![A Nonogenarian's [Sic, Gabriel MacLeod's] Reminiscences of Garelochside & Helensburgh](/jacket/500x500/9781230256177.jpg)
Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ...He came here as agent for the Western Bank, and hi' thought that if all the others connected with that ill-fated institution had been possessed of Mr Orr's faculties the sad calamity would not have befallen it. (Applause.) He read the inscription to them, and remarked that he had always been on the most intimate terms with Mr Orr ever since he came to Helensburgh; there was no man whose judgment he valued so much as Mr Orr's, and in any difficulty he always went first to Mr Orr for his advice. which was always readily and willingly given. Such, indeed, was the case with every one though. He did not like dilating upon the excellent qualities and abilities of Mr Orr before his face, but he must say that he did not 108 Mr Orr Returns Thanks. think any person ever took a deeper interest in the welfare of Helensburgh than Mr Orr. He trusted that he might be long spared to go in and out amongst them, and take the same interest in the place in the future as he had done in the past. (Applause.) A good deal of Mr Ore's success in life no doubt depended upon his excellent helpmate--applause)--and no man could be possessed of a better wife and nicer family than Mr Orr, and he hoped they might be long spared to occupy the same social position as Mr Orr now occupied. (Applause.) He had met Mr Orr at shooting, boating, and curling, and like the best of friends they had quarrels, but they soon passed over. The fact that so many ladies and gentlemen came here to-day to take part in this meeting showed the great esteem in which the people of Helensburgh held Mr Orr. He asked Mr Orr to accept at the hands of his friends this handsome portrait and the silver service, and might he be long spared to enjoy the blessings of this life. Although he knew that in...
