THE OUEGOlf DAILY JOTJItKAL POHTLA2TD, MONDAY EVENING,' JANUABY
25f '
1904.
MR. LIVINGSTONE'S
ORATION JON BURNS
. The oration delivered by R. Living
atone on "Bobble" Burns at the Clan
Macleay celebration at Arlon hall on Fri
day night, was highly complimented by
all who were present The subject was
handled In a masterly manner and was
typical of Scotland and things Scottish.
'.The address was as follows: ; y
' "It is said that with the true Scotch
man removed from1 his native land the
love of his country almosta amounts
to a passion. In these United States,
for example, we And Scotchmen group
ing themselves together In societies
;whose objects are, among other things,
to keep alive the memories and associa
tions of the land of their birth and the
same thing is taking place all the world
overfand we are met ; tonight ;t under
the auspices of one of these societies to
celebrate, the ' birthday , of Scotland's
greatest poet, and the greatest song
Bums. , Thomas Carlyle," In his" famous
. . essay, written, .75 years ago, said that
the interest ih the character of Bums
would , probably gain rather than lose
In . Its dimensions- by the distance to
: which 1t is removedHjy time, and we
think he Judged correctly. At least 20
different biographies of the poet have
been written, Essays and magazine ar
', tides without number have, been given
, to the public, ifleallng with every con
ceivable phase of his life and character.
And surely It Is a remarkable fact that
we are-met to celebrate the grea,t poet's
birthday, here Jn Portland, Or., 8,000
miles removed from the place, and al
most ISO years from the time at which
It occurred. v'.IVi'':; ;. ; ;
"The .Increasing , love and admiration
, for the poet tare not confined to his
own countrymen alone,' but ar. shared
by English-speaking people everywhere.
Thia is not because he- was a success
ful man, for the poet's life was not a
success as the world ' .counts " success.
The Ayrshire bankers and lawyers and
ministers of Burns'day were no doubt
' looked upon by -the people of their time
as the successful Ayrshire men. Their
names have gone Into oblivion forever,
or some may have been saved; because
i of Burns' association with them, but the
' name of Rober Burns,-the humble plow-
man. Is ' imperishable. - There must be
something in the man and in his life
and character that has attracted so
much of the world's interest, and In my
brief address I am to try to show you
what that something 1s.
"It was on January 25, 1759. about
two miles from the town of Ayr, In a
clay-built cottage reared by his father's
own.,' bands, that Robert Burns was
born. His first welcome to the world
was a rough one. As he himself says:
"IX blast o' Januar win
- Blew Hansel In .on Robin.' '
"A few days after he was born a
storm, blew down the gable end of the
cottage and the poet . and his mother
were carried In the dark morning to a
neignDors nouse, wner. tney remained
till their Own house was .repaired. 'No
wonder,' said the poet In after life, that
one ushered into the .world amid such
a tempest should be the victim of stormy
passions.--The -poet was 'fortunate In
his parentage. His father was a man of
thoughtful, earnest character, a man
who feared God and tried to do his
whole duty.VWhen Robert"1 was born
his father rented seven acres of ground
near the Brig-0' Doon, 'which he cul-
tivated as a nursery garden. He was
- - very poor and his life was & struggle
against adversity until the day of his
death. Burns has left an Immortal
picture of his father In the "Cotter's
Saturday Night' -. " .' .
