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the .Tevrosidp. of MeNtliop, lit the
person of l'imathy.Rynn of the Brd
concession of the Township of Me -
who passed away on Friday,'
the 26 inst., at the ripe, age of 85
years. He, with his parents, bro-
thers and sisters, emigrated to this
country from the County of Tipper-
ary, Ireland, in the year 1846, and
after spending eleven weeks on the
ocean and shipwrecked in a sailing
vessel, landed in Toronto and re-
mained there for 16 months and then
started for the Huron tract, then a
stets -a
wilderness, aud came to Hamilton by
rail arid then by horses to Stratford,
anti then on foot through the bush
til they landed at Mr. O'Connell's,
which afterwards was called Irish -
town, where a welcome hand was ex-
tended to them all. HM father set
out on foot and located the lot 00
which he lived for upward a of seventy,
eight years. He had two brothers
awl four sisters, who alt predeceased
him years ago. In politics he was a
staunch unchangeable Laeral, and in
religion a firm believer in the Catho-
lic Faith. In the early days his door
Was always open to receive the weary
pedestrian on Sunday as well as
every other day and refresh them
with plenty of nourishment, such as
is found in forest of trees on all
sides. His funeral was held at St.
Collin -than on Monday last, with a
long train of friends and neighbors.
His wife preceded him four years
age and they raised a large family
of six sons and four daughters, and
all are living to mourn the loss of u
loving father. Requiem high mass
was celebrated by Rev. Father White,
of St. Columban, and the remains
wore placed in St Coluniban Cern-
rj. His family are: James V.
!tan, Seaforth; Joseph J. Ryan, De-
tiiiit• Timothy Ryan Scot, Sask;
FUZ:Ilk Rvan, Scott, Sask.; Thomas E.
thought of the political party. the
Ryan, Beechwood; NIrs. Patrick Gil -
object 'wing to bind the farmers to -
bons, Wingham; Mrs. Michael Con.
gether in class consciousness. Had
Ily Logan; Mrs. John Woods. of
it not been for the l' I' 0. the Drury
Hs troit; Mrs. John Delaney, Beech•
Gcvernment would have never been
wood, and William Ryan, on the
in power
licmestead, all who mourn the loss of
Addresses were given by Andrew
Hicks, M.P.P.; Hon. Peter Smith and a !eying father.
M. Black, 11 1'. Mr. Hicks said th rhe following tribute was written
by a friend in memory Ili Mr Timothy
farmers had been harder hit during, jiyan, who 1),‘„ed 00 tho „vtn.
the past two years than any other
class iif the community. The num-
1)f January ofith, 1923:
her of loans required by first class .
l'he icy hand id death has come
farmers was surprising.
Al clasped within its power,
"While we pay double for every -
Our aged friend who spent with us
thing we use," Mr Hicks tid, "th.•
A long and happy hour.
earning power of 100 or 150 acres
At wilight fell the dews of death,
has remained stationary or has got:- There quiet message certain,
back to pre-war conditions."
Come, leave the stage of four score
Hon. Peter Smith spoke at some
Years
length on the Government's policy in
And pass behind death's curtain.
regard to the provincial and county
made, which had,, he said, been the Huw fitting at the evening hour,
cause of considerable discussion and His spirit winged its flight,
criticism. He explained that provis- When evening shades of age had
ion must be made for the future needs drawn
of the province, which, he believed, The lustre from his sight,
would justify the present expenditure. And furrows on his brow had marked
Touching on the O. T. A., he said it
had not vet been sufficiently tried out. ' The book of life's last page,
A
He did not believe the country was nd night of time was closingo'er
Our friend, bowed down wih
E age.
ready for a change. Referring to
British Columbia. he said there were Consigned to earth at rest we laid
ten bootleggers to every one in On- Him by his dear wife's side;
tario and from advice' received from
The kindly snowflakes fluttered down
British Columbia, if a plebiscite were
A mantle to provide.
taken the present system would be
3 1. If we could see before God's throne
defeated to
Long parted ones in greting,
The Minister declared that between
We would not clie-nd to stem the waves
one and two million dollars had been
saved to the country by the Govern -
anent timber probe and paid a high Now happily 'neath that golden throne
tribute to Premier Drury's courage in
dpposing the hydro radials, giving
municipalities' instead power to btuld
THE HURON EXPOSITOR
SEAFORTH, Friday, February 2nd.
