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The Boys' School And Its Critic.
by the supercilious writer , would no doubt be regarded as " brusqueness " of manner and " cynical curtness " of speech , but even then a supercilious person , if he is wise , will not condemn the subject-matter of his inquiries because of the manner in which they were answered . These
remarks , of course , constitute only a vain imagining , resting on nothing more substantial than hearsay observations of no importance , but wc havo heard less unreasonable explanations offered of tho origin of other wordy warfare . In any case , however , it is " hard lines " on tho School .
HOLLOWAY ' OINTUBNT AND PILLS . —Colds , Coughs , Shortness of Breath . — These maladies require early and unremitting attention , for if neglected they often end in asthma , bronchitis , or consumption . Tho Ointment , well rubbed npon tbe chest and back , penetrating the skm , ia absorbed , and carried directly to the lungs , whence its expels all impurities . AU the blood in tho body is
perpetually passing through tho lungs , and there all noxious particles tending to diseaso can be quickly , thoroughly , and permanently neutralised , rendered harmless , or ejected from tho system . Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills perfectly accomplish this purification j and , through the blood thus cleansed , tho influence of these wonderful medicaments reaches the remotest parts of the human body , and thus cures all diseased action , whether internal or external .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the o-piwions 0 / oatr Cor . respondents . All Letters must bear the name anl address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot ¦ undertake to return rejected commiMiications .
STORIES ABOUT MORGAN . To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR S IK AND B ROTHER , —I sent to your office the last revelation about Morgan of the late Thnrlow Weed 5 also some slips from'Amerioan newspapers containing opinions thereon . Weed waa a professional American politician and lobbyist , and his influence in New York was immense . He began his career with the Morgan anti-Masonio
exoitement , and it was the means of supplying him bread and butter during his lifetime . I am not able to say whether he was ever Governor of New York , but the following anecdote will show that , if he was not governor de jure , he was governor de facto ; thus : While Mr . Seward was Governor of New York , and before railroads were diffused over the States , Mr . Seward mounted the top of a stage coach , and being
of a sociable disposition , he distributed cigars to his fellow passengers right and left . One of these asked for the donor's name . " Oh ! don't you know , " said another , "he is the Honourable William H . Seward , Govornor of New York . " " Bah ! " replied the former , " I will bet five dollars that he is not the Governor . " " . Who , then , is the Governor ? " asked Mr . Seward . " Thurlow Weed , " was the
reply . Professional American politicians , with very few exceptions , will cant about religion , morality , temperance , and other virtues ; but as a rule they aro utterly minus all virtues ; the life of a professional here , is a fraud from beginning to end . A politician here is generally a lobbyist , whioh Worcester defines thus : " To frequent the lobbies of
the House of Legislation for the purpose of influencing the aotion of the members , or of securing their votes for some favourite bill . " Mr . Worcester might have added , or for soliciting government offices for those who pay the highest for the same . In short , the lobbyist is the grand corrupter of American legislation ; and , hence , an oath of a man like Weed would not generally be believed if even it
waB his death-bed oatb . Weed ' s confession , therefore , attracted but little attention when it first appeared in print , and I have seen nothing more about ifc since . But here is another Morgan story which appeared a day or two after Weed ' s confession was printed ; it had already found its way into one Masonio periodical , and it will probably be copied by others . Here it is :
" Tobias Forbes , of Clyde , New York , who is eighty years of age , and whose father was a cousin of William Morgan , of Masonic notoriety , says , that Morgan was not murdered by his captors , but was released on condition that he would leave the country . He did so , going to Melbourne , Australia , and there he commencd the publication of a newspaper , which , after his death , passed into the
hands of his son , who may now he living . " As far as I know , no one has yet tried to ascertain whether Tobias Forbes lives , or ever lived , in Clyde , New York , or how much of the story has any foundation . One thing , however , is certain , viz ., Morgan could not have left America for Melbourne , Australia , in 1826 , because Melbourne did not come into existence before 1836 ; it
was so named after the then Prime Minister , Lord Melbourne . Bro . Benjamin F . Nourse , the Tyler of the Massachusetts Grand Lodge , told me that about twenty or more years since , while he was Grand Leoturer , he visited a Lodge , in his official capacity , in Duxbury , Massachusetts ( a sea-port town where the French Atlantic cable was landed ) , and an old sea captain , a member of the Lodge ,
told him that Morgan sailed in his ship from Boston to Smyrna . The old captain said that just as the ship was abont leaving Boston , a man offered himself as a passenger for Smyrna ; he at first refused to take the passenger , but the man was so urgent , and offered to pay any price , that he fiaally took him . During the passage the man avoided
