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To Correspondents.
A MASONIC JIM CROW is hardly admissible . Has the dedication been seen by the patron ? If so , how he must have wheeled about , turned about , and jumped—just so (!) AN IRISH BROTHER . —The anecdote of the late Bro . Charles Matthews , from the " World , " ( a Dublin paper ) originally appeared in the F . Q . It . All our contemporaries are freely welcome to our pages ; but in fairness they should acknowledge the source . ONE DKSIROUS OI . A SEAT AT THE BOARD . —The course has been for some time to kou tou to tivo members . KEY-HOLE . —23 rd July . — -The will was strong , but not the power . A MEMBER . —Enquire ofthe Secretary to the Grand Officers * Mess . Sumatra , we believe ,
is not a member ; the gallant adjutant is . A PAST MASTER . —Thanks for the hint ; but we should prefer the fact . The tenants of the "Augean stable " will assume consequence , and like to hint that they cannot answer even proper queries , lest their replies should find their way to us . That such a Past Master could be so easily imposed upon is marvelous—bide your time . ANOTHER P . M . OF DEVON . —Either put yourself into communication with the B . of G . P . or send in particulars , with names and addresses . AMKIMCUS . —Bro . J . Leandex Starr is P . G . M . for Nova Scotia , under the Grand Lodge of
Scotland . " THE DOCS IN OFFICE . " —This satirical sketch is , we presume , a parody on Landseer ' s " Laying Down the Law , " and his " Dog Bill , " but as we declined a similar drollery in the grosser days of snarling , barking , snapping , and biting , we will not encourage hydrophobia among the well disposed ofthe present day . AN OOD FELLOW . —We respect the Society , but decline the article . We have read Mr . Deacon's sermon with much satisfaction . BRO . LARKWORTHY . —Many thanks . MYSOGYNIST is inadmissible ; he has mistaken the subject ; has misunderstood , and consequently misquoted both Shakspeare and Scott . A FRIEND TO DEPARTED WORTH . —The decease of Bro . Alfred Allen was noticed in our number for March .
A MASON . —The party was excluded from the G . S- L . on the 18 th November , 1029 , and thereby became better qualified as " informer , * ' in Hi 39 . BRO . W . TUCKER . —Many thanks . FRATKR . —The Masonic Widows' Fund is not yet commenced . Let the Provinces be staunch , and success is certain . A TYRO . —By purchasing such trash , you merely transfer money from the pocket of a fool to that of a knave . BRO JOSEPH BEHREND . —The exclusion is passing-wonder . Our Jewish Brethren may
rely on our support in their cause . OXONIKNSIS may probably gain information of the " Churchill" Lodge from some Oxford Mason . Has he written to Bro . John Lane ? A CASE OF DIFFICULTY is increased hy illegible writing . We take this opportunity of soliciting most earnestly that our Correspondents will only cover one hide of their paper-A PAST GRAND OFFICER . —* ' Waltoniana " is received . ' We request further contributions . A LADY . —We cheerfully comply with the request to supply her album with an autograph of the late Grand Master ; but regret we have not one left of our ever to be lamented patron
the late Earl of Durham . BRO . WATSON , CATO , and others . —Their articles are unavoidably deferred . BRO . JOHNSON . —For the list of the Board , vide p . 106 . Bro . J . L . Evans . is the V . P . A LINCOLN MASON . —We cannot solve the problem in reference to the corporation and the Lodge . A NON-MASON might have very properly signed himself " No Gentleman . " His account of the " Milford Nonsense , " as he terms it , is a poor return for the kindness he confesses to have experienced .
THE SHORT NAIL AND THE LONG , is not bad , but yet inadmissible . The tin tack may hold some little matters together , but the four inch is unfit for small talk , and unequal to argument . THIS MORAL GHOULS await correction . A NOTTINGHAM MASON . —We entertain too exalted an opinion of the P . G . M . and his
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To Correspondents.
