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Old Lodge Records.
The meeting is hereby appointed to be in John Sanderson ' s next St . John ' s Day . Then ordered that the Box Master shall pay presently to widow Cairncross the soume of three pound Scots now , which soume shall be allowed at counting in at the lodge .
Sednrent of Masons at Galashiels , Decr . 27 th , 1751 . Rols called found absent Hugh Scot of Gala . The sd day John Dobson was chosen preses by pluralty of votes .
The comission to five for intrants continued , ancl the intrants to pay for his entry six pound Scots . The sd day John Donaldson continued clerk . The sd day George Hunter was appointed Box
Master till next St . John's Day . The sd day Hugh Cairncross payed into the Box Master one pound Scots money as intrest of
a bill in our custody . The sd day George Cairncross is ordered to pay in presently to widow Cairncross the soume of six pound Scots which is this day allowed out of the money now in his hand .
George Hunter . The sd day there is found in the hands of George Cairncross , former Box Master , the soume of ten pounds twelve shill . Scots after deduction of the former six pounds .
The sd day there is found in the hands of Geoi'ge Hunter pre sent Box Master , one pound Scots .
The next meeting to be at John Donaldson ' s , Memorandum that John Butler's apprentice is to be entree ! as usual .
Decr . 27 th , 1752 , sedurcnt of Masons at Galashiels . Rols called found absent George and Hugh Cairncross , John Dobson , George Dun , George Hunter , John Butler .
The sd day James Tomline was chosen precess with plurality of votes . The sd day James Bryson , yr ., is chosen Box Master , and ordered to do all endeavours to get the money belonging to the lodge , and report
next St . John ' s Day . The commission to five for intrants continued , John Donaldson continued clerk . The sd day Thomas Smith and William Haldon were admitted in comon form , and payed into
Old Lodge Records.
Jeams Bryson , yr ., present Box Master , each of them ten shillgs . sterling for their entry . The meeting is to be at William Craig ' s next St John's Day , at which time reports are to be given in .
The lodge hereby appoints Jeams Bryson , yr ., and Jeams Tomline to instruct the intrants both as apprentices and Fellow Craft . The sd clay Jeams Bryson , Box Master , is ordered to pay widow Cairncross five shillgs .
sterlling to supply present necessity , and if upon his finding that the sd widows straits are real ] , he is further impoured to give other five shillgs . which shall be allowed by the lodge , in the meantime ordered to report next St . John ' s Day .
The sd day Gala sent two shillgs . to drink his health , but upon consideration there was one shillg . sterling given to the Box Master for strengthening the Box out of the two * James Tomline . ( To be Continued ) .
Ears Of Wheat From A Cornucopia.
EARS OF WHEAT FROM A CORNUCOPIA .
By BBO . D . MUHKAY Lrox , A . M ., Masonic University of Kentucky , U . S . ; Eon . Corresponding Member of the Union of German Freemasons , and of the Iiosicrucian Society of England ,- Hon . Fellow of tlie London Literary Union ; one of the Grand . Stcicards in the Grand Lodge of Scotland ; F . M- Loclge Scarborough , Tobago , West
Indies ; a . ulhor of the "History of Mother Kilwinning , " etc . DEUCEAE CHARTERS . Our friend and brother , Wm . J . Hughan of Truro , has been made the medium of conveying
the information " that there are several Deuchar warrants still in existence in Scotland , aucl which are still used to authorise the working of the degree by certain encampments in that country . " It is right that the Craft should also know that
persons dubbed under any such authority are not recognised as K . T . ' s by the Grand Priory of Sootland . These warrants were designated "Deuchar Charters , " on account of Bro . Alexander Deuchar
having been the chief promoter of the Grand Conclave and its first Grand Master . To his exertions also the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland may be said to have owed its origin . Bro . Deuchar , who was a distinguished member of the Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary ' s Chapel ) , appears
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Old Lodge Records.
The meeting is hereby appointed to be in John Sanderson ' s next St . John ' s Day . Then ordered that the Box Master shall pay presently to widow Cairncross the soume of three pound Scots now , which soume shall be allowed at counting in at the lodge .
Sednrent of Masons at Galashiels , Decr . 27 th , 1751 . Rols called found absent Hugh Scot of Gala . The sd day John Dobson was chosen preses by pluralty of votes .
The comission to five for intrants continued , ancl the intrants to pay for his entry six pound Scots . The sd day John Donaldson continued clerk . The sd day George Hunter was appointed Box
Master till next St . John's Day . The sd day Hugh Cairncross payed into the Box Master one pound Scots money as intrest of
a bill in our custody . The sd day George Cairncross is ordered to pay in presently to widow Cairncross the soume of six pound Scots which is this day allowed out of the money now in his hand .
George Hunter . The sd day there is found in the hands of George Cairncross , former Box Master , the soume of ten pounds twelve shill . Scots after deduction of the former six pounds .
The sd day there is found in the hands of Geoi'ge Hunter pre sent Box Master , one pound Scots .
The next meeting to be at John Donaldson ' s , Memorandum that John Butler's apprentice is to be entree ! as usual .
Decr . 27 th , 1752 , sedurcnt of Masons at Galashiels . Rols called found absent George and Hugh Cairncross , John Dobson , George Dun , George Hunter , John Butler .
The sd day James Tomline was chosen precess with plurality of votes . The sd day James Bryson , yr ., is chosen Box Master , and ordered to do all endeavours to get the money belonging to the lodge , and report
next St . John ' s Day . The commission to five for intrants continued , John Donaldson continued clerk . The sd day Thomas Smith and William Haldon were admitted in comon form , and payed into
Old Lodge Records.
Jeams Bryson , yr ., present Box Master , each of them ten shillgs . sterling for their entry . The meeting is to be at William Craig ' s next St John's Day , at which time reports are to be given in .
The lodge hereby appoints Jeams Bryson , yr ., and Jeams Tomline to instruct the intrants both as apprentices and Fellow Craft . The sd clay Jeams Bryson , Box Master , is ordered to pay widow Cairncross five shillgs .
sterlling to supply present necessity , and if upon his finding that the sd widows straits are real ] , he is further impoured to give other five shillgs . which shall be allowed by the lodge , in the meantime ordered to report next St . John ' s Day .
The sd day Gala sent two shillgs . to drink his health , but upon consideration there was one shillg . sterling given to the Box Master for strengthening the Box out of the two * James Tomline . ( To be Continued ) .
Ears Of Wheat From A Cornucopia.
EARS OF WHEAT FROM A CORNUCOPIA .
By BBO . D . MUHKAY Lrox , A . M ., Masonic University of Kentucky , U . S . ; Eon . Corresponding Member of the Union of German Freemasons , and of the Iiosicrucian Society of England ,- Hon . Fellow of tlie London Literary Union ; one of the Grand . Stcicards in the Grand Lodge of Scotland ; F . M- Loclge Scarborough , Tobago , West
Indies ; a . ulhor of the "History of Mother Kilwinning , " etc . DEUCEAE CHARTERS . Our friend and brother , Wm . J . Hughan of Truro , has been made the medium of conveying
the information " that there are several Deuchar warrants still in existence in Scotland , aucl which are still used to authorise the working of the degree by certain encampments in that country . " It is right that the Craft should also know that
persons dubbed under any such authority are not recognised as K . T . ' s by the Grand Priory of Sootland . These warrants were designated "Deuchar Charters , " on account of Bro . Alexander Deuchar
having been the chief promoter of the Grand Conclave and its first Grand Master . To his exertions also the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland may be said to have owed its origin . Bro . Deuchar , who was a distinguished member of the Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary ' s Chapel ) , appears