all conversation . One night the passenger was on deck , the captain suddenly asked him , " Where do you live ? " The passenger replied , " In the moon . " After which , he made no further effort to pry into the passenger ' s affairs . At Smyrna , the man left the ship with the Custom house officers , aud he heard nothing further about him until
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the ship ' s return to Boston . Then he learned , for the first time , about the Morgan mystery . He was told that Morgan was traced after hia mysterious disappearance aa far as Boston , but after this no olue was discovered as to his whereabouts . It immediately occurred to the said old captain that his mysterious passenger must have been William Morgan , and , what is more , the description given of Morgan
by those who knew him corresponded with thafc of his passenger The next time the captain went to Smyrna he was determined to find out all he could about the said Morgan . After some inquiries , ho learned that the suspected party was in the habit of dining at a certain coffee house . The captain went to tho said coffee house , and at once detected Morgan there , dressed Turkish fashion . Without ceremony the
captain called him " Mr . Morgan , " but the man denied that it was hia name . " Did you not come here in my ship ? " asked the oaptain . The man answered in English , " I don't know you . " The man then left the house , and that was the last he saw of him . I must only add that Bro . Nourse , whom I have known for many years , is a very reliable man , and I am therefore satisfied that he did not invent this story , but whether the old oaptain ' s yarn was correofc or not , is a question I cannot
answer . A similar story about Morgan having been seen in Smyrna waa told to me about twenty years ago by a brother MaBon j that is , the person who told the story to the said brother was positive thafc he met Morgan in Smyrna . I asked whether his informant waa a Mason , and he answered in the negative . By pure accident I met the
said brother Mason about a fortnight ago , when he assured me that the old gentleman who told him about Morgan was still alive ; he met him a short time ago 5 he even told me the name of his informant , & c , and he seemed persuaded of the truth of his friend ' s statement . My old friend gave me his address 5 he lives in Maiden , about six
miles from Boston , and he promised to pay me a visit . The above statement ought to be investigated ; my recent illness preoludea me from making the necessary exertion , and Masons generally are minus curiosity . So , whether there is any truth in the statement or not , must remain a puzzle . Fraternally yours , JACOB NORTON . BOSTON , U . S ., 5 th January 1883 .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books intended for Beview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere "Works , Hermes Hill , Fentoirville , London , N . — : o : — A Masonic Calendar for the Province of Hertfordshire . Published by authority of Provincial Grand Lodge . 1883 .
THIS is an admirable compilation , and contains full particulars of the Lodges , Boyal Arch Chapters , and the Stuart Encampment and Mark Lodge which meet in the Province . These particulars take the form of nominal lists of the Officers and Subscribing Past Masters of the Lodges , Officers and Subscribing Past First Principals of the Chap .
ters , Officers and Subscribing Past E . C . s of the Encampment , and Officers and Subscribing Past Masters of the Mark , together with lists of the Officers of Grand Lodge , Grand Chapter , Great Priory of the Order of the Temple , and Grand Mark Lodge for England , and the Provincial Grand Officers of the Craft and Arch Degrees for
Hertfordshire . The number of subscribing members to each Body , together with the name and address of the Secretary or corresponding official , and dates of meeting , are also given , and , to crown all , there is by way of Appendix a fall and particular account of the brethren belonging to the Province who are subscribers to the
Charitable Institutions , an * denoting those among them who have acted as Stewards at the Anniversary Festivals . As Hertfordshire has distinguished itself greatly by the liberality of its contributions , the reader will take it for granted that , for so small a Province , this list is a most formidable one . A Calendar , with the principal MaBonic events of the year , as they concern Masonry in general and
the Province in particular , with alternate pages facing each month for the insertion of engagements , precedes the above particulars , the whole being put together in a most workmanlike manner . We must congratulate Brother John E . Dawson , Provincial Grand Seoretary and Provincial Grand Scribe E ., on the able manner in whioh he has carried out his task . It is a model Calendar , as " little Herts " is a model Province .
An especial Provincial Grand Lodge will be holden in tbe Lecture Hall , Soldiers' Home , Colchester , on Friday , the 2 nd of February next , at 11 . 30 o ' clock a . m . for the purpose of installation of the Right Worshipfnl Brother the Right Honourable the Lord Brooke , M . P ., as Grand
Master of the Province , on which occasion the R . W . Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany , K . G ., P . G . W ., Provincial Grand Master for Oxfordshire , has kindly undertaken to perform the ceremony . The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened punctually at high twelve .
According to the acconnts furnished by the Voice of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Illinois , there are in that jurisdiction 165 Chapters , with a total membership of 11 , 260 . The receipts of Grand Chapter for the past year amounted to over 17 , 842 dollars , while the disbursements only reached 6 , 103 dollars .
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The Boys' School And Its Critic.
by the supercilious writer , would no doubt be regarded as " brusqueness " of manner and " cynical curtness " of speech , but even then a supercilious person , if he is wise , will not condemn the subject-matter of his inquiries because of the manner in which they were answered . These
remarks , of course , constitute only a vain imagining , resting on nothing more substantial than hearsay observations of no importance , but wc havo heard less unreasonable explanations offered of tho origin of other wordy warfare . In any case , however , it is " hard lines " on tho School .
HOLLOWAY ' OINTUBNT AND PILLS . —Colds , Coughs , Shortness of Breath . — These maladies require early and unremitting attention , for if neglected they often end in asthma , bronchitis , or consumption . Tho Ointment , well rubbed npon tbe chest and back , penetrating the skm , ia absorbed , and carried directly to the lungs , whence its expels all impurities . AU the blood in tho body is
perpetually passing through tho lungs , and there all noxious particles tending to diseaso can be quickly , thoroughly , and permanently neutralised , rendered harmless , or ejected from tho system . Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills perfectly accomplish this purification j and , through the blood thus cleansed , tho influence of these wonderful medicaments reaches the remotest parts of the human body , and thus cures all diseased action , whether internal or external .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the o-piwions 0 / oatr Cor . respondents . All Letters must bear the name anl address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot ¦ undertake to return rejected commiMiications .
STORIES ABOUT MORGAN . To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR S IK AND B ROTHER , —I sent to your office the last revelation about Morgan of the late Thnrlow Weed 5 also some slips from'Amerioan newspapers containing opinions thereon . Weed waa a professional American politician and lobbyist , and his influence in New York was immense . He began his career with the Morgan anti-Masonio
exoitement , and it was the means of supplying him bread and butter during his lifetime . I am not able to say whether he was ever Governor of New York , but the following anecdote will show that , if he was not governor de jure , he was governor de facto ; thus : While Mr . Seward was Governor of New York , and before railroads were diffused over the States , Mr . Seward mounted the top of a stage coach , and being
of a sociable disposition , he distributed cigars to his fellow passengers right and left . One of these asked for the donor's name . " Oh ! don't you know , " said another , "he is the Honourable William H . Seward , Govornor of New York . " " Bah ! " replied the former , " I will bet five dollars that he is not the Governor . " " . Who , then , is the Governor ? " asked Mr . Seward . " Thurlow Weed , " was the
reply . Professional American politicians , with very few exceptions , will cant about religion , morality , temperance , and other virtues ; but as a rule they aro utterly minus all virtues ; the life of a professional here , is a fraud from beginning to end . A politician here is generally a lobbyist , whioh Worcester defines thus : " To frequent the lobbies of
the House of Legislation for the purpose of influencing the aotion of the members , or of securing their votes for some favourite bill . " Mr . Worcester might have added , or for soliciting government offices for those who pay the highest for the same . In short , the lobbyist is the grand corrupter of American legislation ; and , hence , an oath of a man like Weed would not generally be believed if even it
waB his death-bed oatb . Weed ' s confession , therefore , attracted but little attention when it first appeared in print , and I have seen nothing more about ifc since . But here is another Morgan story which appeared a day or two after Weed ' s confession was printed ; it had already found its way into one Masonio periodical , and it will probably be copied by others . Here it is :
" Tobias Forbes , of Clyde , New York , who is eighty years of age , and whose father was a cousin of William Morgan , of Masonic notoriety , says , that Morgan was not murdered by his captors , but was released on condition that he would leave the country . He did so , going to Melbourne , Australia , and there he commencd the publication of a newspaper , which , after his death , passed into the
hands of his son , who may now he living . " As far as I know , no one has yet tried to ascertain whether Tobias Forbes lives , or ever lived , in Clyde , New York , or how much of the story has any foundation . One thing , however , is certain , viz ., Morgan could not have left America for Melbourne , Australia , in 1826 , because Melbourne did not come into existence before 1836 ; it
was so named after the then Prime Minister , Lord Melbourne . Bro . Benjamin F . Nourse , the Tyler of the Massachusetts Grand Lodge , told me that about twenty or more years since , while he was Grand Leoturer , he visited a Lodge , in his official capacity , in Duxbury , Massachusetts ( a sea-port town where the French Atlantic cable was landed ) , and an old sea captain , a member of the Lodge ,
told him that Morgan sailed in his ship from Boston to Smyrna . The old captain said that just as the ship was abont leaving Boston , a man offered himself as a passenger for Smyrna ; he at first refused to take the passenger , but the man was so urgent , and offered to pay any price , that he fiaally took him . During the passage the man avoided
