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Old Warrants.
ST . JOHN ' DAY during the continuance of this Lodge for ever . Providing tho above named Brethren and all their Successors always pay due Respect to this Right Worshipful Grand Lodgo , otherwise this Warrant to be of no Force nor Virtue .
Given under our hands and the Seal of our Grand Lodge in London this Seventh day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred Ninety and two and in tho year of Masonry Five thousand Seven hundred Ninety and two .
ROB - LESLIE Grand Secretary . NOTE . —This Warrant is registered "J in tho Grand Lodge Vol . 6 ( Letter F By order of the Grand t Lodge ) The present title , No ., & c . are , Royal Athelstan , No . 19 ., lately meet , ing at the London Tavern , at present not located .
This Lodgo was originally constituted A . D . 1769 , under No . 15 D , but in 1792 its Wan-ant was exchanged ( at a cost of Five guineas for tho Charities ) for that of No . 10 , which had lapsed , the authority for which is given in the foregoing transcript . The Centenary of this Lodge was celebrated 27 th February 1869 , and a brief sketch of its history was read upon the occasion by the author and compiler , Bro . Witham M . Bywater , then the W . M . JOHN CONSTABLE .
Joining The Freemasons.
JOINING THE FREEMASONS .
Reprinted from the " LIVERPOOL CRITIC . " April 1 . —To-day I resolved to become a Mason . Wagster , who is a Mason , thinks I ought to be one , and suggests I should find it very jolly , though the law forbids him to ask me to join . He also says he's expecting a large Australian order for tiles and chimney pots , which he would like to obtain from a Mason . Fm in the tile and chimney pot way . 'Tis clear I ought to be a Mason .
April 3 . —Last night went to Wagster ' s to meet a few jolly fellows ( all Masons ) . Among the distinguished members of W . ' s Lodge was a Past Master , who was Past Master beyond a doubt , being a feeble old fogie ; but the light of other days was upon his brow , and I venerated him .
April 5 . —Have intimated my wish to join the Takemin Lodge . Also have commenced studying Masonic literature , as I shall go into tho thing thoroughly , and become a dignitary of the Lodge . Tomorrow , will drop in on tho Church-street dealer who sells Masonic
jewellery . Why don't Masons always wear their stars and order r Certainly I shall keep mine in my breast pocket , to be slipped on at the shortest notice . It will look stylish ; and if I grow a moustache ever so many persons will think I havo tho Legion of Honour Cross .
April 6 . —This Masonic business looks better and better the moro I think of it . Wagster says a great many swells , even somo of the blood-royal , are Masons . Sir Thomas Hesketh is one , for Wagster calls him Brother Hesketh . Soon I shall bo able to call him Brother Hesketh . Every one has read in novels and heard in conversation
how these brothers stick to each other , and how the glorious tie , more ancient than our contemptible modern class distinctions , sweeps over all absurd social prejudices . I shall run over now and then during the summer and see Hesketh . RuBord Hall will be pleasant on Sunday afternoons .
April 8 . —In a friendly spirit I have written to Sir Thomas Hesketh , telling him of my intention to become a Mason . Couldn't call him Brother Hesketh yet , thought for a time of commencing with " Dear Brother in future , " but discarded the idea , and began " Dear
Hesketh . " That was brief and not too familiar . Daresay I shall have a reply to-morrow , for I hear he ' s at home . How my wife will cherish the autograph . She was always absurdly fond of the aristocracy .
April 10 . —Haven't yet heard from Sir T . Hesketh , but it's sure to bo right , for I ' m to be " made " this day week . April 12 . —To-day I met my friend Marsh , who's a Mason . Told him I was going to be " made . " Grasping me warmly by the hand , he wished me success through " the trying ordeal . " Ho spoke with emotion and his eyes dimmed as he referred to the T . 0 . What could it mean ? Oh ! my prophetic soul , the poker .
April 14 . —Forewarned may be forearmed . So I have rehearsed the poker business , and remembering that horses stand fire , and Red Indians stand torture when practice has inured them to it , tried how near to my nose I could stand the red hot thing , and found nothing but actually touching mado me shrink . 'Tis a pity respectable Masons must be branded like convicts . Brandied and soda-watered may be endured , but branded simply is repulsive .
April 15 . —After a wakeful night my nerves have settled , and'I feel ready for " tho trying ordeal . " Have promised to tell my wife everything , so shu is quite willing I shall be a Masou . How wives do like to know everything ! 0 , Eve ! Eve ! Eve !
April 18 . —Was " made" all right and proper last night , and fool pretty well , thank you . When I went home after the ceremony , Maria Theresa let me in , took off my great coat , had ( unnsnal favour ) nyy slippers on the hearthrug , and ( also unusual favour ) a particularly nice supper ready . Before I could eat she sat down in front of me and said , in a voice of anxious expectation , "Now , my dear" ( she generally call ? me " Mr . Battleaxo" or , if iu good humour " Ben" ) ,
Joining The Freemasons.
