The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-01-29
Response Of G. N. Webster, Esq, at the
Burns Festival, Great Falls, Mon
tana, January 49, 1889.
!. OUR u LAss1Es II AfD INVITED
...s..... 49, GUESTS"
The Sweetest Lines ver Written by
Robert Burns Wsre Tributes
to WOnaAn.
Mr.. G. NJ. Webster in response to the
toast, "Our Lassies and Invited Guests -

w nile l thank VOu Qa5ytn0ly for this
cordial greeting, l take L not to mysclf
but believe it to be in difference to the
Essm in any assembly?s Is have not the
Edonian Society. I cannot consistently re-
vited Guests except a one Of the guests.
|timenfs Of III the otherssnresent. We are
honor to associate with 4he noble renrq.-
sentatiyes q Csiedoni. % III the land iaus WITCH aI2e
has contributed 40 mnch to history. to
romance and tic sweetst poetry in nny "
language or In any aclirie. NV idea Of
Scotiand. from ! nhvsicsi stand noint has
been that of a vast rock. raising I'M ont Of
the sea alone. toWe1nr. magnificent.
From whence came this concention of
mine, / know not. except that It is said
that the representatiyeFOf r country are
in measure an index tp the character O +
that country, | have alytays found in the
Scotch. strength. eneney. integrity and
stalwart manhood. I Eeiievc t one of
the great Dromises for the future Of
Great Falls. that we have so many of
these rood and trne men in our midst tn
touch with magic hand the wonderful
natural resources which Infinite Wisdom
has placed here.
As to the other part IL nv toast. SYne
Bonnie Lassies. NJ cannot conceive Wv
your committees should have assigned #
to a person of nv we'll known lashfulness
and innate modesty. Bat come to think
of 1t, have observed during NV brief
experience. that this is a subject which
even the most modest ard retiring young
men love to embrace. But what shall I
for the lassies? What can I say? In
olden times women had no nlacc unon
an equality with their brd and master.
She was scarcely allowed seat at his
table. being but a menial servant. Some
excuse for this state Of hffairs seemed to
have been drawn from holy writ: for. AZ
YOU all remember. when the Creator
made the earth he said it was good, He
made the waters under the earth and said
they were rood: he crested the fish of the
sea. the fowls Of the air and the beasts OF
the field. and finally man. and said they
were all GOOD. But when he took one Of
Adams .spare ribs. 10 auiglad he did l)and
I transformed It into 4 woman, he said moth
ing. In the light of advancing civiliZa-
ton the explanation for this omission was
found. When woman began to occupy
her proper sphere in the home and
society, man was compelled to acknow-
ledge her superiority and see that with
neT, lIe was lar Detter anu "ortl living
Then 1t flashed across the long darkencd
| mind 0f man that the ron son Whvun com
,-.o.,te ..,a.a - H.. ~ r.oato. ,l,a,,
woman was brought into the world, was
that she was so infinitely superior
to all the other creations that even God
Almighty was speechless. She has grown
| Will CAe sIo"Vh "nu eosA1ceu VIII
| the advancement OF the human race
| until she has lec0me more than ssa thinu
c,. "A ~ HAs>c - c.. J, =
OF Oeauty ana u JOY forever. nave no
use for woman hater. There must be
| ,or, o+h;nn ro1;c~ 1lv Uronr with him His
associations must have been unfortunate
indeed. For he that has had good
mother or sister, or has known the un'
speakable happiness of pure woman's
love, that can despise the lassies must be
a nondescript. If there is woman
hater within the sound Of my voice.
don't believe there is-but if there is,
want to help tie him to plank OF drift
wood and run him over the tails. The
sweetest lines ever "ritteh ny hpoeT'
i.e....,,o.o ~, +hara ho fo,,nd !. Nor,
touching EXPRESSION of love for the mem
ory Of one long before departed, than his
''Io Mary IN Heaven, wh1ch peSihs: