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a^^^^^^^p SATURDAY , 29 TH AUGUST 1891 .

Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF UNITED GRAND LODGE .

rPHE following is tho business to bo transacted in Grand x Lodge , on Wednesday , 2 nd September 1891 , at 6 for 7 p . m . 1 . The minutea of the Quarterly Communication of the 3 rd of Jauo for confirmation .

2 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , inwhioh are recommendations for the following grants , viz .: — A Brother of the Arnold Lodge , No . 1799 , Walton-on . the-Naze ... ... ... ... ... £ 100 0 0

A Brother of the Bnokingham Lodge , No . 591 , Aylestory ... ... ... ... ... 50 0 0 A Brother of the Montofiore Lodge , No . 1017 , London ... 50 0 0

A Brother of the Socrates Lodge , No . No . 373 , Huntingdon 50 0 0 A Brother of the Samaritan Lodge , No . 368 , Sandbaoh ... 50 0 0 A Brother of the Lodge Peace and Harmony , No . 496 , St . Austell ... ... ' . „ ,, ... 50 0 0

A Brother of the . High Cross Lodge , No . 754 , Tottenham 50 0 0 A Brother of the Humphrey Cbetham Lodge , No . 64 , 5 , Manchester ... ... ... .. 60 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Lebanon Lodge , No . 1326 , Feltham ... ... ... ... ... 50 0 0

3 . REPORT OP THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES .

To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accopted Masons of England . The Board have to roport that vacanoies havo occurred in the list of Trustees of tha Real Property of Grand Lodge ) by the doath

of—The Earl of Carnarvon ; Lord Tentorden , K . C . B . ; Bros . John Havers ; Samuel Loith Tomkins ; ^ Eneas J . Mclntyre , Q . C . j John Au thouy Ruokor .

The surviving Trustees being—Tho Earl of Lathom ; the Earl of Donoughmom , K . C . M . G . ; Sir Albert W . Woods , K . C . M . G ., C . B ., Gnrter ; Sir John B . Moncktou ; Bro . Fredk . AdoIphusPhilbrick , Q . C . Vacancies havo nkooccnrwl in thn Hat of Trustees of the Personal Property of Grand Lodgo by the death of—The Earl of Carnarvon ; Bra Samuel Leith Tomkins .

The surviving Trustees being—Tho Earl of Lathom ; the Duke of Abercorn , C . B . The Board , therefore , recommend that tho following brethren be now appointed to fill these vacanoies : — For tho Real Property—The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe j the Earl of Limerick ; the Earl of Euston ; Bro . Thomas Fenn . For the Personal Property—The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe ; the r-arl of Limeriok .

( Signed ) THOMAS FENN ,

President . FREEMASONS * HALL , LONDON , W . C . 18 th August 1891 . To tho Report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at tho laBt meotim * of tha Finanon Onmrmlinn hnlrl «„

iuiday , tho 14 th day of August instant , showing a balance in the JJank of Eugland ( Western Branch ) of £ 9043 4 a 3 d , and in the hands or the Grand Secretary for petty cash £ 100 , and for sorvauts' wages fttOO , and balance of annual allowance for library £ 33 10 s lOd .

4 . APPEALBy the Worshipful Master and Brethren of Lodgo La Ctoaaree , No . 590 , Jorsey , against a sentence of suspension passed on the Lodgo by the Right Worshipful Provinoial Grand Mastor of tho Province of Jorsey , for wilful aud deliberate disobedience of his orders .

N . B . —The papers relating to this Appeal will be in tho Grand secretary s office till the meeting of Grand Lodgo , and opon for thj inspection of the brethren during office hours .

u , YT Lo < 3 £ e 3 for which warrants havo been grantod by the Most Worshipful Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodgo . No . 2405-The Ionic Lodge , St . Helens , Lancashire .

Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.

2406—The Amatole Lodge , Alice , Victoria East , South Africa ( E . D . )

2407—The Hicks-Beach Lodge , Stroud , Gloucestershire . 2108—Tho llampsteail Lodge , South llampstead , London . 2109—Tho Wrodgrango Lodgo , Forest Gate , Essex . 2410—The Esculupian Lod ^ e , Regent Stroet , London . 2411—Tho Clnret / ct > and Avomlalo Lodge , Leytnnstone , Essex . 2411— 'the Ashfield Lodge , Suttou-iu-Ashfield , Nottinghamshire .

N . B . —Tho " Book of Constitutions , " Edition 188-1 , with addition * to 1888 , cau be had at tho Grand Secretary ' s Office , in 8 vo and 32 mo , price Is 6 d a copy , bouud iu cloth . Postage additional , 3 d for 8 vo and Id 32 mo .

