The morning call., 1890-07-06
JENNIE BROOM,
MUTTON-PIE MAKER,
Tells of the Picnic of the Scot
fish Thistle Club.
The March Down to the Ferry to the Sound
Of the Bagpipss-The People She Met
ct Shell Mound Park-The Games.

| only seen the Scotch ladies or klltles on
| Friday morning. July 4th, comm doom Mar
| kct street, wi "tartans wavin'," feathers
| noddin' and buckles glancin' in the sun,
| a-keepin' time tae the music O. the pipers,
for there was aught or ten O. them, and
they looket sac Draw they reminded me O.
my skule days in Glaskae, when | haze seer
| the Forty Iva marchin' doom Argyle street
1t was a SIGHT no tae be forgotten. The
| vera soond O. the pipes CARS every drap o
bluid in ma body loup, but I'll no daur say
onythiDg aboot the playin' for fear O." Of
| fendin' thae bodies that kens sac muckle
ABBOTT it. They werna vera lang in gettin'
tae the ferry and over the bay tae Shell
| Mound Park at Berkeley, which is admir-
ably adapted for the accommodation O. the
aught or ten thoosen folk.
Chief Hugh Fraser, his officers, clansmen
and the first delegation left the cars and
marched into the park, the pipers playin
THE Campbells Are COMM" up tae the
gran stand. The park was decorated sac
nice and han some wi the stars and stripes
and the bonny thistle and lion rampant
flags O. Scotland unfolding theirsers in the
breeze. Chief Fraser started the games at
once, the first bein' the quOits. Rab jar
dine, Jimmy Motfatt and Jock Forsyth
they're auld hands at the game and Gamma be
beat. Whan the games got fairly started
with hop, slap and jump and some eithers
gaed aft without muckle excitement, but
when the races cam off for the lads and
Iassies their fathers and mithers got excited
tae see who would win the first prizes, but
l didna pay muckle attention tae the stone
or hammer THROWN.
BUT, MA CONSCIENCE,
tho EnuIisb Scotch
lads got ready for the gram tug O. war it
was sicht ne'er tae be fargotten sic Draw
bOnny callenS-every yen was sax feet in
his stOkens, and loOket as though lie could
pull onything; they Scotch lads cheeks
ana limbs showed they were raised on par
ritch aud milk, and the English lads were
no behind in look. And moo as they start in
tae pull they Wilma be button lett on their
breeks; aye, but 1t was just awtu' tae see
them pull. Our lads pulled and pulled and
got ava wi the tug O. war, aud sic cheer
went up for aud Scotland and cor lads.
Moo must tell ye ABBOTT the Heilan' fling
aud reels-that's what warns my heart tae
see, for when Rab Munro tuned up his
pipes for the fling Gorde Patterson, Ross
Crawford. MatheS0n Weir gied us a bonny
exhibition O. their skill, easy and graceful,
and were deservedly applauded. The mile
race was well contested. ABBOTT ten en-
tered. One hansom' callen wi spindle-legs
was amang them. and by the preparation
he was maxim We wad thought he was gaen
tae ding them a.; but he wasna made o.
the stuff that faced the ire and steel on the
field O. Bannock burn, so he was the first
tae ia cot Moo it's tae lang story tae
tell ye ABBOTT the games and a L seen there.
I'll no TAX up mare space o
YOUR GOOD PAPER
Than necessary, so L said tae DOR, Sandy,
Nv hens the reel o. Tuloch comm on ? for
I'm awful hungry" Says he Jennie, it's
ypaist ~ We hard no slp nf a
pipes. 1t was Rab Munro tuning up for the
Heilan' reel. Lash. Mr.. Editor, but when l
seed they bonny kiltie lads come on the plat
form it reminded ME when l used tae read
about Wallace and Bruce, and, wad you be-
lieve it, | could hardly baud cor Tam ira
dancing when lie heard the skirl O. the bag
| pipes. I'm sure | dlnna ken when the club
had Chief that worked more aSsiduOusly
for its benefit than Chief Fraser. He was
here and there and everywhere Wi il smile
and nod for everybody. The same could
be said Of First ChiefIaln John Elder. But
said |, 'Mr. Elder, where is your kilt?