HON. PETER SMITH.
AT SEAFORTH
A public luncheon in honor of
Premier Drury, who wass however,
unable to be present, was held in the
Commercial Hotel at noon on Friday
last under the auspices of the Sea -
forth Farmers' Club.
W. Black, M.P., proposed a toast
to the provincial treasurer, Hon. Peter
Snaith, who represented Premier
Drury and who made an appropriate
reply. Following the luncheon a pub-
lic meeting was held in the Town
Hal: at 1.30, which was crowded to
capacity. Mr. Kernighanquf Colborne
Township, acted as chairman He re-
marked that whrn the D. E. 0. was
organized there was very little
He lays his garnered store,
That marks the life well spent on
earth
them own railways. And rest forever more.
Mr. Black gave a short address on Thus pass the landmarks of our time;
the needs and -benefits of 'organization. One by one to Etoo,,,,o;
He said the frictioti between Premier Our heritage im their example,
Drury and Mr. Morrison did not Could more to us be given?
amount to anything but the press -
has been tearing it to pieces ever
sines the premier spoke .last summer
raftrand Bend.
As there had never been a political
,T,S. F. O. organization in Centre Huron
the matter was brought up for con-
isideration, HMI it was decided. to or-
ganize a society to be called the
.C`entre Huron United Farmers' As-
soCiation, with the following .officers:
President, E. Fulton, Grey; Vice Pres-
ident, W. Somerville, McKillop;
SecretarysTreasurer, W. A. MeGavin,
MeRillop; Directors, W. Lamb, Col-
': borne; Mrs. W. Long, Colborne; Mrs.
E Clark, Clinton; W. Beattie, Mc-
Killop; Mrs. P. Eckert, McKillop; H.
Keys, Brussels; Mrs. A. Hudson,
Grey; G. T. Turnbull, Seaforth; A. T,
Cooper, Clinton; Mr. Reid, Goderich;
James McFadden, Brussels.
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KIPPEN
WanteiL-4. pool reliehle woman, middle
aged preferred. to 'take charge of a home
with a intsfly of three. The work is light
with no ',asides and .,stoic work. Apply
to Thomas Melba Eismen. 28774
Hotticaltaral Dam Pobraary 8th.--"Cbare
wOl be two beseiens. 2.138 p.m. in Presby-
teries. school room, pan. in Methodist school
room. .,ker. Dr. F. E. Bennett, orreident
of Ht. Thome. HortIeultmal twit* end
Past President of Ontario Horticultural So-
ciety. Afternoon session will take the form
of
a conference on tine work of the Society
and on .a fora,o of eardenitur Admission
tree. Evening session will be a community
sociable, with winging. g-arnes, programme,
llItlictrated talk by Dr. Bennett followed by
by embers of Somety. Ad-
=lm
ion 25 cents. Everybody we/come.
Notes. -Mr. A. Mckenzie, our vil-
lage harness maker, has returned
home after being in Toronto for some
weeks giving attention to the caring
of his wife, Mrs. McKenzie, who for
many months has been under the
WALTON Oiirtor's treatment and for which we
Notes. -Miss Chandler. of San tiro pleased to state has had good
Francisco. is is at present visiting her stilts, whieh is very gratifying to
brother, Rev. E. F. Chandler, Walton. Mrs McKenzie's host of friends a-
-We are sorry to hear that Wrn 1round Kippen. Mrs. McKenzie wiil
Murray is very 'irk with pneumonia.. not return home for some time. Mr.
