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MORRISON MERRILL CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, LATHS, ‘SHINGLES, DOORS, WIN DOWS, BUILDING PAPER, LIME, CEMENT, ETC, CHEYENNE, WYOMING Most complete line of Standard Make of Building Materials in Wyoming at Lowest Market Prices, Special attention to inquiries and or ders from out of the city. LEGAL NOTICE. The State of Wyoming, County of Laramie, ss. In the district court. William L. Whipple, administrator of the estate of Charles H. Misher, de ceased, plaintiff, vs. American Loan and Trust company, a corporation of Boston, Massachusetts. BE. A. Coffin, treasurer of American Loan and Trust company, a corporation; The Manhat tan Cattle company, a corporation of Cheyenne, Wyoming; Henry G. Hay, president of the Manhattan Cattle com pany, and Jacob D. Freeborn, secre tary and treasurer of the Manhattan Cattle company, 2 corporation, defend ants. To the said defendants, American Loan and Trust company, a corpora tion, of Boston, Massachusetts, and E. A. Coffin, treasurer of American Loan and Trust company, a corporation, whose residence is in the city of Bos ton, in the state of Massachusetts. You will take notice that on the 30th day of November, A. D. 1897, the above named plaintiff filed his petition in the district court of the county of Lar amie, in the First Judicial district within and for the state of Wyoming, against the American Loan and Trust company, a corporation of Boston, Mas sachusetts; BE. A. Coffin, treasurer of American Loan and Trust company, a corporation; the Manhattan Cattle company, a corporation, of Cheyenne, Wyoming; Henry G. Hay, president of the Manhattan Cattle company, and Jacob D. Freeborn, secretary and treas urer of the Manhattan Cattle company, ‘a corporation, defendants, the object and prayer of which said petition be ing for an order decreeing the owner ship of certificates of stock 75, 76 and 77, respectively, of the Manhattan Cat tle company to be in this plaintiff, free and clear from all Incumbrance whatsoever, together with any and all dividends due upon sail stock, from and after the date of the filing of said petition, and for a money judgment against the American Loan and Trust company for the sum of $634.18, with interest thereon at the rate of 8 per cent per annum from the 29th day of July, 1895, and the further sum of $875, with interest thereon at the rate of 8 per cent per annum, from the 17th day of April, 1896, and for a further judgment decreeing that a temporary injunction be issued restraining the Manhattan Cattle company and its president and secretary from paying to the defendant, DB. A. Coffin, or to the defendant American Loan and Trust company, any further dividends upon the said mentioned certificates of stock of said company. You are further notified that in said action a writ of injunction was duly and regularly issued and served upon the resident defendants, the Manhat tan Cattle company, Henry G. Hay, its president, and Jacob D. Freeborn, its secretary and treasurer, restraining them as prayed for in said petition. You are further notified that you are required to appear and answer said petition on or before the 5th day of February, A. D. 1898. (WILLIAM N.WHIPPLH, Administrator of the Estate of Charles BD, Wisher, Deceased, Plaintiff, BURRD FOWLER, Attorneys for Plaintiff, ‘Dated December 16, 1897. HOW MISS ST. LEGER HAP PENED TO BE INITIATED. She Listened and Looked S Before She Healized What It Meant—Ufter the Fair Culprit Had to Pass Through the Impressive Ceremony. N DR. BREW: ER’S “Dictionary of Phrase and Fable the follow ing sentences occur under the heading of ‘Freemasons’: “The lady Free mason was the Hon. Miss Eliza beth St. Leger, daughter of Lord Doneraile, who (says the tale) hid her self in an empty clock case when the lodge was held at her father’s house and witnessed the proceedings. She was discovered and compelled to sub mit to initiation as a member of the craft.” This tradition was a world wide acceptance, but it now appears (according to a correspondent of the Standard, who has been investigating the subject) that, although clocks are usually contained in cases, there was no clock in this particular case. The correspondent, in his search after truth, has come across evidence col lected by the Masonic historian, Broth er Edward Conder, which disposes once and for all of what is a Masonic myth and a tradition which has no solid foundation. By the kindness of Lord Doneraile, Lady Castletown, of Upper Ossory, Col. Aldworth of New market court, Mr. James St. Leger and other members of the family, Brother Edward Conder has, fortunately, been able to piece together a history of the incident which may fairly be accepted as an authentic account of what ac tually transpired. It would appear that the father of Miss St. Leger—Arthur St. Leger, first Baron Kilmayden and Viscount Doneraile—together with his sons and a few intimate friends, were accustomed to open a lodge and carry on the ordinary ceremonies at the fam ily mansion, Doneraile court, County Cork. On one occasion, during a period when the house was undergoing cer tain internal alterations, Viscount Doneraile with others met for Masonic purposes. The lodge was held in a large room on the ground floor of the house, and in front of this room was a small library, divided from the back room by a partition wall. From a plan of Doneraile court supplied by a mem ber of the family it is evident that the rooms to the right on entering the hall are