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To The Editor.
humWp «™ rL » ° M A 8 YLl , w —S' « BnoTHEu ,-Permit a very humble Brother to address you on a subject nearest his heart At this rs £ BT ^ the M * lum { 0 r A ^ Masons requires the truth tu - be spoken , and b y none more especiall y than by such as myself 3 v ° ant , " e ; T ; tanC f f Vjng Cila T ' Ca" ™ re d ™« y s ^ the E a hantages of an Asylum ; not that I look on the annuity system with any disrespectbut merel wish to be understood
, y as proving that it is not equall y as advantageous as an Asylum . After struggling with misfortune for many years , during which myself anil wife were seldom in health ; always backwardfnour ran sometimes seized on for arrears ; indifferently clothed , and worse fed-ATThaT' ^ S ™™ tY of the Governor ! , an intnate of an Asyl m . th 8 ofa convenient
Sn to LlkT ^ T °° ' f us e out-house , a B aiden to walk in , each one a supply of clothing annually and eh ' ht shi lings a week . Single men InvW six shillings . Therei a ch- pel and once on Sunday a minister regularly performs divim ^ service ¦ ¦ the doors are open every clay , and those who may he disposed , a e permitted to read some religious books provided for the purpose . The . " ino reh g . ous preference ; for . luring the week several geinlemen of differed ! suasions visit
pe us . But this is not all-the baker , appointed by order of the committee , taking into account the number to he supplied not nr Je ^ w * * ^ ^ " ^ ^ ch ^ a trifle less than marke pi ice , we have some advantage , also , in the cheesemongery and ve <* e-* "'* ' T" Ae butchMS iu the ™ ighbWhood a e very considerate in their charges , for the small dealing ! we have with them 0 edal ' '
a ^ idnr : ' > f ^™ " ? ¦ *» ™ S > ° " «™ d visit us Lea mna iy , and prescribe from a medicme-chest on the establishment . When I thata mZ ^ lT' M , Uliti r Wi ? h the past ' £ rateful J ought to be 1 mdh " , l Pr 0 vulenc u e has togned to bless me ; then , aias ! how hfr rtj eVe " - ? metUcal dd -not that «« gentlemen of that profession are wanting m charity , but the claims on their tim- ~
„ so numerous as to prevent the full exercise of that virtue ; and who but the 3 L ° But ' t ! ^^ Vif TSM mke ^ the «*«» ' - mv f , Z ^ . ' . , ' " 1 1 S an 0 ther ev , 1 » which » ^ though " 0 ' Proved in Z , „™ i i 1 , lave . , 1 » tlySeen in others , and it is this . —A from ST J "" reCC 1 Veh \ SSeVen ' eight ' orevcn tenshiUinraa-week ; from this he has to pay something as tenant of some wretched -arret " ^ f'V' aKWlat remaiS to ^ xiCsted
nXe ^ s oT ? ' V , , " poor h , Z 7 I y ^ l ° l dealln S' the chan « l" - ' s shop , for a bit of bi ead-perJiaps a morse of poor bacon , now and then . Is tin ' s ail ? ~ who frTriiVr ' , T' ha , Ve SOme co' « Panion in misfortune , who , for the line , shares his crust-thus even pauperising poverty in ite ' S * ' ; * ' . ihis > s « o idle tale ; It is a reality contLah y the , Z h 1 Crcas V " ? >"> * e advantages are all enjoyed by 3 1 u , ra , ' y are intended : while the younger branched
in hef whf / Z 1 'hL' UTTy 0 f , Vl i 0 r" » g " «™ . can maintain thci iamn . es with gj eater comfort , and witness at ti : e time the imm-nw . me . it in the health and comfort of their parents . I s ^ il ™ on [ he stated days , to see the younger folks coming to visit us-iiltd „ ' ^ . miserable room all is neatness , order , ami comfort . Oh t > dcnot disdain to publish this letter from a very humble Maso ' who t thus happily provided for , prays daily that the blessing of Heaven ., f attend the Asylum for A ged Masons . A 1 ' oon W « " n
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To The Editor.
