Temperance > Autobiography and personal recollections of John B. Gough

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by that silent acclamation, and feel as if these trophies were still
waving round his head, whether on Albion’s or Columbia’s shores.
[Another writer said in the daily paper, that the waving of hand¬
kerchiefs reminded him of the rising of the gulls from Ailsa Craig
at the firing of a gun.]
On Tuesday, February 14th, I was entertained at a
public dinner, at the “Abercorn Assembly Rooms,” Pais¬
ley, where nearly one hundred gentlemen sat down, among
whom were the magistrates and town council. James
Winning occupied the chair, and Bailie Brown and Coun¬
cillor M'Kean discharged the duties of croupiers. Speeches
were made, and reported in the Paisley and Glasgow press.
As I was about to leave Scotland for a time, the ladies of
the “Glasgow Temperance Visiting Association” gave
what the North British Daily Mail termed “a splendid
banquet in honour of John B. Gough.” Archibald Living¬
ston, Esq., presided, and speeches wei-e made by Rev.
Alexander Wallace, Rev. William Reid, and others.
At the conclusion of Mr. Reid’s address, [I quote from the
Mail,] after a grand symphony on the organ, Mr. Mitchell, with
a slight and touching preface, in the name of the committee of
the “ Ladies’ Temperance Visiting Association,” presented Mr.
Gough with a beautiful silver tea-set, elegantly inlaid with gold,
bearing an inscription expressive of the kind wishes of the asso¬
ciation in behalf of his lady and himself. Mr. Gough replied,
and followed up by a speech of nearly an hour’s length. Ser¬
vices of fruit were plentifully distributed throughout the evening,
and the proceedings, which were of the most delightful character,
after three cheers for the ladies, terminated at a quarter past
eleven, when the vast company separated, to the strains of the
National Anthems. The place was densely crowded in every
part, hundreds being unable to obtain tickets of admission.
I forgot to state that I addressed a large audience of
children at the City-hall, on Saturday, the 25th, On