all conversation . One night the passenger was on deck , the captain suddenly asked him , " Where do you live ? " The passenger replied , " In the moon . " After which , he made no further effort to pry into the passenger ' s affairs . At Smyrna , the man left the ship with the Custom house officers , aud he heard nothing further about him until
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the ship ' s return to Boston . Then he learned , for the first time , about the Morgan mystery . He was told that Morgan was traced after hia mysterious disappearance aa far as Boston , but after this no olue was discovered as to his whereabouts . It immediately occurred to the said old captain that his mysterious passenger must have been William Morgan , and , what is more , the description given of Morgan
by those who knew him corresponded with thafc of his passenger The next time the captain went to Smyrna he was determined to find out all he could about the said Morgan . After some inquiries , ho learned that the suspected party was in the habit of dining at a certain coffee house . The captain went to tho said coffee house , and at once detected Morgan there , dressed Turkish fashion . Without ceremony the
captain called him " Mr . Morgan , " but the man denied that it was hia name . " Did you not come here in my ship ? " asked the oaptain . The man answered in English , " I don't know you . " The man then left the house , and that was the last he saw of him . I must only add that Bro . Nourse , whom I have known for many years , is a very reliable man , and I am therefore satisfied that he did not invent this story , but whether the old oaptain ' s yarn was correofc or not , is a question I cannot
answer . A similar story about Morgan having been seen in Smyrna waa told to me about twenty years ago by a brother MaBon j that is , the person who told the story to the said brother was positive thafc he met Morgan in Smyrna . I asked whether his informant waa a Mason , and he answered in the negative . By pure accident I met the
said brother Mason about a fortnight ago , when he assured me that the old gentleman who told him about Morgan was still alive ; he met him a short time ago 5 he even told me the name of his informant , & c , and he seemed persuaded of the truth of his friend ' s statement . My old friend gave me his address 5 he lives in Maiden , about six
miles from Boston , and he promised to pay me a visit . The above statement ought to be investigated ; my recent illness preoludea me from making the necessary exertion , and Masons generally are minus curiosity . So , whether there is any truth in the statement or not , must remain a puzzle . Fraternally yours , JACOB NORTON . BOSTON , U . S ., 5 th January 1883 .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books intended for Beview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere "Works , Hermes Hill , Fentoirville , London , N . — : o : — A Masonic Calendar for the Province of Hertfordshire . Published by authority of Provincial Grand Lodge . 1883 .
THIS is an admirable compilation , and contains full particulars of the Lodges , Boyal Arch Chapters , and the Stuart Encampment and Mark Lodge which meet in the Province . These particulars take the form of nominal lists of the Officers and Subscribing Past Masters of the Lodges , Officers and Subscribing Past First Principals of the Chap .
ters , Officers and Subscribing Past E . C . s of the Encampment , and Officers and Subscribing Past Masters of the Mark , together with lists of the Officers of Grand Lodge , Grand Chapter , Great Priory of the Order of the Temple , and Grand Mark Lodge for England , and the Provincial Grand Officers of the Craft and Arch Degrees for
Hertfordshire . The number of subscribing members to each Body , together with the name and address of the Secretary or corresponding official , and dates of meeting , are also given , and , to crown all , there is by way of Appendix a fall and particular account of the brethren belonging to the Province who are subscribers to the
Charitable Institutions , an * denoting those among them who have acted as Stewards at the Anniversary Festivals . As Hertfordshire has distinguished itself greatly by the liberality of its contributions , the reader will take it for granted that , for so small a Province , this list is a most formidable one . A Calendar , with the principal MaBonic events of the year , as they concern Masonry in general and
the Province in particular , with alternate pages facing each month for the insertion of engagements , precedes the above particulars , the whole being put together in a most workmanlike manner . We must congratulate Brother John E . Dawson , Provincial Grand Seoretary and Provincial Grand Scribe E ., on the able manner in whioh he has carried out his task . It is a model Calendar , as " little Herts " is a model Province .
An especial Provincial Grand Lodge will be holden in tbe Lecture Hall , Soldiers' Home , Colchester , on Friday , the 2 nd of February next , at 11 . 30 o ' clock a . m . for the purpose of installation of the Right Worshipfnl Brother the Right Honourable the Lord Brooke , M . P ., as Grand
Master of the Province , on which occasion the R . W . Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany , K . G ., P . G . W ., Provincial Grand Master for Oxfordshire , has kindly undertaken to perform the ceremony . The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened punctually at high twelve .
According to the acconnts furnished by the Voice of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Illinois , there are in that jurisdiction 165 Chapters , with a total membership of 11 , 260 . The receipts of Grand Chapter for the past year amounted to over 17 , 842 dollars , while the disbursements only reached 6 , 103 dollars .