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China.
made to the different Masonic bodies in the settlement , working hoth under the English and American Constitutions , and terminated his observations by saying , that although at present it ¦ was uncertain how long he should continue to hold the office of P . W . G . M ., his connection with British Freemasonry in China would ever be a sweet and pleasant remembrance to him . After . a few remarks from Bro . Gould ( W . M . No . 570 ) , in acknowledgment of the W . M . 's notice of the sister lodges , the lodge was ¦ closed .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . CHARLES THOMAS DAVENPORT . Tho funeral of this deceased brother took place at Tunstall Church , on Thursday , the 22 nd inst . His remains were followed to the grave by the Tunstall Volunteers , several of the members of the Board of Health , about fifty of the Masonic bod }' amongst ivhom were
, several of tho Provincial Grand Lodge , and a large number of spectators . The procession Avas a very solemn one , many shedding tears at tho sad and depressing event . Deceased was a native of Tunstall , having , we are informed , boon born and bred there . The following facts may bo interesting : —
The deceased was initiated into Masonry in the Sutherland Lodge ( No . 451 ) , then © 00 Burslem , on May 9 th , 1849 ; in the year 1851 he filled the office of S . W . ; and such was the ability and zeal ho displayed , that iu 1852 he was installed W . M . of that lodge , and re-elected to that high office in 1855 , 1856 , and 1859 . The deceased
also joined the Chapter of Perseverance of the Sutherland Lodge of Unity ( No . 460 ) , Newcastle , in the year 1855 , and was First Principal of that chapter in the year 1859 . In the year 1851- he was installed a Knight Templar in tho Godfrey do Bouillon Encampment , Stokeon-Trent ; aud in 1860 ho was Eminent Commander of that encampment ; on October 7 th in this year , he retired from the encampment , and was nominated honorary
member thereof , as an acknowledgment of his very valuable services . He was also elected an honorary member of tho Chapter of Perseverance on November 17 th , by acclamation , on his retirement . He also hold high Provincial rank in this province , having been S . G . W . in 1858 . He was highly esteemed and beloved by his
brethren of every degree ; being ever ready to lend assistance , Avhen needed , with cheerfulness and alacrity . He was a member of No . 98 , Burslem ; No . 321 , Crowe ; of the Staffordshire Knot Chapter , 637 , Stoke-on-Trent ; Medical Officer to the Board of Health ; Surgeon to the Tunstall Rifle Volunteers , and also to the Police
force , Au able and skilful medical man , he was also an active and intelligent citizen ; benevolent to the poor , kind , frank , affable , and generous . It may bo truly said —he was a living example of those virtues Avhich should always characterise every member of the Craft , viz ., brotherly lovo , relief , and truth .
The melancholy event has cast quite a gloom over the entire neighbourhood , and his death will be deeply felt by all who knew him ; and it will be long—very longbefore there fades away from the memory of many sincere friends , and attached brethren , the kindly greeting , the warm heart , the cheerful smile , and the delightful companionship of Bro . Charles Thomas Davenport .
Literary Extracts.
LITERARY EXTRACTS .
A NEW ZEALAND SAWYER ' S PHILOSOPHY . —We give the results of a conversation with ono of these men , omitting the leading questions AVO addressed to him : — " I have now been knocking about in these colonies for eleven years . I consider myself better off here than at home . In tho old country your master will turn you
off for a sour look , and when you have once got a bad name it will go hard with you to find another place . Here I am as good as my master , and he knows it ; I can turn him off when I choose , and find as good a place to-morrow . I can make as much in a day here as I could do in a week in England . I have saved no money ;
what's the use ? I once made £ -250 at the diggings in Australia , Avent down to Melbourne and spent it like a gentleman . Ah ! it is a pleasant thing being a gentleman ; I should liko to have nothing else to do . I wore as good a coat as any of your officer fellows , and spent my money quite as freely . It lasted me five months ;
and it is a comfort to me that I never met a poor pal without standing treat . I met an old chum bound for Now Zealand , and camo down here Avith him for a lark . When I have made a little money , I go down to Auckland and spend it liko a gentleman . It is not worth Avhile going there Avith less than £ 60 ; it lasts me about
a fortnight . Being a top-sawyer at the top of my profession , you know , I can make that sum in six weeks . I thus work liko a man for nine months of the year , and
live the other thrco like a gentleman . If I meet my master in town , I look him fairly in the face ; why shouldn ' t I ? Ain ' t I as good " as he ? I owe him nothing , and ho owes me nothing ; I have done my work , and ho has paid me for it , so there ' s an end of the matter . What should I do if I were sick ? Why go to the hospital , to be sure .
