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winning Lodge , consecrated the Dairy Blair Lodge , and on that occasion he sung the following song , composed by himself ; Colonel Blair of Blair heing Right Worship ful Master of the Lodge . AIR— " The auld Wife ayont the fire . " Our Mither ' s got anither wean , A dainty wean , a sonsie wean , Our Mithei ' s got anither wean , Sae push about the whisky .
Blair o' Blair its Daddy is , For " Blair Dairy " maun sure be his ; He'll warm your hearts , lads , till they biz , When slocken'd wi' guid whisky . Our Mither ' s got , & c .
Here honest men thegither meet , Their brows to smooth , their mous to weet , And friendship ' s fire to stir and beat , Sae push about the whisky . Our Mither ' s got , & c . The compass , square , the maul and a ' , Still keep us right , and giethe law , But fient a pillar e ' er need fa ' , For just a wee chap whisky . Our Mither ' s got , & c .
Auld Babel didna' mak folk dum ; Sae while a Mason can set plum , Let care , wi' reek , flee up the him , Sae push about the whisky . Our Mither ' s got anither wean , A dainty wean , a sonsie wean , Our Mither ' s got anither wean ,
And here ' s her health in whisky . FORRES , April . —The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the New Court House ancl Public Offices , in the course of erection at Forres , was gone through , with Masonic honours , on the last Friday in March , by John Hoyes , ' Esq ., late Speaker of the House of Assembly , Grenada , who officiated as Provincial Grand Master , by mandate from Sir Thomas Dick LauderBartAt five o ' clockupwards of seventy gentlemen sat
, . , down to an excellent dinner in the St . Lawrence Lodge Rooms , John Hoyes , Esq ., in the Chair ; supported on the right by Provost Dickson ; Alexander Forteath , Esq ., of Newton ; AVilliam Chalmers , Esq ., Elgin ; the Rev . Dr . Rose . Drainie ; Baillie La ' mg , Forres , & c . ; ancl on his left by Isaac Forsyth . ' Esq ., Elg in ; Donald M'Lean , Esq ., Boraray ; the Rev . Duncan Grant , minister of Forres , & c . Robert Watson , Esq ., town clerkancl James GillEsq . merchantofficiated as croupiers . The
, , , , evening was spent in the most harmonious ancl cordial manner . GRAND PROCESSION AT GREENOCK AT THE LAYING OF THE F OUNDATION STONES OF THE GLASGOW , PAISLEY , GEENOCK R AILAY , AND COTTON MILL . — Friday , June 1 . 5 , the foundation stones oftlie Greenock , Paisley , and Glasgow Hallway , and the large cotton mill of the Shaiys
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winning Lodge , consecrated the Dairy Blair Lodge , and on that occasion he sung the following song , composed by himself ; Colonel Blair of Blair heing Right Worship ful Master of the Lodge . AIR— " The auld Wife ayont the fire . " Our Mither ' s got anither wean , A dainty wean , a sonsie wean , Our Mithei ' s got anither wean , Sae push about the whisky .
Blair o' Blair its Daddy is , For " Blair Dairy " maun sure be his ; He'll warm your hearts , lads , till they biz , When slocken'd wi' guid whisky . Our Mither ' s got , & c .
Here honest men thegither meet , Their brows to smooth , their mous to weet , And friendship ' s fire to stir and beat , Sae push about the whisky . Our Mither ' s got , & c . The compass , square , the maul and a ' , Still keep us right , and giethe law , But fient a pillar e ' er need fa ' , For just a wee chap whisky . Our Mither ' s got , & c .
Auld Babel didna' mak folk dum ; Sae while a Mason can set plum , Let care , wi' reek , flee up the him , Sae push about the whisky . Our Mither ' s got anither wean , A dainty wean , a sonsie wean , Our Mither ' s got anither wean ,
And here ' s her health in whisky . FORRES , April . —The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the New Court House ancl Public Offices , in the course of erection at Forres , was gone through , with Masonic honours , on the last Friday in March , by John Hoyes , ' Esq ., late Speaker of the House of Assembly , Grenada , who officiated as Provincial Grand Master , by mandate from Sir Thomas Dick LauderBartAt five o ' clockupwards of seventy gentlemen sat
, . , down to an excellent dinner in the St . Lawrence Lodge Rooms , John Hoyes , Esq ., in the Chair ; supported on the right by Provost Dickson ; Alexander Forteath , Esq ., of Newton ; AVilliam Chalmers , Esq ., Elgin ; the Rev . Dr . Rose . Drainie ; Baillie La ' mg , Forres , & c . ; ancl on his left by Isaac Forsyth . ' Esq ., Elg in ; Donald M'Lean , Esq ., Boraray ; the Rev . Duncan Grant , minister of Forres , & c . Robert Watson , Esq ., town clerkancl James GillEsq . merchantofficiated as croupiers . The
, , , , evening was spent in the most harmonious ancl cordial manner . GRAND PROCESSION AT GREENOCK AT THE LAYING OF THE F OUNDATION STONES OF THE GLASGOW , PAISLEY , GEENOCK R AILAY , AND COTTON MILL . — Friday , June 1 . 5 , the foundation stones oftlie Greenock , Paisley , and Glasgow Hallway , and the large cotton mill of the Shaiys