Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-01-26

The ball OF The CALEDONIA Clubs gtvo1 In
conmomsration Of Tie one hundred and
sighsssnth birthday Of ths post Bsrns. In
Cooper's hall. Virginia. last evening. vas
. dns Affair. Every arrAnssmsat vss car
risa out without . hitch. and Tie gussts
enjoyed themselves V the fall. Ths hall
was very prsttily dscorstsd- Over the mu-
sic stand 81 the end of Tie hall vas the
line. "Shoald Auld scquAintaaes b for
got" and beneath . bsst Of Scott In bas
relief. The portraits Of Burns and Scott
faced n another iron The sidss Of the
hall. Over the entrance. vrsathsd In svsr-
green. was the thistle with Ito motto. enc
500 ms i@P~~e iseessa." On one side Of the
hall we're the lines;
"That man 70 man the world over
Shall brothers b for q that"
And opposite:
"rhs rank 10 but the g~uinssstsnp;
The mau's ths sosd fsr q thai"
The attendance Was very large. and Tie
Scotch type Of osuntsnancs predsminatsd
In the throng. Of course. The gallery q
first WAS packed with vintors who came 70
look On. but - the fun grew fast and
furious they became - Interested In
the dance - did Tam O'Shanter IN
the grswssme antics Of the witches In
Kirk Alleway. bat instead Of shouting out
..wesl dune ~cutty-sark." they went dsvn
stairs and Joined in the fun.
liefsre dancing commenced DR.. Fall
falconsr. Of Gold Hill. made . rsnarka-
bly, good address ON the life. character and
postrv ef the immortal Burns, which was
listened ~ with great and hear
tily applauded. Following ia condsnsa-
ton VI
IN. rALcoSEn's AppRxzs.
n. i.,.nJsl m mshs q short extampo-
80. .Sjrsss an m ..hlect siIoltsd 10
m.a nsn,slr m. mn. AZ RohSls Burps. the
Ssn,,i.h nj. INT -r.n,.mbsri,e that thers
san,I n an n,oh.hiiit, h.
Al ,.,,h I'm a,.n, .sn..
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! o.'sI ~. .,...is i.na ~ NV s.rs-
Val. niyssn D'as.a ~. ~.
.'AN' ..".si- ~. -, Jsv sn.ov.
49, NJ cain, vith IN m1ss. his dsly.
;ns 4. A.. Lii IN. sssrs. hops.. dreams.
ias.. ,nJ L.,s.' !. a.. .-tnuesSous 4 task:
."as.-- ~, ~ \ .,.rcash
the shrine 1t which 40 many britAsr
Scots" are worshiping to.nignt. wnsn 1
approach tho genius " whose greatness
the universal testimony Of men 10 given. 1
Am forced 10 sxelaim noe esPar. at The same
time expressing my regret hal . more
worthy advocate OF
scorLASp's ~psAruLxss BARD
Was mot selected TO de homage 10 his
almost inimitabls genius on this the 11Sth
anniversary Of his birth. Although more
than . century has rolled away. carrying
with ID into the cold waters OF oblivion
men who looked with contempt upon the
poor illitsraie plow-boy who was taking
up tha thread Of life for the psrpose Of
weaving il into a web whose freshness OF
color. ~tiuepess Of texture and striking pat
tern should attract the attention and e.
cite the admiration Of the world. vs ind
not ONLY ~Scotchmsn, bat men Of svsry
cline growing more snthusiastio every
wear In The applauss which thsy bestow on
Scotlapd's bard. And this IL net acsidsn-
tai nor impulsive. for Il 10 based upon tho
i,li.rutable fact established ON the asser-
lion ~ .uch men 4. Lord Byrsn, Sir WAL
,.r Scott Thsmas Campbell and other
yrs.t rc.ts. hat Robbie Burns WA Q re-
MIN. ,ntsrisr to name of them; q trus
u,et. although, I am very sorry 10 say
n. terribly neglected. n II 10
.lmo.t needless TO saw that no Scotch
as.n war .ccupisd 40 large \ place, nor
~, - vsieoms. 4. The hearts Of his cosn-
"n,sn "a ma Burns. But such pos
$500. .fs.ctis. /. OF but little value 10
Nor Robbis now. N will not wipe out
r.
'"e xn -rv,xa
fA,"' 'A' .axs.rs
m-.,u.~., LII. tom An. cradle 10 the
InA' 49," :, -hish csll. forth he
grsvs, 'n. Ia shs i.ells-s poet.
dsspss' "Pa'
VINO
"pr.sied f.is. rs'snuss ss,S.r.. f..r.-
wan pse. mi,
Barns ~ iovea ~ ms eSs.S lii ~.
because OF as Aon,.y N" h.st
world q come ON oonyl as.,.h'
rseemmsndansn yoa can an sanS.r io,s raj
man. put es.usso. ~ ...,ni, hin
hlled his SOU anu wouio nos "
10 crush beneath his plowshArs sven
iittIs daisy without s~pslogizing for the
hortieijal act. In a WAY that When asstroy-
Ing u rendered 10 . Classic mower '''s'e''
Tn mountain daisy. Cherished by the ray
poet dr~w nom heaven. snAii ns'sf a's'