of a group of well known citizens (including Dr. Bates, Dr. Skinner and F. T. Heath) who had visited Potsdam a short time previously for initiation in the order. The first lodge room was in the old so-called Harison Academy, and now spacious quarters are occu- pied in Howard Block. At least twice the lodge room was destroyed by fire. The first officers were: Sidney P. Bates N. G., S. C. F. Thorn- dike V. G., Henry S. Brewster secretary, and U. D. Meeker treasurer. The order found favor from the first on the part of leading citizens, and grew rapidly in numbers. The present membership is 135, and the officers for 1918 are: James Flynn N. G., George Carr V. G., Charles Whipple secretary, A. L. Paro treasurer, and Charles Whipple, Frank G. Roby and L. M. Kellas trustees. John P. Kellas was grandmaster of the grand lodge in 1901 and 1902.
J. C. Drake, D. S. Camp, J. E. Beardsley, Horatio Peck, Wesley Jones, C. B. Beardsley and M. S. Mallon were authorized by the State organization January 15, 1885, to hold an encampment in Malone to be known as Neshoba Encampment No. 30, I. O. O. F. The records were lost some years ago by fire, and the number of charter members and the first officers are unknown. The organization now has 26 mem- bers, and its officers are : Isadore Thanhauser chief patriarch, Clarence
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S. Mason S. W., Eldon Newcomb high priest, Haydn Nimblett J. W., Geo. H. Nickelson secretary, and Geo. W. Rowe treasurer.
Of the many helpful services rendered by Father LeGrand in Malone few rank higher than his organization of the St. John Baptist Society October 9, 1872. The society is not a branch or subordinate chapter of any general order, but is independent and purely local. It is both fra- ternal and benevolent. Membership is permitted only to those of French extraction who are Catholics, and in good health. It pays bene- fits of from $3 to $5 per week in cases of sickness, contributes to the funeral expenses of those who die, and assesses each member one dollar for a fund to be paid to the estate of any deceased brother. The char- ter members numbered 40, and the present number is close to 400. Start- ing with nothing, the society some years later purchased a building on Mill street in which it fitted up a hall for meetings, and has recently bought the fine home of the late Mrs. S. A. Beman for lodge uses and a club home. It has no debt, and has funds in its treasury. The original trustees were Edward Cherrier, Moise Viau, Joseph Menard, Moise Gibeault, Samuel Aubrey, and Thomas Deparois. The officers are: Rev. Edward Blanchard chaplain, David Dubois president, Antoine Dubois vice-president, Napoleon Dufore secretary, J. B. Marceau correspond- ing secretary, F. X. Delisle financial secretary, Henry W. Labarge assistant financial secretary, and Alex. Dumas orderly. An auxiliary organization, consisting of about 40 members equipped with uniforms, is without distinctive functions except to appear in processions. Its officers are: F. X. Rozon commander, Henry Champagne first lieu- tenant, Albert Gibbo quartermaster, Samuel Benoit corporal, and John B. Marceau secretary. There are also about 50 St. John Baptist Cadets, composed of the sons of members, who are in training to unite at the proper age with the main society.
Council LeGrand is a subordinate organization of the St. John Bap- tist Union, which is national in its scope, and was chartered July 15, 1910, with 16 members. The order is of a fraternal and insurance character, with low premium rates, and pays both sick benefits and death claims. The first officers were: Joseph Brunet president, C. L. Pinsonneault vice-president, H. E. Pinsonneault secretary, and M. H. Burno treasurer. There are now 200 members, and the present officers are : Ralph J. Cardinal president, Edward Dumas vice-president, J. I. Carmel secretary, and George Gratton treasurer.
Brennan Post No. 284, G. A. R., was organized August 12, 1882, with 23 charter members, and it has had in all 350 names on its muster
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rolls. Its first officers were: Daniel II. Stanton commander, H. B. Meigs senior vice commander, S. S. Willard junior vice commander, H. D. Hickok adjutant, E. J. Mannix quartermaster, Ralph Erwin sur- geon, R. McC. Miller O. D., John McSorley O. G., C. R. Doty sergeant major, and G. D. Hastings quartermaster sergeant. Deaths and remov- als have reduced the roster to 23 names. The officers for 1918 are : Thomas Denio commander, Luke Tebo senior vice commander, Peter Roberts junior vice commander, Henry Fobere surgeon, John Curtis chaplain, L. P. Chandler quartermaster and adjutant, Theodore Robinson O. D., and Charles Dumas O. G.
