An Interesting Event.

In this emergency the Master of Virginia Lodge , No . 3 , in imitation of a custom of the Craft in ancient times , called a meeting of his lodge te be held on the summit of Mount Davidson Over three hundred members of the Order were in attendance . AVhen it is considered that the

top af Mount Davidson is seven thousand eig ht hundred ancl twenty-seven feet above the level of the sea , ancl nearly seventeen hundred feet above Virginia City , the significance of this large convocation will be appreciated . The summit of the mountain

is a pointed mass of broken granite , yet almost upon the very apex a rude altar of stone was erected , and around it gathered over three hundred Masons , who , in the heat of the midday sun , had toiled up the rugged mountain side to witness the

opening of a Masonic Lodge at a place so unusual ; and there , overlooking a city of twenty thousand people , the lodge was opened partially in form , and its regular business transacted . From the summit

of the mountain the country for a radius of perhaps a hundred miles on every side is visible , with its towns , lakes , mountains , valleys , hoisting works , quartz mills and railroads . The view is one of the grandestin the State , and the gathering was in the eye of every Mason present scarcely less grand than the surroundings . As the Lodge was opened , the white emblem of the Order was thrown to the

breeze from the flag-staff on the summit , and the cheers that greeted it must have been heard in the valley below . Music , speeches , and a bountiful repast for all enlivened the proceedings , and at five o ' clock , or a few minutes earlier , the concourse wended their way down the mountain side . Members of the order were in

attendance from Gold Hill , Silver City , Dayton and Carson , and so impressed were all present with the grandeur and solemnity of the occasion , that the rude altar was almost chipped in pieces , to be preserved as mementos of an event so unusual in the annals of the Order . It

is probable that a masonic lodge was never before opened in the United States at so great an elevation—certainly never upon so prominent a point in the light of day . fhe occasion will long be remembered , not onl y by those present , but by the people of Storey county .

An Interesting Event.

During the exercises Colonel R . H Taylor read the following POEM . The Lord unto the Prophet said , " Upon the mountain ' s topmost round , Far as its breezy limits spread , Shall be most holy ground . "

'Neath Gods blue dome , on loft y hills , AVhose crests first catch the morning heat—AVhose heights the evening glory fills—The Craft was wont to meet . There , far above the busy mart , And from its care and turmoil free ,

They learned the lessons of the heart , To " work " and to " agree . " Oh ! sacred hills of olden time , Whose hoary crags resist the gale , Ye have a history sublime The Ages cannot pale !

Again , to-day , the sons of light , As did their sires of olden days , Upon the mountain ' s dizzy height , Their mystic banner raise . Again , above the busy marts ,

Where human feet have have seldom trod We raise our voices ancl our hearts In reverence to God . Almighty Father ! by whose will The mountains rise , and worlds do move , Thy blessing grant ; descend and fill Each Mason ' s heart with love . —Virginia ( Nev . ) Territorial Enterprise .

A Funeral Lodge.

A FUNERAL LODGE .

DUMBARTON KILWINNING LODGE ( No . 18 ) OF SCOTLAND . ON the evening of 'Friday , February 4 th , the Members of this Lodge held a Funeral Lodge in memory of their deceasod

brethren . There was a very large assemblage of the brethren , and deputations from the Sister Lodges in the neighbourhood , including No . 170 St . John ' s Leven ; 321 Royal Arch , Alexandria and Bonhill ; 503 St . George ' sHelensburgh ; and also

visit-, ing brethren from lodges over the country were received at it , ancl we understand some of the deputations failed to reach the hall in time through some delay of the trains .