Came across this snipet during a newspaper survey of the Los Angeles Star February 13, 1864 Page 4 Column 2.
When the Masons in their regalia were in route for Greenfield, Massachusetts, the other day, an inquisitive countryman at one of the stations, after eyeing the Knights Templars for a few moments, inquired with much concern, "whether all them Brigadier-Generals were going home on furlough."
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