Mrs. Murray is also been suffering McKenzie is busy again at the harness
from an attack of la grippe. We trade and will be pleased to meet
hope for their speedy rec°v"Y•- all his old customers. -Word has
Miss Addie Love, who has been in Igen received in this village of the
Toronto for some time, is home for death of an old resident, who went
a few holidays. -Mr. Samuel Forbes West some twenty-five years ago, in
has been on the sick list. We hope the person of Mr. John Illooper, who
be will soon be better again. -Mr. will be well remembered by many
of the older residents of this district.
Mr. Cooper died at his home in Tug-
aske, Sask., in his 77th year. Mrs.
Cooper and family, who are well
known here, will have the sympathy
of all friends. -Mrs. H. Reicher was
the past week in Port Huron attend-
ing the funeral of her brother. -Mr.
Hugh McCullough, of the 2nd conces-
sion of Tuckersmith, who has taken
up a tract of land in the West and
who purposes moving there in the
spring, will on Wednesday, February
7th, hold a clearing auction sale of
farm stock and implements. - Much
gravel for the purpose of building a sympathy is expressed for Mrs. honae. Wat-
new ouse.
• sou, who is in Seaforth receiving
treatment for a sore hand. Mrs.
McKILLOP Watson has been there for some
McKillop Branch Missionary Society. weeks and is Buffering much pain-
. -The first meeting of the year was Mr. Mellis, of the village, forty-seven
;held at the home of Mrs. J. L. Bell years ago to -day, February 2nd, took
on Thursday afternoon, January 25th, to himself a young bride, coming to
with .a good attendance of members the village, and a week later pur-
preseht, the President presiding. The chased thc, blacksmith business from
Scripture reading was given by Mrsthe late John Cooper. whose death is
James R. Scott, and an interesting mentioned in these corumns. Mr,
paper on "Missions" was read by Mrs. MC Ilia has been a continual resident
Joseph Scott and some time Was stient r,,e1 since, and 'hiring those year:
in sewing. After the meeting Mrs. has seen many changes and the prrr.
Bell served a dainty lunch. ing away of Many noble pioneers, who
Old McKillop Resident Passes. - it cleared the forests and left so many
is with regret that we chronicle the beautiful homes, whieh makes Tirmon
death of one more of the pioneers of 1:(,11/1tY OW of the harmer in the
King addressed a meeting in the
Farmers' Club Hall Tuesday of last
week. ---Consolidation of schools is
being talked of once 1110M -Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Constable and son,
Thomas • of Moose Jaw locality, are
renewing - old friendships. -Mrs. W. J.
Sennett, (nee Jean Barrows), and
daughter are here on a visit with rel-
atives and 'friends. They come from
Dinsmore, Sask.--John McDonald is
hustling for business. He has sev-
eral men at work in the bush on
timber supplies for the coming seas-
on. -Joseph Carter is busy hauling
i0115
1 s its
50 itst Ass ses. +Se.
PTO,' Vince of, Osta o.—Ditritik the
post week Mr. and Mrs. Robert Day -
mond, of the ant concession of Tuck-
eramith, entertained a number of
their neighhot*and. friends. A most.
enjoyable evening was spent and all
left with the impression that Mr. and
Mrs. Daymond were ideal entertain-
ers.-Mr. and Mrs.. Emerson Smith!
and children, of our village, visited
a; the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Green, of the Parr Line during the
latter part' of the week. -The play,
"The Young Village Doctor" is get-
ting into fine shape and. announce
znent of its rendering by the Young
People's Club will soon be made. -
The annual meeting of St Andrew's
church, Kippen, was held last Tues-
day and all the reports were most
encouraging. The General Fund was
$1711.40 with a balance on hand of
$116; the total for Missions, $987.85.
Officers for 1923 were elected and
the future is big with promise and
confidence.
Young People's Society. --A full
hcuse greeted the- Young People's
Club of St. Andrew's Church on Fri-
day night. It was the turn for the
married men of the congregation to
entertain the young people and they
did it splendidly. The earlier part of
the evening was'filled with games and
contests in which there was a very
healthy rivalry. Then followed a
literary and musical programme of
glees, dueta, solos and a very inter-
esting and up-to-date debate on the
inuch discussed topic, "Resolved that
the Consolidated School is more pre-
ferable than the present sectional
school." The affirmative was ably up -
Mil: by Messrs. Will Alexander and
James 13. McLean; the negative, by
Messrs. John Alexander and Walter
McCulliv. The judges decided in fav-
or of the negative. The next club
WO( ting the married women will en-
tertain the young people.