J. W. Pangburn Post No. 312, G. A. R., was organized July 28, 1895. with 14 charter members, who were mostly withdrawals from Bre :- nan Post. The first officers were : Orville Moore commander, Hiram T. French senior vice commander, G. P. Norris junior vice commander, A. C. Hadley surgeon, M. N. Dawson O. D., H. D. Hickok quarter- master, H. J. Merriam chaplain, H. H. Davis O. G., and B. H. Spencer sentinel. There are at present 10 members, and the officers for 1918 are R. MeC. Miller commander, H. J. Merriam senior vice commander, A. C. Hadley junior vice commander, L. B. Chase surgeon, H. H. Davis O. D., L. B. Sperry adjutant, C. H. Totman chaplain and quartermaster, and E. S. Kelsey O. G.
Malone Council No. 308, Knights of Columbus, was chartered Feb- ruary 13, 1898, with fifty members. The first officers were: E. D. Hol- land grand knight, James T. Welch deputy grand knight, George F. Cowan recording secretary, M. F. McGarrahan treasurer, and Charles A. Burke lecturer. The organization now has 226 members, and its officers are : J. W. Starks grand knight, James P. Lyng deputy grand knight, T. J. McKee financial secretary, and W. H. McKee treasurer.
" The Wadhams Reading Circle of Malone, New York ", was organ- ized upon the advocacy of Mrs. B. Ellen Burke November 11, 1897, for " promotion of religious instruction, self culture, the dissemination of good literature and the acquisition of power and strength from union." It has held fortnightly meetings regularly beginning in October and continuing into May, with fixed topics for study and discussion - both men and women having parts in the programmes - and has estab- lished a free circulating library, which now numbers 3,500 volumes. For several years the village voted it $200 per year for the purchase of books, etc. There were 19 charter members, and the first officers were: Father William Rossiter chaplain, Mrs. B. Ellen Burke president, Mrs. Eliza J. Kelley and Mrs. Jennie V. Holland vice-presidents, Lizzie G.
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Rennie secretary and treasurer, and Edward Pierce and James F. Kelley librarians. There are now something like 80 members, and the present officers are : Rev. J. H. O'Rourke chaplain, Mrs. P. F. Dalphin presi- dent, Mrs. M. J. Crowley and Mary E. O'Rourke vice-presidents, and Lena Caskin secretary and treasurer.
Adirondack Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was formed in 1899 with ten charter members. The first officers were : Mrs. John W. Fay regent, Mrs. Joel J. Seaver registrar, Miss Alice Hyde treasurer, and Miss Florence Channell secretary. The members now number ?0, and the present officers are: Mrs. C. L. Capron regent, Mrs. Anabel S. Huntington vice-regent, Mrs. W. H. Montross secretary, Mrs. Geo. B. Humphrey treasurer, and Miss Angeline B. Fullington historian.
Malone Grange No. 959, Patrons of Husbandry, was organized in 1903, with 35 charter members, and the number now is 453. It occu- pies the old King's Hall for a lodge room, and holds meetings twice monthly, with a programme mapped out for a year in advance, which is designed to afford both entertainment and instruction. Not only mat- ters pertaining to agriculture are discussed, but also various public prob- lems. Besides providing wholesome entertainment and promoting neigh- borliness and sociability, the organization thus makes itself practically educative to its farmer members. Among the first officers were S. E. Willett as master, James W. Delong as overseer, Mrs. Delia C. Delong as lecturer, and Ernest C. Gleason as secretary. The present officers are: William J. Wheeler master, Floyd P. King overseer, Mrs. Elmer A. Eddy lecturer, E. A. Eddy steward, Clarence Boyea assistant steward, Mrs. O. H. Cook chaplain, Lyman L. Foote secretary, Lawrence E. Westcott treasurer. Guy W. Whipple gate keeper, Mrs. Henry Badore Flora, Mrs. Guy Whipple Ceres, Mrs. Geo. Parker Pomona, Mrs. John Wheeler L. A. S., and F. A. Hadley insurance director.
