"Live And Let Live."

the work was in progress , but could not obtain -it . When it was , at last , complete , a fortnight after , AVC had an account presented so monstrous in amount that we felt it could only be settled by putting witnesses into a box to prove it was more than twice as much as a fair and reasonable printer would claim , and although it might have been a " Scientific Press" that made such exorbitant demands , yet

no twelve men , of an unscientific turn of simple arithmetic , could he found who would give a verdict for more than one-third of the amount . Unfortunately we yielded to the persuasion of a dear and valued friend to agree to a small reduction of the " scientific" rule of three amount charged us . ! No sooner had wc j-ielded this than four

promissory notes were taken for the total . The first Avas paid . The second was not . It had been paid away and we Avere sued on it and had an execution put in Avhich sAvcpt away our all , and no account has ever yet been rendered to us . The other two remain unpaid . Some of our friends , —knowing we were free from all engagement ¦ with The Freemasons Magazine have come forward to assist us in

starting THE MASONIC PUESS , —and Bro . W . Smith , with his attorney Bro . C . Eorsloy , 30 ° , no doubt thought it AA'as a good opportunity to Avring from us the aid we were receiving and so administer a coup de grace to our periodical . Consequently they have issued a writ for the Avhole amount , under the reduction before alluded to , never

giving credit for one peimy as navmg been paid and charging interest on the full amount . But the animus is clear . Considering that for two years and a half proofs Avere constantly coming to us , at the same address , it could not be said they did not know Avhere to find us . To show that it Avas our periodical they dread and fear the writ Avas directed to us , as of Tun MASONIC PUFSS , at our publishers

This , the astute legal gentleman no doubt thought AVOUM he a clincher and remove a dangerous rival from the field . But sharp practice sometimes defeats its own end , as it will ( lo in this case . We say nothing of being refused payment for matter inserted , after AVC had ceased to have any connection with The Freemasons Magazine , and against our written prohibition Avhen—to keep that periodical

going—wo had often allowed our copy to bo used , to three or four times the quantity Ave Avere bound to provide ; nor can it ever be said we were engaged by Brother W . Smith because , although he paid us our Aveekly dole for the last eighteen months , he did so under peculiar circumstances . Brother Henry George Warren had paid us for the year previousout of his OAVU pocketbut finding he could

, , get no money , either for himself or us , retained us as his Sub-Editor , but made an arrangement Ave Avere to be paid by Brother W . Smith , and therefore Avhen Bro . Warren left , as no engagement was offered us , Ave left also .

For four months AVC did nothing . In tlie fifth AVC projected Tun MASOXIC PHESS . Our friends came forward to help us to live , and we cannot see that , if others think our labours Avorth their patronage Avhy AVO should remain idle ? Wc haA e counted the cost , and are prepared to act upon it . If