Reminscences Personal Professional And Philanthropic
Reminscences Personal Professional And Philanthropic
John Blackwood
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It was the expressed wish of Doctor and Mrs. Spicer though we both demurred to it that we should take our rightful positions. They were with us, however, as we received the company on their arrival, peculiar feelings being evoked all round, by the fact that this was the last occasion on which our seniors would act the part of host and hostess in the old home. We did not, as we at one time thought of doing, specially invite old and dear friends from Edinburgh and London, thinking it better to co...nfine the gathering to those in Beechwood who were personally interested in its objects. In her usual desire to combine the perfect freedom of the guests with harmony in the arrangements, my wife had prepared a programme of the proceedings, which still left it open for any one to contribute, either by a speech or by music. The repast over, Dr. Spicer, at his own suggestion, took the chair, and considered it well to begin the proceedings 1 82 REMINISCENCES by at once referring to the more special objects of the gathering.
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