The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-17
TIE BIRTHDAY OF BURNS.
4 GRAND GENERATION IN HONOR
 SCOTT1'S BARD.

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 The Program for the Anniversary observ-
 fnce in New Haven-United States Sena-
 tor HawIey to be Presiding Officer
 Every January all over the earth there is held a festival of some kind to celebrate the birthday Of Robert Burns The Briton boasts that his drum beat keeps pace with the sun, but the Burns celebrations are far more gen eral for they occur not only at every place where is heard that drum beat, but wherever Scotsmen dwell in other lands where the particular drum per force is silent. In fact the celebration is so universal as sometimes to cause the question, Is Burns the only notable | that Scotland has produced, or what | did he do that he should be so popular? It must be admitted that Scotland produced her share of great men, but | her Wallace, her Bruce, her Walter l Scott--all of them are passed in silence except Rantin' Rovin' Robbie Burns. Even Bannockburn, the scene of one of 1 the greatest victories in history for po- | litical independence. gives way to the clay-built cottage near the Banks and Braes of Bonnie Doon," when Our monarchs George ID hindmost year but one had five and twenty days begun a blast of Januar' wind blew | hansel In on Robbin." This cannot be otherwise, for Robert Burns was of the people, always for the people, and his short life was so full of varied eX- periences which he faithfully chron | icled, that wherever roams the Scot some portion of Burns writing finds in his heart responsive chord It may be the "Cottars Saturday Night that bring the Wanderers thoughts back to the parental fireside, for the home there pictured is the rule, not the exception, with the Scottish rural peasantry; he may have a Mary in Heaven" may have attended Holy Fair or a Hal | loween," or donned his "Plaid and OCT the hills to Mamie O." but whatever it | is, some part strikes to the "bosoms core"
 Born during a violent storm on the | 25th of January, 1759, "a blast of Jam uar' wind" blew into the rude shelter | and covered the mother and babe with | sleet, cold greeting and a true augury | of what this life held for him. The | first edition of his poems composed | while pursuing the toilsome vocation of a farm laborer, was published by sub scription in Kilmarnock in 17S6; the | second shortly afterwards in Edin- burgh
 From these publications he netted about f5O0, which he, invested in farrn- ing, but his venture proving disas- trous, he got a position as excise man. which, though hateful to his feelings. was necessary for the support of his family At that time officers of the ex- else were looked up as alien taxgather- CTS, and the poet himself referred to the position as Searching old wives barrels, Och, ho, the day" His promo-l tion was retarded, and even his sitlla- ton endangered by injudicious actions and remarks about, the French revolu- tion
 The spring of 1796 found him rapidlv declining in health and on the 21st of July, that year, without money and without friends. he laid down the life which he characterized as a ''galling load" He was no sooner dead than his name became famous. His
 
 tions were started and Iiberally sup ported for the benefit of his family but all too late to comfort the weary form that had been laid to rest in St. Mi chaels churchyard, Dumfries. His fame seems to grow as years roll on, till now in every city of our land the anniver- sary of his birth is regularly observed. Tn our own city a suitable celebration XUfI Q 1ga fNIa 7o. AL. 18th inst, in the Hyperion theater, when Senator Hawley, Judge Harrison, Liz zie Gaffney w. H. Rieger and others will take part, as follows:
 BIRTHDAY OF ROBERT BURNS, Friday Evening, January 25, at eight
 o'clock.
 Chairman, Hon. Joseph R. Hawley,
 United States Senator. Vice Presidents, Rev. I. c. Meserve and
 Chief Robert D. Pryde
 PROGRAM. Second Regiment Orchestra. Address-Hon. Joseph R. Hawley. Quartet-"The Snowdrop" Archer)- Miss Gaffney, Miss Horlocker, MT Rie- ger and MT, Miles.
 Recita tion-"The Return of the Witch es" (Oliver Wendell Holmes)-Miss Mary Dudley Burk
 Solo-"The Wanderers Song" (Schu- mann-Mr Gwilym Miles. Violin Solo-Mazurka (Ovide Musin)- Miss Bertha Behrens.
 Song-"Within Mile of Edinburgh Town" CT D' Orfey)--Miss Elizabeth c. Gaffney. Song-"O Sing to Me the Auld Scotch Songs" (Leeson)- William II. Rie- ger. Autumn" F'ranz)-- Miss Fora Gladys Horlocker.
 Part II. Address-Robert Burns-Hon. Lynde Harrison Duet-"Qual Mare" (verdD-Miss Gaff- ney and MT. Rieger. Violin Solo--"Romance Sans Paroles" (WienaiwsllD D-Miss Bertha Behrens. Wha Hae" (Burns)-Mr