" The cheerful supper done, wi' serious
face . - '
' They, round the ingle, form a circle
- wide: ' '
The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace
The big ha bible, once his father's
' pride. ' ' '
His bonnet reverently is laid aside,
His lyart ballets . wearing thin and
, ) ;.i j. bare; ' - -Those
strains that ones did sweet in
Zion glide,-
He wales a portion with ' Judicious
. care, ' . -t. .,
And ' "Let us worship God," ' " ha says
with solemn air.' 1
The poet's mother was much younger
than bis father. She Is .described as
very sagacious, with bright eyes - and
Intelligent looks, but not beautiful; of
good manners and easy address. Like
her husband she was sincerely religious,
. but more even tempered. - There were
seven children, of whom Robert was the
" eldest .---... -..v-.-. : .- ,
"When Robert was a boy of 7 the fam
Hy 'removed to ' a - farm called - Mount
Oliphant about five - miles - from the
Brig o' Poon, and ihere he spent his life
. until he was 18 'years old. The farm
. was a, poor one, and the family were
' not improving in worldly prospects. The
v landlord died, and the farm passed into
'. the hands of a. factor, who "wrote let
ters which set the whole family in tears,
v The man's name Is not given, but his
character Is set forth in the following
-verse:
"I've noticed in our Laird's court day :
An' mony a time my heart's been was,'
Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, ;'
How they maun thole a factor's snash;
He'll stamp and threaten, curse and
','"'v - "swear- r- y
He'll apprehend them, poind their gear,
While they, maun stan' , wi" aspect
humble; .".-.
' An' hear l a', and fear an' tremble. ;
, ."During these years Robert's educa
tion was not '.neglected by his father.
, He was not able to send him to a good
school, but the , neighbors Joined to
gether and engaged a teacher, named
, John Murdoch, who boarded with them,
and he Instilled into the minds of his
pupils a love of books and learning.
Robert and bis brother, Gilbert were
engaged, as soon as they were able, In
assisting their father on the farm. But
' their education was' attended to as a
sacred duty, and so we find Burns at
Irregular intervals ' receiving : mental
training until ha was 18 or 14 years
'old. After that he- beta me a regular
farm laborer, but the long evenings
were spent In a home where books were
found the best of company. . The Spec-
. Mtor.' 8hakespeare. Pope, "Locke on the
Tfliman TTnilAPtanAlncy ' - A lien DaMiakv1,
works and others like these were the
ordinary reading. Up to this date
Burns was happy, gay and full of life
.,. and spirit As Carlisle says: . The cur
tain of existence Is slowly rising, In
many-colored splendor and gloom: and
the auroral light of first love Is gliding
his horizon, and the muslo Is on his
pith; and so he walks
" in glory and in Joy,
Behind his plow, upon the mountain
...-'side!.-;. ,
"He was now a young men of 17, and
under a love, spell cast over him by a
bonnle sweet lass,' his partner in the
: harvest field, whose voice, he says, made
his heart strings .thrill like an Aeolian
. .harp, he began to write his first verses
T the song . entitled Handsome ' Nell,'
which he. In his later years considered
I puerile and silly. - Some of his love
' anna? written later are the best ' that
were ever written in any language.
"When Robert was 18 years old the
amily removed to a, farm In the parish
, f , Tarbolton,. glad to get away from
the heartless factor. The 'new place,
'Loch-Lea, w an upland farm on the
.north bank of the River Ayr, command-
ing a wide view southward over the hills
of Carrlck. westward toward the Isle
of Arran. Allsa crag, and down the
Firth of Clyde toward the sea, and this
was the . family -home until Burns'
twehty-flfth year... During this period
he enters more exciting society than his
father's roof affords. At the age of 21
he is a member of what is known as the
Bachelor's ' club,, and at' "23 he goes to
the town of Irvine, not far off, to. learn
the trade cf flax dressing. Before this
time. he. had had his love joys and sor
rows, and the bonnle lasses of Tarbol
ton inspired some of his most beautiful
lyrics. i For example, where Is there' a
love-lyric mora ; beautiful than 'Mary
Morrison,' written at-this time:
"Yestereen, when t6 the trembling
,V;:'-'ty;,strlhg - . , . ' ,
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha'.
To thee my fancy took Its wing
I sat, but neither heard' nor saw;
Tho this was - fair and that was braw, ,
And yon the toast of a' the town, ;
I slgh'd and said amang them a',-
." "Ye are j,a Mary Morrison," . ' ; .
