Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-07

Not far from the thriving Young railroa,
village of Page City. and near the rc>i,ienc,
of ..unclc TO- Page. on the Salt Pond road
is one of the most lovely walnut groves i,
the county With its dense shade. fnrnc,
by the INTERVIEWING bou@hs of graceful trees
and its inviting and velvcty carpet of blue
grass. it seems designed bv nature for
scenes OF rural mirth and frslivity. At tti,
lovely spot on last Saturday, according t.
previous notice in the INTzLLIGENCEH
hundreds of gay. da>hing young men, al,
bright-eyed. beautiful maidcns met and sur
rendered themselves To the dance and Other
amu-ements of the day. The yc,th ano
beaut! OF the country were not only largely
represented. but numbers of the >ulid ster.
ling farmers of the nciglhorhnod with then
wives were on hand to encourage the young.
sters and add TO the %j"you>nc>S of the ncca.
sion. \ large delegation of candidates and Il
few Others went out from Lexington. The
Press was represented by Col. Denote OF
the Register and ourselves. We went out
at the special request of ..unclc .Ju.," who
had Il novelty in the way Of n prccocious
young 'dorg" to show lis. Last year nc
was Dragging about his big porkers. This
year it was his dog. Well. that purp will
do. lie is certainly n remarkable canine
specimen, and. il We are not mistaken. had
all eye OH the top of his head. We hope
'unclc To-" will succeed in raising him.
and at the mex picnic show us how lie can
catch rat. This by the way of parcn-
thesis.
There Is no portion of our county where
the people are kinder or more hospitl-
bic. and no place where all CLASSES. both old
and young. entcr " it'll greater Zcst into hul-
iday recreation, than in this nrighborhood.
The managers knew their duty. and had
made every preparation, aud taken every
precaution in the way OF prohibiting whisky,
&c., to insure good order and 4 pleasant
time to all.
The Lexington string band had been ell
gagged, and furnished fine strains of music to
the dancers, who thronged the platform
throughout the entire day. Even the cand:-
dates, OF whom there w,rcno ,css than "a
present W rs not ne Il .cte.i. They were
anxious to nfare-s the ..m-etins'' nna show
oil their fine '.pint>' TO the admiring crowd.
80 49, t'>- ~ wagon
was drawn up ut SOM distance from the
platform, so As not to interfere with the
dancing. From this. as a stand, the gushing
and aspiring young orators poured forth
their vehement eloqucncc. But in spite of
their sweating, Tuning and violent -csti.u-
latiOn>. they did not draw Well. The plat
form and dance were too much for them, and
had nearly alitilc crowd. Speeches were made
by Me>sr>. Blackwell and Hall, rival andi.
dates for prosecuting attorney. Col. DeNottc
also mounted the wagon, AMI in n pleasant
speech tried to prove that Grant was an
honest man and 4 pretty clever fellow. Tut
Schurz' speech and Plca>anton-s letter.
which the crowdh had read. were too much
for HIM. They couldn't see it in that light.
and the Grant orator had TO cave.
Taken altogether. we never saw a pIc-nic
more smoothly conducted. At the usual
hour, al abundant supply of provisions,
were spread on the green .ward, and the
multitude fraSt"d to their hearts content.
And. if the ladies will not he offended we
will state in conclusion, that We heard the
remark often repeated. that there were more
handsome ladies on the ground than had
over been seen at a picnic in Lafayette.