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Scotland.
And in the foundation of an orphanage for defective or idiot children , we have afforded us another instance of their desire to be active labourers in the cause of suffering humanity . The disinterested , able , and unwearied exertions of Dr . Duggenbuhl have proved , that of defective children not one is so sunk in idiocy as to be incapable of improvement ; Avhile , through the use of proper curative meansmany Avhose condition was previousllooked upon
, y as hopeless , may be ultimately rendered useful and honourable members of society . On the plan of his noble institution , the Abendberg , several establishments have been formed on the continent and in England . Scotland , however , has hitherto been without an institution of this truly Christian kind , and Ave owe it to the munificent liberality of Sir John and Lady Jane Ogilvy that the reproach is
now to be wiped aAvay from us . In accordance Avith the arrangements , the foundation-stone of the Orphanage , to be erected on the banks of the Dighty , Avas laid Avith Masonic honours on Thursday , July 7 th . The Brethren assembled in Bell-street Hall , Dundee , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , when the Grand Lodge was opened in due form bBro . J . AVhyte Melville
y , of Bennochy and Strathkinnes , D . G . M . ( in the absence of the Duke of Atholl , M . AV . G . M . ) . They afterwards proceeded , in three divisions , to the station of the Newtyle Railway ; each division as it appeared occupying the carriages assigned to it , and being drawn up the incline in succession . At the top of the incline one long train was formed—the longestwe believeever seen upon this now
some-, , , Avhat antiquated railway , —and the " merry Masons " proceeded on their way to the Baldragon station , which was reached about halfpast one . On descending from the carriages , they were formed under the command of their Marshal , Bro . CoAvie , and marched hi procession to the site of the Orphanage , in the following order : —
Marshal . Camperdown Lodge , Dundee . —Bro . Geekie . Panmure , Arbroath . —Bro . J . Kidd . Caledonian , Dundee . Bro . R . Kidd . Forfar and Kincardine , Dundee . — Bro . Jack . Thistle Operative , Dundee . —Bro . Cloudesley . St . "Vigeans , Arbroath . —Bro . Arrott . St . David ' sDundee . —Bro . Alison
, . Ancient , Dundee . — Bro . Gardiner . Operative , Dundee . —Bro . Reid . St . Thomas ' s , Arbroath . —Bro . Roy . GSAND LODGE OV SCOTLAND . Band .
AVith the procession winding along the road , and the large number of spectators from Dundee and the neighbouring parishes vieAving it from every elevated spot , the scene presented was both graceful aud picturesque , and such as has seldom , if ever before , been witnessed in the quiet and secluded parish of Strathmartine . At Bridgefoot there was erected a very neat arch of evergreens , surmounted by a crown ; and pretty floral devices were frequently to be seen along the road . Amid the joyous feelings of the villagers and others , as
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Scotland.
And in the foundation of an orphanage for defective or idiot children , we have afforded us another instance of their desire to be active labourers in the cause of suffering humanity . The disinterested , able , and unwearied exertions of Dr . Duggenbuhl have proved , that of defective children not one is so sunk in idiocy as to be incapable of improvement ; Avhile , through the use of proper curative meansmany Avhose condition was previousllooked upon
, y as hopeless , may be ultimately rendered useful and honourable members of society . On the plan of his noble institution , the Abendberg , several establishments have been formed on the continent and in England . Scotland , however , has hitherto been without an institution of this truly Christian kind , and Ave owe it to the munificent liberality of Sir John and Lady Jane Ogilvy that the reproach is
now to be wiped aAvay from us . In accordance Avith the arrangements , the foundation-stone of the Orphanage , to be erected on the banks of the Dighty , Avas laid Avith Masonic honours on Thursday , July 7 th . The Brethren assembled in Bell-street Hall , Dundee , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , when the Grand Lodge was opened in due form bBro . J . AVhyte Melville
y , of Bennochy and Strathkinnes , D . G . M . ( in the absence of the Duke of Atholl , M . AV . G . M . ) . They afterwards proceeded , in three divisions , to the station of the Newtyle Railway ; each division as it appeared occupying the carriages assigned to it , and being drawn up the incline in succession . At the top of the incline one long train was formed—the longestwe believeever seen upon this now
some-, , , Avhat antiquated railway , —and the " merry Masons " proceeded on their way to the Baldragon station , which was reached about halfpast one . On descending from the carriages , they were formed under the command of their Marshal , Bro . CoAvie , and marched hi procession to the site of the Orphanage , in the following order : —
Marshal . Camperdown Lodge , Dundee . —Bro . Geekie . Panmure , Arbroath . —Bro . J . Kidd . Caledonian , Dundee . Bro . R . Kidd . Forfar and Kincardine , Dundee . — Bro . Jack . Thistle Operative , Dundee . —Bro . Cloudesley . St . "Vigeans , Arbroath . —Bro . Arrott . St . David ' sDundee . —Bro . Alison
, . Ancient , Dundee . — Bro . Gardiner . Operative , Dundee . —Bro . Reid . St . Thomas ' s , Arbroath . —Bro . Roy . GSAND LODGE OV SCOTLAND . Band .
AVith the procession winding along the road , and the large number of spectators from Dundee and the neighbouring parishes vieAving it from every elevated spot , the scene presented was both graceful aud picturesque , and such as has seldom , if ever before , been witnessed in the quiet and secluded parish of Strathmartine . At Bridgefoot there was erected a very neat arch of evergreens , surmounted by a crown ; and pretty floral devices were frequently to be seen along the road . Amid the joyous feelings of the villagers and others , as