" now , my dear , tell me all about it . " Ifc really was hard to disappoint her , for though we've been married twelve years I lore her still ; but tho vow , tho vow ' s the thing ! So I broke it as gently as possibly , that by the solemnest of oaths , involving more than she could conceive , I was bound to remain silent concerning what had passed . I assure you I did not oven smile , for Maria Theresa in her wrath is
a fearful and woudrous spectacle . But Calcraffc a whip would not have frightened her back just then . She persisted . Sadly , yefc firmly , I remained mum . Then Maria Theresa was seized with tantrums . Te gods and little pigs , such tantrums ! The table shook and my eyes blinked as she emphasised her anger . Nevertheless , I was firm ; whereupon sho rushed off to bed , and I heard her draw the bolt when she had banged the door .
April 21 . —Though two days have passed Mrs . Battleaxo hasn fc spoken yet . To-day I made a playful allusion to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum , but she didn't take the joke . Shall write to Brother Hesketh and explain my domestic troubles ; for ho must have gone through ifc all , and can advise me .
April 24 . —At last my wife has spoken . Sho says sho s written to her mother to come and stay a month with her . " A month , " sho says . Hum ! " Ifc may bo for years and ifc may bo for ever . " Chorus , " It may be for ever . " April 27 . —I haven't heard from Sir Thomas , but mother-in-law has come . This is shabby .
April 28 . —No letter yet , and my wife remains as surely as Old Boots . The mother-in-law reinforcement has so set her up , that tomorrow I'll send a new bonnet as a flag of trace . There ' s a mysterious charm in bonnets new , in sealskin jackets and in petticoats blue .
Mai / 1 . —Wish I had registered my letter to Hesketh , for it must have gone astray somehow . I have received several letters of congratulation upon my becoming a Mason—ono from Davies , the tailor ; one from Hall , the shoemaker ; one from Eaglesfauld , the hosier—all Masons they say . Each encloses a trade card .
May 6 . —Go to Lodge somewhere every night . Have jolly evenings , very . The foul fiend still haunts poor Tom ( that's Maria Theresa ) , but I take no notice now—go to Lodge instead . May 8 . —Receive more letters from Masons , enclosing tickets for concerts , balls , dinners given by brethren , and asking me , as a brother , to support this and that . It strikes mo I've married into a big family . There are more people Masons than I suspected .
May 10 . —Six Masons called on me this morning before I was up and nine were waiting in the street , asking me to do something or other . Couldn't I pass off my head clerk as me , instructing him to do tho civil cut ? For really there are a great many Masons . It is possible that each of them has his own Maria Theresa at home , yefc , ia ifc not melancholy as he remembers her reproachful eyes ? But I go to
Lodgo every night . Tho banquets are splendid . Yes , banquets . Eating them , I don't grudge tho subscription , for , having it , what's the use of a fat bank account if one can't enjoy ono's-self ? Some of the brethren must find it hard work to put down the dibs , but that ' s their affair . So I enjoy feasts to which tho trumpery spreads of Foresters and Oddfellows aro mere porridge and salt . I am slightly bilious . They tell me all Masons are slightly bilious at first .
May 15 . —To-day , two poor women whose departed beloveds woro Masons , called , asking mo to assist in getting their two lads into tho Mason ' s Orphanage . "A soft answer turnefch away wrath . " Of course I promised , and they went off quite happy . What did thoy say their names were ?
May 20 . —Havo been regularly to Lodge . Mrs . Battleaxo still practising for Deaf and Dumb Ayslum . How hard this Mason work makes some hearts ! Mother-in-law is storing her furniture in our lumber rooms .
May 24 . —During the last few days I have boon very ill . I went to see my medical man , and he told me I had suppressed gout . Gout took my father to kingdom come . If this is " suppressed " gout I should like to havo it out-and-out next time , for it would be pleasanter . In fact I am far from well , though doctor and chemist have had their will of mo . Mother-in-law has settled down and tho
servants are respectful to her . Maria Theresa ' s frozen up like the tunes in Munchausen ' s horn j but she'll break loose before I become P . M . or W . M . For really everything looks blue . I have not ordered any Masonic jewellery from Church-street . And I have not heard from Brother Hesketh yefc . And there are an astonishing number of Masons who appeal to me as a brother . What a change eight weeks havo affected !
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Old Warrants.
ST . JOHN ' DAY during the continuance of this Lodge for ever . Providing tho above named Brethren and all their Successors always pay due Respect to this Right Worshipful Grand Lodgo , otherwise this Warrant to be of no Force nor Virtue .
