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The Minute Book Of The Lodge Of Industry, Gateshead.

OA'er the leaf follows a list of names , one paying 2 s . 6 cl ., one paying Is . 6 d ., a list of " raised members , " 5 in number , in 1771 and 1772 , and 7 names , June 24 th , 17 G 2 , cither of members of tbe Order , of new membersor of those present on that

, date . The " Highrodiams " seem to us to be a corruption of "Harodim , " Avhat Domaskin or Forin may be , deponent cannot eA'en guess , Between pages 36 and 37 , so numbered , several leaves have been cut or torn aAvay ,

a subject of deep regret , as there must at least be twenty so missing . All that remains are seven rules , Avhich I transcribe , because signed by a large number of brethren . "June ye 24 th 1732 .

" 18 th . If any member dyetb after be become a real member 40 s . shall be alloAved for defraying his funeral charges , and 5 s , for bis widow , executors , administrators or assigns , to Avhich charge each subscribing member shall Is , next meeting after the

Interment or be excluded ' from the Society . " Curiously enough this is the actual sj'stem still of some modern "Dead Briefs , " as tbey are called in the north of England .

" 19 . That any member being within 2 miles of the place of tbe deceased shall in a solemn manner attend the corps to the grave wbei'e they shall deliver the tickets to the stewards then attending or forfeit

1 shilling . " 20 . In order to attend the funeral each member shall meet at tbe bouse Avhere the Society is kept , from Avhence they shall be conducted to the place Avhere the deceased is . Each member shall bear his own expenses .

" 21 . If any one happens to die before be hath been a year in the Society the money that he hath desposed in tbe box shall be returned towards his funeral charges . " [ Two lines are here erased . ] " 22 . For tbe more deacent attending a

funeral each member shall at his OAVII cxpence purchase a black , cape , hat band , and black gloves or forfeit 2 / G to ye box . " 28 . If any member neglecteth coming when invited to a burial or summoned upon any urgent occasion , except as aboA'e mentioned shall forfeit Isb . and this Society to continue to be such as long as any three members agree to hold the same . "

The Minute Book Of The Lodge Of Industry, Gateshead.

The folloAving is the subscription : — " We Avhose names are hereunder subscribed are agreeable to the foresaid articles as witness our hands June ye 24 th 1732 . "Matt Armstrong , Geo Gillespy , Jos

Gillespy George Stokes , Arthur Dowglass , W" Hawdon , Thomas Dalton , John Robmford , John Thompson , Michael Dalton , W" Blacklock , " A name erased . Other signatures in 1732 . "Hendrick Jones , Peter Brown , George Pesco , William

BroAvn , Joseph Clark , William Tods , John Dover . " It seems as if these rules Avere signed on entrance , as four columns of original signatures continue until August , 1773 . I might linger longer over this

interestingrecord of an old lodge , and our older Brethren , but I Avill keep for another Article seA'eral A'ery interesting transcripts to which I have already alluded .

Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE AND ART .

BY BRO . GEORGE 3 IARKHAAI TWEDDELL . IT has been said that Sir Walter Scott ' s Life of Bonaparte Avas tbe greatest romance he ever wrote ; whilst others have urged in extenuation that be took his " facts" too

much from newspaper reports , which at that time Avere not to be so much depended upon as in tbe present day . A correspondent of the "NeAvcastle Weekly Chronicle " noticing " a rather remarkable effort of descriptive reporting" in the present clay ,

says : — " In the Beecher-Tilton case , I noted Victoria Woodhull Avas summoned as a Avitness . The pressmen present seem to have sharpened their pencils when the apostle of free loA'e 'took the stand , ' as they say . In . varying words , they describe

her appearance ; and from five of the efforts of leading papers , kindly sent me , I cull the Avords relating to the dress of Victoria . Says the ; Sun' dogmatically , ' ber dress Avas black silk ; ' the ' Evening News' has it that ' she Avas dressed in a

dark blue promenade suit ; ' the ' Tribune ' will have it that she had on a ' dark purple dress ; ' the ' Telegram' emphasises the fact that she wore—if not a wreath of roses—

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THE MINUTE BOOK OF THE LODGE OF INDUSTRY, GATESHEAD. Article 34
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The Minute Book Of The Lodge Of Industry, Gateshead.

