Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-02-01
A NIGHT WI RABB|E BURNS
Scoiland's Lads and Lassits and tAe
Citizens of Great Fails Honor
the Great Poet.
Inspiring Music, E!oqaeht Addresses
Feasting and Dancing Ncr"
Enjoyed by All.

A large audience filled Realty hal! las
FRIDAY at the concert and ball giVen d.
the scots of Great Fails in celebration O
the birth If Robert Burns. After
Scotch selection by Prof. Races orches
ira, Chairman Dan Mckay welcomed
the guests to the festivities III winch the
Scots of Great Falls revive the memory OF
Caledoni.'s great poet. The ocotchmen
of Great Falls, although they CHERISH
the hills and streams Of Scotland and re-
we're the traditions of their native land,
are ready, in their adopted land, to abide
by their motto, 10 live, to fight and to
die for freedom" And in the United
States, as on their native heather, they
will resist Il tendency toward mon
archy or imperialism.
After d solo, There Was a Young
Lad" by Mrs. G. E. Beebe of Butte,
Charles M. Webster spoke on Scotland,
a land which, though smaller than Cho'
teau county, is replete with more mo-
mentous history han the western hemi
sphere. The Scotch are the vanguards of
civilization, and although many good
lads and lassies have left their native
land, she may still remain the cradle OF
civilization. Scotland, with her rocky
front resisting the sea, stands representa-
tive Of the character OF her sons and
daughters. Burns faults were the frail-
ties of men, his virtues the sparks of dl-
vine genius. His works can nc more die
than the memory of Scotland can fade
from the minds of it's sons and daugh-
tiers.
After a solo, MARY O. Argyle" by j..
M. Haggard, and a solo, Caller Herrin,'.'
by Mrs. G. q. Mcfarland, the 6anjo
club gave a selection, after which Rev.
Robert Mcclellan Ramsey spoke o n
Burns"
Ninety and nine years has Burns been
dead; nearly a century ago his pen
dropped from his hand. 1t is said of
Wallace's sword that no Scot can WELD
it. Since Burns death, neither Scotch
poet, nor any poet in the world, has been
able to take up his pen. Burns lived in
century of the rise of individual man, a
century Of a grand galaxy Of poets, the
grand chorus opening with Pope's Essay
on Man" and closing with the grand
burst, "A Mans a Man For a That"
Burns taught that Worth can build a
princely throne on humble truth" This
sentiment has actuated all the poetry of
this century. Some one has said that a
man can be truly eloquent upon but
three subjects. home, the nation, and
heaven, and SO far as Burns treated of
these subjects MS poetry will abide.
Hon. Paris Gibson being absent j. 4.
Largent was called upon to reply to
Great Falls and Cascade County" Mr..
Largent traced the development Of this
region. described its resources. and at
tributed its success to the character and
wisdom of its founders, the union of Ia
tionalities. labor, and the churches, and
the predomlnance of y-ung men in the
community.
The musical program was completed
by a solo, 20, Vert Thou in the Cauld
Blast by a. G. Coleman. a solo, MY
Maiden" by Mrs. o. NJ.
Holmes, and a Scotch medley by Mrs.
Donovan and Miss Spencer and Messrs.
Coleman and J. M. Mcdonald.
At midnight supper was served in the
Grand Central dining room and dancing
was INDUCED in until an early hour.