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Whimsical Anecdote.
sonry , and the occult signs hy which Masons could be known to each other . The woman said that there was not so much mystery as people imagined , for that she could shew any person the Mason ' s sign : " What , " said the taylor , " that of the Free and Accepted ?" " Yes , " she replied , " and will hold you a half-crown bowl of punch , to be confirmed of the members whom please to
noby any you minate . " " Why , " said he , " a ' woman was never admitted , and how is it possible you could procure it ? " " No matter for that , " added she , " I will readily forfeit if I do not establish the fact . " The company urged the taylor to accept the challenge , to which he consented , and the bet deposited . The woman got up , took hold of the taylor the collar " she " follow " which he
didtremby , " Come , says , me ; , blingly alive ' , fearing he was to undergo some part of the discipline in the making a Mason , of which he had heard such a dreadful report . She led him into the street , and pointing to the Lion and Lamb , asked him whose sign it was : he answered , " Mr . Loder ' s , " the name of the innkeeper . " Is he a Freemason ? " " Yes . " " Then I have shewn you the sign of a Free and Accepted Mason . " The that it
laugh was so much against the poor taylor for being taken in , was with some difficulty he could be prevailed on to partake of the liquor .
Kentish Epitaphs.
KENTISH EPITAPHS .
VILLAGE poets mix the grave and the gay in such equal pro' portions that your mind is equipoised between grief and joy . — In a late excursion in the county of Kent , I was very much amused in my visits to the church-yard ; and I really think , that if the / bra ; of humour continues to be exerted , a church-yard will deserve to be ranked laces of public amusement . I copied a few odd
among our p ones , with which you may fill half a page when it suits your leisure , if agreeable . LINSTED IN KENT . ON JAMES HUGESSON , ESQ . MERCHANT ADVENTURER . Infancy , youth , and age , are from the womb Man ' shortbut dangerouspassage to the tomb .
s , , Here landed ( the proceed of that weventurd In Nature ' s Custom-house this dust is enter'dJ ; Alms-deeds are surest bills at sig ht ( the rest On Heav ' n ' s exchange are subject to protest ) . This uncorrupted manna of the just Is lasting store , exempt from worms and dust .-
TONG IN KENT . There is a matter-of-fact neatness in the last line of the following , which Fwish your Anna Marias and Delia Cruscas would imitote .-. Nothing they write is half so intellig ible .
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Whimsical Anecdote.
sonry , and the occult signs hy which Masons could be known to each other . The woman said that there was not so much mystery as people imagined , for that she could shew any person the Mason ' s sign : " What , " said the taylor , " that of the Free and Accepted ?" " Yes , " she replied , " and will hold you a half-crown bowl of punch , to be confirmed of the members whom please to
noby any you minate . " " Why , " said he , " a ' woman was never admitted , and how is it possible you could procure it ? " " No matter for that , " added she , " I will readily forfeit if I do not establish the fact . " The company urged the taylor to accept the challenge , to which he consented , and the bet deposited . The woman got up , took hold of the taylor the collar " she " follow " which he
didtremby , " Come , says , me ; , blingly alive ' , fearing he was to undergo some part of the discipline in the making a Mason , of which he had heard such a dreadful report . She led him into the street , and pointing to the Lion and Lamb , asked him whose sign it was : he answered , " Mr . Loder ' s , " the name of the innkeeper . " Is he a Freemason ? " " Yes . " " Then I have shewn you the sign of a Free and Accepted Mason . " The that it
laugh was so much against the poor taylor for being taken in , was with some difficulty he could be prevailed on to partake of the liquor .
Kentish Epitaphs.
KENTISH EPITAPHS .
VILLAGE poets mix the grave and the gay in such equal pro' portions that your mind is equipoised between grief and joy . — In a late excursion in the county of Kent , I was very much amused in my visits to the church-yard ; and I really think , that if the / bra ; of humour continues to be exerted , a church-yard will deserve to be ranked laces of public amusement . I copied a few odd
among our p ones , with which you may fill half a page when it suits your leisure , if agreeable . LINSTED IN KENT . ON JAMES HUGESSON , ESQ . MERCHANT ADVENTURER . Infancy , youth , and age , are from the womb Man ' shortbut dangerouspassage to the tomb .
s , , Here landed ( the proceed of that weventurd In Nature ' s Custom-house this dust is enter'dJ ; Alms-deeds are surest bills at sig ht ( the rest On Heav ' n ' s exchange are subject to protest ) . This uncorrupted manna of the just Is lasting store , exempt from worms and dust .-
TONG IN KENT . There is a matter-of-fact neatness in the last line of the following , which Fwish your Anna Marias and Delia Cruscas would imitote .-. Nothing they write is half so intellig ible .