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Masonic Anecdotes*
drunken with the liquor which he had extracted from the hogsheads " being landed at the time ; ancl his rags hung upon him so carelessly that decency stood aghast at his appearance . He was not merely a drunkard , but lie was drunk all the time ; and to him soberness was a rarity . He had not only lost all moral standing , all name of , or claim to , decency , but self-respect had fled , and he was the nearest approach in habits and appearance to the brute that I ever saw in man .
One day—it was a clear sunshine of January—Thompson had thrown himself against the southern angle of a public building ; and about noon , as the members ofthe came from the halls , Jie looked for a little eleemosynary aid that would enable him to add a loaf of bread to his more easily acquired liquor . But member after member passed onthe case was too disgusting to excite sympathy ; one member only was left ; he came round the corner of the building towards the place of
egress from the premises , and attracted by the appearance of the wretch before him , he was about to offer alms , when , looking closer , he exclaimed , "Are not you Thompson ? " "Yes . " "Well , here is something ; but we are watched , come to my office this evening . " Thompson kept the promise , and presented himself at the office . He was not seen again for several weeks : and , if any thought of him , it was to congratulate themselves that they were relieved from the presence
of such a squalid wretch . About two months afterwards , as- the troops of the United States marched through the city on their way to the north-western frontiers , Thompson was seen in the manly uniform , and wearing the neat plain epaulette of a lieutenant of infantry . He acquitted himself like a man , and died honourably a captain in the service . The world recollected that Thompson had been a member of one or
two companies and associations , of which his patron and friend had been the principal ; and they imputed the kindness which lifted him from the degradation , to a social feeling on the part of his benefactor . But there are others who knew that the benefactor was Master of a Lodge , where Thompson was once an active and useful member ; and that , had appeals to the Master ' s good feelings been earlier made , much suffering and disgrace would have been spared ; as it was , the relieved died a captain in the service , and the reliever lived to be Grand Master of a Grand Lodge .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
The Drove , Cravcsend , Bc ' c . 24 , 184 a . SIR AND BROTHER , —After the second rejection of the motion for increasing the dues of the Craft , it becomes me , as a Freemason , to bear in mind , that portion of the charge I received at my initiation" readily to acquiesce in all votes and resolutions , duly passed by a majority of the Brethren . " Observing that it was onl y because I felt at the time , and think so still , that the rejection was unduly effected in June last , that I renewed the discussion in September . It is not my intention to renew the former notice of motion , and for the following reason ' . Those Brethren who opposed it by debate and me-
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Masonic Anecdotes*
drunken with the liquor which he had extracted from the hogsheads " being landed at the time ; ancl his rags hung upon him so carelessly that decency stood aghast at his appearance . He was not merely a drunkard , but lie was drunk all the time ; and to him soberness was a rarity . He had not only lost all moral standing , all name of , or claim to , decency , but self-respect had fled , and he was the nearest approach in habits and appearance to the brute that I ever saw in man .
One day—it was a clear sunshine of January—Thompson had thrown himself against the southern angle of a public building ; and about noon , as the members ofthe came from the halls , Jie looked for a little eleemosynary aid that would enable him to add a loaf of bread to his more easily acquired liquor . But member after member passed onthe case was too disgusting to excite sympathy ; one member only was left ; he came round the corner of the building towards the place of
egress from the premises , and attracted by the appearance of the wretch before him , he was about to offer alms , when , looking closer , he exclaimed , "Are not you Thompson ? " "Yes . " "Well , here is something ; but we are watched , come to my office this evening . " Thompson kept the promise , and presented himself at the office . He was not seen again for several weeks : and , if any thought of him , it was to congratulate themselves that they were relieved from the presence
of such a squalid wretch . About two months afterwards , as- the troops of the United States marched through the city on their way to the north-western frontiers , Thompson was seen in the manly uniform , and wearing the neat plain epaulette of a lieutenant of infantry . He acquitted himself like a man , and died honourably a captain in the service . The world recollected that Thompson had been a member of one or
two companies and associations , of which his patron and friend had been the principal ; and they imputed the kindness which lifted him from the degradation , to a social feeling on the part of his benefactor . But there are others who knew that the benefactor was Master of a Lodge , where Thompson was once an active and useful member ; and that , had appeals to the Master ' s good feelings been earlier made , much suffering and disgrace would have been spared ; as it was , the relieved died a captain in the service , and the reliever lived to be Grand Master of a Grand Lodge .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
The Drove , Cravcsend , Bc ' c . 24 , 184 a . SIR AND BROTHER , —After the second rejection of the motion for increasing the dues of the Craft , it becomes me , as a Freemason , to bear in mind , that portion of the charge I received at my initiation" readily to acquiesce in all votes and resolutions , duly passed by a majority of the Brethren . " Observing that it was onl y because I felt at the time , and think so still , that the rejection was unduly effected in June last , that I renewed the discussion in September . It is not my intention to renew the former notice of motion , and for the following reason ' . Those Brethren who opposed it by debate and me-