Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-01

ScSts gathered GROUND the festive board aud drank
hearty toasts tU the memory Of u land Of Wal
lace aud Bruce, or listened to the inspiring tunes
and songs Of the home Of Scott aud Burns, they
had the consciousness that oil over our own land
and on the bills Of their own loved Scotland where
ever their countrymen were to be found, there the
same spirit found utieranoe 10 similar festivities.
The company began to assemble by bali past 7. |
and at O'Clock the spacious porlors Of the Angler
were well filed with fathers and mothers w ith their
"lads and lsssies
The supper tables being ready The spacous din. |
ing hall was speedily filed and the many tables |
surr ounded with the members aud friends OF the |
St. Asdrews Society. The Throne Of Grace was |
addressed by Rev Mr. Thompson Of Pennsyvauia
when The company addressed themselves to tho |
pleasant task before them of dsposing Of the
bountiiully provided and well spread repast that
had been provided from the lardtr Of the noble
Angler The supper was all that could be desired
by the veriest epcurean present, the earth. the
sea and the air oil contributing from their abun.
tance while the national dish Of "Scotch Haggis"
occupied a conspicuous place upon tn bill of fare
aud npon the plate Of each true Scotchman. The
supper having been duly honored and heartily
discussed, Rev f. T. Brown returned thanks -
The President of the Society, John c. Grannis,
Esq, then addressed the Society and the company
| as follows
| Brothers Of St.lAndrews Soeety-Again on this
Fourteenth Anniversary Of our Society we have
| gathered toRether-again, after years separa-
tou have we come around the festive board to tevse
tales OF the Olden times and 10 make merry over
| the many good things The year now drawn to a
| close has thrown into our lap.
In ls45 few gentlemen, apprecating the wants
.sf fl.ofrs appln md 1ftxTfff
estab ished the st. Andrews Society Of Cleveland
| The thing was as TO them, an experiment They
hardly dared 10 hope it would become permanent
| institution. ana were well satisfied when they
found that it answered a temporary purpose Yet
amid many difficulties il has continued to this day
and is, | am proud TO say, in more piosper
Gus condition than at any time since its formation
For fourteen years this Society has dispensed
its charities among the poor. On each recurring
anniversary we have met together for social inter.
course, have gathered around the festive board to
make merry over the bountcous supply set before
us by those to whom that delicate task has be, N
entrusted.
Much eloquence has been expended on these oc
casons. Many orators have been made here
Many men have ON year to year told us how
great Scotland was and is, and is TO be; how
amid brake aud brier, over highland and gleu,
she has made herself more impregnabe than
, Rome upOl het seven hills, how her warriors
have opposed and overcame numbers with true
courage and manly b airing; how they have met
skill and art with the firm breast and the hiuewy
arm Scot0nd's poets, Scotand's warriors, her
: chOlaTs and her philosophers, her saints aad her
sinners her good men, her had men, have been ex-
g tolled beyond measure until no has been
- quite able TO determine in what department she
| exhibits the greatest excellence.
This Society was established for definite pur-
poses, and so long as it keeps these in view is
a prosperity will be marked and Its career glorious
| The objects OF the formation were the promotion
OF social intercourse and the distribution Of char
tiles Whatever has been received in its tressary
has been faithfully distributed for the benefit OF the
poor.
. These festivals have aided in great measure ID
$ keeping the Society together. Around this hoart
b we have gathered ON year to year aud exchanged
l. greetings, renewed friendships, and plightet
aiths.
d But the chief end and aim of this Society ha
been and still is, Charity, that suereth long and /
kiDd-"which hath no winter in IT, which is al
~ autumn that grows the more by reRping" Thi
certainly is an object worthy the respect OF al
men. know Of no better way in which ma
" may spend the small pittance required of him L
n become member Of this Society. Whatever
. thus given will most surely find its way into som
desoate home TO ease and encourage some desolat
IT heart. II should be the aim Of this Society (
an dispense its fayors where they most needed
A very great mistake is often made in this matte
Id by many good people They stop TO inquire whl
III the bese ting sins Of the mendicant into whl
40 depths of vice he has descended, and If they fin
diseased and moral leper, they draw their pha
'H isaical coaks the moro closely around them a
pass on to bestow their charities upon others.
To- I'VE are compelled to omit portion OF the at
be dressl
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OF In the name OF the 81 AhureWs noclety
be 1ieVSmnui pu you an Weicoihe heIe lo-hleh
IN WIS nouse Is .n'SmS g Vpe W yout
tioually. Be merry be Joyous but do not /
oir yonr mirth glide into folly or your joy into ii
." [Cheers
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'm ~. 80 10y ",u = u "nO "O"Oi ~
whose rhymes each year form prominent al
% %bS pleasing part Of the entertainment read ver
%O fed version of the legend of st. Andrew, wbi,
he was received with cheers for subject and the a
he thor.
I'd, Scotland. our native land, may her mou
Sr, t9lns aud gens long be remembered by her natiV
ohhlfen'
nal Muslc--Scotch air.
ac. Rev. 7. F. Brown being called upon to rcspo
sol to this toastremarked that there not being a dr.
an OF scotch blood in bis veins, he could speak free
oi'seotland' The name OF Scotland was one III
aid y S sweet 10 near 10 Europe Africa in the isles
ces country by tseIts aRes rivers citss EyIIia
nah hamets ia monntalns and Ia vallies ore great q
noble. II Is a country oT noble men and besnG
"o' women Her schools are noble institutions n
we men have been great In history In philosophy.
ria. fiction IN poetry and In theology, ID isa coGn
that man may feel proud to be born 10. Z
w" physical nature Of Scotland has made her m
ado what they are, aud her owland and her higblau
and her mountains aud gorRea have made her m