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Provincial.
several distinguished Brethren from Leicester attended at the banquet , and we are truly happy to say that the evening passed with even more than usual harmony ancl conviviality .
Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH .
LODGE CANONGATE KILWINNING . INITIATION OF MR . HOGG , THE POET . May lth , 1 S 35 . —THE refusal of Mr . Hogg , some time ago , even to enter within the pale of our Mystic Institution , having arisen , it appeared , chiefly from a resolution to withdraw himself from public society , a Masonic excursion was determined on to go to Peebleshireon purpose to initiate him into the Order .
, Accordingly , a party of Brethren of the Lodge Canongate Kilivinning started from Edinburgh for the village of Inverleithen , distant about ten miles from the SHEPHERD ' residence , being furnished with a warrant or dispensation to constitute a Lodge there . Two of the Brethren , Messrs . Adam AAllson and Pringle , drove to Mr . Hogg ' s that morning , whom they found at his house at Altrive Lake , prepared to mount his steed for the occasion . After being hospitably welcomed
to the Banks of the Yarrow , a stream rendered classic both in ancient and modern song , on ivhich Altrive Lake is situated , it was proposed to try the water , in the hope of filling a basket of trout for dinner . The stream runs immediately below the Shepherd ' s rural residence , and at the very first cast of his fly he hooked a plumper , though the water was anything but in trim , and a cold north-easter swept through Yarrow ' s vale , rippling Loch St . Mary , whence it flows , so that no swan could possibly have swam double on that clay— " swan and
shadow . But adept as the Shepherd is in the angling art , the wary tenants of the flood were not then to be had on any terms , in any number worth weighing , so the rods were put up , and the horse was put in , ancl away the party wound among the green and heathery hills , cracking along , all coutty with the author of Kilmeny . A young southern , with moustaches , was seen standing by a pool ancl attempting to catch . " He man be a real Cockneythat" observed the Scottish angler" to be
, , , fishing with a float on his line in Yarrow water ; " ancl upon inquiry , the Englishman ' s creel was quite empty . " I am gaun awa frae you , Jock , " cried the Shepherd to a sturdy , intelligent looking native of the - " Braes , ' of Border notoriety , as they passeel him rapidly on the road . " Na , na , " returned the man , with an evident expression of concern in his countenance , " ye ' re no gaun to leave us . Mr . Hogg is ,
m tact , beloved by all the country , and is the leader and umpire m all their sports and rustic meetings . Arrived at the Cleikum Inn , St . Ronan ' s , the expectant Brethren were all introduced to him , and the proper paraphernalia having been brought from the city , the Lodge was duly constituted in an apartment of the inn b y Brother James Deans ( Past Grand Sword-bearer of the Grand Lodge of England , ancl member of the Lodges Emulation , ( London ) and Canongate Kilwinning , Edinburgh ) , acting as Master , and Brothers Anthony Trail and Alexander Mackie acting as AVardens . Mr . Hogg was originally recommended by Brothers John Forbes and Aclain AVilson . Brother Deans conducted
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
several distinguished Brethren from Leicester attended at the banquet , and we are truly happy to say that the evening passed with even more than usual harmony ancl conviviality .
Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH .
LODGE CANONGATE KILWINNING . INITIATION OF MR . HOGG , THE POET . May lth , 1 S 35 . —THE refusal of Mr . Hogg , some time ago , even to enter within the pale of our Mystic Institution , having arisen , it appeared , chiefly from a resolution to withdraw himself from public society , a Masonic excursion was determined on to go to Peebleshireon purpose to initiate him into the Order .
, Accordingly , a party of Brethren of the Lodge Canongate Kilivinning started from Edinburgh for the village of Inverleithen , distant about ten miles from the SHEPHERD ' residence , being furnished with a warrant or dispensation to constitute a Lodge there . Two of the Brethren , Messrs . Adam AAllson and Pringle , drove to Mr . Hogg ' s that morning , whom they found at his house at Altrive Lake , prepared to mount his steed for the occasion . After being hospitably welcomed
to the Banks of the Yarrow , a stream rendered classic both in ancient and modern song , on ivhich Altrive Lake is situated , it was proposed to try the water , in the hope of filling a basket of trout for dinner . The stream runs immediately below the Shepherd ' s rural residence , and at the very first cast of his fly he hooked a plumper , though the water was anything but in trim , and a cold north-easter swept through Yarrow ' s vale , rippling Loch St . Mary , whence it flows , so that no swan could possibly have swam double on that clay— " swan and
shadow . But adept as the Shepherd is in the angling art , the wary tenants of the flood were not then to be had on any terms , in any number worth weighing , so the rods were put up , and the horse was put in , ancl away the party wound among the green and heathery hills , cracking along , all coutty with the author of Kilmeny . A young southern , with moustaches , was seen standing by a pool ancl attempting to catch . " He man be a real Cockneythat" observed the Scottish angler" to be
, , , fishing with a float on his line in Yarrow water ; " ancl upon inquiry , the Englishman ' s creel was quite empty . " I am gaun awa frae you , Jock , " cried the Shepherd to a sturdy , intelligent looking native of the - " Braes , ' of Border notoriety , as they passeel him rapidly on the road . " Na , na , " returned the man , with an evident expression of concern in his countenance , " ye ' re no gaun to leave us . Mr . Hogg is ,
m tact , beloved by all the country , and is the leader and umpire m all their sports and rustic meetings . Arrived at the Cleikum Inn , St . Ronan ' s , the expectant Brethren were all introduced to him , and the proper paraphernalia having been brought from the city , the Lodge was duly constituted in an apartment of the inn b y Brother James Deans ( Past Grand Sword-bearer of the Grand Lodge of England , ancl member of the Lodges Emulation , ( London ) and Canongate Kilwinning , Edinburgh ) , acting as Master , and Brothers Anthony Trail and Alexander Mackie acting as AVardens . Mr . Hogg was originally recommended by Brothers John Forbes and Aclain AVilson . Brother Deans conducted