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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1896
Page
11
Dillon has supported several secret societies since the town’s early days. Within a few years five or six orders formed and met regularly. The Masons and Odd Fellows built substantial lodge rooms, reflecting their long established presence.
Occident Lodge No. 8 of Knights of Pythias organized in 1885 reports 43 members with leaders D. Beebe and R. T. Wing. Odd Fellows, Masons, and other orders meet in local halls and temples. Dillon Lodge No. 39 AF and AM organized 1883 with 55 members. Dillon Chapter No. 8 RA M 37 members. St Elmo Commandery No. 7 Knights Templar 29 members. Mizpah Chapter No. 13 Eastern Star 85 members. Apollo Lodge No. 15 formed 1884 with 38 members.
A review of fading watch night customs in New England and the Midwest, noting church rites, Longfellow verses, and K of P and G A R lodge activities. Details on Dillon chapters of A O U W and K O T M with officer lists and meeting times. Also mentions local Dillon businesses and festive year end observations.
The New York World recounts Welsh folklore naming ty tylwyth teg as the fair folk. On New Year’s Eve they are said to be powerful and fond of children. Mothers who offend them risk the cradle being robbed and replaced by a frightening plagent neuid, a dangling child that may become idiotic.
A child begs the father for a paternal blessing on New Year’s morning. The custom, recorded by the Boston Globe, has roots among Quebec’s French Canadians and is kept by communities in New England and beyond as families reignite the hearth, sit by the Yule log, and wait for the first child to seek the blessing on the jour de l an.
A poetic meditation on a magic bell tolling in time. The speaker likens the bell to the universe and sea of passions shaping human thought and deeds as the old year ends.
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