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Notices Of Meetings.
NOTICES OF MEETINGS .
ROYAL ALFRED LODGE , No . 780 .
AT tho summer meetings of this Lodge , held this year on Friday , the 27 th ult ., wo naturally look for a diminished attendance . Many of the members are away , on pleasure bent , while those who are still on the " grind " can scarcely find tho Icisnre to attend to their Masonio duties at this time of tho year wheu noarly all business establishments are arranging for tho absence of some members of their respective staffs . However , Bro . Franckel was supported by
Past Masters Bros . W . Gomm ( Treasurer ) , W . Hilton ( Secretary ) , G . A . Littlewood , Walter Goss , B . E . Blasby , W . Gardiner , and H . Potter ; Bros . J . J . Gunner S . W ., W . Beckett J . W ., C . Maton I . G ., J . Gilbert Tyler , & o „ & o . The Visitors present were Bros . T . E . Tarrant 186 , E . H . S'gg P . M . 452 , and W . W . Morgan S . W . 211 . After Lodge had been formally opened , and tho minntes of last
meeting read and confirmed , Bro . Edwin Littlejohns was examined and entrusted . Lodge was then opened in the second degree , and tho candidate was passed , the W . M . giving a careful rendering of the ceremony . The next business was I he selection of a W . M . for the next year , and the choice of the brefliren resulted in Brother J . J . Gnnner being elected . Bro . Gunner i- an initiate of tho Lodge , and
one who has identified himself with the work ever since , having passed through all the offices ; we look forward to a prosperous year for him during his Mastership . Bro . Gomm P . M . was re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . Gilbert reappointed Tyler . Bros . C . Botley , Jackson , and Sharpe were appointed Auditors . Shortly afterwards Lodge was closed . Bro . John Brill , the proprietor of this comfortable
hostelry , supplied a capital banquet , and personally looked after the comfort of his guests . On removal of the cloth , tho W . M . gave the Loyal toasts , which were enthusiastically received . Bro . Blasby proposed the health of the Worshipful Master . The past year had been an eventful one in tho history of tho Royal Alfred Lodge . Bro . Franckel had carried out the work in an eminently
satisfactory way , and to the entire satisfaction of the majority of tho members . He ( Bro . Blasby ) had great pleasure in offering the toast for the acceptation of the brethren , who he felt assured would do it full honour . After a song by Bro . Gnnner , " The Last Stirrup Cnp , " Bro . Frankel rose to reply . After thanking the brethren for the hearty reception they had given the toast , so flatteringly introduced
by Bro . Blasby , he thought it a duty he owed to Bro . Gnnner to compliment him upon the services he had rendered to the Lodge , and to congratnlate-him upon having been unanimously elected to the high , est position it was in the power of the brethren to confer npon him . For himself he bad done his best to merit the good opinion of the brethren of the Royal Alfred Lodge , and he felt he had not been
unsuccessful in his endeavours . In speaking to the toast of the Treasurer and Secretary , the W . M . said'Bro . Gomm had been re-elected , and all felt assured the choice of tho brethren c mid not have fallen on a better man . Bro . Hilton , the energetic Secretary , had ^ performed the duties of that office for nearly twenty years , during which term he had brought to bear upon his labours an amount
of assiduity and energy that had won for him golden opinions from all with whom he had been associated . It had been snggested to him ( the W . M . ) that he had taken this toast somewhat out of order , but he felt the zeal displayed by those he now sought to honour warranted what he had done . He would therefore call upon all present to drink to the toast . Brother Gomm replied ; he felt proud of the
confidence reposed in him . He looked forward to a successful future for the Lodgo . He did not desire to occupy much of their time , consequently would conclude by thanking all for his re-election . Brother Hilton , while bowing with all deference to the ruling of the W . M . as regards the precedence of the toast of the Past Masters , wished it to be understood he did not desire to be placed before those brethren with whom he had been associated so long . He felt
proud in being able to say he had always been received with cordiality . With the Worshipful Master , he regretted they were not honoured with a larger attendance of the members . Brother Hilton then offered some excellent advice with regard to the fntnre of the Lodge , which received every attention from , and will doubtless be acted upon b y , the members present . In speaking to the toast of the Past Masters Brother Franckel said doubtless he shonld have been
more in order had he given it precedence over tho one he last introduced ; however , he felt they were all personal friends and would not censure him too severely . He then mentioned each of those present , and gracefully commented on the ability each had displayed . Bro . Littlewood was the first to reply ; he was followed by Bros . Blasby , Walter Goss , and Gardiner . The latter brother made
allnsion to the death of Bro . Hale , who for many years had b ^ en associated with the Royal Alfred Lodgo , where ho was beloved and esteemed by all the members who knew him . For the Visitors Bros . Tarrant , Sugg and Morgan replied . The health of the Worshipful Mastor elect was most cordially received and
drank , and after Bro . Gunner and other Officers had responded , the T yler was summoned for tho parting toast . Some capital songs enlivened the proceedings , Bros . Brill , Botley , and others exerting themselves much to tho satisfaction of the company . Brother Sugg kindl y accompanied on the piano .
