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Masonic Anecdotes.
dinner , and that the cold might be guarded against , I added a glass of hot brandy-and-water . We resumed our places on the coach , ancl in . time arrived at our destination . To my surprise he followed me into the Angel , ancl nodding to the bar-maid , he told her to put me into a certain room , and then turning to me said , " What is your business here ? "
" To see Mr . . " " Very well ; I will bring him . " " To my room I went . Wax candles—port and sherry—hot and cold water—brandy—sugar and ingredients , were all arranged before me . Not having ordered them , I naturally thought the waiter had shown me into the wrong room . However , before I could well recover from my astonishment , in came my friend the beggar , who had thrown his
cassock over him , and had a trencher cap on his head . I was really bewildered at his masquerade , and he seemed to enjoy my position . "A glass of wine soon made us friends . A few minutes afterwards the gentleman with whom I hacl business entered ; the HUMORIST withdrew . Our business ended , my friend ancl myself were politely ushered into a room splendidly lighted , at which were present about twenty-five members of the University , many of them gentlemen commoners ,
sitting at a table spread with a sumptuous and inviting supper . There were two vacant seats on the right of the HUMORIST , to which we were bidden . After supper , and before any toast was proposed , the Chairman stated , as the gentleman on his left was about to be united to his
daughter , he had invited the present party ( two only excepted ) to partake of a farewell supper ; that he had gone to London expressly to sell out stock , and had secreted £ 30 , 000 about his person , and preferring , for security ' s sake , to avoid the danger of robbery , he hacl travelled in the garb of a beggar ; he had , however , taken the precaution of being warmly under-clad ; and was just debating as to the propriety of taking any refreshment at all until reaching Oxford , when he was accosted by
a stranger , who , taking compassion on his seeming wretchedness , acted the part of a Samaritan . " And now , " said he , " we'll drink his health , and God bless him ! " The company rose ; the rest of my story is brief . I sat some time , went lo bed , and in the morning found my servant , horse ancl gig , waiting for me . A hurried but hearty breakfast was soon dispatched ; and I need not say , at the bar , " nothing to pay " was the order of the Humorist . "
,. "I am not a Freemason , " observed my inquirer ; ' ' and at my time of life , to become one would endanger my perpendicular ; hut your tale is a pleasant rebuke of a hasty expression . " And with that remark , wishing me good night , he left " the room with his friend . " Do you know that gentleman ? " I asked of the Waiter . " Oh , yes ! he is the UNDER-SIIERIFF . "
IN proof of the advantages of Masonic secrets , suffer me to relate one or two facts of recent occurrence . A gentleman of my acquaintance , who is a member of the Fraternity , came from the upper part of this State , during last summer , with a drove of cattle for sale : as he passed through a small village , a man , who had all the appearance of being rich , came out of a very fine house , and enquired the price of the cattle ; and finally , on a short credit , proposed buying the whole drove ; the gentleman acceded to the proposal , ancl
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Anecdotes.
dinner , and that the cold might be guarded against , I added a glass of hot brandy-and-water . We resumed our places on the coach , ancl in . time arrived at our destination . To my surprise he followed me into the Angel , ancl nodding to the bar-maid , he told her to put me into a certain room , and then turning to me said , " What is your business here ? "
" To see Mr . . " " Very well ; I will bring him . " " To my room I went . Wax candles—port and sherry—hot and cold water—brandy—sugar and ingredients , were all arranged before me . Not having ordered them , I naturally thought the waiter had shown me into the wrong room . However , before I could well recover from my astonishment , in came my friend the beggar , who had thrown his
cassock over him , and had a trencher cap on his head . I was really bewildered at his masquerade , and he seemed to enjoy my position . "A glass of wine soon made us friends . A few minutes afterwards the gentleman with whom I hacl business entered ; the HUMORIST withdrew . Our business ended , my friend ancl myself were politely ushered into a room splendidly lighted , at which were present about twenty-five members of the University , many of them gentlemen commoners ,
sitting at a table spread with a sumptuous and inviting supper . There were two vacant seats on the right of the HUMORIST , to which we were bidden . After supper , and before any toast was proposed , the Chairman stated , as the gentleman on his left was about to be united to his
daughter , he had invited the present party ( two only excepted ) to partake of a farewell supper ; that he had gone to London expressly to sell out stock , and had secreted £ 30 , 000 about his person , and preferring , for security ' s sake , to avoid the danger of robbery , he hacl travelled in the garb of a beggar ; he had , however , taken the precaution of being warmly under-clad ; and was just debating as to the propriety of taking any refreshment at all until reaching Oxford , when he was accosted by
a stranger , who , taking compassion on his seeming wretchedness , acted the part of a Samaritan . " And now , " said he , " we'll drink his health , and God bless him ! " The company rose ; the rest of my story is brief . I sat some time , went lo bed , and in the morning found my servant , horse ancl gig , waiting for me . A hurried but hearty breakfast was soon dispatched ; and I need not say , at the bar , " nothing to pay " was the order of the Humorist . "
,. "I am not a Freemason , " observed my inquirer ; ' ' and at my time of life , to become one would endanger my perpendicular ; hut your tale is a pleasant rebuke of a hasty expression . " And with that remark , wishing me good night , he left " the room with his friend . " Do you know that gentleman ? " I asked of the Waiter . " Oh , yes ! he is the UNDER-SIIERIFF . "
IN proof of the advantages of Masonic secrets , suffer me to relate one or two facts of recent occurrence . A gentleman of my acquaintance , who is a member of the Fraternity , came from the upper part of this State , during last summer , with a drove of cattle for sale : as he passed through a small village , a man , who had all the appearance of being rich , came out of a very fine house , and enquired the price of the cattle ; and finally , on a short credit , proposed buying the whole drove ; the gentleman acceded to the proposal , ancl