The Franklin County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals obtained its charter in February, 1907, and has accomplished great good in the eleven years of its existence by compelling observance of humane practices in particular eases and also through its educa- tive work. Earlier than the society's organization a few individuals (the late Mrs. S. A. Beman more than any one else) had operated inde- pendently for the cause, but always at a disadvantage and with a great deal of personal unpleasantness. Now the society keeps an agent busy all of the time looking up abuses and instituting prosecutions where such are necessary to establish better care of animals. The first offi-
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cers were: Henry Furness president, Rev. J. H. Brown and Rev. E. Blanchard vice-presidents, Miss Lucia Gilbert secretary, Mrs. L. H. Phillips assistant secretary, and Miss May Badger treasurer. The pres- ent officers are: George B. Humphrey president, Rev. E. Blanchard and C. H. Moody vice-presidents, Miss Lucia Gilbert secretary, and Miss Florence Mallon treasurer.
Malone Lodge No. 1303, B. P. O. Elks, was instituted May 29, 1913, with 37 members, and as the entertainment and large benefits which the order afforded became known applications for membership began to pour in largely - considerable numbers of them from other towns. No other fraternal organization in Malone ever seized so quickly and so widely upon the popular fancy, and the result is that, counting those awaiting initiation, there are now five hundred mem- bers. A social club from the beginning, the lodge has become in effect a center from which a bountiful benevolence to the poor has been dis- pensed, where civic duties are considered and wrought out, and where, by the generous permission of the members, headquarters are found by many organizations that are engaged in seeking to further Malone's welfare and in doing war work. The lodge acquired the former resi- dence of Vice-President Wheeler, and has so enlarged and improved the property that it represents an expenditure of $60,000, and affords not merely an ample and luxurious home for the lodge, but also accommo- dations for social and business purposes that could not be bettered. The first officers were: F. R. Kirk exalted ruler, George J. Moore esteemed leading knight, M. J. Slason esteemed loyal knight, Dr. H. D. Mayne esteemed lecturing knight, W. J. Bulger secretary, Levi A. Pratt treasurer, W. W. Smith esquire, L. M. Kellas tiler, Rev. H. A. Barrett chaplain, Henry Gonyaw inner guard, and George W. Crooks, N. M. Marshall and Jay O. Ballard trustees. The officers for 1918 are : M. J. Slason exalted ruler. W. W. Smith esteemed loyal knight, Henry G. Gonyaw esteemed lecturing knight, W. J. Bulger secretary, Levi A. Pratt treasurer, L. M. Kellas esquire, J. E. Carroll tiler. A. E. Mor- rison inner guard, Rev. H. A. Barrett chaplain, and B. R. Clark, Thomas Cantwell and W. C. Leonard trustees.
THE FARRAR HOME FOR DESERVING OLD LADIES
Isaac B. Farrar, a retired farmer, bequeathed most of his property in 1900 to Mrs. Clara Kilburn and Mrs. Ella Symonds in trust for the establishment, support and endowment of a charitable institution to be located at Malone, and to be styled The Farrar Home for Deserving
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Old Ladies. A corporation was formed the same year to take over the trust, which eventually yielded $11,225 - too small a sum to give effect to Mr. Farrar's purpose. But Miss Martha Meeker bequeathed $1,000 to the institution, auxiliary organizations were formed to solicit funds and donations of furniture, etc., and a "tag day " in 1909 provided several hundred dollars, so that after nine or ten years the home owned a house, valued at $4,000, on the corner of Constable and Second streets, and had investments aggregating about $13,600. The home was opened January 6, 1910, with five inmates, and its maintenance expenses from that date have run from about $1,000 to $2,100 a year. The house has been enlarged and improved in many respects, and now can accommodate sixteen inmates. The auxiliaries have contributed $12,000 in the past eight or nine years, and a bequest of $5,000 by Dr. Henry Furness and one of $1,000 by Mrs. Letitia Greeno have been added to the endowment, which now totals $44.300, with a considerable bequest by Mrs. Greeno to be realized later. The house is now valued at $12,500. Every woman admitted is required to assign and transfer to the trustees all property that she possesses or may acquire - a mini- mum payment of $250 being necessary to secure admission. The first directors were Mrs. Jeanette R. Hawkins, Mrs. Letitia Greeno, George W. Dustin, G. Herbert Hale and Aaron C. Allison. Mrs. Hawkins was the first president, Mrs. Greeno the first vice-president. Mrs. Mary L. King the first secretary, and Marshall E. Howard the first treasurer. These officers have been continued uninterruptedly to the present except that Mr. Dustin has succeeded Mrs. Greeno, deceased, as vice-president. The present directors are: Mrs. Hawkins, George W. Dustin, Marshall E. Howard, G. Herbert Hale, William L. Allen, Miss Florence Mallon, Mrs. Clara Kilburn, Mrs. John A. Grant, Mrs. Helen Lillis and Mrs. Mary L. King.