You look aNfu' without it." "Weel," he
says, The fac is I've outgrown it.
| Gamma wear it," There was anither chiel
there, the real max O. a Heilanman, but his
II it was over lang After We got DOT we
gaed ava, got our basket and got under a
tree and spread DOR babs and butter on the
table, had snack and dram danked wi
oat cakes an sc0ns, can fu O treacle, half
kebbuc, and L had twa or three red her
rim rowed up in piece O. brown paper that
intended tae fetch tne Sandy McGregor as
a present, for | ken he's awful fond o them,
and Mrs. McGregUr winnie buy name, but
IN the hurry l cam ava an clean forgot
them. Mrs. Mcpherson cam over an wis
| GAVIN tae sing us the "Braes O. Gleuiffer,'
but Jist as she wis GAVIN tae begin cor
JAMIE CAM FRAE THE RACING GRUN
mr. Ha vii hoe
| and lost the race After that
| hadna the heart tae ask her tae sing. Jock
| buchanan cam by wi wean in his Arms,
an he's gettin' as auld an wizen'd as myself,
but he mak's gran nurse, and l was glad
tae see him daein' something usefu'. We
hadna sit doom but few meenitS when
taen a look about and wha should we see
| but our auld freend Sandy McGregor and
| his gran wife. They sat doom and had a
| dram wi US. Mrs. McGregor had Sandy's
pouches weel stappit wi sandwiches. We
| hadna our dram finished when up cam Jock
| Young and Annie Mclean frae Stockton,
hand in hand, just as they went to the
Kirk in the Cation forty years ago.
only wee bit the waur O the wear
| Says Annie tae me, Jennie, did you hear
| o big jamie Cummings being deid!' Eyes.
| Annie" says |, and an awfu' end for pulr
| Jamie to come tae; he had his faults like
| the rest O. US. Puir jamie; the last time |
| seed him was at the New York games. He
| carried the big flag and l believe he carried
the big flag for the Heilan' Guard at General
! Grants funeral. Aye, but he was Draw
| singer and a fine strappin' sOdger. Nae
| thing wad dae him but to haze Tam and me
! into the receptlOn-rOOm that day at Jones
| Woods, and after we had ooT Bit dram, he
| introduced ME and Tam tae the Chiefs wife,
bonnie bit lassie wi spectacles on and her
mither. While L was speaking tae the
Chiefs wife was dumfounded tae see the
Atm c ATrrE-MoJrTuED
| Black-faced thinner o. mither throws her
arms round Jamie Cummings neck and
kiss and slobher him a over, and syne be-
gan tae brag O. her singing when she went
tae aud Brash's Kirk-the brazen-faced
auld thing"
mither. Do you no ken wha yon isP"
mo, Annie; wha Is she ?"
Yon's Sodger Jean, wha wakit in front
| O. the lads o New York when they were
| gaun TO the games. Just like a sodger, a.
the folks said it was a man in woman's
claes."
But what's her name, Annie, and whaur
| does she calm frae?"
Do you no mind O. Jean Leckie, the
bareftted mill lassie O. Denny?"
us she only friend to Leckie that was
banished thirty years ago for numbering his
| wifeP
Eyes, Jennie. he was her brither. forget
| " hat her name is moo; but her henpecked
man has tae dae just whatever she says
| Francis says he is quiet man-quiet and
sober, and far over guild man for her."
''Sae that's the aud thrawn-mouthed one
| kent by her impudence she didna come O.
Ony gentle folk. What an ee she's got and
beard like an aud man. I'll warrant We
| she's no canny; but, Annie, you ought tae
heard her sing alang wi Jamie Cummey.
| What contrast. Jamie was like a mavis
and the only thing you could compare her
tae was the noise cor Tam made when he
was trying to learn the bagpipes. But,
woman, it fairly took AVA my breath when
l heard her hoOchin' and skirling and brag-
| gng O. the tatie scons she had baked. l
didna like the look O. them, but cor Tam
cam AVA without his parritch that morn
| ing and being nappsh he ate ane. puir fel-
low, but he has been sorry for it ever since.
| IT GIED HIM THE COLO,
And it just lay on his stomach like stane.
He could neither get it UP nor doom, and he
| has been taken physic ever since. Naething
netties him sac much as tae ask him If he Il
bae anitber O. Sodger Jean S tatie sc0ns. Aye,
| but woman, didn't she scunner me when
she asked Colonel Stevenson O. Montreal
tae take ane, and then said if he liked them
| that she wad send one hundred scons tae