C-hMary, canst thou wreck his peace,
Wha for 'thy sake wad gladly deet
Or canst thou break that heart of his, .
, Whase only fault Is loving thee?
If love for love thou wilt na gle, -
At least be pity to roe shown;
X thought ungentle eannot be ,
The thought of Mary Morrison? V
""Unfortunately for his peace of mind,
he 'now' became initiated into dissipa
tion and, vice. At Irvine,;, particularly,
be got Into bad company. It was also
fatal to his habits that ha. became In
volved in the religious quarrels - of hla
district, i When he saw so4 much strife
and hypocrisy, there is no wonder that
he entertained scruples regarding relig
ion itself, and, altogether, he was like
a rudderless ship on a tempestuous sea.
"His father dld when Robert was 15
years old, bankrupt worn out with his
struggle against poverty and bad sea
sons, and Robert ahd his brother, Gil
bert, took a lease of the small farm of
Mossglel on thelr'own account. Robert
entered on the lease of the small; farm
with a strong desire to be helpful to
his widowed mother and his sisters, and
with a resolution to lead a prudent and
Industrious life. But the. crops were a
failure, . and the results of his ' labors
gave little encouragement. The evil
associations he formed at Irvine , and
elsewhere were now giving him trouble.
To quote again from Carlisle: .'He loses
his feeling of Innocence; his mind is at
variance with Itself; the old divinity no
longer presides 'there; but wild desires
and wild repentance alternately oppress
him and ere long, too, he has committed
himself before the world; his character
for aobriety, dear to a Scotch peasant,
as few corrupted worldlings can con
ceive, is destroyed In the eyes of men,
and his only refuge consists in trying
to disbelieve his guiltiness, and Is but
a refuge of lies. The blackest despera
tion now gathers over him, broken only
by red lightnings of remorse.' : He now
resolves on leaving his native land for
ever. He sees In the gloomy aspects
of nature, his owa condition. He says:
" The - gloomy night is gathering fast
Loud, roars, the wild, inconstant blast;
Ton 'murky-cloud is foul with' rain, v
. .1 see ' It driving o'er the' plain: .
The hunter now-has left the moor.
The scattered coveys meet secure,
While there I wander prest with care
; Along- the lonely banks of Ayr. f.vu
" "He sings -reluctantly bis-farewell to
his. bonnle Mary; but he has not money
to pay his passage, and for the purpose
of raising money, it Is decided to publish
his poems. The result changed his plans.
The fame of the volume spread at once
like wildfire throughout -Ayrshire and
adjacent districts. People of higher
rank now seek his company, and he
thinks that poetry might be his true
vocation. The whole -edition sold in a
few months, and one of his newly
found friends Induced him to try a sec
ond edition and 'to pay a visit to Edin
burgh.; Accordingly, we And him, when
27 years old, spending the winter in
the Scottish capital. The literary men
of that time there were more famous
for their clearness of head than , for
their warmth of heart, and while he
was entertained by all the celebrities,
he was looked upon more as a nine-days'
wonder than anything else. The visit
to Edinburgh did not result in true ad
vantage to the poet He compared bis
lot with others, and what he saw made
him feel discontented. He was also a
frequent visitor, at tha convivial clubs
and brotherhoods so common in Edin
burgh then, and the schemea he took
part in far exceeded any revelries he
had seen in Ayrshtra. The purpose of
his visit to Edinburgh was, however,
carried out, and the second edition of
his poems was published by subscrip
tion, the proceeds being about $2,500. .
'"Soon after this he married the woman
hs had wronged Bonnie Jean and de
cided once more to settle down' com
fortably as a farmer. He took the farm
of Elllsland, near Dumfries, where he
resided with hla wife and family for
about two years, but ha did net suc
ceed. - He lost all tha money he had
made, and through the Influence of some
friends, he got the position of an offi
cer In the excise, with a salary of $J50
a year. He kept the position for five
years. It was far from congenial work,
and he did it as well as most people
would have done, perhaps better than
many. During-these later years he
wrote many of his best songs and poems.