Horticultural Society. -The Kippen
Horticultural Society has just been
organized. This is a move in the
right direction and it has been made
with much enthusiasm by the people
this community. The objects arc
Many. :some of them being: (1) a
greatnterest in the planting aril
coitiyation of trees, shrubs itial
flowers, a consequent beautifying of
homes and lawns, bringing pleasure
10(5 only to the owners but to all
who pass by; (23 a fellowship
kindred spirits, all lovers of nature
o ill be members of this society; ( )
its easy means of obtaining the best.
11 plants, bulbs, fruit trees, orna-
niental trees and so on at reasonable
rates. The membership fee is $1.00
lair year. The funds thus obtained
are supplemented by $1 per member
from a fund set aside by the Pro-
vincial Government for the purpose.
The funds of the ,society are used:
(1) in supplying members with trees,
shrubs, etc., each member receiving
free every year stock that would at
retail prices cost them two or three
times the amount of their member
ship fee; (2) In necessary expenses
such as keeping in touch with the
Ontario Society by fee of $2 from the
local Society per year and sending
delegate to Provincial convention;
43) beautifying village and surround-
ings by planting trees, ect. The legal
time for election of officers is in
April, but in the meantime the Kip -
pen Society has elected, provisionally:
resident, Mr, French; Secretary -
Treasurer, Mr. William Prison, and
Assistant Secretary, Miss Mabel
Whitman. These officers are proving
to be both enthusiastic and efficient.
• HENSALL •
TENDERS FOR' WOOD
•
Tenders for 20 cords, 20 -inch
Beech and Maple body wood. Tenders
to be in SecretarysTrreesurer'e office
by February 14th, 1921h. WoP4 to
delivered at HensalI-Pifelic 'Seini-ol by
March 31irt, 1923.-A. L. CASE, SetrY.-'
nose., School Board.„ . 2877=2
Choir Banquet. -On Friday even-
ing last the large 'choir of Carmel
Presbyterian church assembled in the
basement af the church to spend a
social evening, or rather, more strict-
ly speaking, to• -enjoy a banquet, the
same being provided by those of the
choir who missed the most evenings
at a given period from practice, the
object being to stimulate a better
attendance and to come together in
a social manner and irnproving the
opportunity of all being together. The
choir presented their leader,Mr.
Milne R. Rennie and his goowife,
the organist, with a handsome read-
ing lamp, together with a fine stand
for it, and they took a novel way of
pret,enting it. having arranged in,the
basement a string for each menib,r
f tho choir with their name attach-
ed Each were supposed to follow
their string wherever it led to and
much amusement vias caused in this
way, as the string often led through
hard places to follow, but there was
always a reward for persevering if
only an "all day succor" was found
at the limit of the string. Mr. and
Mrs. Rennie had to follow their
strings in like manner, but what was
their surprise to find after quite a
long road to travel through the wind-
ings of the basement and porches and
cuter rooms, a splendid surprise in
the form of a fine reading lamp and
stand for it, and it was a genuine
surprise to them. Mr. Rennie, on be-
half of his wife and himself, thanked
the choir .most heartily for their fine
and most acceptable present, and re-
viewed the pleasant times these had
with the choir in practice, and how
they appreciated their general good
attendance and the interest always
taken in the practices and that it
would he a greater incentive for the
future. After the presentation all
sat down to tables loaded with the
good things the girls had brought in
such abundance, and a couple of hours
was most pleasantly spent together
Carmel Church has much reason to
feel proud of their splendid leader,
Mr Rennic and his very talented
wife, as pipe (Irgnilist, and it is gen-
erally conceded that. there is not n
much better choir to, he found in any
church and numbering as they do be-
tween thirty and forty mangers and
nearly all rd. whom ran take their
parts well. whether in solos, duets or
out.rtetle,
P.riefs. -Mies Olo Cook, a graduate
"ettleitesate a• -i ' '
�fteg'i
was
,vLastet -; Th. atle-441111dig a
fine un4ofl in connection with the
Cele tinges -Mr. David M.
