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Article A SEMI-MASONIC SUMATRAN FRAGMENT. ← Page 2 of 2 Article THE CASE OF BRO. EUGENE MARIE LA GRATIA.* Page 1 of 2 →
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A Semi-Masonic Sumatran Fragment.
by innumerable wheelbarrows and waggons , and these vehicles being full of stones , sand and earth , and all the materials of a pretty island . The peasants ( villeins ) belonging to the Sovereign and to the Knighthood ( one of the estates of the principality ) , were all so many ( tobacco ) smoking and island-forming volcanoes . The bridges that were to cross the waters of the Sovereign are not yet begun . It would seem that the Sumatrans have only to grind their spice in
order to eat it . The sovereign of Scheerau ( the imaginary Sumatra ) is a terrific despot ; he has a privy council , which he rules with his ferule as a Magister Artium , and decides that all his people shall deal with him alone . There is also an imaginary Times , yclept the Scheerau Intelligencer , an independent journal , devotedly attached to the sovereign will . Our Sumatra extends over a quarter of a square quarter-league , and chiefly abounds in pepper ; the coast tradechiefl ingerbread and
, y g walnuts , is carried on by pedlar women . The peculiarities and statistics of Scheerau are wonderful ; among the perceptive considerations are the gratings of flesh and bone between human souls , which , as they knock together , one soul only thinks upon the other . This is the * * * * creed . The bleeding-stick has a moral , in conjunction with the bleeding
manikin , to indicate the connection between the singing voice and the process of abstraction . This is the * * * * theory . Even the natives of Scheerau , however , could not be brought to comprehend the despot , nor his flesh and bone doctrine , nor his bleedingstick theory ; so they became practical , non-operative masons , built an imaginary impregnable fortress , named it after the great general so renowned in the reign of Queen Anne , mounted it with 242 guns , ancl , time and
concluding that he ^ the provincial magnate ) required study to mature his vast conceptions , shut him up with the entire party of his soi-disant Brethren ( in reality , however , none ) , in this imaginary fortress , ancl there it was thought he was safe . But the chief had ivings like a dove , and flapped out at the key-hole , gallantly mounted a broomstick , and , with his Penang lawyer in left hand , his right thumb gracefully touching his right worshipful nose ,
ancl the four digits extending in fan-like elegance , in zephyr tones softly breathing " don ' t you wish you may catch me , " he sneezed magnificently , became invisible , ancl has continued so ever since . We do not believe in transmigration , but it is said that a certain ubiquitous gentleman is the identical sovereign of the imaginaryprincipality , whom the Sumatrans believe to be studying the product of alchemical pepper in their imaginary impregnable fort . RHAPSODIA .
The Case Of Bro. Eugene Marie La Gratia.*
THE CASE OF BRO . EUGENE MARIE LA GRATIA . *
OUR readers will probably remember the singular and eventful case of Bro . La Gratia , that excited so much attention at the Lodge of Benevolence , held on the 31 st July , 1844 , when he was relieved for the purpose of returning to Barcelona , where he stated he had connexions . It appears that ou his arrival in that city , he made himself known as a Freemason ; he was probably induced to take this step , either from
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Semi-Masonic Sumatran Fragment.
by innumerable wheelbarrows and waggons , and these vehicles being full of stones , sand and earth , and all the materials of a pretty island . The peasants ( villeins ) belonging to the Sovereign and to the Knighthood ( one of the estates of the principality ) , were all so many ( tobacco ) smoking and island-forming volcanoes . The bridges that were to cross the waters of the Sovereign are not yet begun . It would seem that the Sumatrans have only to grind their spice in
order to eat it . The sovereign of Scheerau ( the imaginary Sumatra ) is a terrific despot ; he has a privy council , which he rules with his ferule as a Magister Artium , and decides that all his people shall deal with him alone . There is also an imaginary Times , yclept the Scheerau Intelligencer , an independent journal , devotedly attached to the sovereign will . Our Sumatra extends over a quarter of a square quarter-league , and chiefly abounds in pepper ; the coast tradechiefl ingerbread and
, y g walnuts , is carried on by pedlar women . The peculiarities and statistics of Scheerau are wonderful ; among the perceptive considerations are the gratings of flesh and bone between human souls , which , as they knock together , one soul only thinks upon the other . This is the * * * * creed . The bleeding-stick has a moral , in conjunction with the bleeding
manikin , to indicate the connection between the singing voice and the process of abstraction . This is the * * * * theory . Even the natives of Scheerau , however , could not be brought to comprehend the despot , nor his flesh and bone doctrine , nor his bleedingstick theory ; so they became practical , non-operative masons , built an imaginary impregnable fortress , named it after the great general so renowned in the reign of Queen Anne , mounted it with 242 guns , ancl , time and
concluding that he ^ the provincial magnate ) required study to mature his vast conceptions , shut him up with the entire party of his soi-disant Brethren ( in reality , however , none ) , in this imaginary fortress , ancl there it was thought he was safe . But the chief had ivings like a dove , and flapped out at the key-hole , gallantly mounted a broomstick , and , with his Penang lawyer in left hand , his right thumb gracefully touching his right worshipful nose ,
ancl the four digits extending in fan-like elegance , in zephyr tones softly breathing " don ' t you wish you may catch me , " he sneezed magnificently , became invisible , ancl has continued so ever since . We do not believe in transmigration , but it is said that a certain ubiquitous gentleman is the identical sovereign of the imaginaryprincipality , whom the Sumatrans believe to be studying the product of alchemical pepper in their imaginary impregnable fort . RHAPSODIA .
The Case Of Bro. Eugene Marie La Gratia.*
THE CASE OF BRO . EUGENE MARIE LA GRATIA . *
OUR readers will probably remember the singular and eventful case of Bro . La Gratia , that excited so much attention at the Lodge of Benevolence , held on the 31 st July , 1844 , when he was relieved for the purpose of returning to Barcelona , where he stated he had connexions . It appears that ou his arrival in that city , he made himself known as a Freemason ; he was probably induced to take this step , either from