Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness.
It is not attained through self-gratification
but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Helen Keller

Brigham Young’s Masonic History

• Young became a Mason at the Nauvoo Lodge

• He was Initiated on 4/7/1842, Passed on 4/8/1842 & Raised on  4/9/1842.

According to the Official Lodge Minutes, Joseph Smith was present at the 1st and 3rd of these degrees  Later, Young led a majority of the Mormons from Nauvoo to the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah after the assassination of the Prophet and there served as the second president of the church.

• Young was known to have worn a Masonic stick pin on his shirt at various times for the rest of his life.

• This pin has been edited out of all official LDS images of Young. The image above was not edited. 

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.
Mark Twain

I love my Fez (hat of the Shriners) but it felt strange to wear such a goofy hat on the back of the horse….it made me realize how much I equate horseback riding with my dusty ‘ol black cowboy hat.  I swear I felt that hat staring at me accusingly after the parade!

George Washington

Mark Twain

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain

Here is the letter he wrote to the Southern Jurisdiction.