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Masonic Chit Chat.
called the establishment , of the Freemasons' institution in the north and west of Europe . The adventurers who returned froin the Holy Land , brought back some ideas of various improvements , particularly in architecture , and along with these , a strong desire to erect castellated , ecclesiastical , and palatial edifices , to display the taste they had acquired ; and in less than a century from the first crusade , above six hundred and
buildings of the above description had been erected in southern western Europe . This taste was spread into almost all countries by the establishment of the Fraternity of Freemasons , who , it appears , had , under some peculiar form of Brotherhood , existed fov an immemorial period in Syria and other parts of the East , from whence some bands of them migrated to Europe , and after a time a great efflux of these ingenious men—Italian , German , French , Spanish , & c . had spread themselves in communities through all civilised Europe ; and in all countries where they settled , we find the same style of architecture from that period , but differing in some points of treatment , as suited the climate .
IMPORTANT TO V OYAGEHS BY STEAM-PACKETS . —George AA insor , late barber-surgeon to the man in the moon , but now chin-operator to the gentlemen in the Comet ( Gravesend steam-packet ) . Keen razorswarm water—sweet-scented Windsor soap , and lily-white linen always ready . —yf true copy , taken on board , from the cabin-door of the waggish barber . AVMT Past Grand Steward and Treasurer to the
. . HISELTON , Esq . Lodge of Antiquity , has been lately admitted a member of the Bar , by the Benchers of the Inner Temple . IGNORANCE ABOUT FREEMASONRY . —Major Skinner , in Ins just published " Adventures during a Journey overland into India ? tells the following as having occurred to him whilst on the site of uapernaum . " I was " excessively hungry ( he had gone into the house of a Christian saddle maker for temporary loding ) for I had fasted all clay long ;
a g , ancl Hassan having sympathy with my feelings in this particular , opened a bag from which rolled out a quantity of hard eggs . As I began to crack them , two or three visitors came in , who viewed this unhallowed occupation , as I found they considered it , with astonishment . 'Have you given your house to an infidel ? ' saicl one . The old woman crossed herself , and muttered something that sounded so like an incantation that
I was under some uneasiness for the result . I hey all drew away from me , while I continued my preparations . The young woman , at last , suo- " -estecl that I mig ht be a Freemason , ancl not so bad as an infidel ; anTthey crossed themselves over again . ' AVhat is the matter ? ' I at length made Hassan inquire . ' Is your master a Christian , ' asked the woman , ' that he eats eggs in Lent ? ' ' AAJhat do I know ? said Hassan ; he is a Frank , and has good cause to be hungry . ' They all shook their is ' And said 1
heads ancl muttered , ' Her musom—he a Mason . ' pray , , < AVhat is a Mason ? ' 'An infidel , a heretic , ancl the devil to boot ! hastily rejoined the old dame ; while she nodded thrice , like one ot the weird sisters at the cauldron . I instantly put away my eggs , ancl endeavoured to gain the good op inion of the party by proposing to join m their own meal . When we were seated close together , again 1 attempted to explain to them the nature of Freemasonry ; and if I did not succeed in vindicating that fraternity , I won die pretty landlady to my own side , who seemed perfectly delig hted when 1 assured her , that good as I believed Masons to be , I was not one myself . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Chit Chat.
called the establishment , of the Freemasons' institution in the north and west of Europe . The adventurers who returned froin the Holy Land , brought back some ideas of various improvements , particularly in architecture , and along with these , a strong desire to erect castellated , ecclesiastical , and palatial edifices , to display the taste they had acquired ; and in less than a century from the first crusade , above six hundred and
buildings of the above description had been erected in southern western Europe . This taste was spread into almost all countries by the establishment of the Fraternity of Freemasons , who , it appears , had , under some peculiar form of Brotherhood , existed fov an immemorial period in Syria and other parts of the East , from whence some bands of them migrated to Europe , and after a time a great efflux of these ingenious men—Italian , German , French , Spanish , & c . had spread themselves in communities through all civilised Europe ; and in all countries where they settled , we find the same style of architecture from that period , but differing in some points of treatment , as suited the climate .
IMPORTANT TO V OYAGEHS BY STEAM-PACKETS . —George AA insor , late barber-surgeon to the man in the moon , but now chin-operator to the gentlemen in the Comet ( Gravesend steam-packet ) . Keen razorswarm water—sweet-scented Windsor soap , and lily-white linen always ready . —yf true copy , taken on board , from the cabin-door of the waggish barber . AVMT Past Grand Steward and Treasurer to the
. . HISELTON , Esq . Lodge of Antiquity , has been lately admitted a member of the Bar , by the Benchers of the Inner Temple . IGNORANCE ABOUT FREEMASONRY . —Major Skinner , in Ins just published " Adventures during a Journey overland into India ? tells the following as having occurred to him whilst on the site of uapernaum . " I was " excessively hungry ( he had gone into the house of a Christian saddle maker for temporary loding ) for I had fasted all clay long ;
a g , ancl Hassan having sympathy with my feelings in this particular , opened a bag from which rolled out a quantity of hard eggs . As I began to crack them , two or three visitors came in , who viewed this unhallowed occupation , as I found they considered it , with astonishment . 'Have you given your house to an infidel ? ' saicl one . The old woman crossed herself , and muttered something that sounded so like an incantation that
I was under some uneasiness for the result . I hey all drew away from me , while I continued my preparations . The young woman , at last , suo- " -estecl that I mig ht be a Freemason , ancl not so bad as an infidel ; anTthey crossed themselves over again . ' AVhat is the matter ? ' I at length made Hassan inquire . ' Is your master a Christian , ' asked the woman , ' that he eats eggs in Lent ? ' ' AAJhat do I know ? said Hassan ; he is a Frank , and has good cause to be hungry . ' They all shook their is ' And said 1
heads ancl muttered , ' Her musom—he a Mason . ' pray , , < AVhat is a Mason ? ' 'An infidel , a heretic , ancl the devil to boot ! hastily rejoined the old dame ; while she nodded thrice , like one ot the weird sisters at the cauldron . I instantly put away my eggs , ancl endeavoured to gain the good op inion of the party by proposing to join m their own meal . When we were seated close together , again 1 attempted to explain to them the nature of Freemasonry ; and if I did not succeed in vindicating that fraternity , I won die pretty landlady to my own side , who seemed perfectly delig hted when 1 assured her , that good as I believed Masons to be , I was not one myself . "