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India.
another , a second bottle , containing the plan of the Hospital and the local publications of the day , ( the Ilurkaru Star and Englishman , & c . ); a third ( Dr . Mouatt ) , tbe silver tablet ; and a fourth , the silver trowel . Each article in turn was touched by his Lordship ; the inscription upon the tablet being also read , at tbe request of the Grand Master , who then proceeded to place the two first into recesses formed in the platform for their receptionremarkingin reference to the ,
, , newspapers that he would not hazard an opinion as to whether or not they " would be held in high estimation two or three thousand years hence . ' ' The tablets were next presented to Majors-general Sir J . H . Littler and Dudley Hill , the Bishop , and the members of council present , to be read . This done , the Grand Master said that nothing remained for him to do but , with the permission of the Governor-general , who had been pleased to do honour to the occasion by his presence , to lay the
cornerstone of the Fever Hospital . The act , however , must be taken to be essentially that of his Lordship himself , who was to the east of the platform , and he , ( Dr . Grant ) , must be regarded as only the medium of its performance . The Grand Master then called for the cement ; but , before proceeding to use it , he remembered that the tablet ought to have been read , and demanded to know where Bro . Henry Elliot was , that he might be called upon to discharge the office . Bro . H . M . Elliot responded from
the midst of a crowd , saying he was without an apron . The Grand Master summoned him forward notwithstanding , saying he was a right sterling man and Mason , apron or no apron . Bro . Elliott complied , and read the inscription . The Grand Master now stopping with cement the recesses into which the glass bottles had been put , placed the tablet over them , and covered it with mortar likewise . He then plunged the trowel , cased in tin , into
the mortar , which he spread over the stone in the proper manner ; after which he drew the silver trowel out of its tin sheath , and presented it to his Lordship , expressing a hope that it would long be an heir-loom in his family . The instrument is set in an ivory handle , having a view of the Fever Hospital , his Lordship ' s arms , the Collar and Cross of the Order of the Thistle , and several masonic devices upon it ; and , considering the short ,
very short space of time in which it was got ready , it does the greatest credit to the artistic skill and taste of the Messrs . Lattey Brothers . The peculiar masonic salute , described before , was here repeated . The Grand Master then directed the brethren to lower the stone into its place , aiding himself in adjusting it , and turning towards the east , with hands uplifted , exclaimed , " May the Great Architect of the Universe grant a blessing on this stone which we have now laid , and that we may be enabled , by his Providence , to finish this and every other virtuous undertaking . " The brethren replied with the masonic answer , " So mote it he . "
The Grand Master next poured a cornucopia full of corn , a vase filled ivith wine , and another containing oil , all of which had been previously touched by Lord Dalhousie , upon the corner-stone , exclaiming , " May the all-bounteous Author of Nature bless the city with corn , wine , and oil , and with all the necessary conveniences of life . " The brethren replied as before , " So mote it be . " The Grand Master then addressing himself to the Governor-general and the rest of the company , feelingly expressed the gratification he had
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India.
another , a second bottle , containing the plan of the Hospital and the local publications of the day , ( the Ilurkaru Star and Englishman , & c . ); a third ( Dr . Mouatt ) , tbe silver tablet ; and a fourth , the silver trowel . Each article in turn was touched by his Lordship ; the inscription upon the tablet being also read , at tbe request of the Grand Master , who then proceeded to place the two first into recesses formed in the platform for their receptionremarkingin reference to the ,
, , newspapers that he would not hazard an opinion as to whether or not they " would be held in high estimation two or three thousand years hence . ' ' The tablets were next presented to Majors-general Sir J . H . Littler and Dudley Hill , the Bishop , and the members of council present , to be read . This done , the Grand Master said that nothing remained for him to do but , with the permission of the Governor-general , who had been pleased to do honour to the occasion by his presence , to lay the
cornerstone of the Fever Hospital . The act , however , must be taken to be essentially that of his Lordship himself , who was to the east of the platform , and he , ( Dr . Grant ) , must be regarded as only the medium of its performance . The Grand Master then called for the cement ; but , before proceeding to use it , he remembered that the tablet ought to have been read , and demanded to know where Bro . Henry Elliot was , that he might be called upon to discharge the office . Bro . H . M . Elliot responded from
the midst of a crowd , saying he was without an apron . The Grand Master summoned him forward notwithstanding , saying he was a right sterling man and Mason , apron or no apron . Bro . Elliott complied , and read the inscription . The Grand Master now stopping with cement the recesses into which the glass bottles had been put , placed the tablet over them , and covered it with mortar likewise . He then plunged the trowel , cased in tin , into
the mortar , which he spread over the stone in the proper manner ; after which he drew the silver trowel out of its tin sheath , and presented it to his Lordship , expressing a hope that it would long be an heir-loom in his family . The instrument is set in an ivory handle , having a view of the Fever Hospital , his Lordship ' s arms , the Collar and Cross of the Order of the Thistle , and several masonic devices upon it ; and , considering the short ,
very short space of time in which it was got ready , it does the greatest credit to the artistic skill and taste of the Messrs . Lattey Brothers . The peculiar masonic salute , described before , was here repeated . The Grand Master then directed the brethren to lower the stone into its place , aiding himself in adjusting it , and turning towards the east , with hands uplifted , exclaimed , " May the Great Architect of the Universe grant a blessing on this stone which we have now laid , and that we may be enabled , by his Providence , to finish this and every other virtuous undertaking . " The brethren replied with the masonic answer , " So mote it he . "
The Grand Master next poured a cornucopia full of corn , a vase filled ivith wine , and another containing oil , all of which had been previously touched by Lord Dalhousie , upon the corner-stone , exclaiming , " May the all-bounteous Author of Nature bless the city with corn , wine , and oil , and with all the necessary conveniences of life . " The brethren replied as before , " So mote it be . " The Grand Master then addressing himself to the Governor-general and the rest of the company , feelingly expressed the gratification he had