Ir it were not for the consumption of haggis and the dancing of reels and strathspeys, it is more than doubtful whether the average Scot would remember anything about St. Andrew's Day. Such a serious business is life in these raodern days that but for the reminders above detailed, coupled with the possibility of the consumption of] other delicacies such as Athole brose, he would not even be able to place the day, that is, provided he is one of the small community born in Scotland akd electing to stay there all his life nor be 3 subject of reproach on the part of other peoples into whose midst he has found his way. That is probably the case with the great majority while on their native heath, and the signs of the times are such that there may be even fewer reminders of the occasion in future than now. For has again rising, and again bound to! not Dundee sent a Prohibitionist tu preach his doctrines in the House of Commons, while not so many miles away a district of the country has declared for local veto, and there may be at no far distant moment a dry spot. Abroad. things are different. and the perfervid genius finds room to expand. No longer is it con-
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