Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-26
Very Fine Banquet at the Thistle
Club Last Evening in Honor
OF the Famed Poet.
TIE BACpIpES WERE THERE.
coosts Danced Highland Fling When
pioer Came, and cheercd Every Men
ton Of Aud Caledonia.

nh. oarebration of the Burns ami
...,s,rv by the Thistle Club IN ils
,s,l last evening, was the most eIaD-
ar,te and successful reunion OF the
,.,,5 that has been given, perhaps, pS
o,v society eff Scotch nationality IN TINS
'n, About 200 people were at the
h,rouet which was both dainty ana
,,,lo and was characterized by the
,rosence of number of Scotch dishes
no,oblv the scenes, which were cooked
40 perfection, and the haggls when
no,rly all essayed to sample but when
wos relshed only by the native sons Of
old Scotia
THE CALL TO ORDER,
Tbe president, Mr. Nichol Hood,
.,i,,d The assembly to order before
oSoiork and introduced as chaplain ana
,,astor of ceremonies, Mr. David Hen
a"rson The chaplain offered grace III
.h,,ne a lcreditable imitation Of one OF
plrns rhymes on the same supJeSl'
An listened with bowed heads to the
rbvmed prayer and then applauded the
XII With which it had been Worded'
Tho banduet then proceeded, ana lor
so,nstbing over an hour the guests as
',sssd The various viands which con-
diluted the MENU As the haggis Went
oround, the lines Of Burns went from
I'm IN lip And blessings on your son
sie face, great chieftain o a me puu-
AIM race; fun well your worthy Oh
grace, as long as my arm
THE SCOT IN UTAH.
number Of young ladies' served the
tsblas with skin and politeness. Al me
conclusion Of the supper the toast mas
,er called upon Judge Mcdowell to re-
snoud TO the toast, THE Scot IN Utah
The Judge read a carefully prepareu
,one,. IN which he showed the influence
If Scotch blood in America, by naming
leading men in every vocation VINO
traced their ancestry to that country,
Among the men Of national rehoWn,
Grant, Mckinley mcdowell ana many
others were mentioned.
GOOD SCOTCH MUSIC.
Mrs Maggie Hull then sang very
beautifully "Flow gently, sweet Atton'
and responded to an enthusiastic encore
with within mile of Edngoro
town" Other singing was by william
u Russell. who sang MY hame Is
ybera the heather blooms Mr., Jo-
semi Poll who rendered Bonnie Mary
NJ Argyle" the Mcdonald quartet
sang "Roving Robin" and re-
sponded to an encore with "a Hundred
pipors'
Mr. Hood then gave, in a very felici-
tous speech a toast, Bonnie scot
land" in which he conuived to mention
great many Of the beautllui places
Of Calcndonia. AS each new LOCALITY
was brought wildly to the memory OF
his hearers. cheer after cheer rang out
from tbe native sons. At.this juncture,
Mr. Ireland, the piper Of the Bonnie
Brier Bush" company was escorted IN
TO the hall, playing the bagpipes' a
scene of widest enthusiasm followed.
When the uiepcr mounted the stand
and began To play well-fnown air to
the time Of the Highland Fling the
Scots quite forgot themselves, and
many Of them danced, including sever
al old couples who d'd the lively steps
Of the Filing TO the queens state, amid
the plaudts Of the Interested assembly,
ROBERT BURNS,
When this enthusiasm had partly
subsidized, Mr.. Henderson announced
l1di the prlOclpHl lOdSl OF lut tN'HluE
would now be given by the "orator OF
the day Prof, T. II. Paul.
Prof Paul said that oven had he felt
capable of fllng the honorable place
assigned to him by the POSTMASTER,
the lateness Of the hour would pre-
clde any attempt at careful analysis
0r completeness; but esteemed It high
honor to be permitted, on such an occa-
Sion TO propose the memory Of u man
who had made his local dialect known
wherever the English language I'm any
form rs spoken, and whose poetry OF
love win live as long as human hearts
sf1ll cherish that divine sentiment OF
which Burns was, in verse; the best
Interpreter.
Robert Burns said the speaker,
'"as IN respect to human liberty re-
garied by popular estimation as 100,
and by the French sociologists as Al
Years ahead Of his time, His intense
democracy brcathes from every line Of
his verse.
III I'm designed yon lordling's slave,
~ natures law designed,
why was an Independent wish
cr planted iu my mind?'
Three aspects Of the genius OF Burns
command our attention First as the