Given under our hands and the Seal of our Grand Lodge in London this Seventh day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred Ninety and two and in tho year of Masonry Five thousand Seven hundred Ninety and two .
ROB - LESLIE Grand Secretary . NOTE . —This Warrant is registered "J in tho Grand Lodge Vol . 6 ( Letter F By order of the Grand t Lodge ) The present title , No ., & c . are , Royal Athelstan , No . 19 ., lately meet , ing at the London Tavern , at present not located .
This Lodgo was originally constituted A . D . 1769 , under No . 15 D , but in 1792 its Wan-ant was exchanged ( at a cost of Five guineas for tho Charities ) for that of No . 10 , which had lapsed , the authority for which is given in the foregoing transcript . The Centenary of this Lodge was celebrated 27 th February 1869 , and a brief sketch of its history was read upon the occasion by the author and compiler , Bro . Witham M . Bywater , then the W . M . JOHN CONSTABLE .
Joining The Freemasons.
JOINING THE FREEMASONS .
Reprinted from the " LIVERPOOL CRITIC . " April 1 . —To-day I resolved to become a Mason . Wagster , who is a Mason , thinks I ought to be one , and suggests I should find it very jolly , though the law forbids him to ask me to join . He also says he's expecting a large Australian order for tiles and chimney pots , which he would like to obtain from a Mason . Fm in the tile and chimney pot way . 'Tis clear I ought to be a Mason .
April 3 . —Last night went to Wagster ' s to meet a few jolly fellows ( all Masons ) . Among the distinguished members of W . ' s Lodge was a Past Master , who was Past Master beyond a doubt , being a feeble old fogie ; but the light of other days was upon his brow , and I venerated him .
April 5 . —Have intimated my wish to join the Takemin Lodge . Also have commenced studying Masonic literature , as I shall go into tho thing thoroughly , and become a dignitary of the Lodge . Tomorrow , will drop in on tho Church-street dealer who sells Masonic
jewellery . Why don't Masons always wear their stars and order r Certainly I shall keep mine in my breast pocket , to be slipped on at the shortest notice . It will look stylish ; and if I grow a moustache ever so many persons will think I havo tho Legion of Honour Cross .
April 6 . —This Masonic business looks better and better the moro I think of it . Wagster says a great many swells , even somo of the blood-royal , are Masons . Sir Thomas Hesketh is one , for Wagster calls him Brother Hesketh . Soon I shall bo able to call him Brother Hesketh . Every one has read in novels and heard in conversation
how these brothers stick to each other , and how the glorious tie , more ancient than our contemptible modern class distinctions , sweeps over all absurd social prejudices . I shall run over now and then during the summer and see Hesketh . RuBord Hall will be pleasant on Sunday afternoons .
April 8 . —In a friendly spirit I have written to Sir Thomas Hesketh , telling him of my intention to become a Mason . Couldn't call him Brother Hesketh yet , thought for a time of commencing with " Dear Brother in future , " but discarded the idea , and began " Dear
Hesketh . " That was brief and not too familiar . Daresay I shall have a reply to-morrow , for I hear he ' s at home . How my wife will cherish the autograph . She was always absurdly fond of the aristocracy .
April 10 . —Haven't yet heard from Sir T . Hesketh , but it's sure to bo right , for I ' m to be " made " this day week . April 12 . —To-day I met my friend Marsh , who's a Mason . Told him I was going to be " made . " Grasping me warmly by the hand , he wished me success through " the trying ordeal . " Ho spoke with emotion and his eyes dimmed as he referred to the T . 0 . What could it mean ? Oh ! my prophetic soul , the poker .
April 14 . —Forewarned may be forearmed . So I have rehearsed the poker business , and remembering that horses stand fire , and Red Indians stand torture when practice has inured them to it , tried how near to my nose I could stand the red hot thing , and found nothing but actually touching mado me shrink . 'Tis a pity respectable Masons must be branded like convicts . Brandied and soda-watered may be endured , but branded simply is repulsive .
April 15 . —After a wakeful night my nerves have settled , and'I feel ready for " tho trying ordeal . " Have promised to tell my wife everything , so shu is quite willing I shall be a Masou . How wives do like to know everything ! 0 , Eve ! Eve ! Eve !
April 18 . —Was " made" all right and proper last night , and fool pretty well , thank you . When I went home after the ceremony , Maria Theresa let me in , took off my great coat , had ( unnsnal favour ) nyy slippers on the hearthrug , and ( also unusual favour ) a particularly nice supper ready . Before I could eat she sat down in front of me and said , in a voice of anxious expectation , "Now , my dear" ( she generally call ? me " Mr . Battleaxo" or , if iu good humour " Ben" ) ,
Joining The Freemasons.
