Rudder Grange.

as Avas our custom , but there Avas a certain coolness between me and our boarder . Early the next morning I arose and Avent up stairs to consider ivhat had better be clone , Avhen I saAT the boarder standing on shore , near by . " Hello ! " he cried , " the tide ' s doAvn

ancl 1 got ashore Avithout any trouble . You stay where you are . I ' ve hired a couple of mules to toAV the boat back . They'll be here presently . And , hello ! I ' ve found the gang-plank . It floated ashore about a quarter of a mile below here . " In about ten minutes the mules ancl tAvo

men with a long rope appeared , and then one of the men and the boarder came on board ( they didn't seem to have any difficulty in so doing ) . Then Ave carried the ironing-table on deck and shipped it into its j-lace as a rudder . We Avere then towed back to where Ave

belonged . And we are there yet . Our boarder remains Avith us , as the Aveather is still fine , ancl the coolness between us is gradually diminishing . But the boat is moored at both ends , and twice a day I look to see if

the ropes are all ri ght . The petunias are groAving beautifully , but tbe geraniums do not seem to flourish . Perhaps there is not a sufficient depth of earth for them . Several times our boarder has appeared to be on the point of

suggesting something in regard to them , but , for some reason or other , he says nothing . —Scribners American Monthly Magazine .

The Masons' Temple.

THE MASONS' TEMPLE .

" A TEMPLE NOT MADE WITH HANDS . " SONG

Written by Comt . W . M . Stanton , lo music by Bro . Charles Bonnington , and sung by Comp . C . A . Deacon , at tite Banquet celebrating the consecration of the Trafalgar Royal Arch Chafhr of Nelson , at the Masonic Hall , October l _\ th , 1874 . Pill the rosy cup to the brim ! to the brim !

Raise the cheerful song and joyous hymn ! Every Mason ' s heart rejoices At the Avork this day begun ,

The Masons' Temple.

And as jubbant our voices , Be our hearts and souls as one , We have left behind our labours With the setting of the sun . So around the festive table be banished every care ,

As Ave meet upon the level , ancl part upon the square . The temple we are building is sublime ! is sublime !

Its pillars are eternal ! beyond time ! In Wisdom , Strength , and Beauty , Our Grand Architect Divine Has traced each Craftsman ' s duty To the true Masonic line ; Then let brother aid each brother ,

Love ancl labour thus combine , Cheerfully , untiring , let us build our temple fair , Meeting on the level—parting on the square .

Then forward with the structure ! let it rise ! let it rise 1 Rear up its lofty arches to the skies ! Ply the chisel ancl the gavel Till the ashlars square become , Lay a true and perfect level ,

Fix a true and upright plumb . Then pile up the glorious temple , The perfect Mason ' s home , And adorn the sacred building , that palace brig ht and rave Where Ave meet upon the level , to part upon the square .

Early History Of American Freemasonry, Once More.

EARLY HISTORY OF AMERICAN FREEMASONRY , ONCE MORE .

BY BRO . JACOB NORTON . I Avas pleased Avith Bro . McOalla ' s frank admission in the July No . of this Magazine , that Boston is not the mother of American Masonry , and that our " popular text

writers " misled him . But he still insists , that he knoAvs more about Boston Masonry s 2