But I never have been sick , and don ' t mean to be ; it is not in our line . It wouldn't pay on no account . Oh , yes , I suppose I shall dio some day , but then I won't make a long job of it . There will be no occasion to call the doctor or send for tho nurse . I'll be crushed by a tree , or drowned in tho river , the same as other sawyers . Neither my father nor my grandfather died in their
beds , and I don't expect to either . When I die my comrades will dig a hole and bury mo beneath some tall kauri tree , and the Avorld will jog on as before . I don't bother my head about the rest ; 1 suppose I shall fare as well as others . I have lots of poor relations in England , but they have no claim on me . They never did anything for nao , and why should I do anything for them ?
If they want money , let them work for it , as I do ; the world is wide enough for all . If thoy choose to stay at home and starve , that is their look out , noe mine . I am not such a fool as to be earning- money for them . Besides , I have always been a friend of peace , and don't wish to have them quarrelling about my money when I am dead . "—Fraxcr ' s Magazine .
FRENCH PATENTS . —On the whole , however , tho peculiarity of the French genius of invention is ingenuity in very small matters . We cannot , in England , boast of having invented that doubtless most useful article , the " powder for facilitating walking . " This " powder " is surely not intended to be used or " taken " in the same fashion as the powder which ( so Sir Walter Scott tolls
us iu " Woodstock" ) Sir Henry Leo , of Ditchley , knew how to compound for increasing the speed of horses . According to the novelist , the escape of Charles II . from Wookstock was duo to the efficacy of " six balls prepared of tho most cordial spices , mixed with medicaments of
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China.
made to the different Masonic bodies in the settlement , working hoth under the English and American Constitutions , and terminated his observations by saying , that although at present it ¦ was uncertain how long he should continue to hold the office of P . W . G . M ., his connection with British Freemasonry in China would ever be a sweet and pleasant remembrance to him . After . a few remarks from Bro . Gould ( W . M . No . 570 ) , in acknowledgment of the W . M . 's notice of the sister lodges , the lodge was ¦ closed .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . CHARLES THOMAS DAVENPORT . Tho funeral of this deceased brother took place at Tunstall Church , on Thursday , the 22 nd inst . His remains were followed to the grave by the Tunstall Volunteers , several of the members of the Board of Health , about fifty of the Masonic bod }' amongst ivhom were
, several of tho Provincial Grand Lodge , and a large number of spectators . The procession Avas a very solemn one , many shedding tears at tho sad and depressing event . Deceased was a native of Tunstall , having , we are informed , boon born and bred there . The following facts may bo interesting : —
The deceased was initiated into Masonry in the Sutherland Lodge ( No . 451 ) , then © 00 Burslem , on May 9 th , 1849 ; in the year 1851 he filled the office of S . W . ; and such was the ability and zeal ho displayed , that iu 1852 he was installed W . M . of that lodge , and re-elected to that high office in 1855 , 1856 , and 1859 . The deceased
also joined the Chapter of Perseverance of the Sutherland Lodge of Unity ( No . 460 ) , Newcastle , in the year 1855 , and was First Principal of that chapter in the year 1859 . In the year 1851- he was installed a Knight Templar in tho Godfrey do Bouillon Encampment , Stokeon-Trent ; aud in 1860 ho was Eminent Commander of that encampment ; on October 7 th in this year , he retired from the encampment , and was nominated honorary
member thereof , as an acknowledgment of his very valuable services . He was also elected an honorary member of tho Chapter of Perseverance on November 17 th , by acclamation , on his retirement . He also hold high Provincial rank in this province , having been S . G . W . in 1858 . He was highly esteemed and beloved by his
brethren of every degree ; being ever ready to lend assistance , Avhen needed , with cheerfulness and alacrity . He was a member of No . 98 , Burslem ; No . 321 , Crowe ; of the Staffordshire Knot Chapter , 637 , Stoke-on-Trent ; Medical Officer to the Board of Health ; Surgeon to the Tunstall Rifle Volunteers , and also to the Police
force , Au able and skilful medical man , he was also an active and intelligent citizen ; benevolent to the poor , kind , frank , affable , and generous . It may bo truly said —he was a living example of those virtues Avhich should always characterise every member of the Craft , viz ., brotherly lovo , relief , and truth .