Coulter, of NeW. Westminster, B. C.,
went _the ,pat week or tris with his
Brother, John, ef this village, and
while here IVIr. Cdulter accompanied
him to Toledo, Ohio, to visit his son,
Dr Coulter. It was 26 years since
Coulter was in this section and
he naturally noted many changes. -
lir. A. Moir and his sister, Miss Kate,
lett here this week for a trip to the
West, and we believe Miss Moir will
spend some months there with her
many( relatives and friends, but the
doctor proposes returning in about a
month's time, together with his wife
he has been in the West for some
time visiting relatives. -Mr. and Mrs.
F. Marshall, old residents of our
village, hove moved to London and
their friends wish them all good sue-
cese in their new home in the city.
- Mr. and Mrs. D. McNaughton are,
moving into the dwelling they pur-
chased from Mr. Marshall and are
making many improvements in the
interior, and will also to the exterior
when the weather becomes fine, as
they like to ;have everything nice
and tasty. -Coal and wood are at
present very scarce commodities in
our village. -Quite a number are suf-
fering from severe cblds in the vil-
lage. In fact there is quite an
epidemic, but fortunately, not of a
severe type. -Quite a large number
from here attended the box social held
at the home of Mr, Bert Venner on
Wednesday evening lust, the proceeds
bring to assist in paying for a Mane
in the Methodist church at Chisel -
beret -Miss Greta Lammie, of this
village, was in Marthaville, near
Petrolea, last week. taking part, as
violinist at a Scotch supper held in
the Methodist church there, of which
Mr. Andrew Boa, of this place, is
preaching. Mies Lammie reports a
crowded church and a splendid time
and the programme was furnished by
Miss Lammie and her friends, Miss
Slay and Miss Sells, all graduates in
music of the Brantford Institute for
the Blinti.-Councillor Robert Higgins
of this village, has been appointed a I
llitor for the County Council. Theis.
vrt, a number of applicants for this
important office, but Mr. Higgins,
ho has acted as auditor in past
years, was the choice of the county
iri and, we congratulate him on
his preferment....In a hockey match
held at Exeter on Tuesday evening
last, two of :our local boys, in the
persons of Roy Parliner and Ern
Shaddock got hurt, Roy being knock-
ed senseless for some time from a
s e ye re blow of the puck on his temple.
The doctor in attendance pronounced
it a most narrow escape from death.
- We regret to state that both Mrs.
T. W. Parlmer and Mr. Frederick
Busch, of our village, are very ser-
iously ill. -The annual congregational
nieeting of Carmel Presbyterian
church was held in the basenient on
Tuesday evening last. There was a
very good attendance, showing the
isterest taken in the affairs of the
congregation. Rev. Mr., McConnell,
the pastor, presided over the meeting
eery- ably, and the different reports
submitted were very encouraging on
the whole„ithe membership being
larger • than .for the past year and
geed Work 44 -progress made in all
the different 'societies associated with
the church. j'he report of the'Ladies'
Aid was mos% particularly encourag-
ing, and showed that the ladies were
doing good work. -Mrs. H. J. McDon-
ald had the misfortune on Friday
morninglast)to slip on her .doorstep
in :going outritrid. to sprain her ankle
very eeVerelys-lillss Busch, of Lort-
doniis visiting her brifter, Mr. Fred
%loch,. who is -in-,;very poor health
re. the present times -The Seerernent
.of the Lord's Sewn. willbe 'ohierved
in Cannel' Presbyterian efifirek • on
Sunday, the *II of February,rid the
Morning service ata Peer:
les e Jubilee fingers, of Virginin, witi
be in ilensalt ,on Thursday .eeening,
February 11341. ,on.
the date in
TAidies' Aid of the Metho-
dist church enjoyed a sleigh ride to
the home of Mr, and Mrs. W. C.
