DALRY BURNS CLUB
45th Anniversary
MDCCCLXX
List of Toasts Proposed
I. The Queen; Prince of Wales & Royal Family; Both Houses of Parliament; Army & Navy ; and Volunteers with Capt. Paton, who replied |
The Chairman |
Songs. "Britannia ,the pride of the ocean" and "Rule Britannia" |
Mr Logan |
II. The Memory of Burns |
The Chairman |
Song. "Dear Scotland, I lo'e thee" |
Mr Hamilton |
III. The Family of the Poet |
The Croupier |
Song. "Loudon's bonnie woods and braes" |
Mr Cameron |
IV. Deceased Novelists, with Scott |
Dr Sloan |
Song. "The wee wee German Lairdie" |
Mr Logan |
V. Dramatic Literature, with Shakespeare |
Dr Blair |
Song. "Tom Bowling" |
Mr Cameron |
VI. The Irish Poets, with Moore |
Mr Comrie |
Song. "The Meeting of the Waters" |
Mr Cameron |
VII. The Scottish Poets anterior to Burns |
Mr McKie |
Song. "Come o'er the stream, Charlie" |
Mr Logan |
VIII. Deceased Members |
Mr Loudon |
Song. "Gloomy winter's noo awa'" |
Mr Cameron |
IX. Living Novelists, with Dickens |
Mr Logan |
Song. "Dermot McFigg" |
Mr Morris |
X. The Historians, with Kinglake |
Capt. Paton |
Song. "My auld mither died in the year '89" |
Mr Young |
XI. The American Poets, with Longfellow |
Mr Brown |
Song. "Gipsy Jane" |
Mr Stirrat |
XII. The Song-Writers, with James Ballantine |
Mr Hamilton |
Song. "Willie brewed a peck o' maut" |
Mr Logan |
XIII. The Press |
Mr Craig |
Reply |
Mr Brown |
XIV. The Memory of Tannahill |
Mr Morris |
Song. "O, are you sleeping, Maggie?" |
Mr Logan |
The Chairman's and the Croupier's health having been proposed and cordially responded to, the meeting broke up in the usual way by singing "Auld Lang Syne". |
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Members Present
John Angus, Manager, Blair Iron Works, Chairman |
Capt Paton of Hillend, Croupier |
Alexander Comrie |
William Logan |
Hugh Morris, First President of Dalry Burns Club. |
Daniel Cameron, Contractor, Lugar, formerly of Dalry |
James McKie, Publisher, Kilmarnock |
David Brown |
William Hamilton, Mineral Contractor, Lugar, formerly of Dalry |
Allan Loudon |
Dr Blair |
David Longwill, Hawhill |
Dr Sloan |
John Young |
David Beveridge |
James Stirrat, Banker |
John Paton |
Duncan McDougall |
Thomas Craig |
New Member |
James M McCosh, Writer, Dalry |
20 Members