Paddy's Experience Of ' Masonry.

Allien the evening arrived , the Masons contrived , To give Paddy a cordial reception ; The goat was on hand , and a merry brass band , AVith that poker and gridiron to roast on .

Pat was met at the door , where he saw on the floor , All sorts of things , even halters and chains , He was stripped to the skin , that he mi ght begin His hard journey , with torture and pains .

After knocking around , at length he is found Rather weaiy , and tired of the fun ; Placed on the goat's back , he came down with a crack , And made for the door with a run .

The goat not content , for Paddy he went , Determined that he should remember The sights he had seen , and where he had been , That fearful lodge night in September .

It would not be well , nor indeed may I tell , All that Paddy went through on that night ; But this I do know , that he never would show Any more longing for Masonic light .

Days had passed by , but Paddy was sh y , He limped aud felt sore for a season " ; Some secrets he gained which he never revealed , For his silence he has a good reason .

Should any feel loath to ride on the goat , From Pat they may gain information , Or else , when too late , have to mourn their fate AVith sad proofs of their initiation . Voice of Masonry . America .

Polly Rivers's Trip Te Stowslay Cattle Show, An' What Com On't. *

POLLY RIVERS'S TRIP TE STOWSLAY CATTLE SHOW , AN' WHAT COM ON'T . *

( TELT IV IIEK AWi \ TALK ) . Ilev Ah ivver been at Stowsla . y Cattle Mow ? Ah just think Ah hev . Ah , nionny a tahme . Bud ther was yah year at iih went ' at Ah sail nivver forget .

Polly Rivers's Trip Te Stowslay Cattle Show, An' What Com On't. *

Thou ivad like te hear about it . AYhyah , then , Ali'll tell tha . It ' s three or fower year sen Ah'd meead up me mahud te gan tit Show ; an' Ah gat a nice blew gown , an' a new black jackit , an' a round hat wiv a greeat blew fedder in ' t , te gan in . Bud Ah mun tell tha fost what Ah had i' me heead wi '

macking mesel' seea smart . Thou sees me fayder ' s fahm ' s fahve mahle an' a hawf fra Stowslay , an' hiz neeam ' s Tommy Rivers ; an' about a mahle fodder up t' rooad ther 's annudder fahm ; an ' awd Jooany Fallows lives there . Our fooaks an' them had awlus bin gud frinnds ;

an' they had a sun call'd Bill . An' our fooaks had a dowter call'd Polly ; an that ' s me . Now , Ah oft thowt ' at Bill had a bit of a nooashin o' ma , an' Ah seer Ah had a gud deeal of a nooashin about him ; bud we nivver com te onny understandin ' about it . Bill a wins seeam'd seea shy , an ' Ah did n't like te be ower forrard wiv

him . Bud Ah thowt te mesel , if nobbut he draws up te ma at t' Show , Ah weean ' t be seea shot wiv him as Ah 've oft been . Poor Bill ! Ah gat up betahmes that mooanin '; an ' Ah skufter'd about , an' helpt me mudher an' t' lass forward wi' t' wark ; an' then

Ah went upstairs , an' gat mesel' drisst up wi' all me finery . As Ah leeakt at mesel ' i' t' glass , Ah thowt ther wad n't be nionny lasses there ' at wad be onny better drisst ner me . An' Ah thowt , as Ah teeak annudder leeak ' at Ah was n ' t seea varry

, plain leeakin' nowder . But our Tom com tit stair fut , shoutin' was n ' t Ah richly ; fer he 'd getten t' awd rneer yoked , an' he wanted to be off at yance ; seea clown Ah went , an' gat in tit spring cart , an' off we set . Ther was heeaps o' fooaks on t' rooad ;

an' when we 'd getten about tweea mahle off Stowslay , Ah heeard a galloway cumin ' canterin' away behint us ; bud Ah wad n ' t leeak round , fer all Ah was seer weeah 't was . Prissently Ah heeard a voice sing out : — " Hollo ! what , are yah off tit Show 1 " an' Ah euller'd up tit hair reets , fer it wer Bill alang sahde on us .