The Saline County journal., 1892-06-30
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The Gath Of June 10 . great day 70
the Scotch, - IL 10 81. Andrews day
and also the anniversary Of thu
battle Of Banuockb burn, which va
fought In the year 1914. Bruce
whose grandfather was known u
the Bsuissr, had been chosen kinl
Of Scotland. King Edward the IL
Of England, insisted on the Scotch
people stili paying tribute 10 Eng
land, bot the levy Was % snoromsni
that year that Bruce objected "a
paying 10. In fact II would have
bankrupsed his country TO have
paid Il. and % they were forced to
fight. $1,000 Scotch were plttsd
against 100, ,00u armoured subjects OF
King Edward. The plain on which
the fight occurred was small, and
swamp lands lay on either side, 90
that the heavy clad English subj jects
were ct great disadvantage. They
could not form TO advantage on the
plains, and when they attempted TO
cross the swamp lands, sank out Of
sight. The day wss won Dy the
Scotch, although being greatly out
numbered by the English, and the
first victory for Scotland against old
England, was recorded In history.
By that victery their country was
permitted 10 hold its organization,
aud II has ever been . date for cell
ebration among the Scotch.
The celebration at Bennington
last Friday was under the manage
ment OF the northwest Scottish
Union, Of which the Hon. George
Msckinsie, Of Minneapolis, 10 presi-
dent. Perhaps 500 or 1900 people
were In attendance, and the little
city Of Bennington did nobly in
caring for them. The days program
consisted of athletic sports, which
were participated In with hearth
ness that made them interesting.
The tug Of war consisted Of ten
Americans against ten Scotch lads,
and the way they endeavored to
part that rope In the middle was
caution, bit the Americans won, as
they succeeded In getting several
300 Founders on their side.
NJ. Sullivan succeeded In throwing
the 10 pound weight the farthest,
and F. Z. Hollsn the 10 pound ham
mer. But when tossing the csber
was reached, the boys worked hard.
Quite . number OF attempts were
made to get the big Cottonwood log
to end over, but William Stewart
did II the best, and was awarded the
prize. The wheel barrow race was
won by Thos. Stewart, and Eugene
Sullivan won the 100 yard foot race.
a game of base ball was then
called between the Bennington club
and the Salina team, and II was q
splendid game throughout. Very
few errors were made, and Dan.
Chapman, as umpire, gave uni ersal
satisfaction. The SaIina boys led
until about the fifth inning, when
their opponents gained on them, and
closed the game at the ninth inning
with the score 10 to 8 In favor Of
Bennington.
The games OF the day were such as
should be encouraged at like cell
ebrations everywhere, ss they lead
to better manhood, and the people
themselves participate In them, and
an interest Ii created that Ii sure to
make the occasion enjoyable.
At seven o'clock In the evening .
banquet Was spread on two long
tables In the skating rink, and an
enjoyable feast was had, after which
Mr.. J. E. Herr presided, and the
first toast of the evening, "The
Shamrock, Thistle and Rose" was
responded to by the Hon. J. r.
Burton, Of Abilene. Always an elo-
quent speaker, Mr.. Burton, sur
rounded as he was by the sturdy
settlers Of the beautiful Solomon
valley, and having such . tender
sentiment to respond to, reached
the hearts Of the people present at
once. Mr.. Burton made MANY
friends at Bennington, and his ad-
mirer's In that section Of the district
are numerous.
1.-THE Friendship between the
Scotch and the Germans" was re-
sponded to by Hon. August Bondi,
and he did IL we'll. His response
pages of history dear to the
hearts Of the people who were
present, and % Mr.. Burton after
wards remarked, Mr.. Bondi threw
out texts enough In his brief response
for dozen speeches.
:. Bennington ~ ham ne'er . town surpasses,
For honest men and bonnie lasses,"
was responded to by J. w. Welsh,
Of Bennington, In well chosen words.
He said Bennington could not boast
Of an ex-lieutensnt governor ~
Minneapolis, or an ex.congressmsn,
ss Salina, or of the next Congress-
man. a. Abilene, but that they had
people true TO their town and state,
and he complimented them In strong
terms, telling the praises Of the
Solomon Valley In . neat and inter-
esting talk.
Or. Tobey responded to 1.-THE
Press Of Northwest Kansas" but
proceeded Immediately to remove
the limit Of this text, and made IL
the press of the world. He told
what the Scotch had done for the
press Of the country, and what the
press had done for them. He quoted
largely from the poems Of Robert
Burns, and m ade . very pleasing
response that wss highly sppreciat-
ed 1t remained for our own Wm. r
Gels TO close the literary feast, and
- he wss given ~ text,
"a bit OF nonsense now and then
IL relished By the best Of men"
he had plenty Of room 10 spread out.
He confined his remarks largely TO
anecdotes thst brought forth sounds
Of applause, and closed the banquet