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Masonic Anecdotes.
MASONIC ANECDOTES .
THE surgeon of a large trading vessel left England on a voyage that was calculated to extend over three years . The passage was not congenial to his nature , for the captain behaved to him with contempt , and he was not , therefore , treated as he ought to have been by others . The motive for the captain ' s conduct arose from the surgeon ' s non-compliance with certain peculative views which affected the interests of the owners , as well as the comforts of the ship ' s company , but which circumstances
it would have been imprudent to have divulged , as such a course would have drawn upon him all the severity it was then in the power of a seacaptain to inflict . On reaching a distant port , the surgeon left the ship , preferring to throw himself on the consideration of strangers rather than to endure a continuance of such cruel treatment , and his prospect was brightening . Several passengers , however , who were desirpus of returning home ,
would only take berths in the ship on condition that the surgeon would resume his duties , his character being highly esteemed . On this , the captain , by apologizing for his past conduct , by promises of amendment in himself , and of full-pay and privilege , succeeded in changing the determination of the surgeon , much to the satisfaction of the passengers . The surgeon packed up his movables , and consigned them to a person to convey them on board . He saw his trunks secured on a sort of cart , which drove off , he himself following at a brisk walk . On the cart
neanng the place where the boat was waiting , he observed the driver to use increased speed , and turn suddenly into the bush-way , where in an instant he was out of sight ! The blue Peter was at the mast-head , not a moment was to be lost , and the poor fellow boarded the ship without even a change of linen . The passengers kindly supplied him with many things , but the captain ' s conduct became harsher than ever ; to jeers on his misfortune , succeeded every speeies of vindictiveness in his power : his end had been answeredhe had obtained passengerswith their
, , money and stores , and he forgot alibis promises to the surgeon , whom he unceremoniously dismissed on his arrival at Calcutta , and who became a wanderer and an outcast in the " City of Palaces . " But the surgeon was a Mason , and in the hour of need—starving , and scarcely clothed—he remembered that as he had promised to relieve others in their trouble , he was probably himself entitled to ask relief . He applied to a Provincial Grand Officerwho supplied his immediate
, wants , and shortly enabled him to make a decent appearance ; soon after which he was engaged by a native gentleman in the upper provinces , as secretary and medical attendant , in which capacity he still remains . Before leaving Calcutta , he called on his friend , the Grand Officer , and repaid the advances , with the most grateful acknowledgments for the powerful and truly Masonic kindness afforded him in the hour of affliction .
LoncES were attached , before and after 1733 , to the British armies , and were called " Travelling Lodges , " and are at present common to the armies of Europe and the East , and are productive of wholesome effects . Their tendency is to strengthen the bonds of friendship , and to diffuse among the officers and privates a spirit of charity , fraternal kindness , and subordination ; this is beautifully illustrated by an event in our re-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Anecdotes.
MASONIC ANECDOTES .
THE surgeon of a large trading vessel left England on a voyage that was calculated to extend over three years . The passage was not congenial to his nature , for the captain behaved to him with contempt , and he was not , therefore , treated as he ought to have been by others . The motive for the captain ' s conduct arose from the surgeon ' s non-compliance with certain peculative views which affected the interests of the owners , as well as the comforts of the ship ' s company , but which circumstances
it would have been imprudent to have divulged , as such a course would have drawn upon him all the severity it was then in the power of a seacaptain to inflict . On reaching a distant port , the surgeon left the ship , preferring to throw himself on the consideration of strangers rather than to endure a continuance of such cruel treatment , and his prospect was brightening . Several passengers , however , who were desirpus of returning home ,
would only take berths in the ship on condition that the surgeon would resume his duties , his character being highly esteemed . On this , the captain , by apologizing for his past conduct , by promises of amendment in himself , and of full-pay and privilege , succeeded in changing the determination of the surgeon , much to the satisfaction of the passengers . The surgeon packed up his movables , and consigned them to a person to convey them on board . He saw his trunks secured on a sort of cart , which drove off , he himself following at a brisk walk . On the cart
neanng the place where the boat was waiting , he observed the driver to use increased speed , and turn suddenly into the bush-way , where in an instant he was out of sight ! The blue Peter was at the mast-head , not a moment was to be lost , and the poor fellow boarded the ship without even a change of linen . The passengers kindly supplied him with many things , but the captain ' s conduct became harsher than ever ; to jeers on his misfortune , succeeded every speeies of vindictiveness in his power : his end had been answeredhe had obtained passengerswith their
, , money and stores , and he forgot alibis promises to the surgeon , whom he unceremoniously dismissed on his arrival at Calcutta , and who became a wanderer and an outcast in the " City of Palaces . " But the surgeon was a Mason , and in the hour of need—starving , and scarcely clothed—he remembered that as he had promised to relieve others in their trouble , he was probably himself entitled to ask relief . He applied to a Provincial Grand Officerwho supplied his immediate
, wants , and shortly enabled him to make a decent appearance ; soon after which he was engaged by a native gentleman in the upper provinces , as secretary and medical attendant , in which capacity he still remains . Before leaving Calcutta , he called on his friend , the Grand Officer , and repaid the advances , with the most grateful acknowledgments for the powerful and truly Masonic kindness afforded him in the hour of affliction .
LoncES were attached , before and after 1733 , to the British armies , and were called " Travelling Lodges , " and are at present common to the armies of Europe and the East , and are productive of wholesome effects . Their tendency is to strengthen the bonds of friendship , and to diffuse among the officers and privates a spirit of charity , fraternal kindness , and subordination ; this is beautifully illustrated by an event in our re-