probably the ones in question. The doors of these two rooms both open into the entrance hall and are not far apart. The alternations having re quired the removal of some of the paneling from the larger room the wall was in places undergoing repair. A portion of this had been taken down and the bricks loosely replaced, with out mortar, in the position they were ultimately to occupy. Against those loose bricks the oak paneling had been temporarily reared. On this particu lar afternoon Miss St. Leger had been reading at the library window, and, the light of the winter afternoon hav ing failed, fell asleep. The sound of voices in the next room restored her to consciousness and from her position behind the loosely placed bricks of the dividing wall she easily realized that something unusual was taking place in the next room. The light shining through the unfilled spaces of the tem porary wall also attracted her atten tion. Prompted by a not unnatural curiosity, Miss St. Leger appears to have removed one or more of the loose bricks and thus was easily enabled to watch the proceedings of the lodge. For some time her interest in what was transpiring was sufficiently powerful to hold her spellbound; the quietness of her mind remained undisturbed for a considerable period, and it was not until she realized the solemnity of the responsibilities undertaken by the can didate that she understood the terrible consequences of her action. The wish to hide her secret by making good her retreat took full possession of her thoughts. For it must be fully under stood that, although she was perfect ly aware that her father’s lodge was held at the house, she had no idea on entering the library that on that even ing a meeting was about to be held in an adjoining room. Her passage into the hall was easy, but it happened that the doors of the two rooms were close together. Outside in the hall the tyler was on guard, and from this point her retreat was cut off. Miss St. Leger, realizing that the tyler, Lord Donev alle's butler, well knowing the condi tion of the temporary wall, would at once from her frightened appearance grasp the situation, screamed and fainted. This old and trusted family servant, divided between his affection for his young mistress and the duties he owed to the lodge, hesitated wheth er he should call forward from the household ,or alarm the lodge. Having carried the young lady back into the brary, and she being re stored to consciousness, they learned what had occurred. Leaving her in charge of some of the members, they returned to the lodge and discussed what course, under the circumstances, they had best pursue. The discussion was prolonged for a considerable time, after which they returned, and, having acquainted Miss St. Leger with the great responsibilities she had unwit tingly taken upon herself, pointed out that only one course was open to them. The fair culprit, endowed with a high sense of honor, at once consented to pass through the impressive cere monies she had already in part wit nessed, and became a Freemason. The circumstances as above recorded took place at a time when Miss Leger was a young girl and unmarried. The year was probably 1710. A well-spread table, catering to the needs of a refined’ modern taste? Sup pose the misanthrope (for the recluse who lives only in an imaginary Christmas is a misanthrope) came out of his shell and gathered the young people about him to charm their ears with tales of the old ways of holiday keeping ‘when he was a boy.’ Would not this be better than grumbling out protests against the new ways that have their own reasons for being, and offer in turn their own measure of enjoyment to willing spirits? Genial old age is always a welcome pres ence, and it never suggests any con trasts that put us out of conceit with the pleasures that lie within our reach. But carping, even if it pro ceeds from the patriarch, is an inflic tion severe enough to blight any holi day. “In the nature of things there must be holidays. How poverty-stricken is that soul which does not recognize this necessity and shows itself heartily into the work of helping forward the good time youth and all unspoiled minds accept with gratitude. There is no predeterminate set of conditions for holiday-making that need the adven turous hands, and if traditional cus toms belonging to Thanksgiving and Christmas are vanished beyond recall, we can harmonize the day with our present abilities. “My sympathy is with those who wish to bring back upon Christmas day the sweet old traditional observ ances. I love them well, even those that are known to me only by hear say and were outgrown in that shad owy period alluded to us ‘before the war.’ But no one thing is indispensa ble to happiness with any of us, unless with children, and not even with them if judicious substitute is made. What ever we have, or whatever we lack, the quality that makes the occasion is the spirit we bring to it. Good-will never fails to create a good time. It finds merit in rain, lifts fog and lights a cheery blaze within that passes for the sunshine in its absence. And good-will has not passed away with chivalry, nor perished under the on rush of science. It lives and breathes now, and is here at this moment to light our Christmas fires and swing incense before our altars. All we need do is to recognize and adapt it.”
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Cheyenne Daily Sun Leader
Cheyenne, Wyoming, US
Sat, Jan 08, 1898
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