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Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

good unsectarian and non-party movements , basely content ourselves to almost totally ignore the Masonic press , as if we wished for darkness instead of light , because our deeds Avere unfit for the sunshine of the nineteenth century . Though the Army and Navy are properly enough

toasted at our Masonic banquets , how rarely does one hear the toast of the Press ! Without undervaluing in the least the skill aud bravery of our soldiers and tars , patent to all men , I must be alloAved to say , that Avhatever honour we may be prepared to

grant to the warriors who fight our battles by land ov sea , oAight surely to be granted also to those stalwart champions of "the good , the beautiful , and the true , " who fight the demons , Ignorance and Vice , Avith that more potent weaponthe pen

, , and cast their thoughts farther than cannon can ever make its thunders heard , by means of the Press , so much unappreciated by Masons Avho , like old King Cole in the song , prefer to all others " the knifeand-fork degree . " Now I have no wish

to see Masonic meetings converted into Puritan fasts ; but I have an ardent Avish to knoAV that a Masonic Library is connected with every one of our Lodges , to see a Masonic periodical in every Mason ' s house , and two or three standard Masonic Avorks of reference at least on every Freemason ' s bookshelves . The men Avho

have not brains cultivated enough to appreciate such things ought never to be once admitted amongst us , except it might be in an emergency for an outer guard or tyler , and under ordinary circumstances not even for that . I notice too that , as a rulethe Lodges that most undervalue the

, Masonic Press , do least for the noble charities of the Order , and rarely vote a stiver for a distrest brother either of their own or any other Lodge , and practically sink the glorious and unequalled Craft in the estimation of their common-sense

neighbours , beneath the excellent Orders of Odd FelloAvs , Foresters , Shepherds , Druids , Gardeners , and so forth , all very good societies in their Avay , though too often despised by those unworthy Masons who boast their connection Avith the noblest

organisation in the world , but Avhich they only help to degrade from its proper parpose . Treacle is noAv coming into use for feeding cattle . It is dissolved in boiling Avater ,

and then mixed with chaff , chopped straw , or the usual roofs given to stock . A pound or two of treacle given to each ox is said to materially increase its flesh , Avhilst it more than repays its cost for milch cows in the increased yield of milk .

BaAV beet-root treacle , fit for the farmer ' s purpose , can be bought in London , from the Avholesale dealers , at £ S per ton . It is high time that many of our farmers hit upon some better method of increasing the supply of milk in Avinterboth in quantity

, and qualit y , much of what is now Sold in the country being still Avorse than that retailed in toAvns , OAving to there being no inspection ; being little better than water , and the flavour , if it have any at all , being that of turnips .

In a brief Note in the February number of the Masonic Magazine , I named Mr . J . J . Briggs , of King ' s Newton , as "a poet , historical writer , and naturalist . " I omitted to say that he is the Naturalist of the Field neswspaperI have on table

. my a very excellent handbook to his native p lace , Avhieh we will haA-e a peep into , all well , in a future number . In the meantime take this beautiful Sonnet on Autumn as a proof of his poetic powers : —

" Wide o ' er the woodlands , clad till now in green , Autumn her gorgeous banner cloth unroll ; Not saintly missal , nor emblazon'd scroll , Can boast of richer hues than it , I Aveen : She holds aAvondrous pageant in the wood ; The l

syph-like Birch hath dress of lemon tinge ; The queenl y Elm a robe Avith orange fringe ; The Avarrior Beech hath c garments roll'd in blood ;'

The kingly Maple dons his golden crown ; The Sycamore a coat of russet hues ; While , gloomy as the midni ght ' s frown , the Yew Hath his funereal mantle round him thrown

, As though be deem'd earth all too bright . Lo ! now , Winds strip , with ruthless breath , the niany-colour'd bough . "

I would give all the sonnets I ever Avrote to be the author of this , It is Avorthy of Shakspere , or Milton , or WordsAvorth , our three greatest sonnetteers .