Hou . owAi- ' s OumrENi Awn I ' . TIS . —Never at fault . —Tn all irritations of tho skin , sores , ulcers , burns , and . scrofulous enlargements of the glands , Holloway s Ointment presents a ready and oisy means of cure , which never disappoints the most favourable expectations . It manifests a potent and peculiar power in restraining inflammation , removing stagnation , cooling the heated blood and
, checking all acrimonious or unhealthy discharges . " Whilst thus acting locally , tho Pills are no less remarkable for ' their power in improving ine general condition and habit of body , which renders the cures complete arid permanent . "Under the general influence of those potent remedies , the puny „ , ? nkbecomes the robust child , the pale and emaciated regain colour and flesh , anu the dyspeptic eats freely , without fear .
Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
THE Quarterly Convocation was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall . Col . Creaton acted as M . E . Z ., Comp . Glaisher and Murton respectively as H . and J . As usual at this time of year there was but a small attendance . The minntes of last Convocation were read and
confirmed , the Report of the Committee of General Purposes as printed by ns last week was accepted , and petitions for three uew warrants , also particularised by ns last
I week , were granted . Col . Creaton gave notice of his j intention , at next meeting of Grand Chapter , to propose a j grant ont of Grand Chapter Funds towards rebuilding the I Templo .
The Institution At Croydon.
THE INSTITUTION AT CROYDON .
j The summer entertainment to the residents in the Royal Masonio Beuevolent Institution ' s buildings at Croydon was given on Tuesday , ! and was , as usual , eminently successful . It is pleasant to observe , I on the occasion of visits by members of the Craft to this Institution , ; the perfect friendly equality existing between tho visitors and the residents . This , as is generally believed , is not a feature in the
J majority of other Charities , in which past social status , it is to be , feared , is too often lost sight of , and a pitying sense of a present in . ferior status kept constantly in view . It is the desire of the Craft at j large , and it is emphatically the constant endeavour of the Committees and the Secretary , who have the management of this Institution , to make clear to tho residents themselves , as well a 3 to
j all others , that these Masons and widows of Masons who in j tho decline of life find a refuge in the pleasant retreat at Croydon bring with them and retain their former status , that ! they are entitled to receive—as they do receive—the same regard as had provionsly come to them as a consequence of their social position . Indeed , if any difference at all is experienced , it is much more
likely that some of the residents are enjoying unaccustomed consideration , than that any consideration and regard are lost . These remarks are made in consequence of a writer , signing himself " Watchman , " having addressed a letter to a Masonic contemporary ., in which he said , " tho almshouses at Croydon are associated with : wrecked fortunes and troublous times . It is true that they are a
haven of rest for the weary , world-tired wayfarer , but they ore reminders of more prqsperous times . The bane is equally present with ! the antidote , "and unfortnnately the cost is out of all proportion to 1 the good done . " " Watchman " stigmatises the almshouses as a ' . white elephant , and suggests that the time has come to consider I whether it would not bo kinder to poor and distressed brethren to let
I them keep their little homes , or reside with their friends , so that , I while recipients of secret charity , they shall be free in the sight of ! the world from the badge of dependence . " Surely this is the ob-I jection of a very thin-skinned or over-sensitive person , and relates , rather to his own feelings than to those of the residents , upon whose i behalf he must have taken up the cudgels without authority from
; them ; beeanse there is no compulsion upon those who accept the : benefits of tho Institution to go into the homes provided at Croydon—I in fact , the succour afforded at that pleasant retreat forms bat a j very small part of the aggregate of relief granted by the Institution , i aud that the great majority of its beneficiaires are annuitants who either have their little homes or do live with their friends . A groat many of these annuitants wonld doubtless be glad to live at Croydon ,
if the buildings were sufficient for their accommodation . Mr . Terry , tho Secretary of the Institution , referred to the subject in a short speech he had occasion to make at the close of Tuesday ' s entertainment , and said that if the writer would only come to see the Croydon ] Home he would find that the inmates had no restrictions whatever i put upon them , but enjoyed to a great extent the same comforts that j they would have in private apartments of their own . —Evening News .