A MASONIC JIM CROW is hardly admissible . Has the dedication been seen by the patron ? If so , how he must have wheeled about , turned about , and jumped—just so (!) AN IRISH BROTHER . —The anecdote of the late Bro . Charles Matthews , from the " World , " ( a Dublin paper ) originally appeared in the F . Q . It . All our contemporaries are freely welcome to our pages ; but in fairness they should acknowledge the source . ONE DKSIROUS OI . A SEAT AT THE BOARD . —The course has been for some time to kou tou to tivo members . KEY-HOLE . —23 rd July . — -The will was strong , but not the power . A MEMBER . —Enquire ofthe Secretary to the Grand Officers * Mess . Sumatra , we believe ,
is not a member ; the gallant adjutant is . A PAST MASTER . —Thanks for the hint ; but we should prefer the fact . The tenants of the "Augean stable " will assume consequence , and like to hint that they cannot answer even proper queries , lest their replies should find their way to us . That such a Past Master could be so easily imposed upon is marvelous—bide your time . ANOTHER P . M . OF DEVON . —Either put yourself into communication with the B . of G . P . or send in particulars , with names and addresses . AMKIMCUS . —Bro . J . Leandex Starr is P . G . M . for Nova Scotia , under the Grand Lodge of
Scotland . " THE DOCS IN OFFICE . " —This satirical sketch is , we presume , a parody on Landseer ' s " Laying Down the Law , " and his " Dog Bill , " but as we declined a similar drollery in the grosser days of snarling , barking , snapping , and biting , we will not encourage hydrophobia among the well disposed ofthe present day . AN OOD FELLOW . —We respect the Society , but decline the article . We have read Mr . Deacon's sermon with much satisfaction . BRO . LARKWORTHY . —Many thanks . MYSOGYNIST is inadmissible ; he has mistaken the subject ; has misunderstood , and consequently misquoted both Shakspeare and Scott . A FRIEND TO DEPARTED WORTH . —The decease of Bro . Alfred Allen was noticed in our number for March .
A MASON . —The party was excluded from the G . S- L . on the 18 th November , 1029 , and thereby became better qualified as " informer , * ' in Hi 39 . BRO . W . TUCKER . —Many thanks . FRATKR . —The Masonic Widows' Fund is not yet commenced . Let the Provinces be staunch , and success is certain . A TYRO . —By purchasing such trash , you merely transfer money from the pocket of a fool to that of a knave . BRO JOSEPH BEHREND . —The exclusion is passing-wonder . Our Jewish Brethren may
rely on our support in their cause . OXONIKNSIS may probably gain information of the " Churchill" Lodge from some Oxford Mason . Has he written to Bro . John Lane ? A CASE OF DIFFICULTY is increased hy illegible writing . We take this opportunity of soliciting most earnestly that our Correspondents will only cover one hide of their paper-A PAST GRAND OFFICER . —* ' Waltoniana " is received . ' We request further contributions . A LADY . —We cheerfully comply with the request to supply her album with an autograph of the late Grand Master ; but regret we have not one left of our ever to be lamented patron
the late Earl of Durham . BRO . WATSON , CATO , and others . —Their articles are unavoidably deferred . BRO . JOHNSON . —For the list of the Board , vide p . 106 . Bro . J . L . Evans . is the V . P . A LINCOLN MASON . —We cannot solve the problem in reference to the corporation and the Lodge . A NON-MASON might have very properly signed himself " No Gentleman . " His account of the " Milford Nonsense , " as he terms it , is a poor return for the kindness he confesses to have experienced .
THE SHORT NAIL AND THE LONG , is not bad , but yet inadmissible . The tin tack may hold some little matters together , but the four inch is unfit for small talk , and unequal to argument . THIS MORAL GHOULS await correction . A NOTTINGHAM MASON . —We entertain too exalted an opinion of the P . G . M . and his