The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-27

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me company numbered not less ih3n lW,
hundrtd Mr. Zimmerman had spread % OFT
the ample board u addition io the ntic"'f
usually served upon such Gee slohH. 'a-
gctt'sn scOUces. "hOt scotch, &c. MilI'u l"'
Highland lads fully appreciated and ana luI
Justice 90.
WELCOMED THE GUSTS.
Mr. william r. Mason. who presided BOZ th'
absence of Chief1. T.. Campbell. delivered q
hearty welcome To an present. ana Mi
robert Wnittct asked a blessing upon ih'
feast ,,.
the board WIS cleared iOr the to1sIs. Mt
James a. Gentry, whose speech came hl'h OBJ
thc ust. early boo the evening responded To
the sentiment. "lne Press:
"Ifmerc's hole in "a your coats,
rcdc YOU tent NJ;
A chic.d'- umang you tal,in notes.
An. faith, he'll prcnt li.'
This response. which was given in tht
sneakers usually happy vcin.wis as follows
onr scottish clan meets here tonight,
The light of love bee DER them shed;
sons of the J nd at Bauuockhufn,
Where Bruce and Wallace fought Wd hici
The glory Of her chiefs and bAds
NOmarhie needs. nor stored nrns;
White time exists sir Walter lives.
And with HIM dear old Bobby Burns.
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The man VINO sung sweet nature S hong',
40 matter where his home or birth
Hls fame 10 AN the world belongs.
The melody that touched The heart
And taught love almost divine.
Shall last tine IaNagcs Of me
And in alI hcait. Inns name we shrine.
| The cotter in his happy home
Finds ioy boo these days.
The peasant aud the prince alike
IT.tya for Them words OF praise
| Let every man keep in his ncan
The lessons that he learns
That honor ~ the highesi rank
From Scotland ana her Burns.
| Dear land O'cakes with happy heart
We send "a gree ting forth Tonight
MAY ev ~ Scottish home nave cheer
And bee the fires big and bright
| Abreast of AN that good and true,
with knees that bend and lips lhai pray,
| Firm i'm the rEht as solid rock
Thee scotland stands To-day.
ola Erin has her shamrock green,
The british flag with lions bristlcs.
America has her eagle bird,
And Catalonia has her missiles.
You may sit down on the shamrock green
And make old Yankee oOdle whistle;
You may twist the British lion 5 tail,
But YOU can't sit on the thistle
old Gotta S SONS are I'm all climcs-
You ID hnd them every sun beneath
| Good citizens WhcTecr they De.
with still "a love for native heath.
| The happy song, he sung of old,
ihev cncer hs heart where Ct he turns.
Highland OF lOWland uc.cr forgcts
| old scotland and dear Bobby Burma
give You here This sentiment,
| For water or for WINE,
Bright bee the memory ~ Burns
| And flowers round II tWlne.
His precious words Of love and nope
Long IN our hearts cnsnrinet
And here. toast for scotland, TOO,
And the happy Aud Lang Sync.
The FIRST regular toast was "lhc DAY W,
Celcbratc;' responded 20 hy MI. Aoher
Nhittet as follows:
do moi wonder al the terms of lHudatloi
i'm which the native American speaks of h'
country II is indeed q wonderful luud-u
It's boundaries, It's varied aspects oi noun
tain and prairie I'm It's eXhaustlcss rcsnuIc cs
and the ingenious Application OF these 10 iIt
purposcs of commerce. Even we old scot b
men have overcome our Feelings ol nome
sickness and made 10 the and I our udulr
ton. and we find ourselves thinking aue
speaking Of 10 after the same laud itoiy
fashion.
