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Masonic Obituary.
no joke at . all , " cried Charles . "Will Mrs . A ., alloAV me the use of this spoon for a moment : " the request granted , doAvn dropped the Avit into one of the boxes—not of the Opera—but of his host , the paivnbroker . A hat lightly dashed over the broiA' —an eye most Avickedly Avinking —the mouth twisted—a screw ( alias a tooth ) loosened—and shoulders upshrugsredwere enough to deceive our brother of the three balls
, ; Avho , little suspecting his customer , asked naturally enough , "What do you Aiant for this ? " eyeing his own spoon . "Twelve shillings . " "It is not Avorth more than half a guinea , " replied the lender . " I am sorry for it , " said MatbeAA's , in a tone that may be imagined by those Avho , in after years , remember hoiv he could Avring the tear of pity . " Hem ! well , I Avill make out the ticket for 12 s . but I am sure you will never redeem the spoon . "
In half an hour , Kate Powell ' s good humoured laugh enlivened the tea-table , and all around enjoyed the fun which an explanation created ; ancl no one more than the innocent cause of it , Avho lives , and long may he , to tell this ancl many other Masonic drolleries , ivith some of Avhich Ave may probably indulge our readers hereafter .
HENRY O'BRIEN . —It is with deep regret that Ave announce that Henry O'Brien , A . B . of Trinity College , Dublin , member of the Bank of England Lodge , died on the 29 th of June , of an overflow of blood to the head . He Avas the translator of Dr . Villeneuva ' s Phoenician Ireland , Thurlogh the Milesian , ancl other literary papers ; but Avas better known as the author of that talented ancl recondite production , " The Round ToAvers of Ireland . " FeAv Avorks have excited more diversity of opinion than the Round
ToAvers of Ireland , for AA-hile his admirers see in it the solution of those mysteries which for so long a period have puzzled the learned of Europe , his opponents stigmatize it as the offspring of an unsettled imagination , or at least of a misdirected genius . As truth is seldom found in extremes , perhaps the medium of first and last opinions may approximate nearest the correct one ; but to have judged fairl y of O'Brien ' s genius , the Avorld should have Avaited patiently for his ( Ave fear unfinished ) Avork on
the Pyramids of Egypt , many pages of Avhich Ave have perused in MS . —wonderful learning and research are displayed : his theory , although extraordinary , is w ell based and capable of proof . A breach of faith Avould be committed in further remark , as his brother , Mr . James O'Brien , intends shortly to edite his valuable MS . The outline of his life is very simple . He Avas born in 1805 , near Cathoir-ghall , his " Cathedral or Temple of Brightness , " in the barony of Iveragh , Co . Kerry , Avhich he immortalised in the 48 th page of his description of the Round Towers , and to which he alludes himself in the folloAviriff lines : —
" Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease—Seat of my youth when ev ' ry sport could please , " & c . His father Avas a man of a very cultivated mind , and particularl y attached to the literature of his country ; though anxious to make his children acquainted Avith the histories of other places , and the languages of other people , he deemed these but subordinate to initiation in his OAvn , and accordingl y made it a rule , that Avhile his Greek and Latin education Avas superintended b y a private tutor , he should himself prepossess his son with a predilection of the Irish , by the means of which
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Obituary.
no joke at . all , " cried Charles . "Will Mrs . A ., alloAV me the use of this spoon for a moment : " the request granted , doAvn dropped the Avit into one of the boxes—not of the Opera—but of his host , the paivnbroker . A hat lightly dashed over the broiA' —an eye most Avickedly Avinking —the mouth twisted—a screw ( alias a tooth ) loosened—and shoulders upshrugsredwere enough to deceive our brother of the three balls
, ; Avho , little suspecting his customer , asked naturally enough , "What do you Aiant for this ? " eyeing his own spoon . "Twelve shillings . " "It is not Avorth more than half a guinea , " replied the lender . " I am sorry for it , " said MatbeAA's , in a tone that may be imagined by those Avho , in after years , remember hoiv he could Avring the tear of pity . " Hem ! well , I Avill make out the ticket for 12 s . but I am sure you will never redeem the spoon . "
In half an hour , Kate Powell ' s good humoured laugh enlivened the tea-table , and all around enjoyed the fun which an explanation created ; ancl no one more than the innocent cause of it , Avho lives , and long may he , to tell this ancl many other Masonic drolleries , ivith some of Avhich Ave may probably indulge our readers hereafter .
HENRY O'BRIEN . —It is with deep regret that Ave announce that Henry O'Brien , A . B . of Trinity College , Dublin , member of the Bank of England Lodge , died on the 29 th of June , of an overflow of blood to the head . He Avas the translator of Dr . Villeneuva ' s Phoenician Ireland , Thurlogh the Milesian , ancl other literary papers ; but Avas better known as the author of that talented ancl recondite production , " The Round ToAvers of Ireland . " FeAv Avorks have excited more diversity of opinion than the Round
ToAvers of Ireland , for AA-hile his admirers see in it the solution of those mysteries which for so long a period have puzzled the learned of Europe , his opponents stigmatize it as the offspring of an unsettled imagination , or at least of a misdirected genius . As truth is seldom found in extremes , perhaps the medium of first and last opinions may approximate nearest the correct one ; but to have judged fairl y of O'Brien ' s genius , the Avorld should have Avaited patiently for his ( Ave fear unfinished ) Avork on
the Pyramids of Egypt , many pages of Avhich Ave have perused in MS . —wonderful learning and research are displayed : his theory , although extraordinary , is w ell based and capable of proof . A breach of faith Avould be committed in further remark , as his brother , Mr . James O'Brien , intends shortly to edite his valuable MS . The outline of his life is very simple . He Avas born in 1805 , near Cathoir-ghall , his " Cathedral or Temple of Brightness , " in the barony of Iveragh , Co . Kerry , Avhich he immortalised in the 48 th page of his description of the Round Towers , and to which he alludes himself in the folloAviriff lines : —
" Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease—Seat of my youth when ev ' ry sport could please , " & c . His father Avas a man of a very cultivated mind , and particularl y attached to the literature of his country ; though anxious to make his children acquainted Avith the histories of other places , and the languages of other people , he deemed these but subordinate to initiation in his OAvn , and accordingl y made it a rule , that Avhile his Greek and Latin education Avas superintended b y a private tutor , he should himself prepossess his son with a predilection of the Irish , by the means of which