Farrar, F. M. Mayo, M. T. Ludden, William Bray, Henry Turner, Charles E. Bradford, Gilbert Phillips, and Rufus Prince, to open and hold a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, under the name of Nezinscot Lodge, at Turner, Maine.

OFFICERS OF THE LODGE UNDER THE DISPENSATION.

George W. Turner, Master. Chas. E. Bradford, Sen. Deacon.
Seth D. Andrews, Sen. Warden.
H. N. Mayo, Junior Warden.
Deering Farrar, Treasurer.
Rufus Prince, Secretary.

Henry Turner, Junior Deacon.
Gilbert Phillips, Senior Steward.
F. M. Mayo, Junior Steward.
Philo Clark, Marshal.

M. T. Ludden, Tyler.

May 3, 1860, a charter was granted, and on the 23d day of June following, the Lodge was duly consecrated, and the following officers installed: George W. Turner, M.; S. D. Andrews, S. W.; H. N. Mayo, J. W.; Deering Farrar, T.; Rufus Prince, Sec.; M. T. Ludden, S. D.; Henry Turner, J. D.; Gilbert Phillips, S. S.; F. M. Mayo, J. S.; Jehiel Eldridge, Tyler.

The stated communication of the Lodge is held on Saturday on or next preceding each full moon, at seven o'clock P.M., unless otherwise ordered by the Master.

This Lodge has continued to prosper; it owns a three-story building in the village in which it has rooms fitted up for its own use, and rents the first

and second floors.

Several of its members are

members also of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, which has been organized for the benefit of the Masonic Fraternity.

TURNER CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS, NO. 41,

Was granted a dispensation January 6, 1876, and on May 3, 1876, it was granted a charter, and was constituted June 30, following.

OFFICERS INSTALLED IN 1876.

M. E. Carlos E. Kempton, High Priest.
E. Harrison M. Pratt, King.

E. Philo Clark, Scribe.

Comp. Henry C. Munson, Chaplain.

The meetings of the Chapter are on the Saturday next succeeding each full moon, at such hour and place as the Chapter or the High Priest may direct.

ODD FELLOWS.

A Lodge of Odd Fellows, with twenty-one charter members, was instituted March 30, 1885. The officers then installed were Dr. H. L. Irish, N. G.; D. Y. Harlow, V. N. G.; Caleb Blake, Treasurer; W. B. Beals, Rec. Secretary; and I. F. Quinby, Per. Secretary. They meet Monday evening of each week, at the village, and have now increased to fifty-four members. They have met all their pecuniary obligations, and have funds in the treasury. They lease a room, or rooms, for their meetings.

TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS.

There is a healthy temperance sentiment prevalent in town, and there have been various temperance societies during the forty years past. The Washingtonian movement, which began as early as 1841, and swept over the State, made its influence felt in Turner, and a new interest was awakened in the subject. All parts of the town felt the awakening, and addresses were given and societies were formed for the purpose of reforming the drunkard, and of shielding the young from the power of temptation. Much good has been done by these means, and the people, as a whole, are decidedly temperate. An agent is annually chosen to sell liquors for medicinal and mechanical purposes, and occasionally one feigns sickness that he may obtain

liquor to satisfy his craving thirst, but seldom with

success.

There are three lodges of good Templars active in this work; one at the village, one at North Turner, and one at Chase's Mills. Many young people are members of these societies, and thus they receive good and do good, and strengthen the temperance sentiment in the community.

CEMETERIES.

For many years no pains were taken to make the place of burial in Turner pleasant and attractive, but the acre set apart for the burial of the dead was neglected, and permitted to grow up to weeds and briars. By this means the associations of death were gloomy and repulsive, and the thought of death awakened any emotions rather than those of a cheerful nature, and the young especially experienced a sense of relief when the "graveyard" had been safely passed, in the dark especially. But when taste began to be exercised in the planning of the grounds, in the erection of monuments, and in making the graves attractive with flowers and flowering shrubs, the cemetery assumed an attractive appearance, and the thoughts and associations awakened by its presence ceased to be dreadful, but were pleasant and cheerful rather. Thus the cemetery becomes a teacher, an inspirer of hope, and

invites reflection and calm communion with dear

ones, not lost, but gone

before.

The location of the first cemetery was on the Upper Street, adjoining the farm of Joseph Leavitt, whose house was the first tavern in town. It is a small plot of ground, supposed by the early settlers, doubtless, to be large enough for their needs. It was common property, and was not laid out in lots with paths or walks between, but each one buried his deceased friend in any part of it he might choose, which was not already occupied. Headstones or monuments were not generally erected, and in process of time, it became difficult for one not well acquainted with the grounds to tell where the remains of a former generation were buried. There was little or no order in the location of the graves, and in making a new one, very likely it would be found to be the place of an ancient one. Ezekiel Bradford was, probably, the first one buried here, and in this centennial year, his descendants have erected a monument to his memory. An account and description of this is annexed. This cemetery became the resting place of the early settlers as they passed away, and probably there is now scarcely a square foot of soil within its walls, in which the dust of some departed one does not mingle. It is a chaos of graves, into which it seems impossible to introduce any order. Many