To Mary Jn Heaven,' 'Auld Lang Syne,
'John Anderson. My Jo,' 'A Man's a Man
for a' That," all belong to that period.
So also does that matchless Tale of
Tam o'Bhanter.' Tha theme was sug
gested to him by his friend Captain
Grove, the antiquary. The poem was
the work of one day, of which his wife
had a vivid recollection. ' The poet had
spent, most of the day by tha riverside
and in the evening hla wife Joined him
with her two . children T - wUh you
could have seen , him,' said his wife.
He was in such ecstasy that the tears
were dropping down his cheeks.'
"Burns died in Dumfries when he was
87 years old -i In the month of Janu
ary, 1798, he caught a severe cold in re
turning from a Jovial party at the Globe
tavern. A fatal chill . penetrated his
bones and he was many , weeks sick tit
bed. He recovered so as to be able to
go to a sea-bathing resort but his health
was completely shattered, and on the
Hit of July. 1798, he passed, as Carlisle
says, 'Into that still country where the
hail storms and (Ire showers do not
reach, and the heaviest laden wayfarer
at length lay down, his load.
"Burns' life was a tragedy from be
ginning to end, and H is the contradic
tion between the noble gifts he had, and
tha actual , life he lived, which makes
his career the painful tragedy It was.
But ' we jesnnot -help loving him. His
warm sympathy with all living and life
less things touches our hearts. He turns
over the dalsy-wlth his plowshare and
his warm heart bursts In sympathy:
' "Wee. modest - crimson-tipped - flower,
Thous.met me In an evil hour, . ,
For I maun crush among the stoure
Thy slender stem. v .
To spare thee now is past my power,
y Thou bonnle gem.' " .: .;
, 'The same feelings express .' them
elves when with his plow he destroys
the nest of the field mouse, the 'wee,
sleeklt cowering beastte.' Another char
acterlstld la his sincerity; what he
writes Is genuine. There is no affect-
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tlon. -Ae writes In his vernacular, the
everyday language of his fireside and he
describes and sings about the actual oc
currences that are dally talcing place all
about him. He . Interpreted the lives,
thoughts, feelings and . manners of tha
Scottish peasantry, to whom he be
longed, as they ' had never been Inter
preted before For example, bow true
to the life he describes the fun and
frolic of a Scotch Hallow'en. No one
can read that remarkable poem "without
feeling that it Is written by one who
had himself participated in what he is
telling: '
" The auld guid wife's weel-hoordlt nits
Are round and round divided.
And mony lads' and lasses' faUS
Are there that night decided.
Some kindle coothie side by side '
' And burn theglther. trimly.
Some start awa' wf saucy pride ,
An' jump out o'er the chimlle
Fu' high that night,
''Jean alips in twa wi" tentle e'ei ',
Wha 'twls she wadna tell.
But this is Jock and this is me,
She says unto hersel':
He bleezed owre her and she owre him
As they wad never mair part; .
Till fuft! he started up the lum
And Jean had e'en a salr heart
To see't that night." ;
"And, than, too, is there pot a true
nobility, and certain sterling worth that
pervades all his . writings? He hated
cant and hypocrisy of every kind. Al
though he could not wisely guide his
own life, none knew better what was
wanted. In his 'Epistle to a .Toung
Friend,' lor example, what better advice
could he given to a man than, the fol
lowing:., ',",,. ..iv;.;,".
" To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile,
' Assiduous wait upon- hen
And gather gcarby ev'ry wile ,
That's Justified by honour; '
Not for to hide it in a hedge,
Nor for a tralh-attendant;
But for the glorious privilege
K Of being independent.'., r
Unhappy man though he. often was he
knew well where happiness Is to be
found. Wsten to what he saya: ,
"lts no In titles not7 In rank; .
