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(From Our Scottish Correspondent,) Burns as a Freevision in an attractive sabject, yet very little has been written about it. Mr Henley passes it over in a Evotnote which tells conically that:
Borns was always an enthusiastic Mason, to many separate minutes. When in 1788
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and Lint the Masonic iden, whatever that Baras went to Kilmarnock to arrange Bijou Scenic Theatre,
may be, went home to him." There about the first edition of his posms he are scattered references in the various carried his Masonic enthusiam with him, biographies, but, with the exepption of a and at once made the acquaintance of the brought the details together in a single was to the brethren of this Lodge Vry rare pamphlet of 1858, no writer has local St. John's (Kilwhsing) Lodge. It
Article or under`a alugle cover. A very | that ha addressed bis first contri- succes-ful attempt, however, has been made bution in Masonic literature: by MJ. Cuthbert Halden, and a summary may be given of his very interesting contribution to Burns literatura.
Teens of old Killie, assembled by
To follow the noble vocation." The minate book, bearing his signature is still extant, as is also the mallab ho pre-
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the best of all Burns Masonic compositions: 7.15.. PICTURES ONLY 7.15 P.M: was that in which, han be entertained thoughts of emigrating, he addressed to Leases & Manager...R.FL. STEPHENSON. the Brethren at Tarbolton,
It was on the 4th July, 1781, when he was in his twenty-second year, that Euras
initiated into the mysteries of sented to the Lodge in return for being Craft at St David's Lodge, Tarbolton. In made an honorary member. But perbape the following rear, along with some other Brethren, he left his Mother Lodge and helped to establish the St James' Lodge in Tarbolton, a circumstance -which-masked the bigissing al bis real. Masonic, career, Later he, moved to Irvine and other placer at a distanes, ed him attending the meetings of bin Lodge: but long walks to Tarbolton never prevent
We read that be boome an export in the riton, and that at the after meeting, when the Lodge as closed-what is delicately called the **symposium"-he was the King o at the core. No one could producs such bilarity artong the "dons of light, as Frother Burns,
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Those who like to dwell on the post's “irregularities" never fall to remind us that among the merry Mason of Tarbolton Borns was introduced to the life of a boon
companion. His brothor" Gilbert, also & Freemuson, Bald auch, but Gilbert declared also that not till he commenced
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sta £233,663,220 to was passed by Mr Dairymple of Orange Assets amount to 2104,088,650 field, an Ayrshire man, and introduced to Surplus amounts to 17,828,766 the Hon. Harry Erskine, the Master and Dividends to Policyholders Deanofthe Faculty of Advocates. A brilliant Total paid Policyholders 1910 meeting of Lodge was held, when Burns Total Expenses for 1910 was made Pust Laureate and crowned with Gros carnings from laterest
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THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO.author, when his growing celebrity oor sware, there is fino ploture on the oasioned his being often in company, bad Lodge-room walls of this ceremony; and it be ever seen Robert intoxicated. "Nor," say he remailed that, at a later date, James he added of this time, was he at all given Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, also held the to drisking." The Masons, according to office of Laureate in Canongate Kilwinning
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Mr Cuthbert Enddeo, should undoubtedly After his Border tour and his trip be relieved of that tharge as regards Buras, through the Highlands Burns settled down
No doubt the drucken Masons" was familiar epithet in the eighteenth century.
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Sinking Fund Account 797436618 6:
- £91, 252, 693′ 1793-
2,973,269 17:1
But the eighteenth century was an age of low as he himself confesses. He was hard drinking in other than Masonic again the lodding Masonis light of the circles. Judges, minkters, lawyers, district, zs Professor Dugald Stewart, who statesmen, all who could afford it, prided visited Ayrshire about that time, testifies, themselves on their achievements Shortly after bis marriage in December. "bottle men," and were so often drunk a 1788, be selected a member of the St public and in privata that the aberration Andrew's Lodge, Dumfries. But be was created neither scandal nor comment. The town too busy with Mrming and gauging incident of "The Whistle as rhymed by to pay much attention to Masonic matters, Buras, is sufficient corroboration to go no Even after bis final removal to Dumfries Other Receipts further Is short, the convivial habits of his appearance at Lodge meetings was
three months before he passed from the Life Departments are free from liably e infrequent, the last recorded visit being
MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS habits of the day in Scotland and Burns, THE 28TH ORDINARY ANNUAL the Tarbolton Masons were simply the in the above COMPANY will be held at clined (or let us say drawn) that WAY, the COMPANY'S OFFICE St George's would have learned to drink though Building & Connaught Road, Victoria, op og had been an uncent of the SATURDAY, the 9th March, 1912,
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