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Masonic Chit Chat.
hat and bowing , " I ask your pardon , Mr . Corporal . " Upon this he dismounted his elegant steed , flung the bridle over a post , and lifted till the sweat stood in drops upon his forehead . When the timber was elevated to its proper station , turning to the man clothed in brief authority , "Mr . Corporal Commander , " said he , " when you have another such job , and not have help enough , send to your Commanderin-Chief , and I will come ancl help you a second time . ' ' The Corporal was thunderstruck . It was Washington .
NEW BLANKET HALL AT HECKMONDWIKE . —We hear that the foundation stoneof the new Blanket Hall , at Heckmondwike , is to be laid on Monday the 16 th March , by the Right Hon . the Earl of Mexborough , P . G M . of the Freemasons of the West-Riding , assisted by Charles Lee , Esq ., D . P . G . M ., and other officers of the fraternity , with Masonic honours . TOM DIBDIN AND THE LOZENGE . —Tom Dibdin had a cottage near Box Hillto whichafter his theatrical labourshe was delighted to
, , . , retire . One stormy night , after Mr . ancl Mrs . Dibdin had been in bed some time , Mrs . D . being kept awake by the violence of the weather , aroused her husband , exclaiming , " Tom , Tom , get up !"— " What for ? " said he . — " Don ' t you hear how very bad the wind is ?"— " Is it ? " replied Dibdin , who , although half asleep , could not help punning — " Put a peppermint lozenge out of the window , my clear ; it is the best thing in the world for the wind . "
The past is the only foreign station in time that delights without excitement , its objects are so tranquil . — Fates . Meditate on the word PROSPERITY ; it is prose to the rich man , poet ? -y to the poor . — Fates .
At Malta , last month , in the 77 th year of his age , the Chevalier de Beaumont , one of the last of the French knights of the order of St . John of Jerusalem . It appears that there exists only one member of that order , and he belongs to the langue d'ltalie . M . de Beaumont , being a lunatic , was allowed to remain in Malta after its capture by the French .
" Honeymoons , it is supposed , will go out of fashion , and the period of retirement after marriage will not be more than four days . " MARRIED , Jan . —In London , Brother Jule Le Franc , S . W ., 327 , Taunton , to Miss Morgan , Cecil Street , Strand . At Ashprington , Devon , Brother W . H . Reed , W . M ., 280 , Tiverton , to Margaret , daughter of Richard Turner , Esq ., of Trickenhay , Totness .
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Masonic Chit Chat.
hat and bowing , " I ask your pardon , Mr . Corporal . " Upon this he dismounted his elegant steed , flung the bridle over a post , and lifted till the sweat stood in drops upon his forehead . When the timber was elevated to its proper station , turning to the man clothed in brief authority , "Mr . Corporal Commander , " said he , " when you have another such job , and not have help enough , send to your Commanderin-Chief , and I will come ancl help you a second time . ' ' The Corporal was thunderstruck . It was Washington .
NEW BLANKET HALL AT HECKMONDWIKE . —We hear that the foundation stoneof the new Blanket Hall , at Heckmondwike , is to be laid on Monday the 16 th March , by the Right Hon . the Earl of Mexborough , P . G M . of the Freemasons of the West-Riding , assisted by Charles Lee , Esq ., D . P . G . M ., and other officers of the fraternity , with Masonic honours . TOM DIBDIN AND THE LOZENGE . —Tom Dibdin had a cottage near Box Hillto whichafter his theatrical labourshe was delighted to
, , . , retire . One stormy night , after Mr . ancl Mrs . Dibdin had been in bed some time , Mrs . D . being kept awake by the violence of the weather , aroused her husband , exclaiming , " Tom , Tom , get up !"— " What for ? " said he . — " Don ' t you hear how very bad the wind is ?"— " Is it ? " replied Dibdin , who , although half asleep , could not help punning — " Put a peppermint lozenge out of the window , my clear ; it is the best thing in the world for the wind . "
The past is the only foreign station in time that delights without excitement , its objects are so tranquil . — Fates . Meditate on the word PROSPERITY ; it is prose to the rich man , poet ? -y to the poor . — Fates .
At Malta , last month , in the 77 th year of his age , the Chevalier de Beaumont , one of the last of the French knights of the order of St . John of Jerusalem . It appears that there exists only one member of that order , and he belongs to the langue d'ltalie . M . de Beaumont , being a lunatic , was allowed to remain in Malta after its capture by the French .
" Honeymoons , it is supposed , will go out of fashion , and the period of retirement after marriage will not be more than four days . " MARRIED , Jan . —In London , Brother Jule Le Franc , S . W ., 327 , Taunton , to Miss Morgan , Cecil Street , Strand . At Ashprington , Devon , Brother W . H . Reed , W . M ., 280 , Tiverton , to Margaret , daughter of Richard Turner , Esq ., of Trickenhay , Totness .