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Obituary.
few years , he always took part in the proceedings at public political meetings , his speeches were listened to with pleasure , and his observations ever received with that attention which a soundness of argument must always command . Brother Brown was acting Provincial Grand Master of the order of Freemasons for the county of Cambridge , and Provincial Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons , for the same province . To the principles of this mystic fraternity
he was most devotedly attached ; and the loss of such an able , learned , and active Brother will be severel y felt , more especially in this province . A portrait of the late lamented P . G . M ., iB full Masonic cosT tume , was painted for the Masons of this province some years ago , by T . H . Gregg , Esq ., Grafton-street , London , and is considered a most faithful likeness . On the examination into the ceremonial of the Royal Arch Mysteries , Comp . Browne was placed as a member of the
committee , but his colleagues were unequal to the task , and his suggestions not being understood , but little advantage was gained . Among those he initiated was the present Duke of Devonshire , when Marquis of Hartington .
DEATH has been at work with Antiquity itself . The father of the Lodge , Brother Woodriffe , has attended the last summons , and the Senior Warden and Stewards will miss their old companion . Brother W . was not an over-zealous attendant at the Lodge ; the remembrance of Preston , with whom he was fortuitously contemporaneous , was sufficient to excuse his absence ; but when was he absent from the " Mother of Masons ?"—good judge he of good company—the chair and its
honours might suit the ambitious , but was there nothing to be gained by upholding the dignity of the Stewards ? Truth there was !—and Bro . Woodriffe for upwards of forty years had witnessed the annual mutations , without vacating his seat at the bottom of the table . He was a good social fellow , and somewhat a humourist . It is said that taking some offence at the better sex in earl y life , he contented himself with single-blessedness , aud being an old shareholder of Drury-lane Theatre ,
he chose his man-of-aU-work from thence . The " harlequin double" of that establishment was the single attendant of the deceased : and much originality of character was observed by such as had the opportunity of witnessing the privacy of master and man .
BROTHER HEATH , P . G . D ., also a member of Antiquity , has paid the debt of nature . He was in private life an amiable character ; undistinguished in the order , otherwise than being a member of the Lodge ; he became in turn elevated to the purple !
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
few years , he always took part in the proceedings at public political meetings , his speeches were listened to with pleasure , and his observations ever received with that attention which a soundness of argument must always command . Brother Brown was acting Provincial Grand Master of the order of Freemasons for the county of Cambridge , and Provincial Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons , for the same province . To the principles of this mystic fraternity
he was most devotedly attached ; and the loss of such an able , learned , and active Brother will be severel y felt , more especially in this province . A portrait of the late lamented P . G . M ., iB full Masonic cosT tume , was painted for the Masons of this province some years ago , by T . H . Gregg , Esq ., Grafton-street , London , and is considered a most faithful likeness . On the examination into the ceremonial of the Royal Arch Mysteries , Comp . Browne was placed as a member of the
committee , but his colleagues were unequal to the task , and his suggestions not being understood , but little advantage was gained . Among those he initiated was the present Duke of Devonshire , when Marquis of Hartington .
DEATH has been at work with Antiquity itself . The father of the Lodge , Brother Woodriffe , has attended the last summons , and the Senior Warden and Stewards will miss their old companion . Brother W . was not an over-zealous attendant at the Lodge ; the remembrance of Preston , with whom he was fortuitously contemporaneous , was sufficient to excuse his absence ; but when was he absent from the " Mother of Masons ?"—good judge he of good company—the chair and its
honours might suit the ambitious , but was there nothing to be gained by upholding the dignity of the Stewards ? Truth there was !—and Bro . Woodriffe for upwards of forty years had witnessed the annual mutations , without vacating his seat at the bottom of the table . He was a good social fellow , and somewhat a humourist . It is said that taking some offence at the better sex in earl y life , he contented himself with single-blessedness , aud being an old shareholder of Drury-lane Theatre ,
he chose his man-of-aU-work from thence . The " harlequin double" of that establishment was the single attendant of the deceased : and much originality of character was observed by such as had the opportunity of witnessing the privacy of master and man .
BROTHER HEATH , P . G . D ., also a member of Antiquity , has paid the debt of nature . He was in private life an amiable character ; undistinguished in the order , otherwise than being a member of the Lodge ; he became in turn elevated to the purple !
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