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The Grand Master And The "Masonic Observ...
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZIN 33 AND MASONIC MIHEOE . Dear Sir and Brother , — " See how these Christians love one another !" was once applied in bitter sarcasm to tlie conduct of some proffess tians . "ISee how these ; Masons carry out te much fear , be sometimes applied to us . In yottr last number a correspondent
" I \ M . 313 , " holds up abrother to contempt , decries his talents and his character , calls down upon him the " ignominy of the Craft , " and places him " witihout the pale of honourable society , " because in a former mimber lie lias been refeTO ^ you yotoselfharve twice p pint . The Masons of Dudley may v ^^ matters ; most persons , except those specially employed
so m provincial towns ; but Bro . Wiggintoh ' s literary position does not depend upon the knowledge or ignorance of Dudley Masons , any more than his status in Dudley in general and among 1 ^ e C ^ his literary If your correspondent " P , M . " were as well acquainted with the Builder and the Bzdlding News as he seems to be with .. " . uproarious parish m ^
those periodicals proofs enough that Bro . TWgginton is at anyratee recogmzed as possessihg some q ^ Bro . Wigginton was not commercial manager of a ' defunct dubious local newspaper "— -it is not defunct , and never was dubious . It was a paper which had a distinct object , and which carried out that otgect boldly and uncompromisingly , whilst under its former management .
But really , Mr . Editor , we ought not to have such letters as "P . M . ' s " written by members of the Craft . Has "P . M . " himself then no obligations as a Mason ? Does his letter exemplifj ^ brotherly love ? " or the fifth of the five points ? I hope and trust that such a style of writing as his letter gives us , based as it is upon such very doubtful facts , will be no more seen for the future . Certainly three of the letters in your last number savour too much of it , and such a style must be as far from tending to the edification of the outer world , as or Yours fraternally , Oct . 22 nd , 1858 . A Young Mason .
The Midshipman s Three Dinners . —Admiral ( afterwards Sir Francis ) Beaufort , talking of a midshipman ' s appetite , as a thing which bears a high character for energy and punctuality , said once , that it had never been fully tried how many dinners a single midshipman could eat in one day . " I / ' said he , " got as far as three . '' I begged to know the particulars , and he gave them as follows : — " 1 had eaten my dinner at the midshipmen ' s table , and a very good one , as I always did . After it , the captain ' s steward came up , and said , ' ¦ The captain ' s compliments , and desires the favour of your company to dinner . ' But I ' ve dined / said I . ' For mercy ' s sake , don't say that , sir / said he , ' for I shall be in a scrape if you do } bought to have asked you this morning , but I forgot . ' So I thought I must go : and two hours afterwards I did go , and I dined , and 1 think I made my
usual good dinner . Just as we rose from table , a signal was made by the admiral to send an officer on board , and as it was my turn , I had to go off in the boat . When I got on board the admiral ' s ship , the admiral said to me : c Ah ! Mr . Beaufort , I believe ? ' ' Yes , sir / said L ' Well , Mr . Beaufort / said he , the papers you are to take back will not be ready this half hour ; but I am just sitting down to dinner , and shall be glad of yonr company . ' Now , you know , as to a midshipman refusing to dine with the admiral , there are not the words for it in the naval dictionary . So I sat down , to my third dinner , and I am sure I did very well : and I got back to my own ship just in time for tea , " - —Notes and Queries .
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The Grand Master And The "Masonic Observ...
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZIN 33 AND MASONIC MIHEOE . Dear Sir and Brother , — " See how these Christians love one another !" was once applied in bitter sarcasm to tlie conduct of some proffess tians . "ISee how these ; Masons carry out te much fear , be sometimes applied to us . In yottr last number a correspondent
" I \ M . 313 , " holds up abrother to contempt , decries his talents and his character , calls down upon him the " ignominy of the Craft , " and places him " witihout the pale of honourable society , " because in a former mimber lie lias been refeTO ^ you yotoselfharve twice p pint . The Masons of Dudley may v ^^ matters ; most persons , except those specially employed
so m provincial towns ; but Bro . Wiggintoh ' s literary position does not depend upon the knowledge or ignorance of Dudley Masons , any more than his status in Dudley in general and among 1 ^ e C ^ his literary If your correspondent " P , M . " were as well acquainted with the Builder and the Bzdlding News as he seems to be with .. " . uproarious parish m ^
those periodicals proofs enough that Bro . TWgginton is at anyratee recogmzed as possessihg some q ^ Bro . Wigginton was not commercial manager of a ' defunct dubious local newspaper "— -it is not defunct , and never was dubious . It was a paper which had a distinct object , and which carried out that otgect boldly and uncompromisingly , whilst under its former management .
But really , Mr . Editor , we ought not to have such letters as "P . M . ' s " written by members of the Craft . Has "P . M . " himself then no obligations as a Mason ? Does his letter exemplifj ^ brotherly love ? " or the fifth of the five points ? I hope and trust that such a style of writing as his letter gives us , based as it is upon such very doubtful facts , will be no more seen for the future . Certainly three of the letters in your last number savour too much of it , and such a style must be as far from tending to the edification of the outer world , as or Yours fraternally , Oct . 22 nd , 1858 . A Young Mason .
The Midshipman s Three Dinners . —Admiral ( afterwards Sir Francis ) Beaufort , talking of a midshipman ' s appetite , as a thing which bears a high character for energy and punctuality , said once , that it had never been fully tried how many dinners a single midshipman could eat in one day . " I / ' said he , " got as far as three . '' I begged to know the particulars , and he gave them as follows : — " 1 had eaten my dinner at the midshipmen ' s table , and a very good one , as I always did . After it , the captain ' s steward came up , and said , ' ¦ The captain ' s compliments , and desires the favour of your company to dinner . ' But I ' ve dined / said I . ' For mercy ' s sake , don't say that , sir / said he , ' for I shall be in a scrape if you do } bought to have asked you this morning , but I forgot . ' So I thought I must go : and two hours afterwards I did go , and I dined , and 1 think I made my
usual good dinner . Just as we rose from table , a signal was made by the admiral to send an officer on board , and as it was my turn , I had to go off in the boat . When I got on board the admiral ' s ship , the admiral said to me : c Ah ! Mr . Beaufort , I believe ? ' ' Yes , sir / said L ' Well , Mr . Beaufort / said he , the papers you are to take back will not be ready this half hour ; but I am just sitting down to dinner , and shall be glad of yonr company . ' Now , you know , as to a midshipman refusing to dine with the admiral , there are not the words for it in the naval dictionary . So I sat down , to my third dinner , and I am sure I did very well : and I got back to my own ship just in time for tea , " - —Notes and Queries .