The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-28
pIYTSTON scots BANQUET
CaledOnianS Honor the Anniversary
of Robert Burns.
BRUTAL ACT OF AN ENGINEER
A Fire in the Sinclair House-Traffic on
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Delayed
by a Wreck at Lackawanna
Junction.

| nlgnt TO celeDfate the one nundfeu anu
| thirty-siXth anniversary of the birth of
Robert Burns, given.under the auspices
OF the PittstOn Caledonian club. The
celebration was the largest and most
enthusiastic given in many years by the
ever jovial Plttston clan, and will be
| long remembered by all who partici-
| pated in it. At $50 Chief Andrew G..
| Campbell called the assemblage to or
der and congratulated the club ON their
efforts to excel all preceding celebra-
tions. He then invited all present to
partake of the sumptuous feast the
committee had prepared. G. l. A.
Chapman invoked Divine blessing. af.
ter which all proceeded to gorge them
selves with elaborate and 'bountiful
spread Of ''guid oaten meal and an
array Of "aud countra," as well as new
| land Viands.
After the repast was an interesting
and highly educational programme
which produced an elevated and sympa'
| thetic feeling to all, and especially to
the veteran Scots as their minds re-
turned to the land of their birth and
the many pleasantries of their boyhood
| TOastmaster Andrew Campbell arose.
and called upon \. j. Colborn, of Scran.
ton for the first toast, Robert Burns"
Mr.. COlborn held his attentive audience
spellbound fully thirty minutes by his
| interesting address, from which We
quote Il few sentences: Tonight w.
go back and pay our tribute to the
greatest poet the world has ever
known" The world bows its head to
do honor to Robert Burns" THE poet
for the people, of the people and by the
people" Mr.. Colborn concluded his ad-
| dress with references to one of Burns
greatest works, The Cotter's Saturday
Night"
Aaron Mitchell next interested the
listeners with a song entitled Bonnie
JEAN which he rendered in a Scotch
dialect.
Toastmaster Campbell called on c.
|, A. Chapman to respond to the toast
industries of Wyoming Valley" Mr..
Chapman being an old pioneer. re
called many interesting "reminiscences
Of his early days in the valley and ex-
pressed himself as delighted with it's
extensive and rapid growth. Mr.. Chap
man concluded with an article prepared
by himself on Burns, and by reciting
the poem, Highland Mary" John
Cowen next brought back the thoughts
Of the old days in Scotland by the song,
Row Ye Ger the Clyde"
Charles Law was called upon to re-
spOnd to the toast "Our Native and our
Adopted Country" Mr.. Law interest
ed the audience with many outbursts
Of wit and expressed a desire that
more of the Scottish nation would
come to this country and replace our
present alien population. James Rich
ardson then sang song, entitled Gale
donia,' all joining in the refrain. Wal
ter Watson next recited in beautiful
style Mans 1nhumanity to Man"
Archie Lindsay, of Plains, enter
tanned the club with a song, entitled
Alton Water and Thomas Nelson
recited the poem, entitled THE Faith
full Deg" David Dick amused the au-
dience with a comic song, entitled
'Susans Sunday Out"
Andrew Muir was requested to enter
tain the club with a COncertna selec-
ton He was recalled and replied with
the Blue Bells of Scotland" DR.. d. l..
Ross responded to the toast "The Army
and Navy with very interesting re-
marks.
With a few promscous selections the
literary entertainment closed and the
floor was cleared for the old-time dance
which all enjoyed until the wee hours
of the morning.
Miscellaneous News Notes.
Justice committed John McDormett
to the Luzerne county Jail on Saturday
on the charge of assault and battery.
McDOrmett was a participant in a gen
eral fight on Friday night at Captain
Burns hotel, Duryea.
y fire was located in the kitchen of
the Sinclair House at midnight Sat
urday. The dining room, Kitchen and
contents of the cellar were much dam
aged. 1t might have proved n very dis
astrous fire had it not been for the
efforts and prompt response of our very
efficient volunteer fire department.
Cottage prayer meetings of the West
Side Presbyterian church will be held
at the home of p. X. Richards. on Della
ware avenue, Tuesday evening.
Manager j. A. MacDougal, of Music
hall, made arrangements with the
Davis Uncle Toms Cabin" company
for a matinee tomorrow afternoon at
. O'Clock especially for the children.
Admission, children, Is cents; adults,
80 and so cents.
Traffic on the Lehigh Valley, near
Lehigh and Bloomsbury station. was
delayed nearly two hours early Satur-
day morning by the derailing of four
cars. The wreck was caused by the
breaking of an axle on a coal Jimmy
The CoXton wrecking crew were or
dered out and cleared the tracks with
their usual rapdity.
Engineer Pulver of the Coxton yard
and his fireman. a Hungarian, failed to
agree in the discharge of their duties
on Saturday morning last After some
words they engaged in manual contest
in which Pulver seized a break stick
and struck his antagonist on the head
causing n confusion of the skull. The
fireman regained consciousness after
about twenty minutes 1t is reported
that Pulver has been somewhat tyran-
nical and exacting in the duties i'm
posed upon his fireman, who bore the
misuse 50 long as his temper would
allow.
Diagram opens at Ruggles & Man
ning's this morning for Davis Uncle
Toms Cabin"
All regulars subscriptions of the Scran-
ton Tribune will be received at our local
office, s South Main street.
The electric cars on the East Side
We're started running again after the
late snow about noon Saturday, but
those on the West Side did not reach
West Pittston until o'clock Sunday
morning. Wakeful persons could read
lily hear the clank of pick and shovel
as the workmen cleared the rails of
ice.
Relief in Six Hours.
Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
oa cos relieved in six hours by the ,iNevy