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10 minutes to 7, by the oldest parishioner who had not 
received parochial relief, and who was to have the proceeds 
of the land as his fee. But at length a greater benefactor 
was found in the person of Sir Fras. Dashwood, who erected 
Dunston Pillar, and placed upon its summit a large glass 
lantern that was lighted every night for the purpose of 
guiding benighted travellers on their way across the heath. 
And no doubt it served that purpose well, but yet it did not 
always enable people to get to their own homes in safety, 
especially when they had been carousing at the Green Man 
club, formerly much frequented by the gentry of the 
neighbourhood, and when far more liquor was unhappily 
consumed than now, for it is recorded that two of these on 
their way towards Lincoln, after they had been assisted into 
their carriage, and their coachman had been previously 
assisted into his box, thought it prudent to give him the 
following directions: — "John, be sure you keep the pillar 
light upon your right, and then we shall get home safe," 
before sinking into sleep. But when they awoke and found 
the sun was rising, and that they were still near the Pillar, 
and still in their carriage instead of being in their beds, one 
of them called out, "Why, John, where are we? Upon 
which John answered, " Oh, its all right, sir, the light is 
still upon my right ; " and so it was, for he had been circling 
round it all night, and was not much nearer home than when 
he began to drive. 
And here I will conclude, happy if I have been able to 
add anything to your stock of information respecting the 
Historical Incidents connected with a large and important 
district in an adjoining county. 
GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION. 
It having been suggested that if the members of the 
Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding 
