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Masonic Reminiscences.
day world in which we live , we felt it our duty to place those considerations before our readers , and with their leave shall now pass on to om initiation . CHAPTER IV . THE INITIATION SCENES CONTINUED THE
SOLDIERMASONS IN THE CRIMEA—A SHORT TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF FALLEN BROTHERS , & C . WITH mingled sensations of hope and pride , but with feelings somewhat overcast by the recollection of the sad event of the morning , we approached the scene of our long-sought , long-wished-for ordeal .
On our way we took the precaution of paying a visit to " FATTY KARNEY , " the gentle minister to the wants of gentlemen fond of late suppers and early hours , and the benevolent inventor of an agreeable and then well known compound called a "Doctor , " an unfailing cure for aching heads , and delicate stomachs . After fortifying our inner man with one of this lady ' s renovating prescriptionswe wended our way to the
, Masonic Hall , where , while awaiting the arrival of our proposer and seconder , we had to endure a shower of jokes from a number of quizzical friends who generally congregated on such occasions in the public room . Many and wondrous were the tales of horror told of the awful cruelties inflicted on aspirants to the Masonic secret . One old quiz seriously recommended us to make our will , as he had been well acquainted with
a young gentleman wdio had been once traced to a Masonic Lodge for the same purpose as , he presumed , accounted for our presence that evening , and was never heard of afterwards ; another joker hoped in consideration of his great regard for us we should leave Mm a small momento in the shape of our black cob , " Just up to his weight , and which he woidd take the most tender care of through respect for the memoiy of the
donor ; " a third hoped we had the good sense to look in at the medical hall , and provide ourselves with certain lenitive medicaments wMch , Avith the gravest face possible , he assured us we should find most useful ; after some mysterious operation hinted at , w e were also treated to a detail of the sufferings endured by Mr . Phil Simpson , on his initiation and admission foto the Hoaxtown Lodge , contrary to the advice and warning of his wife .
This ridiculous tale of Mr . Simpson placed to the credit of Ereemasonry which in a future paper we shall give our readers in all its unembellishefi racings , had its origin in one of those practical jokes wMch , in Yankee and would have won laurels for the perpetrators , and been hailed as a treasure by " Old Barnum , " in whose recently published biography , an attempt is made to perpetuate a greater number of dull jokes than we
ever had the evil fortune to see condensed within one small volume . Our friends having now arrived , and to our great joy rescued us from the arrows of these merciless quizzes , we were soon ushered into another scene , and while dropping a veil over that which . " none but Craftsman ever saw , " we will only assure our readers , that unscared by the threatened horrors , of our joking friends , and unawed even by the terrors of the
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Masonic Reminiscences.
day world in which we live , we felt it our duty to place those considerations before our readers , and with their leave shall now pass on to om initiation . CHAPTER IV . THE INITIATION SCENES CONTINUED THE
SOLDIERMASONS IN THE CRIMEA—A SHORT TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF FALLEN BROTHERS , & C . WITH mingled sensations of hope and pride , but with feelings somewhat overcast by the recollection of the sad event of the morning , we approached the scene of our long-sought , long-wished-for ordeal .
On our way we took the precaution of paying a visit to " FATTY KARNEY , " the gentle minister to the wants of gentlemen fond of late suppers and early hours , and the benevolent inventor of an agreeable and then well known compound called a "Doctor , " an unfailing cure for aching heads , and delicate stomachs . After fortifying our inner man with one of this lady ' s renovating prescriptionswe wended our way to the
, Masonic Hall , where , while awaiting the arrival of our proposer and seconder , we had to endure a shower of jokes from a number of quizzical friends who generally congregated on such occasions in the public room . Many and wondrous were the tales of horror told of the awful cruelties inflicted on aspirants to the Masonic secret . One old quiz seriously recommended us to make our will , as he had been well acquainted with
a young gentleman wdio had been once traced to a Masonic Lodge for the same purpose as , he presumed , accounted for our presence that evening , and was never heard of afterwards ; another joker hoped in consideration of his great regard for us we should leave Mm a small momento in the shape of our black cob , " Just up to his weight , and which he woidd take the most tender care of through respect for the memoiy of the
donor ; " a third hoped we had the good sense to look in at the medical hall , and provide ourselves with certain lenitive medicaments wMch , Avith the gravest face possible , he assured us we should find most useful ; after some mysterious operation hinted at , w e were also treated to a detail of the sufferings endured by Mr . Phil Simpson , on his initiation and admission foto the Hoaxtown Lodge , contrary to the advice and warning of his wife .
This ridiculous tale of Mr . Simpson placed to the credit of Ereemasonry which in a future paper we shall give our readers in all its unembellishefi racings , had its origin in one of those practical jokes wMch , in Yankee and would have won laurels for the perpetrators , and been hailed as a treasure by " Old Barnum , " in whose recently published biography , an attempt is made to perpetuate a greater number of dull jokes than we
ever had the evil fortune to see condensed within one small volume . Our friends having now arrived , and to our great joy rescued us from the arrows of these merciless quizzes , we were soon ushered into another scene , and while dropping a veil over that which . " none but Craftsman ever saw , " we will only assure our readers , that unscared by the threatened horrors , of our joking friends , and unawed even by the terrors of the