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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
i $ 3 ' The Public , and especially our Advertizing Friends , are cautioned against the m . tn named GREEN . We are requested to state that Dr . Crucefix has altogether retired from London . His address is Grove , Gravesend , Kent ; where all communications should be addressed that are intended for his personal observation—indeed , letters for the Editor , under cover to him , will more immediately reach their destination .
It is most earnestly entreated that , wherever possible , all communications may be written only on one side of the paper ; also that all German and other foreign words may be most legibly written . We are requested by Dr . Crucefix , who is preparing for the Press an account of Popular Events in English Freemasonry , to be favoured by any Masonic Papers ; more especially as relating to York and Athol Masonry—the trials of PrestonWhitneyBonnerand othersHis
, , , . own escapade is complete . Furthermore — Dr . Crucefix desires us respectfully to intimate , that as in a great many instances he has not kept copies of his own correspondence with numerous esteemed brethren , he will consider it a lasting obligation if brethren , possessing any letters written by him on important subjects , will grant him the loan of such letters , which will serve to refresh his memory ; such letters of course will be returned , if requested .
ERRATUM—Dr . Oliver ; page 134 , last Number , three lines from end , for 18 th century , read 19 th century . Bro . LLOYD ' communication has been attended to . EN-OD —The renewal of correspondence at this particular juncture is doubl y welcome , and may perhaps convince the Grand Master that " scorn ami contempt" are not in general use . Ex QUO vis LIONO NON FIT MicnnURrus—the literal translation is the homely proverb of the silken purse and the . The S * G . D . thinks he can cap Latin—he can pull caps much hetler . ANTI-HUMIIUG —None but a purpled noodle would be guilty of crying out " Humbug " when a member is addressing Grand Lodge ; the coward would * ' hiss" if lie dared to incur the penalty of expulsion , so " Humbug" saves him . Bro . PULMAN . —We are obliged by the complimentary presentation . Dro . Duitfiii—the like .
Bro . O . PIIIPPS—the like . Bro . JAMES SMITH . —Our thanks are tendered for a poetical contribution , and for verykind suggestions . Bro . CHARLES EGAN—We have just received a copy of his work on the " Legal Statistics of the Jews in England , from the time of the Normans to the present period . ' C . IT . W . —There is this difference between the ambition of *• officiousness" and that of " immortality , " the one is offensive the other intrusive , —the one can plead no excuse , the other , when Ills corns are unprotected by Hall ' s pannus-corium and gutta-percha , are so painfully acute as to cause such visible expression as disarms resentment . If " Ofhciousncss" is in possession of documents that will prove the editorship of the F . Q . 11 ., he may use his information so that the narrow guage of his purple may be harlequinaded into the broad gauge —i . c . provided there be any lack of ofiiciousness on the dais . AN AGED MASON . —Thanks for the papers , particularly those relating to the Masonic Benefit Society in 1802 .
PHILO . —The communication is a curiosity- Bro . G * was asked who is the best tempered and the most charitable brother as to widows ( not in almsgiving)—he incontinently named Bro . H . Well Bro . rl . was solicited to nominate the most unpretending , modest , nobleminded , masonic : Criohton of the day—who but Bro . G . was the immediate rejoinder . Yet , stranger still , both tlvsse worthies being asked what masonic province is considered the beau ideal of the Order , simultaneously exclaimed " Sumatra ! " " Sumatra ! " Bro . Lewis , who was present , was overwhelmed with gratitude ; and Bro . Scarborough , albeit unused lo the melting mood , could scarce restrain from tears , so heartily did he enjoy the fun .
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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
i $ 3 ' The Public , and especially our Advertizing Friends , are cautioned against the m . tn named GREEN . We are requested to state that Dr . Crucefix has altogether retired from London . His address is Grove , Gravesend , Kent ; where all communications should be addressed that are intended for his personal observation—indeed , letters for the Editor , under cover to him , will more immediately reach their destination .
It is most earnestly entreated that , wherever possible , all communications may be written only on one side of the paper ; also that all German and other foreign words may be most legibly written . We are requested by Dr . Crucefix , who is preparing for the Press an account of Popular Events in English Freemasonry , to be favoured by any Masonic Papers ; more especially as relating to York and Athol Masonry—the trials of PrestonWhitneyBonnerand othersHis
, , , . own escapade is complete . Furthermore — Dr . Crucefix desires us respectfully to intimate , that as in a great many instances he has not kept copies of his own correspondence with numerous esteemed brethren , he will consider it a lasting obligation if brethren , possessing any letters written by him on important subjects , will grant him the loan of such letters , which will serve to refresh his memory ; such letters of course will be returned , if requested .
ERRATUM—Dr . Oliver ; page 134 , last Number , three lines from end , for 18 th century , read 19 th century . Bro . LLOYD ' communication has been attended to . EN-OD —The renewal of correspondence at this particular juncture is doubl y welcome , and may perhaps convince the Grand Master that " scorn ami contempt" are not in general use . Ex QUO vis LIONO NON FIT MicnnURrus—the literal translation is the homely proverb of the silken purse and the . The S * G . D . thinks he can cap Latin—he can pull caps much hetler . ANTI-HUMIIUG —None but a purpled noodle would be guilty of crying out " Humbug " when a member is addressing Grand Lodge ; the coward would * ' hiss" if lie dared to incur the penalty of expulsion , so " Humbug" saves him . Bro . PULMAN . —We are obliged by the complimentary presentation . Dro . Duitfiii—the like .
Bro . O . PIIIPPS—the like . Bro . JAMES SMITH . —Our thanks are tendered for a poetical contribution , and for verykind suggestions . Bro . CHARLES EGAN—We have just received a copy of his work on the " Legal Statistics of the Jews in England , from the time of the Normans to the present period . ' C . IT . W . —There is this difference between the ambition of *• officiousness" and that of " immortality , " the one is offensive the other intrusive , —the one can plead no excuse , the other , when Ills corns are unprotected by Hall ' s pannus-corium and gutta-percha , are so painfully acute as to cause such visible expression as disarms resentment . If " Ofhciousncss" is in possession of documents that will prove the editorship of the F . Q . 11 ., he may use his information so that the narrow guage of his purple may be harlequinaded into the broad gauge —i . c . provided there be any lack of ofiiciousness on the dais . AN AGED MASON . —Thanks for the papers , particularly those relating to the Masonic Benefit Society in 1802 .
PHILO . —The communication is a curiosity- Bro . G * was asked who is the best tempered and the most charitable brother as to widows ( not in almsgiving)—he incontinently named Bro . H . Well Bro . rl . was solicited to nominate the most unpretending , modest , nobleminded , masonic : Criohton of the day—who but Bro . G . was the immediate rejoinder . Yet , stranger still , both tlvsse worthies being asked what masonic province is considered the beau ideal of the Order , simultaneously exclaimed " Sumatra ! " " Sumatra ! " Bro . Lewis , who was present , was overwhelmed with gratitude ; and Bro . Scarborough , albeit unused lo the melting mood , could scarce restrain from tears , so heartily did he enjoy the fun .