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To these functions presently were added the treasurerships of the Masons' and Odd Fellows' charitable funds,--the old man being far advanced in their respective degrees,--and even the position of almoner of their bounties was super-added. Here, unfortunately, Daddy's habits of economy and avaricious propensity came near making him unpopular, and very often needy brothers were forced to object to the quantity and quality of the help extended. They always met with more generous relief from the private hands of the brothers themselves, and the remark,