No small power I'm the preservation of THU
national feeling b. tine distinctive poetry
and especially the songs OF the several people
making up this vast Republic. To his end
Germany has her Goethe and her ocnllltr
England her Milton aad Shakes peure, Ire
land her Tom Moore ana scotland hc Mhoet
immortal memory We cclebraic-burf =,
The gathering OF So many Sco.emen. AND
the oc aston that has BROUGHT us tOgeinOr "a
a hitting time 10 review MN whom al -clis-
men delight 10 homer. not thai we d1 NOT al
know the subject already. OF there is aughi
new concerning him that has not been re-
corded But we love ms memory. lie was
Intensely Scoth, and his ~colchvnes'
can never drop out OF our nature
So Obeying the natural law that IKE draws
10 ff d. q
tonate reunions for ScOtsmeu aIl the WorlI
over and DO shouts bc a source OF plea
sure TO ustO take part ln TINS worldwide
acknowledgment Of his worth. Ills birth
place was "a humble-a very humble clay
nuilt cottage on the banks o' Bonnie Doom
IN Ayefshlre, w lch hls father had built with
his own bands that he might shelter
his bonnie bride, The poets mother
His father was also characteristic
Scotchman OF unhiuching integrity and
high.toncd moral sensibilitics; Inns mo-
Their a matron of quiet dcNout soul, win
no end of songs and ballads. which she
accustomed 90 "croOn Whlle engage 81 Do her
domestic cares; to-ether pair az whom
scotland should be almost as proud as of
their more famous son.
HOUSE We LIVED IL.
The cottage must have been frlil struc-
ture for A Han Cunningham tells us "that he
was ushered into life during storm that
blew down the gable. and the Young poet mad
10 be conveyed during that fierce January
hlast Ia "A more secure howell lie was the
nrst born of family OF siX-thfet
bows and three girls-a domestic circle
hat presents "a fair sample OF pleas
ant life in Scoutnd, and which
-cofland's history has frequently demon
strated itself as Obsunately assrrtiVe. We
SEQ this spirit Of assertiNeness OF The cove
n.nting times. Have YOU not wondered al
that historic scene IN the Grey iudts az I'D
ingburg when the solemn league and cove
"a att he tt-.f
people pressed 10 sign II. Many in such dead
earnest that they cut their veins mat they
might sign II W In their blood, and who did
MOI hesitate TO seal II with their lives on no
LATHE field or in the martyr ordeal Have
Won OF asked, rs YOU read OF those incl
dents what kind of men those heroes We're
The elder Burns was type OF them. ana h,
is Justly and graphically p rtfaN ed On tht
| 'CottRs saturday Night 10 r. sad of hin
| that IL was his custom Ike Ezra OF old. {,
| read the Bible and explain tue sense when
difficult in the family circle ana that b.,
| loved 10 discuss the spiritual meanings ant
contemplate the mysuctl splendOis OF 70.
| Rock of Revelation Burns used tQ speak q
| Tie spcll he felt when bis father feverently
| said: GO q. let us worship God, ne Is th'
usual Introductory formula. nateyer d
NAV be now In these days Of higher edura
| ton. we know that. as Hugh Miller has X
uressed il. that oatmeal hat rail rose %
aud scotland and the shorter Gale
chism did ptOdt es men Of stuidi
soul and intrepid Nigor Ia AS
serting their independence, and the Burn
father and son are splend III examples.
HIS FATHER DIS.
Burns was about twenty i've hen the
grand old man, his father died and lett hin
al the head OF the hOu-enOld. which he As
sumed with vigorous Will In the heyday o
youthful strength. and took 10 ''the plOwing
the sowing. the reaping the moving" The
influence OF a sainted father aud mother is a
glorious foundation on which 10 build, and al
the threshold Of manhood W may enquire
how he built, OF hO~ has he prohted 10y Il 81
as To nj him for the welghtier duties Of life
lie resolved well. and he began well; but he
had tastes that led him aside and Murdered
his application; 80 we mud him soon more
interested IN writing poetry than In farming.
He had. from his earliest days, been an earnest
lover OF the historic lncieents OF the days OF
tho Wallace aud the Bruce, like every other