Lucy Matilda Jane.

Of course T consented , and took the customary fork , knife , and spoon , emblematic , as I felt the latter article , of " bigotry and virtue , " of him who signs this little story . —Y ours most obediently , THEOPHILUS TOMLINSON .

Masonic Song.

MASONIC SONG .

BY BRO . C . G . MACKENZIE . AIR—" Auld Lang Syne " Come Brethren of the mystic tie , Let songs of joy arise , For Faith and Hope and Charit y Point upward to the skies . And while the level and the plumb

Shall teach its lessons rare , We still shall keep our secret dumb And act upon the square . Then sing our Points of entrance For they are virtues rare ;

The lovely form of Temperance We'll guard with prudent care , And Fortitude with firmest heart , And Justice good and fair , Shall teach us manhood ' s noble part , — To act upon the square .

And while Fraternal Love abounds Within each Truthful breast , May each relieve a Brother ' s wounds , And comfort the distressed . Then sing the tenets we profess , For they are jewels rare ; And thus the world we still shall bless By acting on the square .

Then sing for Freedom ' s holy light , With Fervency sincere ; So we may prize that emblem bright , Of honour which we wear . While every eye points to that home , Let Zeal each bosom warm ; From Mother Earth we all have come , And to her must return .

Two Sides Of Life.

TWO SIDES OF LIFE .

There is a shady side of life , And a sunny side as well , And 'tis for every one to say-On which he'd choose to dwell ; For every one unto himself Commits a grievous sin ,

Who bars the blessed sunshine out , And shuts the shadows in . The clouds may wear their saddest robes The sun refuse to smile , And sorrow with her troop of ills , May threaten us the while ;

But still the cheerful heart has power A sunbeam to provide ; And only those whose souls are dark , Dwell on life ' s shady side . American Freemason .

Was The Duke Of Wellington A Freemason?

WAS THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON A FREEMASON ?

By the kindness of a Brother , a member of Lodge 494 ( Ireland ) , we are enabled this month to give as our frontispiece some remarkable signatures taken from the original bye-laws of Lodge 494 , and also a copy of the three bye-laws adopted by that lodge on the 21 st day of

July , 1772 , A . L . 5772 , Irish style . -The first of the signatures on our frontispiece is that of Garrett , the first Earl of Mornington , who was admitted to Lodge 494 in the town of Trim on the 31 st day of August 1775 , and was subsequently

Grand Master of Ireland in the year 1777 , and died on 22 nd May , 1781 , and was succeeded by his son Eichard Colley , the second Earl , whose signature appears second on our frontispiece , and who was admitted to the lodge on the 4 th day of August , 1782 , there being admitted on the same day

Geneial Pomeroy , Lord Delvin , and Sir James Erskine . Eichard Colley , the second Earl of Mornington , became like his father the first Earl , Grand Master , and presided over the Order in the year 1782 and subsequently as Marquis of Wellesleyfrom

, the year 1821 to 1828 , and was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . The most highly prized of all these signatures is that simple "A . Wesley , "