I Under the title of " Masonic Recollections , " Bro . Rob Morris , LL . D ., is writing a series of very interesting papers , for that capital monthly , the Masonic Revieiv , Cincinnati , j Ohio . His experience has been large and varied , and j during his time he has done much to farther the interests
of the Craft . As far back as 1853 he started the Kentucky Freemason , which changed its name afterwards to the American Freemason . Bro . Morris says , " it was strictly Masonic and strictly original , " and that it met with conspicuous success for a time , but he says nothing about its
subsequent career . As editor he was pestered with poetic contributions , and the difficulty of choice was probably the rock upon which he split . One instance he gives is worth , quoting . He says : "I remember a ' poem' of a hundred linos or more describing a defunct Lodge . Here is a characteristic stanza : —
Its juice of Masonry ' s dried up , Its bowels gone , its brain scooped out , Its heart and vitals slung about , Its secrets busted up ! " We need scarcely say that the writer of the above
doggrel did not succeed in gaining a place in the American Freemason . He was a " pote" born to blush and write unseen , one of the unappreciated geniuses who live npon the hope that their powers will be discovered when it is too late to profit by them .
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Notices Of Meetings.
NOTICES OF MEETINGS .
ROYAL ALFRED LODGE , No . 780 .
AT tho summer meetings of this Lodge , held this year on Friday , the 27 th ult ., wo naturally look for a diminished attendance . Many of the members are away , on pleasure bent , while those who are still on the " grind " can scarcely find tho Icisnre to attend to their Masonio duties at this time of tho year wheu noarly all business establishments are arranging for tho absence of some members of their respective staffs . However , Bro . Franckel was supported by
Past Masters Bros . W . Gomm ( Treasurer ) , W . Hilton ( Secretary ) , G . A . Littlewood , Walter Goss , B . E . Blasby , W . Gardiner , and H . Potter ; Bros . J . J . Gunner S . W ., W . Beckett J . W ., C . Maton I . G ., J . Gilbert Tyler , & o „ & o . The Visitors present were Bros . T . E . Tarrant 186 , E . H . S'gg P . M . 452 , and W . W . Morgan S . W . 211 . After Lodge had been formally opened , and tho minntes of last
meeting read and confirmed , Bro . Edwin Littlejohns was examined and entrusted . Lodge was then opened in the second degree , and tho candidate was passed , the W . M . giving a careful rendering of the ceremony . The next business was I he selection of a W . M . for the next year , and the choice of the brefliren resulted in Brother J . J . Gnnner being elected . Bro . Gunner i- an initiate of tho Lodge , and
one who has identified himself with the work ever since , having passed through all the offices ; we look forward to a prosperous year for him during his Mastership . Bro . Gomm P . M . was re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . Gilbert reappointed Tyler . Bros . C . Botley , Jackson , and Sharpe were appointed Auditors . Shortly afterwards Lodge was closed . Bro . John Brill , the proprietor of this comfortable
hostelry , supplied a capital banquet , and personally looked after the comfort of his guests . On removal of the cloth , tho W . M . gave the Loyal toasts , which were enthusiastically received . Bro . Blasby proposed the health of the Worshipful Master . The past year had been an eventful one in tho history of tho Royal Alfred Lodge . Bro . Franckel had carried out the work in an eminently
satisfactory way , and to the entire satisfaction of the majority of tho members . He ( Bro . Blasby ) had great pleasure in offering the toast for the acceptation of the brethren , who he felt assured would do it full honour . After a song by Bro . Gnnner , " The Last Stirrup Cnp , " Bro . Frankel rose to reply . After thanking the brethren for the hearty reception they had given the toast , so flatteringly introduced
by Bro . Blasby , he thought it a duty he owed to Bro . Gnnner to compliment him upon the services he had rendered to the Lodge , and to congratnlate-him upon having been unanimously elected to the high , est position it was in the power of the brethren to confer npon him . For himself he bad done his best to merit the good opinion of the brethren of the Royal Alfred Lodge , and he felt he had not been
