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Article CABINET OF MASONIC CURIOSITIES. ← Page 2 of 2 Article TO MRS. BRYANT. Page 1 of 1 Article THE PROPOSED SPELLING REFORM. Page 1 of 2 →
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Cabinet Of Masonic Curiosities.
" What's the name of the scribe . " asked Past-Master B ., As addressing the Craftsmen one night ; But no one was able the crook'd line to see , Or drag the poor author to light . " Most excellent Z . ! thrice exalted m art ! ' A Master in Israel'
profound—Can ' st thou not this secret , Eureka , impart , Or show its true import or sound ?" " Wiry ask for a name plainly wrote at the foot , Tho' unseen , overlooked , or mistook ; You ' ve only to look for its import ancl root In Mason ' s ' La plume volante' Book (*) .
" This hint on the word sheds a luminous ray , To light its true meaning to vieAv ; Unfold , then , this riddle , and instantly say , . You have found what is known but to feAV . " Confess there ' s a Mason of Mgber degree
Than any you ' ve found here about : The 'Plume volante' Mason ' s the Mason for me , And Ms pen the Eureka found out . " Bristol , 1 st January , 1848 . / ^ (*) "La plume volante , " 1707 .
To Mrs. Bryant.
TO MRS . BRYANT .
Being told a young Mason you ' ve brought into li g ht , Amply stored with the gifts of hearing and'sight ; Yearning for something bis bands to employ , And fill Ms young soul Avith excitement and joy . But , unable as yet to handle the TroAvel , A Avhistle and bells I ' ve sent as his JeAvel ;
What a Jewel for a Lewis , before he ' s enrolled—Aye , for by Mm the secret will never be told . Bristol , 18 th August , 1847 . . /" " * - Among a bundle of Masonic papers presented to me by Bro . Dr . Samuel Bryant , I found tho foregoing . Thinking they would prove interesting as being connected Avith the oldest , most worth y , and most zealous Mason in Bristol or neig hbouring provinces , I forward them for preservation in the columns of the " Masonic Magazine . " F . G . IKAVIN .
The Proposed Spelling Reform.
THE PROPOSED SPELLING REFORM .
r plTERE are many proposed changes in the social world , us we all . know , made day by - * - day , from some queer motive or another , often not very apparent , and , to say the buth , somewhat questionable , which , instead of reform , would lead to revolution , instead 01 tending to improvement—would culminate in anarchy I
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Cabinet Of Masonic Curiosities.
" What's the name of the scribe . " asked Past-Master B ., As addressing the Craftsmen one night ; But no one was able the crook'd line to see , Or drag the poor author to light . " Most excellent Z . ! thrice exalted m art ! ' A Master in Israel'
profound—Can ' st thou not this secret , Eureka , impart , Or show its true import or sound ?" " Wiry ask for a name plainly wrote at the foot , Tho' unseen , overlooked , or mistook ; You ' ve only to look for its import ancl root In Mason ' s ' La plume volante' Book (*) .
" This hint on the word sheds a luminous ray , To light its true meaning to vieAv ; Unfold , then , this riddle , and instantly say , . You have found what is known but to feAV . " Confess there ' s a Mason of Mgber degree
Than any you ' ve found here about : The 'Plume volante' Mason ' s the Mason for me , And Ms pen the Eureka found out . " Bristol , 1 st January , 1848 . / ^ (*) "La plume volante , " 1707 .
To Mrs. Bryant.
TO MRS . BRYANT .
Being told a young Mason you ' ve brought into li g ht , Amply stored with the gifts of hearing and'sight ; Yearning for something bis bands to employ , And fill Ms young soul Avith excitement and joy . But , unable as yet to handle the TroAvel , A Avhistle and bells I ' ve sent as his JeAvel ;
What a Jewel for a Lewis , before he ' s enrolled—Aye , for by Mm the secret will never be told . Bristol , 18 th August , 1847 . . /" " * - Among a bundle of Masonic papers presented to me by Bro . Dr . Samuel Bryant , I found tho foregoing . Thinking they would prove interesting as being connected Avith the oldest , most worth y , and most zealous Mason in Bristol or neig hbouring provinces , I forward them for preservation in the columns of the " Masonic Magazine . " F . G . IKAVIN .
The Proposed Spelling Reform.
THE PROPOSED SPELLING REFORM .
r plTERE are many proposed changes in the social world , us we all . know , made day by - * - day , from some queer motive or another , often not very apparent , and , to say the buth , somewhat questionable , which , instead of reform , would lead to revolution , instead 01 tending to improvement—would culminate in anarchy I