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Madras, Nellore, And Arcot Railway Company.
during to the public welfare , and that , knowing several of the parties connected with this company , we conscientiously look on it as a perfectly safe and honourable one ; we can scarcely bring ourselves to term it a speculation , for we believe it to be " based on a superstructure perfect in all its parts ; " we speak in Masonic phraseand with a Masonic
pur-, pose , from the conviction that the more civilization is promoted , the greater the probability that pure Masonic influence will prevail , and as many of the parties interested are members of the Craft , the Fraternity , both in India ancl in England , will doubtless look on this Company
with the greater confidence .
Twelve times has Christmas welcomed our periodical labours . The past is possessed by all but those unblest with memory ; the future is all hope but to those unblest with belief in eternity ; but the present is our own . We advise many Brother Caudles to look at home , ancl , at
this cheerful season , g ive their wives no occasion for curtain lectures , assuring them that we are in correspondence with more than one of their wives on a recent subject . For ourselves , it being Christmas time , we say , with no mean authority , no less than Joanna Baillie , 'Well , there is one day yet of life before me . And , whatsoe ' er betide , I will enjoy it . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Madras, Nellore, And Arcot Railway Company.
during to the public welfare , and that , knowing several of the parties connected with this company , we conscientiously look on it as a perfectly safe and honourable one ; we can scarcely bring ourselves to term it a speculation , for we believe it to be " based on a superstructure perfect in all its parts ; " we speak in Masonic phraseand with a Masonic
pur-, pose , from the conviction that the more civilization is promoted , the greater the probability that pure Masonic influence will prevail , and as many of the parties interested are members of the Craft , the Fraternity , both in India ancl in England , will doubtless look on this Company
with the greater confidence .
Twelve times has Christmas welcomed our periodical labours . The past is possessed by all but those unblest with memory ; the future is all hope but to those unblest with belief in eternity ; but the present is our own . We advise many Brother Caudles to look at home , ancl , at
this cheerful season , g ive their wives no occasion for curtain lectures , assuring them that we are in correspondence with more than one of their wives on a recent subject . For ourselves , it being Christmas time , we say , with no mean authority , no less than Joanna Baillie , 'Well , there is one day yet of life before me . And , whatsoe ' er betide , I will enjoy it . "