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Oomespotoence.
believe that the Prov . Grand Superintendent of Scottish Royal Arch Masonry in this province , Alex . Balloch , Esq ., is quite competent to furbish any information , and that satisfactoriLy too , which may be desired in reference to this matter , he having occupied the office of first Principal of Carleton Royal Arch Chapter at the time the authority was gcant ^ d ' . tof ^ e / Majfe- Lodge , and consequently acquainted with all the circumstances relating th ^ retp . ' ^
If therefore the ^ is illegal ( which I much doubt ) , t ^ eianlt rests altogether with the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotdand , or with the proxy Principal of Garietoh Gh ^ flourishing of any of the Lodges in New Brunswick- ~ and no member ever yet left the Lodge , or refused to ; agaiii enter its portals , upon the ground that it was surreptitious . Whoever B ^^ he must have been altogether in error .
I pass over the remaining portion of the first letter—and will briefly notice one or two errors ih the second . He says that '' Brunswick Lodge , Moncton , is in a flourishing the part of the officers ^ has been suffered to decline . " Th Keith Lodge is in a prosperous condition ; and Brunswick , now working i ^ dispensation , will not very probably take out a waxrant-HJiere not l > eing sufficient field for two Lodges at Moncton .
The work practised in the Saint John Lodge was not entirely the American ritual at the time of B afforded by Bro . Caleb Band , lecturer for 1 ^ will be the system adopted in future . I pass ovet Bro . Elng ' s revelation
( most incorrectly ) of the private aiMrsof the Carleton Chapter—and advise him , in future , when visiting Chapter , the proceedings of which he is desirous to pubHsli—that he iirst ask permission to do so ; and secondly , that he do not exaggerate . I remain , yours fraternally , Robert Stubs ,
Amherst , Nova Scotia , Sept 6 , 1858
" GREGORIAN " TO THE EDITOR OF THE FEEEMASONS * MAGAZINE AN"D MASONIC MIRROR , Beak Sir . and Brother . —In the Post Office Directory is to be found " The Gregorian Arms , " James Street , Bermondsey . Is this one of the relics of the Society of Gregorians or a modern public house ? Can the landlord tell us what are the arms of the Gregorians ?
I am , Bear Sir and Brother , 42 , Basinghall Street , Yours fraternally , 30 August , 1858 . Hyde Clarke .
The Yorkshire Savage . —I was passing a tilery near Welwick when a beery fellow , who sat in the little office with a jug before him and a pipe in his mouth , threw up the window and asked , in a graft ; insolent tone , " A say , guvnor , did ye meet Father Mathew ?"—" Yes . "— « What did he say to ye ?"—" He told me I should see a fool at tho tileworks . " Down went the window with a hearty slain , and before I was fifty yards away , the same voice rushed into the road and challenged me to go back and fight . And when the owner of the voice saw that the stranger took no heed thereof , he cried , till hidden by a bend in the road , " Yer nothin * but t' seram o' t' yerth!—yer nothin * but t' scram < V t * yerth !"White ' s Month m Yorkshire .
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Oomespotoence.
believe that the Prov . Grand Superintendent of Scottish Royal Arch Masonry in this province , Alex . Balloch , Esq ., is quite competent to furbish any information , and that satisfactoriLy too , which may be desired in reference to this matter , he having occupied the office of first Principal of Carleton Royal Arch Chapter at the time the authority was gcant ^ d ' . tof ^ e / Majfe- Lodge , and consequently acquainted with all the circumstances relating th ^ retp . ' ^
If therefore the ^ is illegal ( which I much doubt ) , t ^ eianlt rests altogether with the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotdand , or with the proxy Principal of Garietoh Gh ^ flourishing of any of the Lodges in New Brunswick- ~ and no member ever yet left the Lodge , or refused to ; agaiii enter its portals , upon the ground that it was surreptitious . Whoever B ^^ he must have been altogether in error .
I pass over the remaining portion of the first letter—and will briefly notice one or two errors ih the second . He says that '' Brunswick Lodge , Moncton , is in a flourishing the part of the officers ^ has been suffered to decline . " Th Keith Lodge is in a prosperous condition ; and Brunswick , now working i ^ dispensation , will not very probably take out a waxrant-HJiere not l > eing sufficient field for two Lodges at Moncton .
The work practised in the Saint John Lodge was not entirely the American ritual at the time of B afforded by Bro . Caleb Band , lecturer for 1 ^ will be the system adopted in future . I pass ovet Bro . Elng ' s revelation
( most incorrectly ) of the private aiMrsof the Carleton Chapter—and advise him , in future , when visiting Chapter , the proceedings of which he is desirous to pubHsli—that he iirst ask permission to do so ; and secondly , that he do not exaggerate . I remain , yours fraternally , Robert Stubs ,
Amherst , Nova Scotia , Sept 6 , 1858
" GREGORIAN " TO THE EDITOR OF THE FEEEMASONS * MAGAZINE AN"D MASONIC MIRROR , Beak Sir . and Brother . —In the Post Office Directory is to be found " The Gregorian Arms , " James Street , Bermondsey . Is this one of the relics of the Society of Gregorians or a modern public house ? Can the landlord tell us what are the arms of the Gregorians ?
I am , Bear Sir and Brother , 42 , Basinghall Street , Yours fraternally , 30 August , 1858 . Hyde Clarke .
The Yorkshire Savage . —I was passing a tilery near Welwick when a beery fellow , who sat in the little office with a jug before him and a pipe in his mouth , threw up the window and asked , in a graft ; insolent tone , " A say , guvnor , did ye meet Father Mathew ?"—" Yes . "— « What did he say to ye ?"—" He told me I should see a fool at tho tileworks . " Down went the window with a hearty slain , and before I was fifty yards away , the same voice rushed into the road and challenged me to go back and fight . And when the owner of the voice saw that the stranger took no heed thereof , he cried , till hidden by a bend in the road , " Yer nothin * but t' seram o' t' yerth!—yer nothin * but t' scram < V t * yerth !"White ' s Month m Yorkshire .