The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1922-01-13

booklets really were incomplete, that
before the or-illustrator-printer, |
Secretary Russell, had been able to
finish them as he purposed, he lad
been caught under Tn avalanche 'f
automobile tags aud so incapacitatcl !
that he wa. ah,e to do no more to
them, which was. after all, perhaps
Just as well.
The program for the evening was
in charge OF Chairman Tom Shaw OF
the membership 't2n'iiitsee, He spcke
briefly of the committee swork and
of what It wishes i, 40 fori the. cham
Der. Blanks being distributed to the
company, Chairman, Shaw asked tho
chamber members to I'll! them with
the names of men who should lie
members of the chamber, Chairman
Shaw promising that he and his fol-
low workers on the committee will go
after them and bring them in. S!ncs
November, the co,n,cittee has secure
19 new members.
Speaker Presented
Chairman Shaw preccnted-he did
not introduce-the speaker, for Hugh
Diamond of Gallon no longer needs
an Introduction to any group of men
In. Mt Vernon. It is quite impossible
II aynone could What with his stor
ies, his humor, his w:tticisms, his
sharp thrusts, the smile about his
lips, the twinkle in has eye, the bread
Scotch burr, he had .rris in the cont
rany convulsed with laughter and
| merriment all the time.
Nor would it be just to him to leave
the impression tina: Nr. Diamond is ii
mere funster, a laugh maker, WHO
says nothing serious and who gives
his auditors nothing worth while t.
| think about. He does. much of 1t. but
his neart is SO .ig". and his humor S
SO bubbling and :ireDressible that lie
simply is compelled to give it 'len
Receives Inspiration
Early in his illk the speaker con.
fessed that he receives an inspirat n
from such gatherings of men as he
was addressing. Tre sets something
here and leaves it somewhere else
Casually, lightly. hut M less sincere
| ly, he paid bit .! tril ute to Judge
Lewis 3. Houct of this city, whom
be ha; heard sreal: rec' ntly at z ha;
meeting in a nearby 'Iy, likenins the
Judge to himself az speaking Aest
when away from home
Saying that non, &c us can go fa'
, without the aid OF other mems brains
methods, the speaker denied that he's
an imitator of Sir Hairy Lauder, Il
whom Re has been l;kened, because
, he, too, Is Scotch, saying Lauder can
not he initiated. especially in the dc
, tail of his "bandy' legs." Those wh
have seen Lauder know how apt ant
accurate is the defense of the maj
from Gallon.
IL Tribute Is Paid
, A tribute was paid to organization
n like the Chamber of Commerce, Re
+? tary clubs, Kiwanis clubs and tn
!. like, saying that had Germany bu
had some such, bringing companies O
i. men frequently together throughou
!. the empire, the world war neve
v could have been.
'. Time and time again the speake
!. mentioned Bobbie Burns, the creates
= of Scottish poets. He told of going
' see the cottage where Burns was Dor
9 and where he died. AS boy in SEQ
land, Diamond had been too poor an
1t was only after he had become
man and an American citizen wit
, money in his pocket that he was abl
!. to go and see the humble home of tn
:, Scotch poet whom he loves. He d
) scribed with a touch and a suggestio
;, of pathos how Burns had upon an o
casion when he was to have spoke
!, en- "William Pitt" spoke instead o
, George Washington, to whom h
paid tribute, thereby. estranging hi
friends and even losing the positio
that was his livelihood.
Visit to Burns' Grave
Z. A visit to Burns grave in the Ger
<. etory in Edinburgh was describe
" the chief incident being his surpris
= and astonishment to find there
that Scottish cemetery statue
Abraham Lincoln, erected in memol
of those ScottishrAmericans who hf
fought in the American Civil war, al
of whom the speaker Is one.
From light to grave, from graz
hack to gay, moved the shuttle of h
thought. "How far can a dog RI
xuOod ha oclfod and pi