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Article CHURCH BELLS AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS. ← Page 4 of 4 Article THE MASONIC VETERANS' ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. Page 1 of 4 →
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Church Bells And Their Associations.
The old custom of ringing the " Pancake Bell" at noon on Shrove Tuesday as a signal for the commencement of fritter frying is still kept up at Davenbury , in Northampshire , ancl elsewhere ; whilst at Woodchester a muffled peal is rung on Hol y Innocents' Day . There is a valley in Nottinghamshire where a village is said to have been SAvallowed up ban earthquakeand it was the custom at one time for the
y ; people to assemble in this valley ancl listen to the fancied ringing of the church bells underground . When the church at Iukberrow was rebuilt on the new site many years ago , it was believed that the fairies took umbrage at the change , as they ivere supposed to be averse to bells . They accordingly , legend tells , endeavoured to obstruct the building , but as they did not succeed the following lamentation is alleged to have been heard b y the startled rustics of nei
the ghbourhood" Noither sleep , neither lie , For Inkbro ' s ting-tangs hang so nigh . " i One of tbe ¦ most widespread and popular of English customs is that of
ringing " the old year out ancl the new year in . " Our present poet laureate has made thisusuage the subject of some masterly verses , the first of which we will transcribe as an appropriate conclusion to our little paper on " Church Bells "— '
" Bing out wild bells to the wild sky , The flying cloud , the frosty light , The year is dying in tho night ; Eing out wild bells and let him die . "
The Masonic Veterans' Association Of Central New York.
THE MASONIC VETERANS' ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK .
A FEW months ago there was organised in Syracuse the second society of - * - * - its kind in the world— " The Masonic Veterans' Association of Central New York . " The only other organisation like it is in the cit y of New York . None but Free and Acce ] 3 ted Masons , who have been members in good standing of a Masonic lodge for a period of twent-one are eligibleancl its
y years , , purposes are full y explained in the following report of the Secretary . When first made the proposition to organise such a society met ivith general favour among members of the Masonic fraternity of proper age for membership ; but it will readil y be surmised that a large membership could not have been anticipated , for comparativel y few members of the Craft are well qualified under the first condition . The greater part of its membershiis nowand babl
p , pro y always will be , composed of those whose heads are tinged by the changes and vicissitudes of time ancl seasons , whose sun of life is slowiy sinking in tho west . J 2 B
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Church Bells And Their Associations.
The old custom of ringing the " Pancake Bell" at noon on Shrove Tuesday as a signal for the commencement of fritter frying is still kept up at Davenbury , in Northampshire , ancl elsewhere ; whilst at Woodchester a muffled peal is rung on Hol y Innocents' Day . There is a valley in Nottinghamshire where a village is said to have been SAvallowed up ban earthquakeand it was the custom at one time for the
y ; people to assemble in this valley ancl listen to the fancied ringing of the church bells underground . When the church at Iukberrow was rebuilt on the new site many years ago , it was believed that the fairies took umbrage at the change , as they ivere supposed to be averse to bells . They accordingly , legend tells , endeavoured to obstruct the building , but as they did not succeed the following lamentation is alleged to have been heard b y the startled rustics of nei
the ghbourhood" Noither sleep , neither lie , For Inkbro ' s ting-tangs hang so nigh . " i One of tbe ¦ most widespread and popular of English customs is that of
ringing " the old year out ancl the new year in . " Our present poet laureate has made thisusuage the subject of some masterly verses , the first of which we will transcribe as an appropriate conclusion to our little paper on " Church Bells "— '
" Bing out wild bells to the wild sky , The flying cloud , the frosty light , The year is dying in tho night ; Eing out wild bells and let him die . "
The Masonic Veterans' Association Of Central New York.
THE MASONIC VETERANS' ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK .
A FEW months ago there was organised in Syracuse the second society of - * - * - its kind in the world— " The Masonic Veterans' Association of Central New York . " The only other organisation like it is in the cit y of New York . None but Free and Acce ] 3 ted Masons , who have been members in good standing of a Masonic lodge for a period of twent-one are eligibleancl its
y years , , purposes are full y explained in the following report of the Secretary . When first made the proposition to organise such a society met ivith general favour among members of the Masonic fraternity of proper age for membership ; but it will readil y be surmised that a large membership could not have been anticipated , for comparativel y few members of the Craft are well qualified under the first condition . The greater part of its membershiis nowand babl
p , pro y always will be , composed of those whose heads are tinged by the changes and vicissitudes of time ancl seasons , whose sun of life is slowiy sinking in tho west . J 2 B