unsuccessful in his endeavours . In speaking to the toast of the Treasurer and Secretary , the W . M . said'Bro . Gomm had been re-elected , and all felt assured the choice of tho brethren c mid not have fallen on a better man . Bro . Hilton , the energetic Secretary , had ^ performed the duties of that office for nearly twenty years , during which term he had brought to bear upon his labours an amount
of assiduity and energy that had won for him golden opinions from all with whom he had been associated . It had been snggested to him ( the W . M . ) that he had taken this toast somewhat out of order , but he felt the zeal displayed by those he now sought to honour warranted what he had done . He would therefore call upon all present to drink to the toast . Brother Gomm replied ; he felt proud of the
confidence reposed in him . He looked forward to a successful future for the Lodgo . He did not desire to occupy much of their time , consequently would conclude by thanking all for his re-election . Brother Hilton , while bowing with all deference to the ruling of the W . M . as regards the precedence of the toast of the Past Masters , wished it to be understood he did not desire to be placed before those brethren with whom he had been associated so long . He felt
proud in being able to say he had always been received with cordiality . With the Worshipful Master , he regretted they were not honoured with a larger attendance of the members . Brother Hilton then offered some excellent advice with regard to the fntnre of the Lodge , which received every attention from , and will doubtless be acted upon b y , the members present . In speaking to the toast of the Past Masters Brother Franckel said doubtless he shonld have been
more in order had he given it precedence over tho one he last introduced ; however , he felt they were all personal friends and would not censure him too severely . He then mentioned each of those present , and gracefully commented on the ability each had displayed . Bro . Littlewood was the first to reply ; he was followed by Bros . Blasby , Walter Goss , and Gardiner . The latter brother made
allnsion to the death of Bro . Hale , who for many years had b ^ en associated with the Royal Alfred Lodgo , where ho was beloved and esteemed by all the members who knew him . For the Visitors Bros . Tarrant , Sugg and Morgan replied . The health of the Worshipful Mastor elect was most cordially received and
drank , and after Bro . Gunner and other Officers had responded , the T yler was summoned for tho parting toast . Some capital songs enlivened the proceedings , Bros . Brill , Botley , and others exerting themselves much to tho satisfaction of the company . Brother Sugg kindl y accompanied on the piano .
Hou . owAi- ' s OumrENi Awn I ' . TIS . —Never at fault . —Tn all irritations of tho skin , sores , ulcers , burns , and . scrofulous enlargements of the glands , Holloway s Ointment presents a ready and oisy means of cure , which never disappoints the most favourable expectations . It manifests a potent and peculiar power in restraining inflammation , removing stagnation , cooling the heated blood and
, checking all acrimonious or unhealthy discharges . " Whilst thus acting locally , tho Pills are no less remarkable for ' their power in improving ine general condition and habit of body , which renders the cures complete arid permanent . "Under the general influence of those potent remedies , the puny „ , ? nkbecomes the robust child , the pale and emaciated regain colour and flesh , anu the dyspeptic eats freely , without fear .
Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
THE Quarterly Convocation was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall . Col . Creaton acted as M . E . Z ., Comp . Glaisher and Murton respectively as H . and J . As usual at this time of year there was but a small attendance . The minntes of last Convocation were read and
confirmed , the Report of the Committee of General Purposes as printed by ns last week was accepted , and petitions for three uew warrants , also particularised by ns last
I week , were granted . Col . Creaton gave notice of his j intention , at next meeting of Grand Chapter , to propose a j grant ont of Grand Chapter Funds towards rebuilding the I Templo .
