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Masonic Reminiscences.
MASONIC REMINISCENCES .
BY fttorofiXog , P . M ., L , 50 , Dublin . ( Continuedfrom p . 365 . ) CHAPTER IV . —THE BA . N ( J " U " ETTING HALL—A GLANCE AT A PEW OF THE EMINENT BROTHERS PRESENT . THE labour of love having endedand the Lodge closed in the usual
, beautiful form , we shall , introduce our readers to the banc-netting hall , for even Masons are dinner-eating animals . We will not trouble our readers with a gastronomic description of all the " delicacies of the season , " with which the hospitable board was spread , but shall content ourselves with stating that erery thing was sufficiently piquant and recherche to gratify the palate of Nasidenus or Sir P—r L—ie ,
and that neither the Roman epicure , nor the respected civic functionary could reasonably have any thing to wish for beyond the good things usually supplied on such occasions under the auspices of the , Junior Warden .
The duties of chairman were most ably discharged by the W . M . P . M ., Br . Colonel B ., an old peninsular officer , the leader of several forlorn hopes , and the most energetic singer of the "British Grenadiers , " we ever heard . Near him was another gallant Colonel , brother of the highest official personage then iu Ireland , and now holding an important office in the court of her most gracious Majesty the Queen , General W . and
several other naval and military officers of distinction , took a deep and active interest in the proceedings , the author of the " Hunchback " the accomplished and successful dramatist Sir . S—n K—s , and several other literary celebrities were present , whilst the elite of the musical world in that land of song , shed their sweet and thrilling influence over the scene . But conspicuous amongst all shone out Br . B—Id—n glittering all over
" like some bright particular star , " with the jewels of well-nigh every Order in the Masonic ladder . One would almost suppose him gifted with the power of ubiquity , he seemed to be everywhere at once , ministering to the wants and comforts of all ,
" A man severe he was and stern to view . but beneath that thoughtful countenance and iron frame there throbbed -a true Mason ' s heart . Many years ago he found Lodge No . 50 , a skeleton , and Masonry on the whole at a low ebb in Dublin . However with the assistance of the then D . G . M ., Br . W—e and some members of the Victoria' Lodge , No . 4 , a
Lodge numbering among its members most able , learned , and zealous Masons , the Order in general was advanced , whilst he raised his own Lodge to the highest eminence , and made it the starting point of several new Lodges , provincial and metropolitan ,-all now rivalling the parent Lodge in numbers , respectability , and efficiency . The grave dignity of his lessons it would be impossible to forget .
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Masonic Reminiscences.
MASONIC REMINISCENCES .
BY fttorofiXog , P . M ., L , 50 , Dublin . ( Continuedfrom p . 365 . ) CHAPTER IV . —THE BA . N ( J " U " ETTING HALL—A GLANCE AT A PEW OF THE EMINENT BROTHERS PRESENT . THE labour of love having endedand the Lodge closed in the usual
, beautiful form , we shall , introduce our readers to the banc-netting hall , for even Masons are dinner-eating animals . We will not trouble our readers with a gastronomic description of all the " delicacies of the season , " with which the hospitable board was spread , but shall content ourselves with stating that erery thing was sufficiently piquant and recherche to gratify the palate of Nasidenus or Sir P—r L—ie ,
and that neither the Roman epicure , nor the respected civic functionary could reasonably have any thing to wish for beyond the good things usually supplied on such occasions under the auspices of the , Junior Warden .
The duties of chairman were most ably discharged by the W . M . P . M ., Br . Colonel B ., an old peninsular officer , the leader of several forlorn hopes , and the most energetic singer of the "British Grenadiers , " we ever heard . Near him was another gallant Colonel , brother of the highest official personage then iu Ireland , and now holding an important office in the court of her most gracious Majesty the Queen , General W . and
several other naval and military officers of distinction , took a deep and active interest in the proceedings , the author of the " Hunchback " the accomplished and successful dramatist Sir . S—n K—s , and several other literary celebrities were present , whilst the elite of the musical world in that land of song , shed their sweet and thrilling influence over the scene . But conspicuous amongst all shone out Br . B—Id—n glittering all over
" like some bright particular star , " with the jewels of well-nigh every Order in the Masonic ladder . One would almost suppose him gifted with the power of ubiquity , he seemed to be everywhere at once , ministering to the wants and comforts of all ,
" A man severe he was and stern to view . but beneath that thoughtful countenance and iron frame there throbbed -a true Mason ' s heart . Many years ago he found Lodge No . 50 , a skeleton , and Masonry on the whole at a low ebb in Dublin . However with the assistance of the then D . G . M ., Br . W—e and some members of the Victoria' Lodge , No . 4 , a
Lodge numbering among its members most able , learned , and zealous Masons , the Order in general was advanced , whilst he raised his own Lodge to the highest eminence , and made it the starting point of several new Lodges , provincial and metropolitan ,-all now rivalling the parent Lodge in numbers , respectability , and efficiency . The grave dignity of his lessons it would be impossible to forget .