humWp «™ rL » ° M A 8 YLl , w —S' « BnoTHEu ,-Permit a very humble Brother to address you on a subject nearest his heart At this rs £ BT ^ the M * lum { 0 r A ^ Masons requires the truth tu - be spoken , and b y none more especiall y than by such as myself 3 v ° ant , " e ; T ; tanC f f Vjng Cila T ' Ca" ™ re d ™« y s ^ the E a hantages of an Asylum ; not that I look on the annuity system with any disrespectbut merel wish to be understood
, y as proving that it is not equall y as advantageous as an Asylum . After struggling with misfortune for many years , during which myself anil wife were seldom in health ; always backwardfnour ran sometimes seized on for arrears ; indifferently clothed , and worse fed-ATThaT' ^ S ™™ tY of the Governor ! , an intnate of an Asyl m . th 8 ofa convenient
Sn to LlkT ^ T °° ' f us e out-house , a B aiden to walk in , each one a supply of clothing annually and eh ' ht shi lings a week . Single men InvW six shillings . Therei a ch- pel and once on Sunday a minister regularly performs divim ^ service ¦ ¦ the doors are open every clay , and those who may he disposed , a e permitted to read some religious books provided for the purpose . The . " ino reh g . ous preference ; for . luring the week several geinlemen of differed ! suasions visit
pe us . But this is not all-the baker , appointed by order of the committee , taking into account the number to he supplied not nr Je ^ w * * ^ ^ " ^ ^ ch ^ a trifle less than marke pi ice , we have some advantage , also , in the cheesemongery and ve <* e-* "'* ' T" Ae butchMS iu the ™ ighbWhood a e very considerate in their charges , for the small dealing ! we have with them 0 edal ' '
a ^ idnr : ' > f ^™ " ? ¦ *» ™ S > ° " «™ d visit us Lea mna iy , and prescribe from a medicme-chest on the establishment . When I thata mZ ^ lT' M , Uliti r Wi ? h the past ' £ rateful J ought to be 1 mdh " , l Pr 0 vulenc u e has togned to bless me ; then , aias ! how hfr rtj eVe " - ? metUcal dd -not that «« gentlemen of that profession are wanting m charity , but the claims on their tim- ~
„ so numerous as to prevent the full exercise of that virtue ; and who but the 3 L ° But ' t ! ^^ Vif TSM mke ^ the «*«» ' - mv f , Z ^ . ' . , ' " 1 1 S an 0 ther ev , 1 » which » ^ though " 0 ' Proved in Z , „™ i i 1 , lave . , 1 » tlySeen in others , and it is this . —A from ST J "" reCC 1 Veh \ SSeVen ' eight ' orevcn tenshiUinraa-week ; from this he has to pay something as tenant of some wretched -arret " ^ f'V' aKWlat remaiS to ^ xiCsted
nXe ^ s oT ? ' V , , " poor h , Z 7 I y ^ l ° l dealln S' the chan « l" - ' s shop , for a bit of bi ead-perJiaps a morse of poor bacon , now and then . Is tin ' s ail ? ~ who frTriiVr ' , T' ha , Ve SOme co' « Panion in misfortune , who , for the line , shares his crust-thus even pauperising poverty in ite ' S * ' ; * ' . ihis > s « o idle tale ; It is a reality contLah y the , Z h 1 Crcas V " ? >"> * e advantages are all enjoyed by 3 1 u , ra , ' y are intended : while the younger branched
in hef whf / Z 1 'hL' UTTy 0 f , Vl i 0 r" » g " «™ . can maintain thci iamn . es with gj eater comfort , and witness at ti : e time the imm-nw . me . it in the health and comfort of their parents . I s ^ il ™ on [ he stated days , to see the younger folks coming to visit us-iiltd „ ' ^ . miserable room all is neatness , order , ami comfort . Oh t > dcnot disdain to publish this letter from a very humble Maso ' who t thus happily provided for , prays daily that the blessing of Heaven ., f attend the Asylum for A ged Masons . A 1 ' oon W « " n