OA'er the leaf follows a list of names , one paying 2 s . 6 cl ., one paying Is . 6 d ., a list of " raised members , " 5 in number , in 1771 and 1772 , and 7 names , June 24 th , 17 G 2 , cither of members of tbe Order , of new membersor of those present on that

, date . The " Highrodiams " seem to us to be a corruption of "Harodim , " Avhat Domaskin or Forin may be , deponent cannot eA'en guess , Between pages 36 and 37 , so numbered , several leaves have been cut or torn aAvay ,

a subject of deep regret , as there must at least be twenty so missing . All that remains are seven rules , Avhich I transcribe , because signed by a large number of brethren . "June ye 24 th 1732 .

" 18 th . If any member dyetb after be become a real member 40 s . shall be alloAved for defraying his funeral charges , and 5 s , for bis widow , executors , administrators or assigns , to Avhich charge each subscribing member shall Is , next meeting after the

Interment or be excluded ' from the Society . " Curiously enough this is the actual sj'stem still of some modern "Dead Briefs , " as tbey are called in the north of England .

" 19 . That any member being within 2 miles of the place of tbe deceased shall in a solemn manner attend the corps to the grave wbei'e they shall deliver the tickets to the stewards then attending or forfeit

1 shilling . " 20 . In order to attend the funeral each member shall meet at tbe bouse Avhere the Society is kept , from Avhence they shall be conducted to the place Avhere the deceased is . Each member shall bear his own expenses .

" 21 . If any one happens to die before be hath been a year in the Society the money that he hath desposed in tbe box shall be returned towards his funeral charges . " [ Two lines are here erased . ] " 22 . For tbe more deacent attending a

funeral each member shall at his OAVII cxpence purchase a black , cape , hat band , and black gloves or forfeit 2 / G to ye box . " 28 . If any member neglecteth coming when invited to a burial or summoned upon any urgent occasion , except as aboA'e mentioned shall forfeit Isb . and this Society to continue to be such as long as any three members agree to hold the same . "

The Minute Book Of The Lodge Of Industry, Gateshead.

The folloAving is the subscription : — " We Avhose names are hereunder subscribed are agreeable to the foresaid articles as witness our hands June ye 24 th 1732 . "Matt Armstrong , Geo Gillespy , Jos

Gillespy George Stokes , Arthur Dowglass , W" Hawdon , Thomas Dalton , John Robmford , John Thompson , Michael Dalton , W" Blacklock , " A name erased . Other signatures in 1732 . "Hendrick Jones , Peter Brown , George Pesco , William

BroAvn , Joseph Clark , William Tods , John Dover . " It seems as if these rules Avere signed on entrance , as four columns of original signatures continue until August , 1773 . I might linger longer over this

interestingrecord of an old lodge , and our older Brethren , but I Avill keep for another Article seA'eral A'ery interesting transcripts to which I have already alluded .

Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE AND ART .

BY BRO . GEORGE 3 IARKHAAI TWEDDELL . IT has been said that Sir Walter Scott ' s Life of Bonaparte Avas tbe greatest romance he ever wrote ; whilst others have urged in extenuation that be took his " facts" too

much from newspaper reports , which at that time Avere not to be so much depended upon as in tbe present day . A correspondent of the "NeAvcastle Weekly Chronicle " noticing " a rather remarkable effort of descriptive reporting" in the present clay ,

says : — " In the Beecher-Tilton case , I noted Victoria Woodhull Avas summoned as a Avitness . The pressmen present seem to have sharpened their pencils when the apostle of free loA'e 'took the stand , ' as they say . In . varying words , they describe

her appearance ; and from five of the efforts of leading papers , kindly sent me , I cull the Avords relating to the dress of Victoria . Says the ; Sun' dogmatically , ' ber dress Avas black silk ; ' the ' Evening News' has it that ' she Avas dressed in a

dark blue promenade suit ; ' the ' Tribune ' will have it that she had on a ' dark purple dress ; ' the ' Telegram' emphasises the fact that she wore—if not a wreath of roses—

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