pedestal. On the front of the slab is a circular shield with the following inscription: "John Barney, P. G. L., Died June 22d, 1847, aged about 70 years." Above this inscription is a death's head and cross bones, a triangle enclosing a mitre, and a Past Master's Jewel. On a panel near the bottom of the slab is the following: "Erected by the Masonic Grand Lodge of Illinois. On the top of the slab is a cap of white marble, and on it is chiselled an open Book, on which rests a square and compasses, and beside it a mallet. The whole monument is singularly chaste and appropriate, and does equal honor to the memory of the good old man whose ashes. rest beneath, and the Grand Lodge which caused it to be placed there. Brother Barney had nine children, three of whom, one son and two daughters are still living. The son is William Barney, who was the youngest of the children and who lives at Echo, Chariton County, Missouri; one daughter, Mrs. Julia Macomb, lives in the same place; and another daughter, Mrs. Sarah A. Hough, living at Angola, Indiana, at about eighty years of age, from whom many of the facts in this sketch have been obtained. She describes her father as being of a very pleasing presence, and though a cripple from boyhood and unable to walk without the use of a cane, easy and graceful in his movements, social in his nature, a good conversationalist, a warm friend. REORGANIZATION. OUT OF THE OLD- -INTO THE NEW. We now again take up the thread of the general masonic work in Michigan. We have noted the action taken by the Grand Lodge that dissolved in November, 1844. We have seen how the three Lodges originally chartered by the Grand Lodge of New York secured a renewal of their relations with that Grand Body. The time has now come when a movement of the utmost importance to Michigan Masonry was to be inaugurated. From the ashes of the old organization, the Institution is to arise, phoenix-like, to a new and grander life. Before entering upon the history of masonic matters from this time. forward, it is highly proper to give, in this place, a brief sketch of the life of that distinguished brother, whose guiding hand was to pilot the newly launched ship for the next two years. John Mullett was born in the town of Halifax, Windham County, Vermont, July 11th, 1786. When about twenty years of age he removed with his father's family to Genesee County, New York. At that time, this was the "Far West." Remaining with his father until he was settled, he then went to Buffalo, where he engaged in the tailoring business. On the 9th of February, 1814, he was married, in his native town, to Lucy Henry, of that place, and immediately returned to Buffalo with his wife. The toil and incident of this wedding journey at that time would exceed that of a journey around the world, with our present facilities of travel. In the year 1820, he removed with his |