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into the river , and after some time had elapsed made his appearance below the stern , having gone clear under from one end to the other . This feat was regarded by all who witnessed it as a most remarkable and daring undertaking , and he was awarded the greatest praise for this unequalled performance . It is said he did this several times during the time the boat lay at the bank . Mrs . Audubon was also a great swimmer . Mr . H . E . Bouse told us that he had frequently seen her go into thc river at the foot of First Street and swim to the Indiana shore , She dressed in a regular swimming costume , and ivas regarded by all who knew her as the next best to her husband , if not his equal .
" During Mi-. Audubon ' s life in Henderson he pursued the study of ornithology , frequently going to the woods and remaining there for two or three months at a visit . Upon one occasion he followed a hawk , peculiar to this country , and , so anxious was he to become thc possessor of tho bird , he pursued it for two or three days , - finally succeeding in killing it . He was never known to stop for streams of any kind ; he would swim rivers or creeks in pursuit of any game or bird he might bo in search of . At one time he watched a flicker , or what is commonly known as a yellow-hammer , until he saw it go in a hole near thc top of an old tree . He immediately climbed the tree , and , running his hand into the hole to got thc bird ht hold of a large black snakePulling it out of thc hole
, caug . , and seeing what it was , he immediately let go , and he and the snake both fell to thc ground . Mr . Audubon used to tell this story , with a good deal of humour , to the many who often wondered at thc risk he would take in tho pursuit of this great study . " Afterliving in Henderson until about thc year 1 S 22 or 1823 , ho became , from some cause , jealous of his wife , who is represented as having been a very beautiful woman . They got along badly , and she finally concluded- to go to her former homo , Louisville , to which place she was driven overland in thc carriage of Benjamin Talbott , by his coloured driver . Mr . Audubon became embarrassed in his business mattersand concluded to from Henderson to
, move a new locality , which he did some time afterward . We have in this community several gentlemen who know Mr , Audubon well , aud who can tell a great deal of his history while living here . " Mr . Egglestone has published , in a neat form , the able work on Bishop Butler at Stanhope which I announced in a previous Note , and ivhich I hope to glance at more fully in a future number of the Masonic Magazine , as the book is full of interest . Rose Cottage , Stokesleit .
The Modern Order Of "Knights Templar" In The British Dominions.
THE MODERN ORDER OF "KNIGHTS TEMPLAR" IN THE BRITISH DOMINIONS .
BY COL . W . J , B . MACLEOD MOOBE , 83 ° , A . AND A . S . E ., GREAT P 1 UOR OF CANADA . nPHE great interest evinced of late years by the Masonic Body of the United States - * - and Canada in the Order of Kni ghts Templar induces me to enter into some particulars relative to its ori gin and modern practicesexplicitly pointing out my own
, long-formed impressions , and to correct , if possible , errors which many Masonic writers have fallen into whilst _ explaining the significance of its ceremonies , but who , evidently ignorant of the true history and character of the Order , have , by misrepresentations , caused it to be vilified by those unacquainted with its objects ancl origin . The Order holds the most conspicuous p lace in the ' history of the Crusades , where they fought in Palestine to vindicate ancl further the Christian reliionand regain
g , possession from the Saracens of the holy places of our Faith . Although from their original poverty called "Poor Pellow Soldiers of Christ , " they , in course of time , amassed great wealth , and became possessed of extensive estates in Europe , having Preceptory Houses scattered all over Christendom , owing allegiance to but one Supreme Head , ancl becoming so powerful as to excite tbe fears of the Popes as an ecclesiastical ,
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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.
into the river , and after some time had elapsed made his appearance below the stern , having gone clear under from one end to the other . This feat was regarded by all who witnessed it as a most remarkable and daring undertaking , and he was awarded the greatest praise for this unequalled performance . It is said he did this several times during the time the boat lay at the bank . Mrs . Audubon was also a great swimmer . Mr . H . E . Bouse told us that he had frequently seen her go into thc river at the foot of First Street and swim to the Indiana shore , She dressed in a regular swimming costume , and ivas regarded by all who knew her as the next best to her husband , if not his equal .
" During Mi-. Audubon ' s life in Henderson he pursued the study of ornithology , frequently going to the woods and remaining there for two or three months at a visit . Upon one occasion he followed a hawk , peculiar to this country , and , so anxious was he to become thc possessor of tho bird , he pursued it for two or three days , - finally succeeding in killing it . He was never known to stop for streams of any kind ; he would swim rivers or creeks in pursuit of any game or bird he might bo in search of . At one time he watched a flicker , or what is commonly known as a yellow-hammer , until he saw it go in a hole near thc top of an old tree . He immediately climbed the tree , and , running his hand into the hole to got thc bird ht hold of a large black snakePulling it out of thc hole
, caug . , and seeing what it was , he immediately let go , and he and the snake both fell to thc ground . Mr . Audubon used to tell this story , with a good deal of humour , to the many who often wondered at thc risk he would take in tho pursuit of this great study . " Afterliving in Henderson until about thc year 1 S 22 or 1823 , ho became , from some cause , jealous of his wife , who is represented as having been a very beautiful woman . They got along badly , and she finally concluded- to go to her former homo , Louisville , to which place she was driven overland in thc carriage of Benjamin Talbott , by his coloured driver . Mr . Audubon became embarrassed in his business mattersand concluded to from Henderson to
, move a new locality , which he did some time afterward . We have in this community several gentlemen who know Mr , Audubon well , aud who can tell a great deal of his history while living here . " Mr . Egglestone has published , in a neat form , the able work on Bishop Butler at Stanhope which I announced in a previous Note , and ivhich I hope to glance at more fully in a future number of the Masonic Magazine , as the book is full of interest . Rose Cottage , Stokesleit .
The Modern Order Of "Knights Templar" In The British Dominions.
THE MODERN ORDER OF "KNIGHTS TEMPLAR" IN THE BRITISH DOMINIONS .
BY COL . W . J , B . MACLEOD MOOBE , 83 ° , A . AND A . S . E ., GREAT P 1 UOR OF CANADA . nPHE great interest evinced of late years by the Masonic Body of the United States - * - and Canada in the Order of Kni ghts Templar induces me to enter into some particulars relative to its ori gin and modern practicesexplicitly pointing out my own
, long-formed impressions , and to correct , if possible , errors which many Masonic writers have fallen into whilst _ explaining the significance of its ceremonies , but who , evidently ignorant of the true history and character of the Order , have , by misrepresentations , caused it to be vilified by those unacquainted with its objects ancl origin . The Order holds the most conspicuous p lace in the ' history of the Crusades , where they fought in Palestine to vindicate ancl further the Christian reliionand regain
g , possession from the Saracens of the holy places of our Faith . Although from their original poverty called "Poor Pellow Soldiers of Christ , " they , in course of time , amassed great wealth , and became possessed of extensive estates in Europe , having Preceptory Houses scattered all over Christendom , owing allegiance to but one Supreme Head , ancl becoming so powerful as to excite tbe fears of the Popes as an ecclesiastical ,