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 1
SONNET. Article 1
THE WILSON MANUSCRIPT CONSTITUTION. Article 2
AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF MASTER AND FREE MASONS. Article 7
AIMEE. Article 11
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY. Article 11
LINES Article 14
THE ANTI-MASONIC VICAR Article 15
TO A SNOWDROP Article 17
"MILKLAT "—THE CITY OF REFUGE. Article 18
ODDS AND ENDS OF WIT AND HUMOUR. Article 19
CONTEMPORARY LETTERS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Article 24
ORATION Article 26
THE OLD FOLKS' PARTY. Article 28
BENEFIT MANKIND. Article 32
CURIOSITIES OF THE POST OFFICE. Article 32
THE WOMEN OF OUR TIME. Article 34
BRO. DANIEL COXE—THE FATHER OF FREEMASONRY IN AMERICA. Article 36
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 39
HALF-WAY DOIN'S. Article 42
GODFREY HIGGINS ON FREEMASONRY. Article 43
THE SITE OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE DISCOVERED. Article 44
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 46
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Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

good unsectarian and non-party movements , basely content ourselves to almost totally ignore the Masonic press , as if we wished for darkness instead of light , because our deeds Avere unfit for the sunshine of the nineteenth century . Though the Army and Navy are properly enough

toasted at our Masonic banquets , how rarely does one hear the toast of the Press ! Without undervaluing in the least the skill aud bravery of our soldiers and tars , patent to all men , I must be alloAved to say , that Avhatever honour we may be prepared to

grant to the warriors who fight our battles by land ov sea , oAight surely to be granted also to those stalwart champions of "the good , the beautiful , and the true , " who fight the demons , Ignorance and Vice , Avith that more potent weaponthe pen

, , and cast their thoughts farther than cannon can ever make its thunders heard , by means of the Press , so much unappreciated by Masons Avho , like old King Cole in the song , prefer to all others " the knifeand-fork degree . " Now I have no wish

to see Masonic meetings converted into Puritan fasts ; but I have an ardent Avish to knoAV that a Masonic Library is connected with every one of our Lodges , to see a Masonic periodical in every Mason ' s house , and two or three standard Masonic Avorks of reference at least on every Freemason ' s bookshelves . The men Avho

have not brains cultivated enough to appreciate such things ought never to be once admitted amongst us , except it might be in an emergency for an outer guard or tyler , and under ordinary circumstances not even for that . I notice too that , as a rulethe Lodges that most undervalue the

, Masonic Press , do least for the noble charities of the Order , and rarely vote a stiver for a distrest brother either of their own or any other Lodge , and practically sink the glorious and unequalled Craft in the estimation of their common-sense

neighbours , beneath the excellent Orders of Odd FelloAvs , Foresters , Shepherds , Druids , Gardeners , and so forth , all very good societies in their Avay , though too often despised by those unworthy Masons who boast their connection Avith the noblest

organisation in the world , but Avhich they only help to degrade from its proper parpose . Treacle is noAv coming into use for feeding cattle . It is dissolved in boiling Avater ,

and then mixed with chaff , chopped straw , or the usual roofs given to stock . A pound or two of treacle given to each ox is said to materially increase its flesh , Avhilst it more than repays its cost for milch cows in the increased yield of milk .

BaAV beet-root treacle , fit for the farmer ' s purpose , can be bought in London , from the Avholesale dealers , at £ S per ton . It is high time that many of our farmers hit upon some better method of increasing the supply of milk in Avinterboth in quantity

, and qualit y , much of what is now Sold in the country being still Avorse than that retailed in toAvns , OAving to there being no inspection ; being little better than water , and the flavour , if it have any at all , being that of turnips .

In a brief Note in the February number of the Masonic Magazine , I named Mr . J . J . Briggs , of King ' s Newton , as "a poet , historical writer , and naturalist . " I omitted to say that he is the Naturalist of the Field neswspaperI have on table

. my a very excellent handbook to his native p lace , Avhieh we will haA-e a peep into , all well , in a future number . In the meantime take this beautiful Sonnet on Autumn as a proof of his poetic powers : —

" Wide o ' er the woodlands , clad till now in green , Autumn her gorgeous banner cloth unroll ; Not saintly missal , nor emblazon'd scroll , Can boast of richer hues than it , I Aveen : She holds aAvondrous pageant in the wood ; The l

syph-like Birch hath dress of lemon tinge ; The queenl y Elm a robe Avith orange fringe ; The Avarrior Beech hath c garments roll'd in blood ;'

The kingly Maple dons his golden crown ; The Sycamore a coat of russet hues ; While , gloomy as the midni ght ' s frown , the Yew Hath his funereal mantle round him thrown

, As though be deem'd earth all too bright . Lo ! now , Winds strip , with ruthless breath , the niany-colour'd bough . "

I would give all the sonnets I ever Avrote to be the author of this , It is Avorthy of Shakspere , or Milton , or WordsAvorth , our three greatest sonnetteers .

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