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Masonic Anecdotes.
ON the memorable 16 th June , 1815 , at the moment when the allied army commenced a retrograde movement , a Scotch field-officer , who had been seriously wounded in the affair of Quatre Bras , was left on the field of battle . Trampled on by the French cavalry , he thought but of death , when he perceived our patrols , who came to succour the wounded . Rallying the little strength that remained , he endeavoured to raise himself on his kneesand at all hazardsand in a faint voicehe called on the
, , , brethren for aid . Notwithstanding the darkness , the feebleness of his voice in its piteousness , he attracted the attention of a French surgeon , who , recognizing in him a brother , hastened to his aid . His wounds were numerous—the means of transport insufficient—necessity made our compatriot brother vigorous . He first dressed those wounds which presented the most formidable danger , and then raised and carried him to the sick quarters—placed him on his own pallet—watched by his side—directed
him to be conveyed to Valenciennes , where he was warmly recommended to his friends , from whom the officer received the kindest attention , and by whose care he was completely restored to health . —Clavel ' s Masonry .
The 17 th Chasseurs , entering the town of Genappe , made prisoners of all they found . Several musket shots , fired from the windows of a bouse , struck several of the soldiers , who instantly attacked the house , vowing revenge , and determined to put to the sword nine wounded enemies that were lying there . The chief of the Chasseurs was at their head ; at the critical moment he observed one of these poor wounded fellows , a Brunswick officerwho made the " sign of distress . " Vengeance ceased— , war
, lost its vigour—the Masonic appeal conquered . He threw himself between his own soldiers and the wounded men , and then generously saved their lives . This noble action was not unrewarded , for on the morrow , he was wounded , in his turn and taken prisoner by the Prussians ; he was recognised as a Mason by an officer , who took him under his care , attended to his wants , and restored to him the money of which he had been despoiled as a booty . —Clavel's Masonry .
An Old Masonic Tract.
AN OLD MASONIC TRACT .
" The Beginning and First Foundation of the most worthy Craft of Masonry , with the Charges thereunto belonging . By a deceased Brother , for the benefit of his Widow . " London : printed for Mr . Dodd , at the Peacock , without Temple Bar . MDCCXXXIX . ( Price sixpence ) , pp . 20 , small quarto . " This is a quaint productionevidently written with good senseand not
, , without taste or fair pretension to that knowledge of his profession which a Mason of that time might lay claim to , who had profited by the limited opportunities of consulting printed works . Masonic giants were scarce in those days , for even the work of Anderson , which has been handed down as a text book of circumstance , is not without its faults , and some of these have very materially been engrafted on the late Bro . Dodd's pamphlet .
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Masonic Anecdotes.
ON the memorable 16 th June , 1815 , at the moment when the allied army commenced a retrograde movement , a Scotch field-officer , who had been seriously wounded in the affair of Quatre Bras , was left on the field of battle . Trampled on by the French cavalry , he thought but of death , when he perceived our patrols , who came to succour the wounded . Rallying the little strength that remained , he endeavoured to raise himself on his kneesand at all hazardsand in a faint voicehe called on the
, , , brethren for aid . Notwithstanding the darkness , the feebleness of his voice in its piteousness , he attracted the attention of a French surgeon , who , recognizing in him a brother , hastened to his aid . His wounds were numerous—the means of transport insufficient—necessity made our compatriot brother vigorous . He first dressed those wounds which presented the most formidable danger , and then raised and carried him to the sick quarters—placed him on his own pallet—watched by his side—directed
him to be conveyed to Valenciennes , where he was warmly recommended to his friends , from whom the officer received the kindest attention , and by whose care he was completely restored to health . —Clavel ' s Masonry .
The 17 th Chasseurs , entering the town of Genappe , made prisoners of all they found . Several musket shots , fired from the windows of a bouse , struck several of the soldiers , who instantly attacked the house , vowing revenge , and determined to put to the sword nine wounded enemies that were lying there . The chief of the Chasseurs was at their head ; at the critical moment he observed one of these poor wounded fellows , a Brunswick officerwho made the " sign of distress . " Vengeance ceased— , war
, lost its vigour—the Masonic appeal conquered . He threw himself between his own soldiers and the wounded men , and then generously saved their lives . This noble action was not unrewarded , for on the morrow , he was wounded , in his turn and taken prisoner by the Prussians ; he was recognised as a Mason by an officer , who took him under his care , attended to his wants , and restored to him the money of which he had been despoiled as a booty . —Clavel's Masonry .
An Old Masonic Tract.
AN OLD MASONIC TRACT .
" The Beginning and First Foundation of the most worthy Craft of Masonry , with the Charges thereunto belonging . By a deceased Brother , for the benefit of his Widow . " London : printed for Mr . Dodd , at the Peacock , without Temple Bar . MDCCXXXIX . ( Price sixpence ) , pp . 20 , small quarto . " This is a quaint productionevidently written with good senseand not
, , without taste or fair pretension to that knowledge of his profession which a Mason of that time might lay claim to , who had profited by the limited opportunities of consulting printed works . Masonic giants were scarce in those days , for even the work of Anderson , which has been handed down as a text book of circumstance , is not without its faults , and some of these have very materially been engrafted on the late Bro . Dodd's pamphlet .