It's no in wealth Uk lyuu'an bank,
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To purchase peace and rest; -It's
no In making muckle mair;
It's no In books. It's no in lear,
To mak us truly blest I . . . '
If happiness has not her seat ' "
And center. in the breast;
We may be wlae, or rich, or great, -
But never can be bleat!
Nae treasures, nor pleasures, .
Could make us happy lang; : .
The heart aye's the right ay.
. That makes us right or wrang.'
"But it is as a song-writer that
Burns' fame will chiefly rest. His songs
are Immortal. They appeal to all ranks
and to all ages. They are sung in the
cottage and the castle, and will con
tinue to cheer and delight mankind In
ages to come wherever the English lan
guage la spoken. ' .
"Pilgrims In years gone by have wan
dered to the thatched hut' In whlcl
Burns was born to prove that the banks
of Avon, where Shakespeare first saw
light, are not bolter grounds than the
banks of Ayr or Doon. What has Burns
not written? He could melt with love,
or fire with rage has depicted every
emotion in the human heart He waves
his hand and lo, before us are the snow
white locks of 'John Anderson My Jo
He waves his hand again for 'Auld Lang
Syne and next we see Two Dogs,' who
are thankful they are not of our race
then the wlcard with his magio strokes
'A Man's a Man for a' That.' He
philosophise on a daisy and a mouse;
ha sings -to 'Mary in. Heaven.V and de
livers an address to the very Dlel him
self.' 'There Is no occasion to lift the veil
behind which the dead are out of sight,
and to, those who are Inclined to censure
Bunts severely for his manner of nfe.
I would advise them to ponder bis well
known words: , "
"Then gently scan your brother man..
Silll gentler sister womanj
Though they- may gang a Kennln wrang.
To step aside la human;
One point must still be greatly dark" '
The moving why they do It; - t
And lust, as lamely can ye. mark
How far perhaps they rue It.-
; . V: , ;-:'-- f. ' ?. -. ; :' ,
" "Who made the heart, 'tis1 He alone
Decidedly can try us;
Ha knows .each chord-.it various tone,
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UWITTPG
Each spring its various bias; ;
Then at the balance lek s be mute
We- never can adjust it;
What's done we partly may compute, '
But know not What's resisted.'
'There are many monuments to Burns,
but the greatest of them is the love and
admiration of the people.- This he has
perhapamore than any other poet, and
In this h. has "built himself a living
monument and kings for such a tomb
might wish to die."
roan 0009 bo ads APFRoraA-nox
(Jfonrfitl Speclst Benlce.)
Washington, Jaa 25. President W. II.
Moore, Secretary R. W. Riohardspn and
other officers and committeemen of the
National Good Roads association gath
ered In Washington today for the pur
pose of carrying the good roads cam
paign into congress. ' The members will
appear before the appropriation and
other . committees of congress and pre
sent the resolutions of the last conven
tion of the National Good Roads associa
tion, urging appropriations for improve
ment of public highways throughout the
United States. The asaoclation, it is
said, will not Indorse any particular bill,
but will confine Its efforts to making a
strong argument for good roads legisla
tion. The Brownlow bill, Introduced by
Representative Brownlow of Tennessee,
providing for federal aid in road build
ing, Is now pending in the house.
HATXOXTAX. OTAXD OfflOIU KEBT,
(Journal Special Berrlee.)
, : St. Augustine, Fla., Jan. ts. Nearly
every; state and territory was rf pre
sented among th. military men present
today at the opening of the sixth annual
convention of th. Interstate National
Guard association. Th. association is
composed of the ' adjutant-general and
commissioned officers of the organised
militia In the several states and territo
ries and Its general purpose is to im
prove the efficiency .and standing of! th.
national guard. The present convention,
which Isvprovlded over by Major-Gen.
Charles Dick of Ohio, will occupy itself
with th. consideration of various mea
sures of state and federal ' legislation
affecting the Interests of the national
guard organization.