" now , my dear , tell me all about it . " Ifc really was hard to disappoint her , for though we've been married twelve years I lore her still ; but tho vow , tho vow ' s the thing ! So I broke it as gently as possibly , that by the solemnest of oaths , involving more than she could conceive , I was bound to remain silent concerning what had passed . I assure you I did not oven smile , for Maria Theresa in her wrath is
a fearful and woudrous spectacle . But Calcraffc a whip would not have frightened her back just then . She persisted . Sadly , yefc firmly , I remained mum . Then Maria Theresa was seized with tantrums . Te gods and little pigs , such tantrums ! The table shook and my eyes blinked as she emphasised her anger . Nevertheless , I was firm ; whereupon sho rushed off to bed , and I heard her draw the bolt when she had banged the door .
April 21 . —Though two days have passed Mrs . Battleaxo hasn fc spoken yet . To-day I made a playful allusion to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum , but she didn't take the joke . Shall write to Brother Hesketh and explain my domestic troubles ; for ho must have gone through ifc all , and can advise me .
April 24 . —At last my wife has spoken . Sho says sho s written to her mother to come and stay a month with her . " A month , " sho says . Hum ! " Ifc may bo for years and ifc may bo for ever . " Chorus , " It may be for ever . " April 27 . —I haven't heard from Sir Thomas , but mother-in-law has come . This is shabby .
April 28 . —No letter yet , and my wife remains as surely as Old Boots . The mother-in-law reinforcement has so set her up , that tomorrow I'll send a new bonnet as a flag of trace . There ' s a mysterious charm in bonnets new , in sealskin jackets and in petticoats blue .
Mai / 1 . —Wish I had registered my letter to Hesketh , for it must have gone astray somehow . I have received several letters of congratulation upon my becoming a Mason—ono from Davies , the tailor ; one from Hall , the shoemaker ; one from Eaglesfauld , the hosier—all Masons they say . Each encloses a trade card .
May 6 . —Go to Lodge somewhere every night . Have jolly evenings , very . The foul fiend still haunts poor Tom ( that's Maria Theresa ) , but I take no notice now—go to Lodge instead . May 8 . —Receive more letters from Masons , enclosing tickets for concerts , balls , dinners given by brethren , and asking me , as a brother , to support this and that . It strikes mo I've married into a big family . There are more people Masons than I suspected .
May 10 . —Six Masons called on me this morning before I was up and nine were waiting in the street , asking me to do something or other . Couldn't I pass off my head clerk as me , instructing him to do tho civil cut ? For really there are a great many Masons . It is possible that each of them has his own Maria Theresa at home , yefc , ia ifc not melancholy as he remembers her reproachful eyes ? But I go to
Lodgo every night . Tho banquets are splendid . Yes , banquets . Eating them , I don't grudge tho subscription , for , having it , what's the use of a fat bank account if one can't enjoy ono's-self ? Some of the brethren must find it hard work to put down the dibs , but that ' s their affair . So I enjoy feasts to which tho trumpery spreads of Foresters and Oddfellows aro mere porridge and salt . I am slightly bilious . They tell me all Masons are slightly bilious at first .
May 15 . —To-day , two poor women whose departed beloveds woro Masons , called , asking mo to assist in getting their two lads into tho Mason ' s Orphanage . "A soft answer turnefch away wrath . " Of course I promised , and they went off quite happy . What did thoy say their names were ?
May 20 . —Havo been regularly to Lodge . Mrs . Battleaxo still practising for Deaf and Dumb Ayslum . How hard this Mason work makes some hearts ! Mother-in-law is storing her furniture in our lumber rooms .
May 24 . —During the last few days I have boon very ill . I went to see my medical man , and he told me I had suppressed gout . Gout took my father to kingdom come . If this is " suppressed " gout I should like to havo it out-and-out next time , for it would be pleasanter . In fact I am far from well , though doctor and chemist have had their will of mo . Mother-in-law has settled down and tho
servants are respectful to her . Maria Theresa ' s frozen up like the tunes in Munchausen ' s horn j but she'll break loose before I become P . M . or W . M . For really everything looks blue . I have not ordered any Masonic jewellery from Church-street . And I have not heard from Brother Hesketh yefc . And there are an astonishing number of Masons who appeal to me as a brother . What a change eight weeks havo affected !
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" A suitable gift from a Master to his Lodge . " NEATLY BOUND IN CLOTH , PRICE 8 s Gd EACH , VOLUMES I ., II . and III . London : —W . W . MORGAN , 67 Barbican , E . C . Sent , Carriage Paid , to any address in the United Kingdom , on receipt of Cheque or P . 0 . 0 . Cloth Casea for Binding can be had from tho Offices , price Is 6 d each .