Dr. Winslow Lewis,

DR . WINSLOW LEWIS ,

LON G known and highly respected as a physician , and one of the most prominent members of the Masonic fraternity in this city , died last night at half-past eleven afc the summer residence of his son-in-law , Dr . George H . Gay , in Granfcville , after an illness of about three weeks . Dr . Lewis was born in Boston , 8 th July 1799 , his parents being Captain Winslow Lewis , a noted ship master , and Elizabeth Greenough , the daughter of Thomas Greeuongh , the

manufacturer of mathematical instruments . He graduated at Harvard in 1819 , and studied medicine under the late Dr . John C . Warren , taking the degree of M . D . in 1822 . He subsequently attended the lectures of Dnpuytren in Paris and Abernethy in London . Upon his retni-n , he began practice in Boston . He was married , 22 nd Feb . 1828 , to Miss Emelino Richards , daughter

of Captain Benjamin Richards of New London , Conn . Ho was for two years physician of the municipal institutions , three years physician of tho House of Correction , and since Dr . Warren ' s decease a consulting physician of the Massachusetts General Hospital . His skill in his practice was great , and his benevolence in attending the poor notable . His public career , apart from his prominence as a

Mason , is stated as follows : Ho was representative to the General Court in 1835 , ' 52 and ' 53 ; one of the Common Council of Boston in 1839 ; on tho School Committee 1839 ; ' 40 , ' 41 , ' 44 , ' 45 , ' 57 , ' 58 j visitor of the United States Marine Hospital , 1856 to 1862 ; ono of the overseers of Harvard College , 1856 to 1862 ; consulting physician of the city , 1861 ; counsellor of the Massachusetts Medical Society ;

member of tho American Medical Society of Paris ; president of the New England Historic , Genealogical Society , 1861 to 1866 , his successor being the late Governor Andrew . During several visits and one long sojourn in Europe , Dr . Lewis made the acquaintance and won the friendship of many of the most noteworthy characters of the time . His wife survives him , and his surviving children

aro tho wives of Dr . George H . Gay and Mr . Arthur Cheney . Dr . Lewis was made a Mason in Columbian Lodge , Boston , 3 rd Nov . 1830 . The circumstances which led him to become a member of this Institution are somewhat singular . In the days when the fraternity were abused without mercy and persecuted to the utmost , he saw an advertisement in a paper of one of the furious anti-Masons , Avery

Allyn—a name now almost forgotten—that on a certain day in 1829 he would deliver a lecture , showing up the weakness and hypocrisy of Freemasonry , and its dangerous tendency . The Doctor was led by curiosity to go and hear him , and the very sophisms this arch-enemy of the brotherhood nscd , and theabnse he heaped upon many of them , who were men without fear and without reproach , made him a

convert on the other side . Dr . Lewis ' s opinion of the Masonic institution was well founded . He became most warmly attached to it , and for forty-five years has been a constant attendant upon the meetings of its various organisations . Years ago , at one of its social gatherings , he expressed his attachment to it in theso words : " Truth and mv feelings prompt

the declaration that in Masonry I havo found the best friends , the best social ties and comforts , and tho ' whitest' hours of n \ y life ( apart from my family ) have been when surrounded by ' brothers , ' and around that altar where heart beats responsive to heart , and all ' mingle into bliss . '" These sentiments he continued to entertain

up to the last moment of his life . Very recently , at a memorable gathering of the Craft ho closed a very touching address as follow : — " My limbs are tottering , my brain flags , but my Masonic heart and soul will be the last lingering remains of my existence ; and when I die—and that time must soon come—written on my heart will be

Dr. Winslow Lewis,

Masonry ! Freemasonry ! This may be almost the last tribute that I shall pay to Masonry , an institution which has developed in me kindly feelings and charitable deeds . Let me say as a parting , and it may be the last parting word , —May that institution from which I havo derived so much benefit continue to bless you all as I havo been blessed . "

His high character , his literary qualifications , his gonial manners and his warm interest in the institution , naturally led to the bestowal of almost every honour and dignity in the gift of the fraternity which it was possible for one person to attain . A recital of thern would contain no news for tho initiated , and would sound strange to tho uninitiated . Suffice it to say that he had been Senior Warden of

St . John ' s Lodge , High Priest of St . Paul ' s Chapter , and Commander of the Boston Encampment ( all of Boston ) , Grand King of tho Grand Chapter , Grand Generalissimo of the General Grand Encampment of the United States , Grand Master of the Grand Lodgo of Massachusetts inl 855 , 1856 andl 860 and an honorary member of Masonic bodies almost without number . His arduous and unremitting efforts to advance the

welfare of tho brotherhood havo endeared him to them in the strongest manner . His long , useful and happy life has reflected tho highest honor upon the fraternity . Few members of it have ever been so extensively known or so universally beloved and respected . Ho has gone down to the grave full of years and of honors , and has left a noble

example , worthy of imitation by all tho Craft . Tho funeral will take place afc St . Paul ' s Church on Friday afc 2 p . m . The remains will be buried afc Mt . Auburn , in tho lot belonging to the deceased , by the Masonic fraternity , under tho direction of the Grand Lodge . —Boston Paper .

Railway Traffic Returns

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS

The following statement shows tho receipts for traffic on tho undermentioned railways for tho past week , as compared witli tho corresponding week in 1874 : — Miles open . Receipts . Railway . 1875 1875 1874 e n

Caledonian 739 61 , 304 60 , 133 Glasgow and South Western . . 315 A- 20 , 081 19 , 014 Great Eastern .... 763 48 , 025 46 ^ 512 Great Northern .... 523 60 , 506 56 , 144 Great Western .... 1 , 525 117 , 659 114 , 546 Lancashire and Yorkshire . . 430 75 , 156 7 l , 7 ' 13

London and Brighton . . . 37 Gi- 39 , 805 39 , 413 Loudon , Chatham and Dover . . 153 i 25 , 130 24 , 079 London and North Western . . I , 5 b 7 191 , 270 186 , 616 London and South AVestern . . 626 J 44 , 608 43 , 450 London , Tilbury and Southend . 45 2 , 608 Manchester and Sheffield ' . . 259 } 33 , 197 30 , 855

Midland 975 J 117 , 844 111 , 761 Metropolitan 8 8 , 721 7 , 969 „ „ District ... 8 4 , 477 3 , 621 „ ,. St . John's Wood . . H 387 352 North British 839 47 , 659 45 , 348

Xorth Eastern .... 1 , 400 } 134 , 878 133 , 536 North London .... 12 6 , 802 6 , 650 North Staffordshire Railway . . 191 8 , 654 8 , 392 Canal . . 118 1 , 555 1 . 475 South Eastern .... 350 42 , 891 40 , 108

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