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Provincial.
These remarks apply with particular effect to the St . John ' s Lodge , at Hampstead , No . 196 ' , the members of which assembled to instalthe Master-Elect , Brother Henry Rowe . The imposing ceremony of installation was conducted by Brother F . llobotham , with his accustomed clearness , and the members as well as visitors , among whom were several influential members of the society , concluded their labours in due order . The furniture of this Lodge attracted our notice . It is
particularly neat in its construction , and handsome but not showy . One of its tracing boards , ( that in the first degree ) , is particularly worthy of notice , and the warrant , which maintains a conspicuous place in the Lodge , is a most splendid specimen of penmanship , executed by Brother Webster , P . M . It is embellished by the Masonic arms and other devices , and being in a very handsome frame , naturally attracts that attention which , on examination , it is found to
deserve . Among the interesting circumstances of a happy day , were the ' presentation ( or more properly speaking the return ) to the Lodge of two old Minute Books , which supply the hiatus their loss had occasioned '"' . Brother Paxon , who discovered the hooks , is the father of the Lodge , and is now in his seventy-fourth year , after a connexion with it of nearl y half a century . Those who really know our worthy Friend ami Brother esteem him for his private worth—the Mason admires him for his consistent observance of the laws , regulations , and still more for the
social and intelligent manner m which his long and useful me lias passed as an example to others . The St . John ' s Lodge , like many others , has not been without its mutations and some years since , Brother Paxon finding it waning fast into obscurity , by the resignation of most and the indifference of the remaining few of its members , with an execution in the house of the landlord , demanded the old furniture and books of the Lodge , and with the warrant in his pocket , escorted the relics of the Lodge , now so prescious to him , to his own house , where
they remained until " time and circumstance" enabled him to rally the dormant energies of a few brethren , whose union ultimately became the nucleus of the present prosperous Lodge . Brother Faxon ' s example has not been lost upon his sons , three of whom are members of the Lodge , and there exhibit the moral value of their excellent father ' s example , by proving to him the protector of their infancy and the guide of their youth—that they are but too happy in affording him an assurance that the Lodge he saved from extinction will , by their united exertions , continue its useful career .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
UPON the whole , Freemasonry appears to be safe and sound throughout the Scottish provinces , and very enlarged views and principles of Masonic polity continue to govern its higher dignitaries . The proposition , made at the Grand Festival , to have a public night at the Theatre Royal , Edinburgh , is worthy of all approbation , inasmuch as the Craft in this quarter has been kept too much in the back-ground ; but it would have been more in accordance with the Masonic character , cculd it have been announced , at the same time , that the object of the
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Provincial.
These remarks apply with particular effect to the St . John ' s Lodge , at Hampstead , No . 196 ' , the members of which assembled to instalthe Master-Elect , Brother Henry Rowe . The imposing ceremony of installation was conducted by Brother F . llobotham , with his accustomed clearness , and the members as well as visitors , among whom were several influential members of the society , concluded their labours in due order . The furniture of this Lodge attracted our notice . It is
particularly neat in its construction , and handsome but not showy . One of its tracing boards , ( that in the first degree ) , is particularly worthy of notice , and the warrant , which maintains a conspicuous place in the Lodge , is a most splendid specimen of penmanship , executed by Brother Webster , P . M . It is embellished by the Masonic arms and other devices , and being in a very handsome frame , naturally attracts that attention which , on examination , it is found to
deserve . Among the interesting circumstances of a happy day , were the ' presentation ( or more properly speaking the return ) to the Lodge of two old Minute Books , which supply the hiatus their loss had occasioned '"' . Brother Paxon , who discovered the hooks , is the father of the Lodge , and is now in his seventy-fourth year , after a connexion with it of nearl y half a century . Those who really know our worthy Friend ami Brother esteem him for his private worth—the Mason admires him for his consistent observance of the laws , regulations , and still more for the
social and intelligent manner m which his long and useful me lias passed as an example to others . The St . John ' s Lodge , like many others , has not been without its mutations and some years since , Brother Paxon finding it waning fast into obscurity , by the resignation of most and the indifference of the remaining few of its members , with an execution in the house of the landlord , demanded the old furniture and books of the Lodge , and with the warrant in his pocket , escorted the relics of the Lodge , now so prescious to him , to his own house , where
they remained until " time and circumstance" enabled him to rally the dormant energies of a few brethren , whose union ultimately became the nucleus of the present prosperous Lodge . Brother Faxon ' s example has not been lost upon his sons , three of whom are members of the Lodge , and there exhibit the moral value of their excellent father ' s example , by proving to him the protector of their infancy and the guide of their youth—that they are but too happy in affording him an assurance that the Lodge he saved from extinction will , by their united exertions , continue its useful career .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
UPON the whole , Freemasonry appears to be safe and sound throughout the Scottish provinces , and very enlarged views and principles of Masonic polity continue to govern its higher dignitaries . The proposition , made at the Grand Festival , to have a public night at the Theatre Royal , Edinburgh , is worthy of all approbation , inasmuch as the Craft in this quarter has been kept too much in the back-ground ; but it would have been more in accordance with the Masonic character , cculd it have been announced , at the same time , that the object of the