Pearce on Wednesday afternoon, in
connection with the meeting. There
was a quilting, after which supper
was served by the hostess, which was
much enjoyed. -Mrs. G. Walters, of
FGrest, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Chas. A. McDonell, of this village. --
A dramatic play, entitled "The Coun-
try Minister,” in five acts, is to be
presented in the town hall on Tues-
day evening, February 13th. This
play embraces a large number of
characters, and is given under tho
auspices of St. Paul's church choir
Dramatic Society. -Mr. Owen Geiger
has returned from Goderich, where he
had liven a!tending the County Cour-
eil.-Miss Alice Kyle is having a
number of nice improvements mad::
to the interior of her neat bungalow on
Main Street and will have it most
complete in every way in the course
of a shorrtime.-Mr. and Mrs. Ryck-
man, from Moose Jaw, are visiting
relatives and friends in Hensall an!
vicinity. -Dr. E. S. Hardie and fam-
ily are preparing to move to Toronto
and will be very much missed. from
our village, where they have resided
for the past seVe years or more. -
Our merchants are beginning to get
in spring stocks which reminds us
that the winter is passing away.
The School Soard.-The first meet-
ing of - the 1922 &boo/ Board was
held on Friday evening last, when
Mr E. Lindenfield was elected Chair -
mar and Mr, A. L. Case, Secretary
and Treasurer. The other members
of the Board are: Messrs. W. A. Mc-
Leren, Zueffle, H. C. Soldan and T.
Welsh.
The Scotch Concert. -The Scotch
concert held in the town hall an
Thursday evening last was a great
success, the spacious hall being filled
with a most, appreciative audience.
The play was held under the auspices
of the Ladies' Aid of Carmel Pres-
byterian church in order to raise
funds for improvements in the in-
terior of the church and about $150
WaS the riuilt which was most grat-
ifying to the Ladies' Aid and the
eongregatioo as a whole. The play
on is what is so well known as
"Thr r(()1,1= Saturday Night," and
the principal characters in it were
Joe flue* its the aged "Faither,"
oWo
and Mrs. Hugh J. McDonald as the
"Mither," ahly„snrcrted by their
daughters in OW ay, namely the
Misses Ola Coo*, s Helen Elder
and ,little daughter, '111ary Hemphill
and ex sons, W. E. Brown, James
Broadfoot and little son, Rae Pater-
son. During the evening the follow-
ing mentioned neighbors and friends
dropping in to join the family and
have a social eyening, Mrs. James W.
Bonthron, Mrs. W. A, McLaren, Mrs.
J. S. McDonald, Miss M. Ellis, Mies
M. Porter, Wm. Sangster, Mildred
McDonell, W, 4. McLaren, Fred
Steacy, Scott Welsh and Mr. , Milne
R. Rennie, the latt mentioned being
perhaps the moat welcome of all the
corners as a suitor or, !over for the
eldest daughter, Jean, in the charac-
ter of Miss Ola Cook, and we only
regret that space forbids us giving
a more extended report of this fine
Scottish play, which was so well
carried out from start to finish and
which embraced .so many fine parts
But we will have to content ourselves
in giving a short summary and out-
line of the splendid parts taken and
selections given, and would say that
Joe Burnie, in his fine broad Scotch
accent and Witty and' pleasing ways
made an ideal "Faither” of the home,
while Mrs. Hugh J. McDonald, as.
"Mither," well sustained her part,
making a good typical Scottish Mither
and joined with her guid man in
singing that popular song which never
grows old, "When You and I Were
Young, Maggie." "Jean," as the
daughter from home, in the person
of Miss Ola Cook, acted and rendered
her part splendidly as did also her
suitor, as Milne R. Rennie, and their
fins rendering together of that (Inc
Scotch song, "Huntington Tower,"
tit lighted the audience. Then there
was the step dancing of Mr. William
Sangster and Min Ola Cook that
pleased the audience so much and
gave evidence of (Inc' training and
agility. The good old Schttish solos
of Miss Helen Elder in "Caller Her-
rin," Mrs. J. S. McDonald and solo by
Mrster Welsh, "The Bonny, Bonny
Hanks of Lochlomond; Miss Maudo
Tarter in "Annie Laurie"; Mrs. W. A.
