Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-10
THE FOURTH AT THE FAIR
GROUNDS.
Programme of Exercises---Music
Speaking, Dancing, &C.. &c.
Iwrit:ep by Simon waxss,i

(rOakcrS tell " tnlt Americans UOn l love
Uncle SAM Xix. the! Used to-t.at the
Fourth Of July is"played out''-that people
won't celebrate worth \ cent. But no one
who attended the Fair Fronn,iS last Thurs
hay, will swallow any such stuff. Who
could look upon that huge crowd of patriots.
little and biz. oil and young male AMI
female. and believe such i >!anIcr upon our
county.
~ ten o'rioI> tho crowd had paid their
quarters, entered aIil gathered around the
stand. Our famous i,anl WAS on hand
promptly, AMI at ten o'cio.k R.v. Henry
Fiynt. Esq. boss Of ceremonies, mounted
the platform AMI unroilc,i Ia:
PROGRAMME.
lst. Music 10y thc band After which
David Locke. Esq. the orator OF the day.
took Ills ..po>ish'' an,I delivered 4 sou!->tir-
ring address; subject. the esprit of 1873
which was rendered in Il m,stcriy style.
breathing III every word and line, Of the
GOLDEN days Of the great American ttrpub-
lic.' The '.old man eloquent made n bis
impression on the crowd. and his speech
will be rem :imbcrcd Ivy the gaping multi
ludc. until each and all shall take their
departure n"whcrc the w0odbinc twinetli."
After music by the bairI to the tune OF
80 carry Inc back! . carry me back, to old
Virginuy's Shore Mr.. john Mullins was
introduced to the crowd, aud in one OF his
most brilliant efforts. undertook to convince
tie sOns trll iiushtcrs of the descendants
Gr our pilgrim forciathcrs,' that the fourth
of July occurred Oh tn: wron. day OF the
year; but he couidn't III Ike them see il. and
Was '.tootcd" down by the hani to the tune
Of stephen WAS SO GccciNiu'. nobody
could believe him" Tie next performance
was the .Iia,tlc>nakc Ji-," executed 10y
our wcli-kuowu citizen, Mr.. Jacob jenkins,
followed Ivy u performance on the tight rope.
His fearful leaps aad dangerous tricks
made the crow. ir.ntir with fear, but ha>-
ing gun: through safely, he was taken 10y
his friends, .'spon.cd OFF, w,th...sult water,
md drcnclicd with soda pop, spiked. "a IL
Dolly Warden ha,''. Music by the band. Ia
the time of "Cumin- through the Rye"
Next was a proclamation, from His Honor,
john G.. Young. Mayor. warning every one
not to drink any III re tiian ". could carry
Then followed the most exciting event oil
DAY, which WAS \ race OF sixteen iIunire.
yards for the CREASED pig" between =. G.
Patterson. orr h!Y gro :cry man, and Bob
tSandi!cr. Pool, sold at 800 on Patterson
and at S2.1j on Sandif.r. Sandifer playc,
foul by s!'ppins OFT through a hole in tn,
fence a:'l lying there Until Patterson ram,
in on til: home stretch, when he jumped OF
: the track upd won the race. (The judge
. winke5 at thisI Time by Patterson, fv'
, hours; SIndifer four hours and thirtv.tw'
seconds. Music by the band to the tune o
. "Schn"idcr don't you won to bav u dorg.'
Alter this. Mr.. Caleb Bellies. Supcrintend
r cit OF the Grape Vine TelSraph,' VIA. in
e. ~troduccd. anil addressed the citizens in
speech fail four hours IN lcugth on I'll
benefits Of Grape Vine Tclrgrapl,y," All,
u the Importance to farmers OF raising larg
!, crops Of Sourd seed 10 keep the line up. I'll
band thee executed ..O!d llundrcd'' in tin
style. 1t was thought before that our ban
y wasthcb best in the State, but hince the acquisi
, ton ofJohn Gather, US base drummer
she challenges the world.
Mr.. George Bul.lard, upon tn
urgent request OF his many friend
a iins!y Yielded, AMI. gave us from hi
"tarp Of a thousand strings" the soul stir
+, ring song Of kiss me quick aud let me 90.
Bro. flynt closed the exercises with
"feeiing PRAYER" In the presence of owe
, 10000 people. after which the b.nd strac
up III mo'irnful strains, There will be u
Il more SORROW there" Then the Clorisu
Fourth was over, and the vast crowd sea-
TERED In il.iF kn.A