The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-03
PROGRAM CARRIED OUT At MA.
PlETON LAST NIGHT.

CroSSdn OF minneapolis, NuUnUCT
of Mankato People Take Part,
Rendering Selections, Both Of
Literary and Musical Character;
Plays on the Rink.
From Thursdays Daily.
With appropriate exercises and
pleasing and enjoyable festivities.
Burns day was celebrated at Ma
pleton yesterday and last night.
Scotchmen from all over Southern
Minnesota were present The Maple
River Burns club was in charge of
the program. 1t was the one hun.
dred and fifty-second anniversary of
the birth of Robert Burns.
For three days the Heather Curl
ing rink has been the scene of
lively bonspiel in which twelve
Kinks have contested for the vari-
Gus trophies offered by the citizens
iOf Mapleton. In the first event the
Mapleton State bank trophy was
saved by the Mapleton rink In the
second event two Winnebago Kinks
defeated everything before them and
will settle the holding of the First
National bank trophy at game to
be played later on their home rink.
Hundreds at the Banquet
Fully five hundred people attended
the banquet and partook of the ia
nous Scotch dish, the Haggis. The
chieftain of the pudding race, was
brought in by two stalwart Scots, w
L. Mcqueen and William Morrow,
who have acted in a like capacity
for the past twenty-five years. They
were preceded by Major George Sin
clair of Minneapolis, the official piper
| of the club.
The evening program was held at
the opera house which was crowded
! to the doors. Mayor J. H. Dobe, who
delivered the address of welcome,
Scot himself, impressed upon all
that they were welcome without
reference to their nationality so long
as they had respect for the stars
and stripes. Minneapolis was well
represented on the program
Address of the Evening.
Rev. j. T. McCrossan, pastor OF
! the Oliver Presbyterian church, de-
livering the annual address; Mrs. ].
II. McGuffie rendering several must
cal selections, while Major Sinclair
and his accomplished son and daugi..
| ter, Master George and Mary, rem.
dered the Highland fling and other
Scotch dances.
B. F. McGregor responded to the
address of welcome and in so doing
recommended that ali present spend
! a little time the coming year in
studying the poems of Robert Burns
and committing at least one of them
ITO memory.
Others on Program.
Others to contribute TO the
evenings festivities were: Thomas
R. tombstone of Crookston, Mrs. II.
c. Hotaling, who delivered the an,
nual address last year; Bessie and
Clarence Dodds of Mankato; Mrs.
William Sharp of Amboy, and Mrs.
George Carter of st. Clair
Following the program at the
opera house, dance was the fea-
ture. The elder Scots repaired to
Masonic hall and INDUCED in story
telling.
The Curling club elected the fol.
lowing officers: President, r. B.
Taylor; vice president. William
Howieson; secretary, A. J. Ellis;
treasurer, William Morrow:
Among the out of town guests
were the following: Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. veigel, Mr.. and Mrs. Chris
Nerbovig, Mr.. and Mrs. C. ]. Laur-
isch, Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Morrow.
John C. Wise, Clarence Dodds, all of
Mankato. Mrs. T. J. Atwood, Court
enay, n. d.; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Fuller and Willard Fuller OF Red
wood Falls, MINI. Miss Bessie Dodds
and Miss Helen Stanley of Wells,
Mimi. Charles and Earl Hanna of
Wood Lake, Neb. Major George Sin
clair his daughter, Mary, and son,
George, of Minneapolis.
The Address to the Haggis.
Those who attended the banquet
last evening spoke in high praise of
the manner in which A. j. Ellis de-
livered the address to the Haggis.
Mr.. Ellis is a master of the Scotch
language and has the poetry or
Burns on the tip of his tongue
A Burns celebration is hardly a
celebration without the song, Ran
tin. Rovin' Robin" as sung by David
Will, but last night Mr. Will hardly
felt able to sing. His little grand
son, Master Bruce Ellis, sang the
old song and by his clear rendition
Of the same, showed the careful
training his grandfather had no
doubt given him.
: Hon. William Hall iii the course
of his remarks, openly predicted that
the time would come when Mapleton
would not be large enough for the
Burns club and it might be neces-
sary to hold the annual event in
Mankato.
Miss Bessie Dodds and brother
Clarence were given great praise
for the mart fhav took in malyinr