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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

into the river , and after some time had elapsed made his appearance below the stern , having gone clear under from one end to the other . This feat was regarded by all who witnessed it as a most remarkable and daring undertaking , and he was awarded the greatest praise for this unequalled performance . It is said he did this several times during the time the boat lay at the bank . Mrs . Audubon was also a great swimmer . Mr . H . E . Bouse told us that he had frequently seen her go into thc river at the foot of First Street and swim to the Indiana shore , She dressed in a regular swimming costume , and ivas regarded by all who knew her as the next best to her husband , if not his equal .

" During Mi-. Audubon ' s life in Henderson he pursued the study of ornithology , frequently going to the woods and remaining there for two or three months at a visit . Upon one occasion he followed a hawk , peculiar to this country , and , so anxious was he to become thc possessor of tho bird , he pursued it for two or three days , - finally succeeding in killing it . He was never known to stop for streams of any kind ; he would swim rivers or creeks in pursuit of any game or bird he might bo in search of . At one time he watched a flicker , or what is commonly known as a yellow-hammer , until he saw it go in a hole near thc top of an old tree . He immediately climbed the tree , and , running his hand into the hole to got thc bird ht hold of a large black snakePulling it out of thc hole

, caug . , and seeing what it was , he immediately let go , and he and the snake both fell to thc ground . Mr . Audubon used to tell this story , with a good deal of humour , to the many who often wondered at thc risk he would take in tho pursuit of this great study . " Afterliving in Henderson until about thc year 1 S 22 or 1823 , ho became , from some cause , jealous of his wife , who is represented as having been a very beautiful woman . They got along badly , and she finally concluded- to go to her former homo , Louisville , to which place she was driven overland in thc carriage of Benjamin Talbott , by his coloured driver . Mr . Audubon became embarrassed in his business mattersand concluded to from Henderson to

, move a new locality , which he did some time afterward . We have in this community several gentlemen who know Mr , Audubon well , aud who can tell a great deal of his history while living here . " Mr . Egglestone has published , in a neat form , the able work on Bishop Butler at Stanhope which I announced in a previous Note , and ivhich I hope to glance at more fully in a future number of the Masonic Magazine , as the book is full of interest . Rose Cottage , Stokesleit .

The Modern Order Of "Knights Templar" In The British Dominions.

THE MODERN ORDER OF "KNIGHTS TEMPLAR" IN THE BRITISH DOMINIONS .

BY COL . W . J , B . MACLEOD MOOBE , 83 ° , A . AND A . S . E ., GREAT P 1 UOR OF CANADA . nPHE great interest evinced of late years by the Masonic Body of the United States - * - and Canada in the Order of Kni ghts Templar induces me to enter into some particulars relative to its ori gin and modern practicesexplicitly pointing out my own

, long-formed impressions , and to correct , if possible , errors which many Masonic writers have fallen into whilst _ explaining the significance of its ceremonies , but who , evidently ignorant of the true history and character of the Order , have , by misrepresentations , caused it to be vilified by those unacquainted with its objects ancl origin . The Order holds the most conspicuous p lace in the ' history of the Crusades , where they fought in Palestine to vindicate ancl further the Christian reliionand regain

g , possession from the Saracens of the holy places of our Faith . Although from their original poverty called "Poor Pellow Soldiers of Christ , " they , in course of time , amassed great wealth , and became possessed of extensive estates in Europe , having Preceptory Houses scattered all over Christendom , owing allegiance to but one Supreme Head , ancl becoming so powerful as to excite tbe fears of the Popes as an ecclesiastical ,

