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Scotland.
part of the Brethren generally , corroborating the opinion expressed by the M . AV . G . M . Lord Frederick Fitzclarence , on the occasion of the initiation of his noble brother , Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence , during the period of her Majesty ' s recent visit to Scotland . ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION . —The funds of this charity , which have been gradually accumulating , not proving adequate at present for the endowment or erection of a regular establishment for the reception
of children , the promoters have resolved to devote the whole of the interest current to the education of girls in schools . BKOTHER JOHN AVILSON , the celebrated vocalist , has had a most successful season at Edinburgh , and in Scotland generally , in delivering bis series of illustrations of Scottish song . It were to be wished that in his " Nicht wi' Burns , " he had introduced the inimitable Masonic song of the . " Adieu to the Brethren of the Tarbolton Lodge . "
" MILLER GOUDIE . — 1 he visitor to the " Land of Burns , as he approaches the cottage of the Poet ' s birth , will no longer be greeted with the ready smile of recognition and the extended hand of welcome , which never failed-to await him from the hale old landlord—whose sleek locks , upright frame , ancl well-proportioned limbs , displayed to advantage in the tight unmentionables of the" olden time , " amply attested how lightly the weight of years sat upon his shoulders ; Mr . Goudie died in July
last . " Miller Goudie , " for so . we prefer designating him , was horn at Riccarton Mill , on the banks of the Irvine , about two miles from Kilmarnock , in 175 S , and had consequently reached the mature age of 84 ., being tbe senior of Burns by a year . The miller in 1801 entered upon a lease of Bums' cottage , where he passed the remainder of his long life . Though he had not travelled far , and had seen comparatively little of the world , we venture to say , that few men in his sphere of life were so
widely known . His name has been carried abroad into many lands , by the thousands of pilgrims who have visited the birth-place of Burns ; and we are sure that the intelligence of his death will be read with no small interest wherever one of them is to be found They will be gratified to learn that he passed away gently and pleasantly , without the slightest apparent struggle . The miller is by many associated with the poems of Burns as the individual alluded to in " Tam o' Shanter "—
" And ilka melder wi' the miller , Thou drank as lang as thou had siller . " This , however , is a mistake . Burns' father having removed to Mount Oliphant before Mr . Goudie came to the Dutch Mills , the Poet could not be supposed to have had him in his eye when he penned that inimitable tale . The cronies of Tam o' Shanter—the miller as well as the smith—were persons of his own locality , whose drouthy propensities Burns is said to have observed while attending the school at Kirkoswald .
That " Miller Goudie " was acquainted with Burns , however slight the intimacy may have been , there can be no doubt . AVhen the Poet paid his last visit to the scenes of his childhood— " The banks and braes o ' bonnie Doon "—the miller hacl the " Share o' twa gills wi' him at the Mill . " The miller ' s account of this meeting was exceedingly natural , and highly illustrative of the character of the bard . According to the miller he was dull and gloomy ; and no wonder , considering the
inauspicious clouds which . were then darkening the horizon of his hopes . He had mixed in the gay circles of Edinburgh—hacl dissipated the proceeds of his literary labours in the barren soil of Ellisland , and " hungry ruin had him in the wind . " It was under these deadening circumstances
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part of the Brethren generally , corroborating the opinion expressed by the M . AV . G . M . Lord Frederick Fitzclarence , on the occasion of the initiation of his noble brother , Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence , during the period of her Majesty ' s recent visit to Scotland . ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION . —The funds of this charity , which have been gradually accumulating , not proving adequate at present for the endowment or erection of a regular establishment for the reception
of children , the promoters have resolved to devote the whole of the interest current to the education of girls in schools . BKOTHER JOHN AVILSON , the celebrated vocalist , has had a most successful season at Edinburgh , and in Scotland generally , in delivering bis series of illustrations of Scottish song . It were to be wished that in his " Nicht wi' Burns , " he had introduced the inimitable Masonic song of the . " Adieu to the Brethren of the Tarbolton Lodge . "
" MILLER GOUDIE . — 1 he visitor to the " Land of Burns , as he approaches the cottage of the Poet ' s birth , will no longer be greeted with the ready smile of recognition and the extended hand of welcome , which never failed-to await him from the hale old landlord—whose sleek locks , upright frame , ancl well-proportioned limbs , displayed to advantage in the tight unmentionables of the" olden time , " amply attested how lightly the weight of years sat upon his shoulders ; Mr . Goudie died in July
last . " Miller Goudie , " for so . we prefer designating him , was horn at Riccarton Mill , on the banks of the Irvine , about two miles from Kilmarnock , in 175 S , and had consequently reached the mature age of 84 ., being tbe senior of Burns by a year . The miller in 1801 entered upon a lease of Bums' cottage , where he passed the remainder of his long life . Though he had not travelled far , and had seen comparatively little of the world , we venture to say , that few men in his sphere of life were so
widely known . His name has been carried abroad into many lands , by the thousands of pilgrims who have visited the birth-place of Burns ; and we are sure that the intelligence of his death will be read with no small interest wherever one of them is to be found They will be gratified to learn that he passed away gently and pleasantly , without the slightest apparent struggle . The miller is by many associated with the poems of Burns as the individual alluded to in " Tam o' Shanter "—
" And ilka melder wi' the miller , Thou drank as lang as thou had siller . " This , however , is a mistake . Burns' father having removed to Mount Oliphant before Mr . Goudie came to the Dutch Mills , the Poet could not be supposed to have had him in his eye when he penned that inimitable tale . The cronies of Tam o' Shanter—the miller as well as the smith—were persons of his own locality , whose drouthy propensities Burns is said to have observed while attending the school at Kirkoswald .
That " Miller Goudie " was acquainted with Burns , however slight the intimacy may have been , there can be no doubt . AVhen the Poet paid his last visit to the scenes of his childhood— " The banks and braes o ' bonnie Doon "—the miller hacl the " Share o' twa gills wi' him at the Mill . " The miller ' s account of this meeting was exceedingly natural , and highly illustrative of the character of the bard . According to the miller he was dull and gloomy ; and no wonder , considering the
inauspicious clouds which . were then darkening the horizon of his hopes . He had mixed in the gay circles of Edinburgh—hacl dissipated the proceeds of his literary labours in the barren soil of Ellisland , and " hungry ruin had him in the wind . " It was under these deadening circumstances