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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
MASONIC TOASTS FOR 1843-4 . —To oblige an old correspondent , and a truly social wit—not over fond of , but never shirking his glass—we give the following list : — "Water and the Constitution , "— "Union is strength ; and so is the Grand Junction . ""War to the bottle . " — " The turncock the true friend of the people . "— " Our homes and our cisterns . "—Presumed Extracts from Punch ' A MOTHER . —The letter is well written ... but as the excursion did NOT take place , it need not be published . We should have been on the look-out for the " itchy palm . " —Shalcspeare * AN E . A . P . —The song , as reprinted by Bro- R . Spencer , is not strictly that by Matthew
Birkhead , which is to be found in the first edition of Anderson's Constitutions , 1723 , p . 84 ; nevertheless , it is the song in present usage , and we thank Bro . Spencer for his liberality in giving it such general and gratuitous circulation . A PROV . MASON . —We hardly envy your connection with so supine a body , never famed for public energy . The exception proves the rule , and it may not yet be too late for shame to effect what servility has hitherto prevented . P . G . OFFICER , ( Lincoln ) . —The paragraph relating to the procession to church on the day of the funeral of the late D \ ike of Sussex , appears to have been incorrect : there was no
procession—no house of prayer open for the occasion . Our informant probably read in a local paper a paragraph expressive of a desire for the procession , and mistook the motive for the fact . "We admonish him to be more cautious' in future . " Not being absolutely ubiquitous , we are dependent on the reports we receive . A SOMERSET MASON The party is not a Masonic Solomon ; but he might have rewarded zeal without betraying an irate feeling on subjects he is ignorant of . HARRY OF MONMOUTH is a wag * , the couplet is too rich for publication . We do not know why the P . G . M . did not attend , but we guess that the substituted authority was to Harry's advantage . MANLIUS . —The pretended " Revelations" are well calculated to lighten the pockets of sucfc as are willing to be duped .
A PAST MASTER . —Fear not ! The true rulers of the Craft may bring in a bill " to alter and amend . " The few opponents of order become fewer . Spies are consumptive . The late Lord . Churehill used to observe , ' * Give me one volunteer before a dozen pressed men . " The vessel will right itself , and again proudly plough the waters of Freemasonry . A WARDEN has no excuse ; if present when the foul libel was hazarded against the most honourable Mason that ever lived , he became " particeps criminis , " by not refuting the calumny . Why , because others refused to subscribe , should he decline an act of justice ? if fearful of being known , why not subscribe anonymously?—Pshaw ! When the bones of
the present age are rotting in the earth , the works of Oliver will be enlightening future ages , and his revered name , with those he has commemorated , will be remembered with gratitude . HERCULES . — " Buy a broom , " and we will help you to cleanse the Augean stable . LYNX . —A testimonial for one would be a laughable affair , —for the other , a serious matter . If Lynx be in earnest , let him set about the business by stealth ; it will never go on openly . HOOKEY . —Ask some German Brother to interpret the past Nos . of Latomia , and he will
find the case of the recent drama of the " rich and tho poor Mason , " given freely and at length . A BATH MASON . —The Earl of Zetland may be , or may not be unfavourable to the publication of Masonic information ; we have no means of ascertaining the fact , MONS PAUTURIT—NASCITUR nius . —Capital fun this , but too late . Our author ctsswnes that the recent landslip was actually a mountain from Sumatra to the cosmorama in Regentstreet , from whence the "Singing Mouse , " with difficulty saved ,, is now attracting crowded audiences . The " Entered Prentice" song the little dog-mouse ( for such it is } - knew by heart ; it has been tutored since its arrival to warble " Lewis le Grand" in fine style—a good spec I SJ . Q . must authenticate . "Swindling' ? is not a Masonic term , and wc hope he has been misinformed .
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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
MASONIC TOASTS FOR 1843-4 . —To oblige an old correspondent , and a truly social wit—not over fond of , but never shirking his glass—we give the following list : — "Water and the Constitution , "— "Union is strength ; and so is the Grand Junction . ""War to the bottle . " — " The turncock the true friend of the people . "— " Our homes and our cisterns . "—Presumed Extracts from Punch ' A MOTHER . —The letter is well written ... but as the excursion did NOT take place , it need not be published . We should have been on the look-out for the " itchy palm . " —Shalcspeare * AN E . A . P . —The song , as reprinted by Bro- R . Spencer , is not strictly that by Matthew
Birkhead , which is to be found in the first edition of Anderson's Constitutions , 1723 , p . 84 ; nevertheless , it is the song in present usage , and we thank Bro . Spencer for his liberality in giving it such general and gratuitous circulation . A PROV . MASON . —We hardly envy your connection with so supine a body , never famed for public energy . The exception proves the rule , and it may not yet be too late for shame to effect what servility has hitherto prevented . P . G . OFFICER , ( Lincoln ) . —The paragraph relating to the procession to church on the day of the funeral of the late D \ ike of Sussex , appears to have been incorrect : there was no
procession—no house of prayer open for the occasion . Our informant probably read in a local paper a paragraph expressive of a desire for the procession , and mistook the motive for the fact . "We admonish him to be more cautious' in future . " Not being absolutely ubiquitous , we are dependent on the reports we receive . A SOMERSET MASON The party is not a Masonic Solomon ; but he might have rewarded zeal without betraying an irate feeling on subjects he is ignorant of . HARRY OF MONMOUTH is a wag * , the couplet is too rich for publication . We do not know why the P . G . M . did not attend , but we guess that the substituted authority was to Harry's advantage . MANLIUS . —The pretended " Revelations" are well calculated to lighten the pockets of sucfc as are willing to be duped .
A PAST MASTER . —Fear not ! The true rulers of the Craft may bring in a bill " to alter and amend . " The few opponents of order become fewer . Spies are consumptive . The late Lord . Churehill used to observe , ' * Give me one volunteer before a dozen pressed men . " The vessel will right itself , and again proudly plough the waters of Freemasonry . A WARDEN has no excuse ; if present when the foul libel was hazarded against the most honourable Mason that ever lived , he became " particeps criminis , " by not refuting the calumny . Why , because others refused to subscribe , should he decline an act of justice ? if fearful of being known , why not subscribe anonymously?—Pshaw ! When the bones of
the present age are rotting in the earth , the works of Oliver will be enlightening future ages , and his revered name , with those he has commemorated , will be remembered with gratitude . HERCULES . — " Buy a broom , " and we will help you to cleanse the Augean stable . LYNX . —A testimonial for one would be a laughable affair , —for the other , a serious matter . If Lynx be in earnest , let him set about the business by stealth ; it will never go on openly . HOOKEY . —Ask some German Brother to interpret the past Nos . of Latomia , and he will
find the case of the recent drama of the " rich and tho poor Mason , " given freely and at length . A BATH MASON . —The Earl of Zetland may be , or may not be unfavourable to the publication of Masonic information ; we have no means of ascertaining the fact , MONS PAUTURIT—NASCITUR nius . —Capital fun this , but too late . Our author ctsswnes that the recent landslip was actually a mountain from Sumatra to the cosmorama in Regentstreet , from whence the "Singing Mouse , " with difficulty saved ,, is now attracting crowded audiences . The " Entered Prentice" song the little dog-mouse ( for such it is } - knew by heart ; it has been tutored since its arrival to warble " Lewis le Grand" in fine style—a good spec I SJ . Q . must authenticate . "Swindling' ? is not a Masonic term , and wc hope he has been misinformed .