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 1
CHARTER OF SCOON AND PERTH LODGE, A.D. 1658. Article 2
THE SO-CALLED LOCKE MS. Article 4
AN OPENING ODE. Article 7
MASONRY AND CHRISTIANITY. Article 8
A SONG FOR SUMMER. Article 9
FIVE POINTS OF FELLOWSHIP. Article 10
BEATRICE. Article 11
ART-JOTTINGS IN ART-STUDIOS.* Article 14
LEND A HELPING HAND. Article 16
AUTUMN LEAFLETS. Article 17
AN IMPROMPTU. Article 19
LORELEI. Article 19
MILDRED: AN AUTUMN ROMANCE. Article 21
A VISIT TO ASHOVER CHURCHYARD. Article 25
LOST AND SAVED; OR, NELLIE POWERS, THE MISSIONARY'S DAUGHTER. Article 28
REVIEW. Article 32
SONNET. Article 34
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. Article 35
THE MODERN ORDER OF "KNIGHTS TEMPLAR" IN THE BRITISH DOMINIONS. Article 38
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 46
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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

into the river , and after some time had elapsed made his appearance below the stern , having gone clear under from one end to the other . This feat was regarded by all who witnessed it as a most remarkable and daring undertaking , and he was awarded the greatest praise for this unequalled performance . It is said he did this several times during the time the boat lay at the bank . Mrs . Audubon was also a great swimmer . Mr . H . E . Bouse told us that he had frequently seen her go into thc river at the foot of First Street and swim to the Indiana shore , She dressed in a regular swimming costume , and ivas regarded by all who knew her as the next best to her husband , if not his equal .

" During Mi-. Audubon ' s life in Henderson he pursued the study of ornithology , frequently going to the woods and remaining there for two or three months at a visit . Upon one occasion he followed a hawk , peculiar to this country , and , so anxious was he to become thc possessor of tho bird , he pursued it for two or three days , - finally succeeding in killing it . He was never known to stop for streams of any kind ; he would swim rivers or creeks in pursuit of any game or bird he might bo in search of . At one time he watched a flicker , or what is commonly known as a yellow-hammer , until he saw it go in a hole near thc top of an old tree . He immediately climbed the tree , and , running his hand into the hole to got thc bird ht hold of a large black snakePulling it out of thc hole

, caug . , and seeing what it was , he immediately let go , and he and the snake both fell to thc ground . Mr . Audubon used to tell this story , with a good deal of humour , to the many who often wondered at thc risk he would take in tho pursuit of this great study . " Afterliving in Henderson until about thc year 1 S 22 or 1823 , ho became , from some cause , jealous of his wife , who is represented as having been a very beautiful woman . They got along badly , and she finally concluded- to go to her former homo , Louisville , to which place she was driven overland in thc carriage of Benjamin Talbott , by his coloured driver . Mr . Audubon became embarrassed in his business mattersand concluded to from Henderson to

, move a new locality , which he did some time afterward . We have in this community several gentlemen who know Mr , Audubon well , aud who can tell a great deal of his history while living here . " Mr . Egglestone has published , in a neat form , the able work on Bishop Butler at Stanhope which I announced in a previous Note , and ivhich I hope to glance at more fully in a future number of the Masonic Magazine , as the book is full of interest . Rose Cottage , Stokesleit .

The Modern Order Of "Knights Templar" In The British Dominions.

THE MODERN ORDER OF "KNIGHTS TEMPLAR" IN THE BRITISH DOMINIONS .

BY COL . W . J , B . MACLEOD MOOBE , 83 ° , A . AND A . S . E ., GREAT P 1 UOR OF CANADA . nPHE great interest evinced of late years by the Masonic Body of the United States - * - and Canada in the Order of Kni ghts Templar induces me to enter into some particulars relative to its ori gin and modern practicesexplicitly pointing out my own

, long-formed impressions , and to correct , if possible , errors which many Masonic writers have fallen into whilst _ explaining the significance of its ceremonies , but who , evidently ignorant of the true history and character of the Order , have , by misrepresentations , caused it to be vilified by those unacquainted with its objects ancl origin . The Order holds the most conspicuous p lace in the ' history of the Crusades , where they fought in Palestine to vindicate ancl further the Christian reliionand regain

g , possession from the Saracens of the holy places of our Faith . Although from their original poverty called "Poor Pellow Soldiers of Christ , " they , in course of time , amassed great wealth , and became possessed of extensive estates in Europe , having Preceptory Houses scattered all over Christendom , owing allegiance to but one Supreme Head , ancl becoming so powerful as to excite tbe fears of the Popes as an ecclesiastical ,

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