The melancholy event has cast quite a gloom over the entire neighbourhood , and his death will be deeply felt by all who knew him ; and it will be long—very longbefore there fades away from the memory of many sincere friends , and attached brethren , the kindly greeting , the warm heart , the cheerful smile , and the delightful companionship of Bro . Charles Thomas Davenport .
Literary Extracts.
LITERARY EXTRACTS .
A NEW ZEALAND SAWYER ' S PHILOSOPHY . —We give the results of a conversation with ono of these men , omitting the leading questions AVO addressed to him : — " I have now been knocking about in these colonies for eleven years . I consider myself better off here than at home . In tho old country your master will turn you
off for a sour look , and when you have once got a bad name it will go hard with you to find another place . Here I am as good as my master , and he knows it ; I can turn him off when I choose , and find as good a place to-morrow . I can make as much in a day here as I could do in a week in England . I have saved no money ;
what's the use ? I once made £ -250 at the diggings in Australia , Avent down to Melbourne and spent it like a gentleman . Ah ! it is a pleasant thing being a gentleman ; I should liko to have nothing else to do . I wore as good a coat as any of your officer fellows , and spent my money quite as freely . It lasted me five months ;
and it is a comfort to me that I never met a poor pal without standing treat . I met an old chum bound for Now Zealand , and camo down here Avith him for a lark . When I have made a little money , I go down to Auckland and spend it liko a gentleman . It is not worth Avhile going there Avith less than £ 60 ; it lasts me about
a fortnight . Being a top-sawyer at the top of my profession , you know , I can make that sum in six weeks . I thus work liko a man for nine months of the year , and
live the other thrco like a gentleman . If I meet my master in town , I look him fairly in the face ; why shouldn ' t I ? Ain ' t I as good " as he ? I owe him nothing , and ho owes me nothing ; I have done my work , and ho has paid me for it , so there ' s an end of the matter . What should I do if I were sick ? Why go to the hospital , to be sure .
But I never have been sick , and don ' t mean to be ; it is not in our line . It wouldn't pay on no account . Oh , yes , I suppose I shall dio some day , but then I won't make a long job of it . There will be no occasion to call the doctor or send for tho nurse . I'll be crushed by a tree , or drowned in tho river , the same as other sawyers . Neither my father nor my grandfather died in their
beds , and I don't expect to either . When I die my comrades will dig a hole and bury mo beneath some tall kauri tree , and the Avorld will jog on as before . I don't bother my head about the rest ; 1 suppose I shall fare as well as others . I have lots of poor relations in England , but they have no claim on me . They never did anything for nao , and why should I do anything for them ?
If they want money , let them work for it , as I do ; the world is wide enough for all . If thoy choose to stay at home and starve , that is their look out , noe mine . I am not such a fool as to be earning- money for them . Besides , I have always been a friend of peace , and don't wish to have them quarrelling about my money when I am dead . "—Fraxcr ' s Magazine .
FRENCH PATENTS . —On the whole , however , tho peculiarity of the French genius of invention is ingenuity in very small matters . We cannot , in England , boast of having invented that doubtless most useful article , the " powder for facilitating walking . " This " powder " is surely not intended to be used or " taken " in the same fashion as the powder which ( so Sir Walter Scott tolls
us iu " Woodstock" ) Sir Henry Leo , of Ditchley , knew how to compound for increasing the speed of horses . According to the novelist , the escape of Charles II . from Wookstock was duo to the efficacy of " six balls prepared of tho most cordial spices , mixed with medicaments of