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Article THE GRAND PORTER. ← Page 3 of 3 Article MASONIC ANECDOTE. Page 1 of 1 Article THE OLD GIANT SOLDIER. Page 1 of 3 →
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The Grand Porter.
he retired from public duty , a successor was neetled , possessing as far as possible the qualifications of the retiring functionary . Such a one was soon found ; Simpson abdicated the throne , and Brother Otfcy , * as Grand Porter , now reigns in his stead .
Masonic Anecdote.
MASONIC ANECDOTE .
IN the summer of 1835 , the schooner Vigilant , Captain Berguin , from Dunkirk , arrived in Lerwick harbour , with loss of sails and other damage . The captain procured an agent with whom he agreed for the necessary repairs , which were soon effected , and the vessel declared read y for sea . A misunderstanding , however , arose between the captain and agent on the charges incurred , which , in the sequel , proved to be excessive ; the captain threatened to sail without acknowleding the account
g unless corrected , whereon a meditations fugce warrant was procured against him . I knew him to be a man incapable of acting with dishonesty , although a little acute with detection of certain mistakes , and was struck with astonishment at seeing him marched off to prison and incarcerated beside a felon convicted of theft and burglary . As the captain understood tbe English language but very imperfectly , I proffered my service in his forlorn state . After the burst of indignation
which naturally followed , had subsided , he earnestly requested that a Freemason might be sent to him : I was acquainted with several gentlemen reputed to be of the order , and to whom I made his case known . The agent who procured the warrant , the judge who signed it , and the captain who suffered by it were all Freemasons ; instant justice was rendered , and the captain immediatel y liberated . I was so struck with the wondrous influence of the mystic tie over the usual lardy operation of official regulations , that I eagerly seized the opportunity to become a Freemason . B ITAVUS .
The Old Giant Soldier.
THE OLD GIANT SOLDIER .
A SWEDISH MASONIC HEMINISCEINCI * . BY BIIO . 0 . O . JIEJLANDEB . Lv the earlier days of my boyhood , I made the acquaintance of an old warrior , whom I used to visit . His stature was that of a giant of old , and althou gh upwards of ninety , he still had the upright walk of the soldier ; but , yielding alike from age and wei ght ,
As each step he took . His body shook . His face , large and round , was much pitted with the small-pox ; the eyes small and grey ; the beard very long and red , for age had not marked
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Grand Porter.
he retired from public duty , a successor was neetled , possessing as far as possible the qualifications of the retiring functionary . Such a one was soon found ; Simpson abdicated the throne , and Brother Otfcy , * as Grand Porter , now reigns in his stead .
Masonic Anecdote.
MASONIC ANECDOTE .
IN the summer of 1835 , the schooner Vigilant , Captain Berguin , from Dunkirk , arrived in Lerwick harbour , with loss of sails and other damage . The captain procured an agent with whom he agreed for the necessary repairs , which were soon effected , and the vessel declared read y for sea . A misunderstanding , however , arose between the captain and agent on the charges incurred , which , in the sequel , proved to be excessive ; the captain threatened to sail without acknowleding the account
g unless corrected , whereon a meditations fugce warrant was procured against him . I knew him to be a man incapable of acting with dishonesty , although a little acute with detection of certain mistakes , and was struck with astonishment at seeing him marched off to prison and incarcerated beside a felon convicted of theft and burglary . As the captain understood tbe English language but very imperfectly , I proffered my service in his forlorn state . After the burst of indignation
which naturally followed , had subsided , he earnestly requested that a Freemason might be sent to him : I was acquainted with several gentlemen reputed to be of the order , and to whom I made his case known . The agent who procured the warrant , the judge who signed it , and the captain who suffered by it were all Freemasons ; instant justice was rendered , and the captain immediatel y liberated . I was so struck with the wondrous influence of the mystic tie over the usual lardy operation of official regulations , that I eagerly seized the opportunity to become a Freemason . B ITAVUS .
The Old Giant Soldier.
THE OLD GIANT SOLDIER .
A SWEDISH MASONIC HEMINISCEINCI * . BY BIIO . 0 . O . JIEJLANDEB . Lv the earlier days of my boyhood , I made the acquaintance of an old warrior , whom I used to visit . His stature was that of a giant of old , and althou gh upwards of ninety , he still had the upright walk of the soldier ; but , yielding alike from age and wei ght ,
As each step he took . His body shook . His face , large and round , was much pitted with the small-pox ; the eyes small and grey ; the beard very long and red , for age had not marked