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NELL PICKER1LL AND
HER LADY LOVES
Seattle. Wash.. Jsn. i5. Nell Pick
erlll, a 20-year-old damsel who for years
has persisted in wearing boy's apparel,
has created a furor of excitement among
the residents of Queen Anne hill, the
most fashionable section of the city, on
account of her : escapades with their
servant girls.
At least two sentimental maidens who
keep house for th. Queen Atine nabobs
are known to have fallen in love with
the unblushing Nell, and had the lat
ter' s masquerade ' not been discovered
th. romance might have gon. farther.
A it Is th. be-trousered young woman
has stirred up jealousies among the
former friendly housemaids that may
take long to heal, for many of them do
not now speak to each other. Of course
when the Identity of the trouble-maker
was found out she was obliged to. seek
pastures , new. Two ; highly respected
young ladles of this city have already
committed suicide by ' swallowing car
bolic add after falling in lov. with Nell.
The coldness of the latter, or perhaps
the discovery at last that she was after
all merely a woman, led the unfortunate
girls to end their lives. The Queen
Ann. cltisens did not know but that
their housemaids might be the next vic
tims and they were 'not slow in giving
Nell the hint to keep forever after
wards away.'-' i ":w r .-,
For the past month a dapper young
person, dudlshly dressed, carrying a
can. and generally gallantly escorting
a blushing girl - has been seen riding
on th. Queen Anne ear. line. ; Nobody
dreamed that that person was a woman
until a boy who had gon. to school,
with Nell and knew of her addiction to
male attire, let out , the Secret Then
there was a sensation, for half a dosen
housemaids en th. hill were keeping
company with Nell by this time. Nell
Plckerlll has on numerous occasion
been arrested by the police for dressing
In men's clothes, but she will not give
up the practice. . Her , parents are re
spectable peopl and do their best to
shield their daughter's weakness. . She
patrons values -t that are
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Vnsaf. Building.
The committee of oouncllmen ' ap
pointed to Inspect publlo and semi-pub'
lie buildings of this city In regard to
their protection against fir. will begin
the work of investigating hotels and
churches this afternoon. Radical alter
ations to these structures as to provid
ing proper fire safeguards will probably
be the outcome. : -
Most of the hotels, all of the churches
and more or less of the seml-publlo
buildings are fearfully lacking in means
of furnishing their occupants a way of
escape in event of fire. Perhaps the
worst building in the city in this re
spect Is th. Hous. of Good Shepherds on.
Ninth avenue' and Terrace street This
old flimsy wooden structure shelters
nearly 300 orphan girls, who are con
fined there night and day except wheri
out on their regular walking Jaunts of
visiting friends. Most of th. window,
are barred. The building is surrounded
by a high fence, and oelng situated on
a hill, would probably burn to the
ground . before th. Are department
reached it if the bias. one. got a fair
start. , .-: - .. '
Th. girls' dormitory at th. state unU
verslty. the - Plymouth Congregational
and First Presbyterian churches and
Elks' hall are nearly as bad.
As a result of the committee's inspect
tlon of the theatres on. of tha most
dangerous ' 10-cent vaudeville ' theatres
haa been closed and sweeping alteration
are being made to the others, which have
been allowed just two weeks to do th.
work. Th. Grand opera house, the larg
est theatre ' In the. city and also th.
most dangerous. Is undergoing number
less Improvement to mak It mar '.
It takes 11 minutes to empty this hoiin
under, ordinary condition. Fir. prln
kler systems and asbestos curtains ar
to b.placed In all theatre, which will
be obliged to keep a paid fireman in
attendance at each performance.
Th. dance hall and crib house hi
the restricted district were found to
hideous deaiutrsp. A fire wUh a ii1
start would wep all thej bulMt-rji
sway In an hour and their Umussnrfa ' f
Inmates would be cremated In the l'u.
yrlnth of narrow slates.- undi'rgrouii i
passageway -and bwxe ; -
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