The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24
MASONIC.
story of the Northeast Corner.

Story of the Northeast Corner
Itoccurred-no matter where--and hap
pened-no matter when ; the parties
concerned in it were-no matter who,
it is enough to know the story is true.
Brethren Joseph and George, both
members of Cerulean Lodge, had a
quarrel. 1t originated as the first quar-
rel did las the astqua1Tel will--among
the women. Sister George had had a
falling OUT with sister Joseph their
children took sides in it the boys
fought each other !; the girls slandered
each other and took different benches
at school nephews and neices, uncles
and cousins, on both sides, assumed
parts in the game. Old MAI Hoke shot
old man Slimy's hog because Shiny
worked for Joseph. The thing was
carried into church and the whole
George faction withdrew theirmember
ship because it was conjectured that
the preachers wife favored the "Jo-
sephs " more than she did them. The
two newspapers in the village took
sides in the Quarrel with vivacity, the
Sugnree being a " Joseph organ, while
the Weekly Scorpion went it blind for
George" Oh, it was a beautiful quarrel
all around and promised to last until
the final three knocks" should call
up the dead.
needn't dwell on it further everv
village has a set of quarrels Of its own
quite as interesting in details and as
pleasant to contemplate as the story |
am telling the only consideration be-
fore us is, how was it settled.
In this way Deacon Amo, a lovely
nan in private and public life and a
member of Cerulean Lodge, went
first to Bro. George and laid before him
the terrible evils connected with this
quarrel. Then he went to Bro. Joseph
and did the same thing. Each admit
ting the evils but was hopeless of the
remedy. Each could perceive the mote
in the brothers eye, but not a trace of
the beam that stuck so prominently out
of his own Each was of the opinion
" that it made no particular difference
to him how the thing ONE out"
ETC., etc. That's the way men always
talk when they know they are wrong.
Bro. AmO-a remarkably appropriate
name, a body would think it was made
on purpose to fit the man, he was so
lovely-then took Brother Joseph up on
a promise to meet him the next day in
the Lodge room at ten o'clock. Now
Cerulean Lodge has by some degrees
the darkest lodge-roOm / ever was in !;
it is the only one I ever saw where spi-
ders can't make a living | carry an
honorable scar III my knee made by
falling over a spit-bOx in that room in
the broad blaze of day. And when the
two brothers met by appointment in
the Tyler's % they felt their way
i'll like a pair of blind men however,
AmO managed to find the Treasurer's
desk, and there the two took their seats.
Didn't Amo lay down the law then (the
Didn't he remind him that he
was sitting in the northeast corner,
and call up "those first instructiOnsn
communicated there? Didn't he re-
cite somebody's lines in "the north
east corner land continued till he had
wOrkedthe good brother intoa malleable
condition? He did!
just then a knock was heard at the
door and the Deacon answered it. He
came in leading somebody by the hand,
but talking so fast that somebody
couldn't edge in q word. He lead the
somebody to the Treasurer's desk and
remarked " there's another good bro
Their here" The two good brothers
shook hands without the least intima-
ton who the other was, while Amo
talked on as it he had the " CdcRthes
LdTuendW the worst way. He seated
the two good brothers side by side and
remarking, " was just giving a little
lecture on an important piece of SYM
bolism,' he resumed his subject. How
did Amo talk. Every pathetic idea
conveyed in the masonic ceremonies,
covenants and emblems was broughtup.
He got the two good brothers to weap-
ing and they lent each other q hand
kerehief, they borrowed each others
tobacco, they shook each others hands
repeatedly without the ghost of an idea
what they were doing. And when the
Deacon suddenly lighted a little Ian
tern he had i'm his pocket and Joseph
saw that it was George whose tobacco
was in his mouth and George saw it was
Joseph whose handkerchief he had been
numbering in, they just knocked under
without q word, they were sold at the
lowest market rate, they embraced each
other like good fellows, as they were,
and all three walked out Of the Lodge
room as happy as the three Fellow
Crafts when they had received their
pardon.