ALICE HYDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Necessity for a general hospital had been felt for years, with occa- sional spasmodic agitation in favor of building or renting for the pur- pose, but without action because it was regarded as impossible to pro- cure sufficient funds. In 1904, however, The Malone Hospital Associa- tion was incorporated, with the following directors : John P. Badger, Henry Furness, John I. Gilbert, William Rossiter, Edward Blanchard, S. A. Beman, Sidney Robinson, Thomas Cantwell, Marshall E. Howard, Frederick D. Kilburn, Frank S. Channell, Percival F. Dalphin, Alfred G. Wilding, John A. Flanagan, Joseph W. Brown, Jay O. Ballard, Charles W. Collins, Charles W. Breed, Aaron C. Allison, Martin E. McClary and
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John Kelley. Mr. Badger was president, Dr. Furness vice-president, Mr. Allison treasurer, and Mr. Flanagan secretary. Nothing tangible was attempted by the organization for a number of years, nor was any- thing definite even proposed for a long time except to talk about renting or buying a private house to be used for hospital purposes. In 1908 Mrs. Mary A. Leighton bequeathed $10,000 for an endowment fund, and in 1910 Clark J. Lawrence offered $25,000 for the erection of a building upon condition that an equal sum be raised by subscription, that the name of the association be changed to the Alice Hyde Hospital Association, and that the institution be known as The Alice Hvde Memorial Hospital. The conditions were gratefully accepted by the directors, and the work of canvassing for subscriptions was undertaken earnestly and prosecuted energetically. A fund of about $50,000 was soon pledged by subscribers in almost every town in the county in sums of from a thousand dollars down to a dollar or two each. The directors voted in 1911 to erect a brick fire-proof building, two stories in height, on the corner of Park and Third streets, at an estimated cost of about $43,000. The corner stone was laid October 8, 1911, and the institu- tion was formally opened September 15, 1913. It is almost continu- ously filled with patients, has an adequate corps of superintendents and nurses, a nurses' training school, a consulting staff composed of eminent non-resident physicians and surgeons, and house physicians who are local practitioners and serve alternately without compensation. Since the opening of the institution Mr. and Mrs. Jay O. Ballard offered in 1916 to contribute $2,500 for the erection of a building for a contagious hospital as a memorial to Mrs. Ballard's father and mother, Dr. and Mrs. Calvin Skinner, upon condition that an equal amount be raised by subscription ; and $13,604 was so pledged for the purpose stated and for other desired improvements. Colonel William C. Skinner of Hart- ford, Conn. (son of Dr. Calvin Skinner) offered at about the same time to erect a nurses' home at a cost of $10,000, and later removed the limit. As a result a fine structure has been provided. Mrs. Mary L. King and Mrs. J. C. Levengood contributed $1,500 each to equip the operating room as a memorial to their father, Hon. Sidney Lawrence of Moira, and Mrs. Nelson W. Porter, Mrs. Jay O. Ballard, Mrs. Jessie Keeler Lasell, Howard D. Hadley and Gustina Gibson gave $250 or more each to fur- nish rooms as memorials to deceased relatives. Besides the subscrip- tions, the Leighton bequest and the Lawrence donation, Baker Stevens gave to the association during his lifetime a farm which was sold for $5,125, Dr. Henry Furness bequeathed $5,000 to it, Baker Stevens $7,378, S. A. Beman a store and office building estimated to be worth
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