The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-03-04

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the main throughout, the lecturer /
said that at u remote period in the /
past family started eastward from
Central Asia and found its way to |
the Sandwich Islands. Another
family starting westward settled in
the northwest parts Of the British
Islands. Scotland was small--about
half Of il could be seen from one
point ON Ben Lomond-but it played
an important part in the worlds
history. From the days of Pliny
stories had been told and songs
sung, about Scotland. She was
notedf for certain peculiarities. France
had the lily, England the rose,
Ireland the shamrock, and Scotland
had for national emblem the thistle.
The Scotch people are notably ingen.
ious, industrious, thrifty, clan nish,
and the greatest wanderers on the
face of the earth. He had never
been anywhere but there was one
Scotchman there No man was
ashamed of being Scotchman, and
usually those having about one-tenth
of Scotch blood in them were the
proudest of it. Scotchmen had no
reason to complain of the treatment
given them by the world. Climate
had much to do with the Scottish
characteristics. Spring and summer
come in Scotland like the roses to
the thorns. So brief were those
seasons that the harvest may hinge
upon a single day in sowing and
planting time. He that would live in
Scotland must obey her first COM
mand, Thou shalt work. and the
question asked of the Juvenile
Scot, by the minister or friend, is
always, "What are you going to be,
my man, Interest in the girls
centres in the problems of whether
they are going to be married, and
how many children they are going
to have. A young man asking q
man for his daughter was in the old
en- time asked TO submit to the or
deal of making candles out of pine
stumps. Bayard Taylor, the travel
Ter, said there were no beggars in
Scotland, and the lecturers expert
ence was that Scotchmen and .ews
were the only nationalities who were
not found in the army of tramps.
Three almost infallible tests were
available for testing whether any
mendicant or ether character was a
Scotchman. Could he give the an
swer to the first question in the
Shorter Catechism. "What is the
chief end of MANI" Could he re-
peat the 23rd Psalm? Did he speak
Gaelic? The second command in
the Scotch code was, "What you
are going to do, do it promptly"
The advantage to his countrymen OF
being trained to implicit obedience
to this command the lecturer illus
trated by an item of his own expert.
ence in Chicago, where he astonish.
ned, and won the confidence of, hi;
employers by the unprecedented
celebrity with which he executed al
errand. Give boys the best educa
ton and most ample business train
ing, said the lecturer, but it is Of M
use unless you teach them to d'
things promptly. He related Al
anecdote of the great DR.. Chalmer
in this connection. The Doctor wa
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punctuality Of his household upol
every occasion. One morning h
was seated with the family for wor
ship, but domestic was not o.
time. To anticipate his scolding
however, the servant girl, up
on entering the room, bega
at once to state that sh
had had wonderful dream
Asked to relate it, she said sh
had dreamed her master wa
dead, and at the hour appointed fo
the funeral the preparations wer
behindhand. In the midst OF TIL
hustle of getting ready for the .obst
quies, n knocking was heard with
the coffin, and the deceased divine
voice was heard crying, "Ihe clock