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The Reunion at Chappaqua.

" tttt cdS SQtU ana DeHt.
There were about $50 persons who accepted
Mr. Greeleys invitation to visit his Chappa-
qua farm, in New York on Saturday, and
spend the day with him and his family.
WHO WERE PRESENT.
Among the guests present were General
John Cochrane Theodore Tiltou, Col Richard
Lathers, Major Colt, Of Connecticut, Major ID.
W. Speers, Dr. r. d. Spalding, Capt. Il. G.
Spalding, DR.. H. Il Carey, George n. Sanders
and COL Cole, Of Georgia; Eli Shorter, of
Alabama Senator Gwn, of California; Abra-
ham DUMMY, Judge Reagan, formerly Post
master General of the Confederacyf G.. f.
Putnam and Col II O. Kent, Of New Hamp-
shire; j. p. Ladd, Of Vermont; Mr.. Swords,
r. D. Mitchell, Of Louisiana; Col. Burbridge,
of Kentucky, with bis daughter; Thomas
| Herndon, DIR. Sykes, T. c. Gordon, Of Ala
bama; Albert Strassburger, president Of the
Board Of Trade, Montgomery Theodore Stew
ems, a. C. Inslee aud w c. Lewis of Sing
/ Sing; Col. Maccabe, Of Arkansas Mr.. Bird
and Mr.. Davis, Massachusetts; John Robin,
sou. ex-member of Congress; Gov. Herbert, ol
Louisiana Samuel Butterworth, j. W. Har-
mon, T. ! Hudson, editor of the Detroit Daily
Union; Col. Archibald Smith of Texas; Gov.
J. G.. Downey, Frank McCofin, Joseph C.
| Woliskill, W. II. Workman, of California;
George H. Bruce, Thomas Hawley, Of Mchi-
/ gan Mr.. Waite, Of New York city; Mr. Fer
guson, of Chappaqua; ex-Gov. MNgofiin Of
Kentucky; Mr.. Lightmer, of Nevada ex-Gov-
ernor Dewey, of Wisconsin, and large num-
Der Of others, including many delegates to the
/ Baltimore convention. A number Of ladies
were also present
RECEPTION At THE STATION.
| Mr. Greeley received his guests at the Chap
paqua station as they arrived by the S.25
/ train from New York. He shook hands with
/ every body, had the ladies carried away in car
riages, and invited everybody who wanted to
/ hear about farming to follow him. \ process
sion was formed, in which the bulky forms of
| Duke Gwinn, of Sonora, one Of Macmillan S
noblemen, George n Sanders and Col. Ander-
son, Gen. Burbride, leading his little daughter
] in deep mourning by the hand, Francis W.
/ Bird and Colonel McCNe, anG others, appear
ed, and followed the rugged Chief down the
/ long platform of the station to the hotel up
/ the road to the house in tie woods along the
/ borders of the reclaimed morlss, and in Indian
| file up the rocky glen to the peerless spring,
where the whole delegation took drink the
| philosopher all along the route descautiug on
/ the results of his farming. From the spring
the party continued all around the farm. Al
/ ter making the tour Of the farm the distin-
guished party returned to the house in the
/ woods, where in tie meantime the express
/ train had landed another cargo offfty or sixty
distinguished lights
Miss Ida Greeley had IN tie meantime re-
ceived the lady visitors at the House in the
/ Woods, and made them, in her graceful way,
both welcome and comfortable Then accom-
panied by her udciatigabe chief Of the luuch-
con department, Mrs. Stuart, she had betdken
herself to the Evergreens, where a royal table
was being set. There were lobster salads
baked beans potted pigeon, fish, fruits, vcge-
tables rcllsheS, iCe-crcam, lemonade and pyra-
mids Of flowers on that buunteous board, and
vet the major domo OF the OCCASION a negro
man, maintained that everything on i had
been growed ON the farm
The holsters ?' queried the reporter
Yes, sir; dey growed in de brook"
IDA As n CANvAssEE.
When The delegates came down TO dinner
$50 strong, it WAS nearly as much as the ladies
in charge could do to see that every body was
served But they were both iudciltgable
ord IN those HUNGRY fellows were ,LnroTsbIy
Sot,,,'l tsrore the dinner W.. srJei
,rps cnrrrrv
r,,r;,c ,I.e ,,r,,or.s. NJ tI,. r,.,I NJ. C-ec-
ley came out 20 tie grounds in a low carriage.
She is still an invalid, but she was determined
- ,',tbo IN I-n;on and v.cro actroII,,
',,mnortin', has -,,sG,nJ f,r tLo preS;lenr,,
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uNfrs Grso'oy - rcs,9nde1 tlo other eft +.
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/ The dinner over ana lie party sun having
plenty of tine on ITS hands, Mr.. Greeley called
all 20 order, and sand they would now have
/ some Speecuu'aklng. HE crowd ranged around
The evcrgrecrS aud au arm char was placed 10
losiuon iof the use oil inc SPe""e!S'
MI UIee'ey Mouu'e" lNe c.,'''' """ S''u =
My lfIentS' we are met ,55e'"'' J." IleIeIy
social gathering Tor no othgr purpose ihan 10
foster the god ieeiInS ana harmony thal has
sprung up between uiIieieut p"fIeS, from
widely separated sections Oh ne Unlon. !
propose to say few words myself 90 the SUBJ