The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-01-17

the old people as they spoke Of the old
home. I'VE viii never see il again y
sighed the old lady, scarcely able TO sup
press her sobs. "No, mother" answered
the Octogenarian, 'but our next home
will be permanent. We will soon be
there, and no landlord Will put us in
the street"
During this conversation the little
furniture and few things belonging to
our brother had been placed in the gro
Gerry wagon, and we now helped the lame
girl and the old dame into it. The
brother himself thought that, with the
aid OF his stout cane, he could manage to
walk with us, and so the procession
started toward the little store, which was
to be their temporary home until other
arrangements could be made for them.
On arriving at the house found that
the wife of my good brother had pre-
pared a substantial meal for the poor
family to which they sat down with evil
dent surprise and great relish. If as we
are told, 1t is greater pleasure to give
than to receive, tits indeed supreme pleas
ure to see a worthy and half-starved
family, sit down to good and hearty
meal suddenly prepared for them. MY
good German brother, however, could
not stand it. With the pure and holy
diamonds of charity glistening in his
eyes, he winked and blinked at me until
he made me 60 "mit" him around the
corner to his own store, and there he
brought out bottle.
fsI faal worry ho1 RrO md I
: dink you do, too"
We then returned to the old man, and
taking him aside, subjected him to rig
id examination, which proved entirely
satisfactory He also showed us several
old letters and documents dating away
back to those stormy times when Mason
ry aud anti-Masonry were important po-
Itieal factors in this and other States OF
! the Union. When we were satisfied on
this point, we started out to visit severa
: brethren in the neighborhood, members
: of different lodges, and we soon interest
l ed enough of them in this affair to enable
us to form quite a large committee, anC
2 we also collected enough money to en-
9 able us to hire suitable apartments tt
put the old people into, and all this be
, this point the committee came very nea
having row, for myself and my Ger
! man brother claimed pre-emptory pro
. prietorship over these people; while an
other brother claimed that as he wa
Q the only w. M. on the committee, h
Q would claim them for his lodge. How
q ever, we agreed to attend to it until W
9 would hear from our brothers in tn
9 country. With the aid Of the late Dr.
: Austin / had searched the old record
Q and found that Wor. Bro. Sherwood ha,
I been Master of his Lodge as stated, ha,
= surrendered the charter to the the
q proper authorities, and that in man
IS years after, the charter had been refs
!, sued, and an entirely new lodge had beel
\ formed, with new men and new material
but that they were good men and true
{, and the doctor said that he had n,
doubt if would write to W. Bro. -
!, the present Master, / would receive
9 favorable reply. did write, anC
Z promptly received d most favorable. am
;, sWer, The Wor Bro. wrote, thanking
{ me for kindnesses shown to the Pas
!, Master of his ledge, and as happy co
7 incidence, told me that his own father
who was still living with him, was>one
:, Of the five faithful brethren who KEEP
: on meeting and struggling in those ad
q verse times, and wound up by enclosing
2 d check for twenty-five dollars, with thC
g promise of more to come, and if We
I, would only keep and take care Of the ageC
, couple and their family up to June (thi'
= was May), HEWITT othersin their Masonic
9 neighborhood would come down to thu
\ city, to Grand Lodge, and would see i
IL they could pursuade the old couple t.
e come back to the country with them, ant
< on the word of Masons they shall neve
q be in want or without home as long a
y God spares them. And our good broth
y ers from the country came down in Jun
3t and took our proteges back with them
lg found them a home there, and Their
a, they are now, keeping them and support
ld ing them out of the funds of the differ
ent Lodges and out of the fund of Char
sd ty, great in the Masonic heart, an
% when upon parting with US the ". Brc
70 asked for our bill, my German brothe
te brought out the bottle, saying: din
en- YOU feels bad, better have someding'
y. we have no bill here, it is all for Char
81; ty. Only when our New York DO!
ee come to the country, do likewise unit
5E them"