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EPITAPH ON A COBBLER svno DIED OF A FEVER . I svaxed young , I svaxed old , I svaxed hot , I svaxed cold . EPITAPH ON DR . FULLER . Here lies Fuller ' s earth .
EPITAPH IN LANCASTER CHURCHYARD . Here lies John Fry , AVho unluckily Got a sky Rocket in his eye . DEATH of another Pensioner on the Asylum Fund . —Dec . 22 . —Bro . WILLIAM JOHNSONset . 78 at Manchester . He svas initiated in the Old
, , Cumberland Lodge , No . 12 , on the 13 th November 1793 , svhere he continued several years , and served all offices , including that of Alaster . He acquired much Alasonic information , and in his earlier days svas considered as one of the " lecturers " in the Craft . When visiting Lodges he svas generally requested to svork the sections , svhich he invariably tlid svith correct promptness . Bro . Johnson instructed many Brethren ( and among them several of superior station to himself ) in the qualifications
necessary to the A / aster ' s chair . In the provinces he svas much , respected , especially by the late Bro . Williams , P . G . M . for Dorset , svho svorked the lectures svith him , and appointed him P . S . G . D . He acted as Prov . S . G . W . for Hants at the installation of Sir IV . DeCrespigny as P . G . A'I . for that province . He became unfortunate in business (" the leather and
shoe trade ) , but recovered , and joined the Royal York Lodge at Brighton , under Bro . Bew , the dentist , and returned to London , svhere he opened an extensive establishment , svhich hosvever ended in his failure . ^ During this period , in conjunction with the late Bro . Peter Gilkes and others , he established the Emulation Lodge of Improvement—a Lodge that nosv exists as a proud memorial of the zeal , talent , and industry of the Alasons of former days , rivaling if not eclipsing every other Lodge of
Instruction . Shortly after , Brother Johnson svent to Jersey , and spent several years , during svhich the Brethren profited largely by his instruction . Misfortune still hosvever attended him , for on returning to London he made a third and unsuccessful attempt in business . Finally he settled in Afanchester , and svas appointed a weigher in the market , under the lord of the manor . To the last he svas the Lecture-AIaster to the Lodges of Friendship and Integrity , and as such this exemplary Mason died in the fulness of his faith , and svith unsullied reputation , for even in the several phases of his misfortunes , his creditors svere perfectly satisfied that he svas an honest man .
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Obituary.
Obituary .
EPITAPH ON A COBBLER svno DIED OF A FEVER . I svaxed young , I svaxed old , I svaxed hot , I svaxed cold . EPITAPH ON DR . FULLER . Here lies Fuller ' s earth .
EPITAPH IN LANCASTER CHURCHYARD . Here lies John Fry , AVho unluckily Got a sky Rocket in his eye . DEATH of another Pensioner on the Asylum Fund . —Dec . 22 . —Bro . WILLIAM JOHNSONset . 78 at Manchester . He svas initiated in the Old
, , Cumberland Lodge , No . 12 , on the 13 th November 1793 , svhere he continued several years , and served all offices , including that of Alaster . He acquired much Alasonic information , and in his earlier days svas considered as one of the " lecturers " in the Craft . When visiting Lodges he svas generally requested to svork the sections , svhich he invariably tlid svith correct promptness . Bro . Johnson instructed many Brethren ( and among them several of superior station to himself ) in the qualifications
necessary to the A / aster ' s chair . In the provinces he svas much , respected , especially by the late Bro . Williams , P . G . M . for Dorset , svho svorked the lectures svith him , and appointed him P . S . G . D . He acted as Prov . S . G . W . for Hants at the installation of Sir IV . DeCrespigny as P . G . A'I . for that province . He became unfortunate in business (" the leather and
shoe trade ) , but recovered , and joined the Royal York Lodge at Brighton , under Bro . Bew , the dentist , and returned to London , svhere he opened an extensive establishment , svhich hosvever ended in his failure . ^ During this period , in conjunction with the late Bro . Peter Gilkes and others , he established the Emulation Lodge of Improvement—a Lodge that nosv exists as a proud memorial of the zeal , talent , and industry of the Alasons of former days , rivaling if not eclipsing every other Lodge of
Instruction . Shortly after , Brother Johnson svent to Jersey , and spent several years , during svhich the Brethren profited largely by his instruction . Misfortune still hosvever attended him , for on returning to London he made a third and unsuccessful attempt in business . Finally he settled in Afanchester , and svas appointed a weigher in the market , under the lord of the manor . To the last he svas the Lecture-AIaster to the Lodges of Friendship and Integrity , and as such this exemplary Mason died in the fulness of his faith , and svith unsullied reputation , for even in the several phases of his misfortunes , his creditors svere perfectly satisfied that he svas an honest man .