The " Freemasou ' a Calendar aud Pocket Book" for 1891 can be had at tho Grand Secretary ' s Office , Freemasons' Hall , Loudon , price 2 s , bound in ro . tn , or post free 2 s Id .

The Calondar Committee direct the attention of Masters of Lodges and Principals of Chapters to the necessity of communicating to the Grand Seoretary any change iu tho day or place of meeting of Lodges or Chapters eo soon as the resolution for effecting suoh change shall be confirmed . —Vide Book of Constitutions , Articles 162 , 167 , 168 , 169 , 170 , Edition 1884 ; aud Royal Aroh Regulations , Rule 86 , Edition 1886 .

Judge Not A Man By His Raiment.

JUDGE NOT A MAN BY HIS RAIMENT .

IN Maroh 1850 , I was master of the schooner Piutus , in the Marysville trade . It was in the days of gold , when prices were governed by the difficulties of the transportation , and the means of conveyance . Only small vessels , yawls and whale-boats , had ventured as far up as Marysville . Although it was not then high water in the rivers , there accompanied me on the trip a sea-going brig of two hundred tonswhioh tied up at the bars of the Feather

, river , opposite the month of the Yuba , where is now the town of Yuba city . At that time we called the Feather " Rio de La « Plumas . " It waa so marked on the maps then in use . The Yuba , where it entered the Feather river , waa scarce sixty feet in width , and so nearly concealed by tho large sycamore trees , and the vines of the wild grape , that I came near running by my port , but

saw the channel just in time to jam the helm hard-a-port , and Bhde into the river , turning sharply to the right . iA half a mile up the river brought me to the old Plaza , just below the old adobe house , then oalled the "Nye" ranch . I Boon had the foresail rigged up as an awning and was ready for business . I waa laden with butter , hams , dried apples , flour , cheese , & c . Freight waa

thirty-seven and one half cents per pound to Marysville at that time . I mention the fact as it will show that the miners did not aave all that they took out ; quite a sum had to go for living expenses . Trade was brisk and my goods sold rapidly . One day there came to the river bank a covered wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen . Such vehicles were common enough , and attracted

no attention ; but tho driver of the outfit seemed to demand more than a passing glanco . Ho was a stalwart , sunburned , heavy-bearded man , wearing the typical dross of the back woodsman of Tennessee and Kentucky . I at ouco thought of Daniel Boone , for the pictures in the geographies of my youth always represented him dressed aa this teamster was—buckskin leggings , fringed at the seams , tho coat

of same material , fringed up and down in front and around the skirt , a fox skin cap , the fox-tail dependent down the back , a six shooter in its holster , the powder horn and bullet pouch slung over the shouldor , and a long full stocked " Hawkins" rifle ( all Western men know that famous weapon ) , gracefully carried in the hollow of the left arm , a perfect piotnre of the class of men who crossed the plains

in' 49 and' 50 . Tossing his whip across the necks of the wheel oxen , he came up to the gang plank , grounded his rifle and leaning on its muzzle , assuming an easy , nonchalant attitude , asked what I had to sell ? I informed him , he priced tho goods , made a selection , and we made a

trade of some eight or nine hundred dollars' worth . He said he waa buying on his own account to take to the mines , to sell , and was now going to a new camp at Rough and Ready , somewhere about the head of Deer Creek ; that he had never been there , but there was said to be good diggings there , and he thought he could make something by

tho venture . I got the things out on the bank of tho river ; he backed his wagon up to them , and commenced to load the goods in the wagon . And now happened the incident that causes this story to be written , tho preceding is merely introductory . Laying my hand on hia shoulder , I said : " Hold up a bit , my friend ; those goods have not

been paid for yot , and aa I do not happen to know you parsonally , it would be about aa well if you paid your bill before you take full possossion of my goods and get them loaded in your wagon . He laid down tho parcel in hia hands , and replied : " I beg your pardon , captain ; you are right . I am a strangor to yon , aud I should have known batter ; it wa 3 very thoughtless of mo

to have loaded a single article until I had paid for it . Make out tho bill , I will pay it . " The apology waa so gracefully inado and with such sincerity , I half regretted having said anything , for I liked tho looks of tho man . There was that certain kind of frankness and honosty in his face ,

that one instinctively accepts aa tho stamp of ono that may bo trusted anywhere and iu any place ; but there was my owner ' s interests to protect aud I must look out for them . The bill being made out , ho drew from his pockofc tho nsnal buckakin bag of gold dust , and going to the storo of Woodruff aud Qaarrie ( old residents of Marysville will remember tho firm ) tho amount waa