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tempt applied to one who does the work of a mason but has not been regularly bred , also to one who builds dry walls . This may be quite correct , for these would not require to join the regular craft , and would naturally be despised by those who used mortar and the mallet . My difficulty is as to the root . Jamieson says that cowan comes from the old Swedish Jcujon or leughjon , a silly fellow ; or the French colon or coyon , a coward or base fellow . But I do not see well how those employed in making dry walls ( as common in the north as hedges in the south ) , should be silly fellows or cowards . I rather suspect that there is some other root , some word implying c < to build , " used in some of the old northern languages ; and that from the inferiority of that sort of building to the more civilized introduced from the south , those employed got the appellation of cowans , in derision , but what that word is I have not yet discovered ; Scrutator .
ANNIVEESAEY FESTIVAL OF THE BOYSSCHOOL . A RIGHT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION , TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR
Sir and Brother , —The want of room and convenience associated with the proper reception of ladies at our Masonic celebrations has so long been a cause of complaint , that the Board of Stewards of the ensuing festival , at their second meeting , held on Friday last , decided unanimously ( after a thorough discussion ) , that it was far better , in order to prevent the unseemly scenes which have heretofore been witnessed—occasioned by the pressure of Brethren to the glee-room
without duly possessing tickets of admission—to put a stop altogether to the practice , by declaring that the glee-room shall be closed upon the chairman of the day leaving the hall . No glee-room tickets will be issued ; and the ladies , having previously received all those courtesies which will be offered to them , as heretofore , by the Board of Stewards , will return to their homes , we trust , much better satisfied than they have been on former occasions . The Board of Stewards , actuated also by another good motive , have resolved , that a crowded gallery of ladies is far better avoided , and the Stewards ( thirty-one .. in number ) will only make use oitwo tickets each .
It is hoped that this experiment may prove satisfactory until proper conveniences can be offered by the Grand Lodge for the accommodation of our fair visitors . Yours fraternally , Feb . 13 , 1858 . One of the Board .
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —We read in our daily journals accounts of the numerous congratulatory addresses that have been presented to our gracious Sovereign on the recent auspicious marriage of her august daughter H . R . H . the Princess Royal of England with H . R . H . the Prince Frederick William of Prussia , a Brother Mason . Does it not , therefore , strike you—as it has done manythat we , a powerful and loyal body , receiving most munificent contributions from our Queen , and numbering amongst us the royal bridegroom , should not humbly present to her an address alike creditable to ourselves and acceptable to our amiable sovereign ? Trusting you may think this suggestion worthy a notice in your valuable periodical , allow me to remain . Sir and Brother , Faithfully and fraternally yours , Feb . 14 , 1858 . A P . Prov . G . Bm .
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tempt applied to one who does the work of a mason but has not been regularly bred , also to one who builds dry walls . This may be quite correct , for these would not require to join the regular craft , and would naturally be despised by those who used mortar and the mallet . My difficulty is as to the root . Jamieson says that cowan comes from the old Swedish Jcujon or leughjon , a silly fellow ; or the French colon or coyon , a coward or base fellow . But I do not see well how those employed in making dry walls ( as common in the north as hedges in the south ) , should be silly fellows or cowards . I rather suspect that there is some other root , some word implying c < to build , " used in some of the old northern languages ; and that from the inferiority of that sort of building to the more civilized introduced from the south , those employed got the appellation of cowans , in derision , but what that word is I have not yet discovered ; Scrutator .
ANNIVEESAEY FESTIVAL OF THE BOYSSCHOOL . A RIGHT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION , TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR
Sir and Brother , —The want of room and convenience associated with the proper reception of ladies at our Masonic celebrations has so long been a cause of complaint , that the Board of Stewards of the ensuing festival , at their second meeting , held on Friday last , decided unanimously ( after a thorough discussion ) , that it was far better , in order to prevent the unseemly scenes which have heretofore been witnessed—occasioned by the pressure of Brethren to the glee-room
without duly possessing tickets of admission—to put a stop altogether to the practice , by declaring that the glee-room shall be closed upon the chairman of the day leaving the hall . No glee-room tickets will be issued ; and the ladies , having previously received all those courtesies which will be offered to them , as heretofore , by the Board of Stewards , will return to their homes , we trust , much better satisfied than they have been on former occasions . The Board of Stewards , actuated also by another good motive , have resolved , that a crowded gallery of ladies is far better avoided , and the Stewards ( thirty-one .. in number ) will only make use oitwo tickets each .
It is hoped that this experiment may prove satisfactory until proper conveniences can be offered by the Grand Lodge for the accommodation of our fair visitors . Yours fraternally , Feb . 13 , 1858 . One of the Board .
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —We read in our daily journals accounts of the numerous congratulatory addresses that have been presented to our gracious Sovereign on the recent auspicious marriage of her august daughter H . R . H . the Princess Royal of England with H . R . H . the Prince Frederick William of Prussia , a Brother Mason . Does it not , therefore , strike you—as it has done manythat we , a powerful and loyal body , receiving most munificent contributions from our Queen , and numbering amongst us the royal bridegroom , should not humbly present to her an address alike creditable to ourselves and acceptable to our amiable sovereign ? Trusting you may think this suggestion worthy a notice in your valuable periodical , allow me to remain . Sir and Brother , Faithfully and fraternally yours , Feb . 14 , 1858 . A P . Prov . G . Bm .