Subordinate Encampments. R. Sharp, GT; Jno. Wigham, GJW; Wm. N. 16 Bordentown...... Bordentown.................. Mon Lewis, GS; R. G. Milard, DGS. 17 Madison. Allentown.......' Thurs 18 Clinton..... Clinton.. .......Mon 19 Mount Holly .....Mount Holly .......Wed 20 Monmouth ....Freehold Wed 21 Washington..... Salem.............. Wed 1 New-York State, Albany, expelled ............ 7 Salem,...........Brooklyn, 8 Mt. Vernon, ........Buffalo, 9 Palestine,. 10 Mt. Olivet, GRAND ENCAMPMENT. Meets at Newark Semi-annually. SUBORDINATE ENCAMPMENTS. 2 Trenton ........ Trenton...... 1, 3 Thurs 24 Fri 5 Mt. Sinai... Jersey City 1, 3 Mon .... 13 Th 6 7 11 Mt. Hope, 12 Mt. Horeb, 13 Mohawk, 14 Mt. Nebo, ..........Schenectady,....2 4 Fri 15 Olive Branch, ...... Lansingburgh,..2 4 Fri ...Peekskill, 24 Tues 16 Mt. Arrarat, 17 Union, Mon 5 Harmony 6 Ousatonic... Mon ...Mon Derby 7 Samaritan........ Danbury................................ Wed ..... 5 Old Dominion......Portsmouth 6 Madison .......... Winchester ...... Wed 7 Union............. Richmond ...... ....Fri 10 Our Brothers .... Norfolk. Mon 8 Monroe................................ Petersburg......Mon 11 Uncas...... Norwich [ • • • • • • • • • • • .Mon 9 La Fayette........ Norfolk.... Mon 12 Central ..........................Middletown........Tues 10 Friendship........Richmond Tues 13 Charity. .............................. · Lower Mystic 11 Wildey............ Charlestown.......Sat 12 Powhatan ......... Richmond........Wed Meets at New-Haven semi-annually. John 13 Franklin Wheeling.. ........Mon L Devotion, GP; P Dem ck, G Scribe. 1 Trenton.......... Trenton. 4 Concordia...... ....do. 6 New-Brunswick.. N. Brunswick...... Tues 7 Howard.......... Newark.................................. Mon 8 Newark 9 Franklin.. ................. Elizabethtown, Mon 10 Nassau .......... Princeton. Thurs 11 Friendship.......Newark Thurs 10 New-Albany, •New Albany, ........ Thur 12 La Fayette Orange....................... Thurs 11 Washington,....Madison, ....... Thur 13 Covenant Belvidere................ Thurs 12 Neilson, ..... ..Logansport, 14 Hudson........................ Jersey City......... Mon 13 Chosen Friends, Aurora, 15 Leni Lenape .............Lambertville......Tues 14 Fort Wayne, ....Fort Wayne, Meets at Cincinnati on the 3d Saturday in Mon 26 Essex, ...............Salem, 29 Tues Columbian,.......................... Stoneham,...... Thur 30 Bethesda, ...........South Boston,... Mon 31 Lafayette, ...........Watertown, ...Wed 32 Ancient Landmark,..Boston, Mon 33 Montezuma, .......... ·do·········.... Wed 1 Ohio,. Mon 34 Hope, .........................Methuen, 2 Washington, Tues 35 Prospect, 3 Cincinnati, ......................... do ................................. Wed 36 Maverick, 4 Franklin, · · · do.................................Thur 37 Shawmut,. .Dayton, ............Wed 38 Souhegan, .......... 5 Montgomery, 6 .... ......... Wed Waltham,....... Thur East Boston,.....Mon .....Boston, ......Tues South Keading,....Fri Jefferson,.......Steubenville,........Thur 39 Quascacunquen,....Newburyport, 7 Charity, ...................... Lancaster, 8 Piqua,. ..Piqua, 9 Columbus, ..Columbus, 10 Wayne,.........Dayton, .....Tues 43 Quinsigamond, .....Worcester, 44 King Philip, Taunton. .......Tues Tues 1 Massasoit, ............................ Boston,⚫ ....1 3 Fri 25 Lafayette,•••••• Hillsborough,................ Mon 2 Tri-Mount,................ do................................2 4 Fri 26 Morning Star,... Medina, Mon 3 Menotomy,..........W. Cambridge,..24 Fri ......Ohio City, Tues 4 Monomake, Lowell,24 Thu 28 Muskingum, ....Zanesville, Wed 5 Bunker Hill,........ Charlestown,..13 Wed 29 Mahoning, Warren,............................. Mon 6 Mount Washington, S. Boston, .....24 Thu .Boston,.................... Mon 21 Teutonia,.. Philadelphia, ........Mon · · · do · · · · · · · · · · ·. Thur 23 Friendship, ........ Tues 3 Good Samaritan,.. Taunton,......sur. char 24 Western Star,...Pittsburgh, • Mon 4 New-England, .......E. Cambridge, Fri 26 Penn,· 5 Washington....... Roxbury, sur. char) 27 Schuylkill,⋅ Port Carbon,........ Tues 6 Adam.. ... Boston, ....sur. char) 28 Heneosis Adelp'n N. Liberties, Lowell, Thurs Mon 29 Robert Morris, Philadelphia,........ Wed Tues 31 Manayunk, Manayunk, ...........Sat Woburn, ‚ • • • • • • • • ·Mon) 33 Decatur, .Philadelphia, ........Wed ........Boston, ..Lowell, 15 Tremont, 16 Covenant,.. 18 Warren, Wed 40 Benevolent, .....Vil. Green,. .1 and 3 Sat ......... 17 Middlesex, .........Malden, .................... Wed 67 Montgomery,... Norristown, ...Sat ··Roxbury,......................Tues? 68 Cambria, ..................... Carbondale, ..Thurs ........... Subordinate Lodges. 69 Montgomery,....Reading, 64 Gomer,............ 65 Hazleton, Birmingham,' •Hazleton, 66 Roxborough,.....Roxborough, 67 Lancaster, .......Lancaster, 68 Harrisburgh, ...Harrisburgh, 69 Peace and-Plenty, Easton, ..... Mon ......do................Tues do.... • Thur Tues 4 Far West, Boonville, ........... Mon Sat, 5 St. Louis,........St. Louis, Sat 6 Western Light, Sat Thur 1 Wildey, Wed, 2 Frontier,. .....Wed 70 State Capitol,....Harrisburgh, ....... Tues 71 Allen, .......Allentown, .........Sat 72 Evening Star,. Milestown, ......................Sat • Easton, .... ....... 73 Delaware, 75 Columbus,....... Chambersburgh, Weston, ..............Sat Encampments. St. Louis, •Weston; STATE OF KENTUCKY. Meets at Louisville quarterly. Wed 2 Chosen Friends,......... ..Honesdale, ........ Wed ..... 80 Susquehanna,.... Columbia, Louisville, .Mon Tues Covington,. Wed Louisville, .......... Tues 1 Boone,. Thurs 3 Washington, Tues 4 Loraine, Sat 5 Friendship, Thurs 6 Capital,· 79 Howard,.. 7 Fraklin, Sat 8 Central,...Danville, Tues 81 National, ..Sat 9 Social, ..... Stanford, 82 Charity, 10 Union,. Nicholasville, 83 Lehigh, Allentown, Sat 11 Lafayette, • Georgetown,.. • Tues 84 Friendly, Millertown, ........ Wed 12 De Kalb, ...Maysville, Wed Tues ..Sat ......Washington,. 85 Mutual, ......... Milton.... Grand Encampment Meets at Philadelphia bi-monthly. Subordinate Encampments. 1 Philadelphia, Philadelphia,.. 2 Pittsburgh, ..... 3 Morning Star,. ,..1&3 Tues) Pittsburgh,...1 3 Sat Frankford,.. 1 3 Wed 4 Franklin, ........Pottsville, 1 3 Sat Philadelphia,..........13 •Kensington..... 5 La Fayette, 6 Mt. Olive, 7 Walhala,......... Kensington,... 9 Andrew Jackson, Manyunk, 10 Danphin, .... 1 3 Fri 1 3 Sat 13 Sat ··Harrisburgh; · STATE OF ILLINOIS. Grand Lodge Meets at Sprinfield quarterly. 1 Western Star ....Alton...... 2 Alton...................... Alton...................................... Tues 3 Clarke... Greenville .......... Tues ........... Mon 66............ Wed ...................... Thurs .......... Sat 4 Illini............. Jacksonville......... ..Sat 5 Wildey ....... Galena......... Sat 10 S2 Mt Moriah 1 Tennessee........ Nashville ............ • • • • • • Tues 33 Aaron... 2 Nashville 34 Chosen Friends.... 3 Columbia .................... Columbia...........................Wed 35 Adam................ Frederick ........Tues 4 Spring Hill.. ........ Spring Hill......... Thurs 36 La Grange........ Sharpburgh...................... Fat 5 Washington ...... Dresden. 37 Covenant. Hancock ........ Thurs 38 Benevolent....... Middletown........Sat 39 Neilson............ Hillsborough. 40 Centre... Ellicott's Mills.....Sat 3 Chosen Friends ....Mobile.......... Thurs 2 Washington...... Natchez...........Thurs 4 Samaritan, ..Vicksburgh 3 Warren .......... Fri 7 Meets at Providence quarterly. SUBORDINATE LODGES. 1 Friendly Union....Providence 8 Macon............ Vicksburgh 9 William Dale..... Liberty ...... Thurs 10 Wilkinson Woodville ......... ..Wed Capitol......................... Jackson..................' Thurs 11 12 Concordia,·· 13 Belmont, ..Natchez, .......... Belmont SUBORDINATE ENCAMPMENTS. 1 Wildey,. 2 Vicksburgh ........ Natchez 2 Ergle... 3 Roger Williams 4 Hope,.. .................!! ... SUBORDINATE ENCAMPMENT. ..Vicksburgh SUBORDINATE LODGES. 1 Narraganset... 1 Maine.................................. Portland....... Mon 2 La Fayette.............. ........Tues) 3 Milwaukie........Milwaukie. Thomaston ...... Mon 4 Rose of the Valley, Potosi, SUBORDINATE LODGES. 6 Sabbatis- ••••••••••• Augusta......... Wed 8 Relief..... .........East Thomaston Fri 2 Kennedy.. · · · · · · · · · · · Black Creek “O, HUMBUG!" said a dry, sarcastic voice, as I stood within the door of the post office, one beautiful morning in May. I was convinced by what I next heard, that the subject of conversation was Odd Fellowship. No, George, it is no humbug, said the other. But still the youg mechanic's dark brow was contracted-a haughty scorn sat in his mouth, and his whole face was twisted together with the too palpable look of distrust and doubt. The two locked arms and walked away flourishing their hands and talking earnestly. The first green leaves of spring were putting forth-the damp chills from the melted snow had given place to the dry bland winds, that come rejoicing over the springing verdure of wood and field; a thousand warblers sent up their merry notes from forest tree-top and garden bush; it was spring-time now, for earth, sky, forest, lake, birds, and man. All things felt the joyousness of spring: all were inspired by the laughing promises of hope-all forgot that winter would come again. The sky, with a serene blue smile looked down upon the earth, as though December storms would never more be gathered in its clouds; and the earth returned the welcome, with its bosom bedecked with young violets, pledging the rose of summer, and the yellow fruit of autumn, forgetful that too soon it must be chilled to sleep in the cold arms of winter. Man's glad heart leaped and danced among the new violets, and kissed the cheek of hope that sat smiling by him—not remembering that there was a winter too for him-a time when violets would not grow, and the sky would not smile; when want would pinch him, and the rough gusts of autumn would lodge many a withered leaf and broken stem in his path, and send him shivering into the winds and storms to find the where withal of life. In this promising spring time, the story about winds and winter, hunger and want, is "humbug" to the heart which hope |