who attended the celebration, with a view to preservation. The request that every person would register his name, was announced from the stand. But owing to the great multitude, and to the fact that every moment was occupied with interesting public exercises, very few complied with the request. Among the distinguished persons in attendance, besides those already named, we noticed the following named persons; and doubtless there were many others, whom we did not see in the crush and hurry of the occasion:-Hon. John Boyd, of Winches ter, Secretary of Connecticut; Hon. Origen S. Seymour, of Litchfield, Judge of the Superior Court, with his son, Edward W. Seymour, Esq.,; Jonathan Knight, M. D., of New Haven, Professor in Yale College; Hon. Ralph D. Smith, of Guilford, a native of Southbury; Hon. William B. Wooster, of Birmingham; E. B. Cooke, Esq., Editor of the Waterbury American; Rev. J. M. Willey, of Waterbury; Hon. Judson W. Sherman, Member of Congress, of Angelica, N. Y.; Hon. Green Kendrick, of Waterbury; Nathaniel A. Bacon, Esq., of New Haven; William Nelson Blakeman, M. D., a distinguished physician of New York, and a native of Roxbury; Charles Nettleton, Esq., of New York, a native of Washington; Hon. Samuel G. Goodrich, of Southbury, late Consul at Paris, the well-known "Peter Parley;" C. S. Trowbridge, Esq., of Auburn, N. Y.; R. F. Trowbridge, Esq., of Syracuse, N, Y.; Rev. Charles W. Powell, of Middlebury; Alexander Frazer. Esq., of New York; Rev. C. S. Sherman, of Naugatuck; Rev. Abijah M. Calkin, of Cochecton, N. Y.; Rev. Ira Abbott, of Southbury; Rev. Jason Atwater, of West Haven; Rev. J. K. Averill, of Plymouth; Rev. E. Lyman, and Hon. Charles Adams, of Litchfield, Editor of the Litchfield Enquirer. Among the venerable men of other days, we noticed on the stage, Capt. Judson Hurd, 85 years of age, so active and vigorous, that he had ridden on horseback in the morning, with his "lady love" of 72, on a pillion behind him. We also noticed Dea. David Punderson, of Washington, aged 86, Nathaniel Richardson, of Middlebury, aged 85, and Mr. William Summers, of the ripe age of nearly ninety years, a resident of Woodbury, and the oldest man in town. The extended and efficient arrangements of the General Committee, for providing strangers with accommodations and protection, were thoroughly carried out. Perfect satisfaction and quiet reigned throughout the celebration. More than fifteen hundred Even our visitors were lodged in the town the first night, and in the other towns of the ancient territory, at least twice that number. All the inhabitants threw open their doors, and from ten to seventyfive persons to a house found quarters for the night. least opulent citizens displayed an anxiety to add to the general enjoyment of the occasion. As an instance, Mr. Harry H. Fox, who, certainly, is not much blessed with this world's goods, fed twenty-six persons, and lodged twelve. We have not yet heard. of an individual who was not provided with reasonable accommodations. A very pleasing feature in the "Antique Procession," not before noticed in these pages, was the fine turn-out of King Solomon's Lodge, No. 7, of Free and Accepted Masons, of Woodbury, in the splendid regalia of its mystic brotherhood. This is not only one of the oldest lodges west of Connecticut river, having received. its first charter in 1765, from the Provincial Grand Lodge of the Colony of Massachusetts, but it has been one of the oldest and most respectable in the State, both for the number and character of its members. It was with becoming pride, that they joined in the antique portion of the proceedings of the festival, celebrating at once the antiquity of the town, and the establishment therein of their own ancient, benevolent, and honorable fraternity. The music of the occasion was furnished by the New Milford Band, in a highly creditable and satisfactory manner. During the evening of the first day, it serenaded the orator of the day, and other residents connected with the active exercises of the occasion. In short, every part of the programme was well performed, and the whole celebration was pronounced by all present to be a perfect success. As it was the largest, so it was more perfect, in all its arrangements, than any similar celebration in this country. N the 19th of July, 1865, King Solomon's Lodge, No. 7, of Free and Accepted Masons, celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of its organization. At a meeting of sundry brethren of King Solomon's Lodge, held May 10, 1862, at the residence of the late Bro. Charles B. Phelps, assembled upon the invitation of Past Master Alonzo Norton Lewis, Past Master Charles H. Webb was called to the Chair, and A. N. Lewis appointed Secretary. "On motion of Bro. Lewis, it was voted that a Committee be nominated to the Lodge, to take in hand the celebration of the approaching Centennial Anniversary of King Solomon's Lodge. The following brethren were appointed : 66 "P. M. ALONZO NORTON LEWIS, P. M. BENJAMIN DOOLITTLE, WILLIAM COTHREN, NATHANIEL SMITH, Bro. G. PLATT CRANE. 66 JAMES HUNTINGTON, AUG. 15, A. D., 1862, A. L., 5862. "A Communication from a meeting of Masons, nominating Bro's Lewis, Cothren, Huntington, Webb, Doolittle, Smith, and Crane, a Committee to arrange for the Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of this Lodge, was received, the Committee appointed, and the Communication ordered on file." The committee immediately entered on the performance of the duties of preparation for an event so interesting to the brethren, and, in due time, every thing was "made ready." The appointed day, Wednesday, July 19, A. D., 1865, A. L., 5865, dawned bright and fair, as if Nature herself smiled npon the occasion. At half past 10 o'clock, A. M., the procession was formed, under the direction of Past Master Benj. Doolittle, Chief Marshal, assisted by his Deputies, Bro's Eli Sperry and G. Eugene Betts, in the following Marshal Marshal. ORDER; Two Tylers, with drawn Swords. Two Stewards, with White Rods. Eureka Lodge, No, 83, Bethel. George Washington Lodge, No. 82, Ansonia. A Junior Deacon. Marshal. A Steward. { Council Masons. Knight Templars. The Holy Writings, A Senior Deacon. The Worshipful Master of A Steward. 1 Officers of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge. The Clergy. * Lodges marked by a star, were present as Lodges. 1 The following were present:-The M. W. Grand Master, Eli S. Quintard, o New Haven; Past Grand Master Howard B. Ensign, of New Haven; Past Grand Master D. E. Bostwick, of Litchfield, and Grand Lecturer C. M. Hatch, of Bridgeport. The procession marched to the South Congregational Church, and entering in reverse order, when all were seated, the acting W. M., A. N. Lewis, introduced the Most Worshipful Eli S. Quintard, of New Haven, Grand Master of Masons in Connecticut, who took the Chair, when the following Order of Exercises was proceeded with: I. Ode by the Woodbury Mucisal Association, under the leadership of P. M. Trowbridge, Esq., and accompanied by Tompkins' Band. II. Reading of the Scriptures (1 Corinthians, xiii) by Rev. C. T. Woodruff, Rector of Christ Church, Ridgefield. Ode. III. IV. Prayer by Rev. John Purves, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Woodbury. Chant. V. Past Master Alonzo Norton Lewis then delivered an eloquent and interesting address, from which we select a few passages, our limits forbidding more extended quotations: "W. M. Officers and Brothers of King Solomon's Lodge: "You stand, to-day, upon the hither coast of a seemingly boundless ocean. You strain your eyes, in vain, to catch one faint glimpse of the other shore. At last, as you are about to turn away in despair, a small boat heaves in sight. You gather around the weary voyager as he steps from his tempest-beaten craft, upon the strand, and anxiously inquire if he has brought any tidings or relics of those who have gone down upon the deep. The solitary navigator, who has crossed the trackless waste, exhibits a few moth-eaten books and MSS., and informs you that these are all that remain of the gallant mariners whose loss you deplore. To drop the figure; you, my brethren, are the anxious inquirers by the sea-side; the speaker is the weary |