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Masonic Chit-Chat.
required of him , but on the condition that his protest against the proceedings should be entered upon the minutes of his examination . This was agreed to , and after an examination , which turned upon matters quite insignificant , he was set at liberty . The unfortunate man has addressed a remonstrance to the King , which has been referred to a Council of State .
HERESY ON THE BIBLE—TRUE RELIGION IN SAILORS . —An esteemed correspondent thus writes : — " During my passage from India to the Cape , in a ship called the Alexander , the following very interesting circumstance happened : —A quarter-master on leaving the helm entered the cabin to report . The captain was not there , but a clergyman , a passenger , was at the time intently bent on perusing * Henry on the Bible . ' Jack , being at his back , thought it a fine chance to peep at the studies of
his reverence , but was taken aback on observing what he considered to be , by the clearest possible evidence ( his own eyes)— 'Heresy on the Bible . ' Jack ' s ' whew ! ' pretty audibly given , startled the clergyman , who turning round had to encounter such a look from the sailor as greatly disconcerted him . Jack retired hastily . The next clay was Sunday . The deck was rigged for church—the bell sounded—the clergyman , captain , officers , and passengerswere all readybut none of the crew made
, , their appearance . The boatswain was ordered to pipe the hands to church ; he , however , respectfully intimated that he would pipe to any other order but that ; the consternation became general , when to the clergyman ' s surprise , Jack appeared alone , and simply stated that the ship ' s company were not over particular , but they were just then debating what should be done with the gentleman in black who was teaching them the way to —— . ' Look at his book ! ' cried Jack' and will find
, you him regularly cramming himself with Heresy on the Bible . I caught him in the fact yesterday . ' The mystery was soon explained to honest Jack , who jumped below and was heard shouting , ' Parson ' s not the ! Parson ' s not the ! ' He returned , followed by all his shipmates , who joined in the service , and never more devoutly . "
REV . H . R . SLADE , D . D . —The university of Leipsic has conferred the degree of D . D . upon Bro . the Rev . H . R . Slade , L . L . B . of the University of Cambridge , Rector of Kenley , Chaplain to the Earl of Clarendon , a Curate of the Collegiate Church , Wolverhampton , W . M . of Lodge 607 , and E . of the St . Peter ' s Royal Arch Chapter , in consideration of his merits as the author of various works in theology and literature .
THE DOG DAYS . —On Monday , the 3 rd July , commenced what are termed the Dog-days , which cerminate on the 11 th of August . The name was given in reference to the heliacal rising of Sirius , commonly called the dog-star , which in Pliny ' s time was on the 18 th of July . The extreme heat of this season of the year , although to us palpably the effect of the continued high position of the sun , was connected by the ancients with the appearance of this star in the morning . They considered the dog-star as ragingand gave the time the appellation of' the Dog-days .
, At Argos there was a festival expressly instituted for the killing of dogs during this season . DICKENS AND THE AMERICANS . —The Philadelphia correspondent of the Morning Chronic le , alluding to the work at present in course of pub-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Chit-Chat.
required of him , but on the condition that his protest against the proceedings should be entered upon the minutes of his examination . This was agreed to , and after an examination , which turned upon matters quite insignificant , he was set at liberty . The unfortunate man has addressed a remonstrance to the King , which has been referred to a Council of State .
HERESY ON THE BIBLE—TRUE RELIGION IN SAILORS . —An esteemed correspondent thus writes : — " During my passage from India to the Cape , in a ship called the Alexander , the following very interesting circumstance happened : —A quarter-master on leaving the helm entered the cabin to report . The captain was not there , but a clergyman , a passenger , was at the time intently bent on perusing * Henry on the Bible . ' Jack , being at his back , thought it a fine chance to peep at the studies of
his reverence , but was taken aback on observing what he considered to be , by the clearest possible evidence ( his own eyes)— 'Heresy on the Bible . ' Jack ' s ' whew ! ' pretty audibly given , startled the clergyman , who turning round had to encounter such a look from the sailor as greatly disconcerted him . Jack retired hastily . The next clay was Sunday . The deck was rigged for church—the bell sounded—the clergyman , captain , officers , and passengerswere all readybut none of the crew made
, , their appearance . The boatswain was ordered to pipe the hands to church ; he , however , respectfully intimated that he would pipe to any other order but that ; the consternation became general , when to the clergyman ' s surprise , Jack appeared alone , and simply stated that the ship ' s company were not over particular , but they were just then debating what should be done with the gentleman in black who was teaching them the way to —— . ' Look at his book ! ' cried Jack' and will find
, you him regularly cramming himself with Heresy on the Bible . I caught him in the fact yesterday . ' The mystery was soon explained to honest Jack , who jumped below and was heard shouting , ' Parson ' s not the ! Parson ' s not the ! ' He returned , followed by all his shipmates , who joined in the service , and never more devoutly . "
REV . H . R . SLADE , D . D . —The university of Leipsic has conferred the degree of D . D . upon Bro . the Rev . H . R . Slade , L . L . B . of the University of Cambridge , Rector of Kenley , Chaplain to the Earl of Clarendon , a Curate of the Collegiate Church , Wolverhampton , W . M . of Lodge 607 , and E . of the St . Peter ' s Royal Arch Chapter , in consideration of his merits as the author of various works in theology and literature .
THE DOG DAYS . —On Monday , the 3 rd July , commenced what are termed the Dog-days , which cerminate on the 11 th of August . The name was given in reference to the heliacal rising of Sirius , commonly called the dog-star , which in Pliny ' s time was on the 18 th of July . The extreme heat of this season of the year , although to us palpably the effect of the continued high position of the sun , was connected by the ancients with the appearance of this star in the morning . They considered the dog-star as ragingand gave the time the appellation of' the Dog-days .
, At Argos there was a festival expressly instituted for the killing of dogs during this season . DICKENS AND THE AMERICANS . —The Philadelphia correspondent of the Morning Chronic le , alluding to the work at present in course of pub-