Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-26

The lO6th Anniversary Of the birth OF
scotland's greatest poet, was enthusiastic
ally celebrated by three hundred men,
women and children of Scotch birth or de-
scent, last night in Chapin's Hall.
Burns Curling Club has been organized
ten years, and tho Scotch here have cele-
brated for fifteen years the anniversary of
the birth of Burns. 80
The following gentlemen are the present
officers of the Club:
PREsIDEKT-W. Lowrie.
Woe PREsIDEET-W. Day.
TREAsURER-James Proudfoot.
sKoRETARY-John Buchau.
sTEwARDs-W. Downie, David Brown,
George Cleveland.
About nine o'clock the President of the
Burns Curling Club, Mr.. VIM. Lowrie, call
ed the gay audience to order, and introduced
the orator of the evening, A. T. Rrinsmsde,
Esq, who proceeded to deliver an eloquent
tribute to the genius and character of
Burns, which pleased exceedingly the SYM
pathetic auditory. His remarks were fire..
quently interrupted by applause, not of
that boisterous sort which betrays rudeners
of mind and real lack of sympathy with
the speaker or the subject, but that delicate
kind which is the sign and token of aPpre-
citation.
The next exercise on the programme IVES
a song, "Cripple Kirsty," sung with fine
effect by Mr.. John Buchan, aocompan led
by Mrs. L. L. Deming on the piano.
Leland's excellent band then discoursed
tho sweet music for which they are'cele-
brated, after which Mrs. Deming sang the
fine song, "Coue under my Plsidis."
Mr.. Joseph sturgss, next in order, re-
cited with electric effect, the conquest o.
laramie, and was followed by Mrs. Deming
who sang with exquisite taste the song of
"John Anderson."
We have never heard "COmipg thro
the Rye" rendered with such exquisitenes5
as by Leland's band. The strings of the
instruments grew articulate and eloquent
with the fine sentiment of the song.
Mr.. William Downie then sang the "song
of Glengarry," which elected applause.
One of the very best'features of the en-
te-tsinment was the recital of "Tam
O'shanter" by Mr.. James Mclaughlin.
The recitation was given with good taste,
and the declaimer was several times arrest.
ed by the laughter and applause of the
house, which the capital touches and hits
of this production evoked.
The House were next entertained by the
song, " Last May Braw Woosr," sung ac-
ceptably by Mr.. John Buchsn, after which
the band touched and animated with its
stirring music the blood of all present
At this point of the programme we must
report featOf strategy on the part of tho
President which, although it apparently
dashed for a moment the "victim," Injured
vastly to the qualification of the on-lOokers.
The President rose with gravity and, his
face wearing N expression of mock So
licitude, inquired if Mr.. Bsllou wero pre-
sent and if so would he please come upon
the platform. That gentleman came for
ward, when the President announced un-
expectedly to the dancing master, that Mr..
Ballou would now dance the "Highland
Fling"
The house applauded with the utmost
vigor, and at length Mr.. Ballou took the
floor and danced, in the height of grace,
this beautiful and unique Scotch dance.
Apparently an episode, it was the most
brilliant feat, or, if you will, sally of the
evening. He showed the vital intimacfes
between music, poetry and motion, and at
the closewas loudly cheered by the brilliant
and justly beWitched company.
Mrs. Deming kept up the pleasing stiJn-
ulus by singing, to her accompaniment on
the piano, the song of "Rob, the Ranter,"
after which the strictly intellectual part of
the entertainment ftly closed with the i'm
mortal song, "Auld Lang syne," sung by
Mrs. Deming in her best style, the COM
pany joining in the chorus.
The hall was then cleared and the may
dance began, led and inspired by the rich
swelling music of the band. The dance
was continued an hour, when supper was
served up by Garrett in his invariably ex-
cellent manner. When the inner man and
woman had been supped and refreshed,
the inevitable infatuation again seized all
hearts and limbs, and the gay couples and
groups went gracefully spinning down the
hours of the night and morning.
ALI in all it was the best festival we have
attended for long time. The exercises
were alive, and all entered into them with
the zsst that is common to the countrymen
and women of Burns. The programme, too,
was SO varied, the performances relieving
and contrasting each other, that the enter
tsinment, taken as whole, was perfect
and brilliant success, and we wish the
Burns Curling Club many smother year of
meeting, feasting and dancing on the re-
turning anniversaries of the birth of the
greatest Scotchman of them all.