The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-28

W. L. tOuoHy
Recitation, ..................."T Tam o. shanter'
kA. Blair
Toast. ITO the Immortal Memory of Burns"
Chairman
Song, There was Lad was Born In Kyle"
R.A. Blair
Toast, scotch, Poetry, scotch Drink
and Scotch Lassies" Carroll B. Graves
Song, .... ........ Green Grow the Rushes o"
Geo. Ker
Song, ......... willie Brewed Peck O. Maui"
J. Loudon
Foursome Reel Geo Jackson, Angus Nc
Pherson, Charles McAlister, and Tam Giles
Toast, ..................... Army and Navy"
Captain Kingsbury
Recitation, Observation-Disclosures" THE Killed Lad"
VIM. Ker
Song. ..... 1.-The March of the Cameron Men,
d. Christie
Toast, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Guests,
Edward Whitson
Pipe Music. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, .... ..,......
A. MCGEE
Recitation ................ ........... ....,,...
J. L. Smith
Toast, . ......... 1.-THE Agricultural Interests
Captain Dunn
Song, ."Ye Banks and Braes O. Bonnie Doom"
". L. Connolly
Toast. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. yakima
W. II. Hare
Song, observation-disclosures. "Scots, Wha Haze"
Geo. Ker
Toast, .... ...................."S scotch Verdict
Carroll B Graves
Song, ..........,.... ......"A Wee Drappie OF
J. G. Cameron
Toast, absent Friends
ha rnt har ppr rs pnr
r. b. Blair
Toast, THE Ladies'
K. W. Dunlop
Recitation ,.,........... Corn Rigs
c. C. Carmichael
An old banqueteer, whose life has tax
en- in the best OF these occasions, re.
marked yesterday that he had never, in
all his experience been present where
the average of good, bright, brainy
speaking ran so high. From the wit and
eloqnence Of Erwin to the last lingering
line OF quotation in the wee sma' hour
of three in the morning nobody fatted
or bored. The singing was perfect.
One must wonder, after listening to it, if
there is Scotchmsn anywhere who can
not sing the songs of his country. All!
What a swing there 10 to some Of those
old songs. Connolly and Loudon and
Blair-how they sang and when John
Cameron gave "a wee drappie OF" the
room fairly rocked with the vibration Of
the refrain. And George Ker woke the
echoes with both his songs. Mr.. Run.
yon opened up with some piano music,
and the pipes and filings and reels left
nothing undone and nobody disappointed.
Among the speakers not down on the
program were the Rev. Bartlett, X. X.
Nichols, d. X. Mcdonald OF Zillah, Geo.
Donald, Col. A. G. Walker, and Jas.
M. Gilbert.
Col. Hewlett, who sat opposite the
chairman and acted jointly with him, al.
ternating in calls for responses to the
toasts and songs, disclsimed any but a
slight strain OF McClintock Scotch, but
he came on with some original verses on
ooihk Saiicu out Wy tho ChdH' hoIc
they are:
If all the Scots In all the lands
With all their BARNS along
Would 60 to visit all their clans
Where would ye put that throng?
For home is small-the world Is wide
The ocean wide and deep,
And some must cross to Mother side
To pasture all their sheep.
When Scot from Scotland turns away
IT'S seldom he returns,
But on this one memorial day
He comes with Robert Burns.
The land alone that gave him birth
Can ne'er contain his fame;
In every corner of the earth
They celebrate his name.
To pipe and sing and have fling
May not suit every ranter;
banquet set to suit king
Might not please Tam 0shanter.
so slap you lug to goldie bug
And clinkin clsck o. siller
And drain your whiskey from its mug
And hand 1t to the filler.
Fer on this night Wen tax our bite
And drink our drink contented
And sink all troubles out o. sight
That ever were invented.
Some banks may bust and every trust
Go kiting to the moon;
Yen never hear of moth nor rust
In banks O. Bonny Doom.
II man was really made to mourn
As man is made to borrow,
Defer the ills that must be borne
And let him mourn tomorrow
For then he'll find he has more mind
tAt least larger hesd)
And with the pleasures left behind
Some ills WILL too, be sped
Some strain to write like Bobby Burns
And make bat empty wailins,
We. yearly, az this day returns
Just initiate his fsilin's.
Msyhsp my blitherin', blatherin' verse
VIII meet with Scotch demurrage
Yet mony . man has done far worse
And nae had half the courage.
1t was a rare night of it, and sealed
the determination OF the Scotchmen to
make the Caledonian society q living
entity from now forward.
THE CHAIRMAN's SPEECH.
In proposing the toast "To the Immor.
tai Memory OF Burns" Mr.. VIM. Ker,
the chairman, said:
When Scotchmen think OF Burns they
think OF him fondly aud proudly. Some.
times IL NAV he with n failing of sad.