The Institution At Croydon.
THE INSTITUTION AT CROYDON .
j The summer entertainment to the residents in the Royal Masonio Beuevolent Institution ' s buildings at Croydon was given on Tuesday , ! and was , as usual , eminently successful . It is pleasant to observe , I on the occasion of visits by members of the Craft to this Institution , ; the perfect friendly equality existing between tho visitors and the residents . This , as is generally believed , is not a feature in the
J majority of other Charities , in which past social status , it is to be , feared , is too often lost sight of , and a pitying sense of a present in . ferior status kept constantly in view . It is the desire of the Craft at j large , and it is emphatically the constant endeavour of the Committees and the Secretary , who have the management of this Institution , to make clear to tho residents themselves , as well a 3 to
j all others , that these Masons and widows of Masons who in j tho decline of life find a refuge in the pleasant retreat at Croydon bring with them and retain their former status , that ! they are entitled to receive—as they do receive—the same regard as had provionsly come to them as a consequence of their social position . Indeed , if any difference at all is experienced , it is much more
likely that some of the residents are enjoying unaccustomed consideration , than that any consideration and regard are lost . These remarks are made in consequence of a writer , signing himself " Watchman , " having addressed a letter to a Masonic contemporary ., in which he said , " tho almshouses at Croydon are associated with : wrecked fortunes and troublous times . It is true that they are a
haven of rest for the weary , world-tired wayfarer , but they ore reminders of more prqsperous times . The bane is equally present with ! the antidote , "and unfortnnately the cost is out of all proportion to 1 the good done . " " Watchman " stigmatises the almshouses as a ' . white elephant , and suggests that the time has come to consider I whether it would not bo kinder to poor and distressed brethren to let
I them keep their little homes , or reside with their friends , so that , I while recipients of secret charity , they shall be free in the sight of ! the world from the badge of dependence . " Surely this is the ob-I jection of a very thin-skinned or over-sensitive person , and relates , rather to his own feelings than to those of the residents , upon whose i behalf he must have taken up the cudgels without authority from
; them ; beeanse there is no compulsion upon those who accept the : benefits of tho Institution to go into the homes provided at Croydon—I in fact , the succour afforded at that pleasant retreat forms bat a j very small part of the aggregate of relief granted by the Institution , i aud that the great majority of its beneficiaires are annuitants who either have their little homes or do live with their friends . A groat many of these annuitants wonld doubtless be glad to live at Croydon ,
if the buildings were sufficient for their accommodation . Mr . Terry , tho Secretary of the Institution , referred to the subject in a short speech he had occasion to make at the close of Tuesday ' s entertainment , and said that if the writer would only come to see the Croydon ] Home he would find that the inmates had no restrictions whatever i put upon them , but enjoyed to a great extent the same comforts that j they would have in private apartments of their own . —Evening News .
I Under the title of " Masonic Recollections , " Bro . Rob Morris , LL . D ., is writing a series of very interesting papers , for that capital monthly , the Masonic Revieiv , Cincinnati , j Ohio . His experience has been large and varied , and j during his time he has done much to farther the interests
of the Craft . As far back as 1853 he started the Kentucky Freemason , which changed its name afterwards to the American Freemason . Bro . Morris says , " it was strictly Masonic and strictly original , " and that it met with conspicuous success for a time , but he says nothing about its
subsequent career . As editor he was pestered with poetic contributions , and the difficulty of choice was probably the rock upon which he split . One instance he gives is worth , quoting . He says : "I remember a ' poem' of a hundred linos or more describing a defunct Lodge . Here is a characteristic stanza : —
Its juice of Masonry ' s dried up , Its bowels gone , its brain scooped out , Its heart and vitals slung about , Its secrets busted up ! " We need scarcely say that the writer of the above
doggrel did not succeed in gaining a place in the American Freemason . He was a " pote" born to blush and write unseen , one of the unappreciated geniuses who live npon the hope that their powers will be discovered when it is too late to profit by them .