McLaren and Miss Porter in "Mary
of Argyle;" William A. McLaren, in
that solo that never grows old, in
" 'Tis a Helietnans Toast;" Mrs. H.
J. McDonald and Miss M. Ellis in
humorous readings; Mr. W. E. Brown
iii a good Scotch reading; Mr. Samuel
Horton and James Broadfoot in soul
stirring violin selections; Joe Burnie
in that stirring Scotch solo, "My Ain
Countree," and not to be forgotten by
any means were the recitations and
denting by little Rae Paterson and
Istli,ry Hemphill, which pleased the
audience, so much being given so
cutely and entertainingly. This re-
port, however, would not be ,complete
without making special reference to
the opening remarks by Rev. J. A.
McConnell, dealing with Burns, the
b-ite great Scottish poet and his life,
and the impressive reading of parts
of "The Cotters Saturday Nnight" by
Mr William McKay in the opening
and closing parts, and the credit that
is due to Mrs, W. Meek for arrang-
ing for the y and instructing and
practising wit those taking fiart in
it The following is the address giv-
en by Rev. J. A. McConnell at the
Scotch concert: "The life of Robert
Borns was not,a, model one. In some
ways, and those the most important,
its story is more useful for the warn-
ings it conveys than for the example
it affords. But we "shall not be able
to understandhis poems if we do
not know the story of his life, and
not to know and love the poetry of
Robert Burns is to miss the rarest,
most touching, most ;thoroughly hu-
man note in English verse.. The son
of a .hardworking, unanccesaful peas•
ant farmer, his early • years were
spent - In the toil of se laborer on a
sterile Scottish farm. •He. had little
education except thatywhich he ac.
quiyed from his frithelt, who,as is
often the case aiming. Scotch peas-
ants, was a man' of •ilerious mind,
scrnewhat cultivatcd,""and . et noble
character. Burns early began to
rhyme and to make' -Imre, two oec.u-
nations which seenite'have gone on
together all through his life. His
poems were handed around in manu-
script, and he acquired in this way
considerable fame. The death of his
father, in 1874, laid upon the young
man of twenty-five, the cares of the
head of the family', a burden which
he bravely aspumed but which was
somehow always too heavy for him.
Removing to a farm at Mossgiel, he
fell in love with Jean Armour, the
daughter of a mason. His difficulties
on the farm, and the unpopularity
ini,. which his relations with Jean
Armour brought him, thoroughly dis-
cool aged him. Ile determined ',lei
emigrate to the West Indies, and to
yocure the necessary funds, publish
ed by subscription, a volume of his
poems. This attracted the attention
of literary people in Edinburgh and
on their invitation he gave up his
proposed emigration and visited that
city. His reception was cordial. He,
the uncultured, captivated at once the
ref ned and intelligent people among
whom he was thrown. No poet was
ever so quickly recognized. He pub-
lished a new and enlarged edition of
his poems, which yielded him nearly
five hundred pounds. He was excise
man in Dumfrieshire, where he took
a farm, having advanced nearly half
of his funds from the poems, to ease
the burdens of his mother and bro-
ther. He was married to Jean Ar-
mour, built largely his own cottage
in Dumfries to make a happy fireside
chime to weans and wife. As poet
farmer and excise man he led a busy
life, but he was not a successful farm-
er. and his office of exciseman fav-
ored his indulgence in drink. Hie
infirmities grew upon him and he
became unpopular, his health failed
and he died in humble condition in
1796, not yet thirty-eight years old.
His poetry is not English, hut Scot-
tish. Tts rollicking fun as in Tam
0' Shanters Ride. The truth and
beauty of its descriptions of a homely
life in the Cotters Saturday Night
have rarely been equaled in the poems
of any language. Burns wrote for
the. people. He stirred their patrio-
tism hy such poems as "Scots, Where
Wallace Bled" and "Ye Banks aria
P,raes." Burns was one of the great
est poets that ever lived.
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