Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-08-05
PAGES PICNIC.
A Large Crowd-A Good Time.

Pages picnic has gotten to he one Of the
institutions of our county, and comes of
every year with the regularity of clock
work. Every body looks forward to this
picnic as a day to be spent in pleasure.
Those who attend one are sure to be In at
tendance on the next one, for they know
what they miss by staying away.
Last Saturday was the day set for this
occasion, and bright and early our citizens
began to hunt for conveyances. The Pacific
railroad ran an excursion train to the
grounds, and quite u delegation OF Lexing-
ton people went that way; while there was
q long procession Of wagons, bugsles and
horsemeu, When we reached tue grounds,
at 10 o'clock, we found about 500 persons
already there. and the tide was Sill run
ming in, and by 12 O'Clock the crowd was
estimated at from 900 to 1900 PERSONS, and
we suppose the first number is about cor
rect.
On the ground the first thing to attract
our attention was q revolving SWING "hich
was under canvas. and had y mule hitcheu 10
one beam, and the passengers OF swihsers
were revolving ut Il b~reak-neck rate. IL was
q good chance for a brave young blah 10
hold his timid sweetheart to his manly
bosom, n many availed themselves OF The
opportunity.
A few steps from the swing we found
. Adam Young's refreshment sand. Lemon
ie, cigars, candy, &c, wer. on hand, and
] kept the proprietor aud iour clerks as
bly, as bees to wait on ne crowd. The
ru' lasted all day, and we think tho stand
mu. have dom a large business.
A,w steps further OH brought us to the
danci. floor, which was urge enough Tor
three ats to dance at one time. and was all
cOvereGwlth limbs OF tres with the green
leaves olthem. The mutcians occupied An
elevated Ls,tion near thtmiddlc Of the floor,
and there VA no difficulty in Hearing tue
music and til prompting A great many
persons syaild themselves Of the Opportu-
nifty to danes and others would have done
so, but the rot weather and the hot place in
which the dancing was. conducted kept them
from it.
Near the dancig stand was an Ice cream
and cake stand, kpt by n lady from Dover.
Tue receipts OF It's stand were to be applied
to the use of the over Baptist church. We
did not learn hG much the receipts were,
but they were lot near as large rs they
should have bee.
The crowd as supplied with ice water
from W bars. IN q wagon. Uncle Joe
Page very kirby furnishing ice, and having
the water haDed, and then handed out to
the thirsty. here were a few benches and
= couple of own trees which were used as
seats. but til crowd generally had to stand
up or climb p and sit on a rail fence. About
1890 o'cloc every one seemed to think it
dinner TIM and those who had blsk cts
opened bm, and after spreading the food
ON cloths lid upon the ground, those who
came wltput their dinners were invited to
come upand help themselves. Thus the
most of lose present had an opportunity to
dine, an we think but few failed to use it.
We m,stthank Uncle Joe for u special in
| vitatlol tttake dinner with him, but just
at noon w received an invitation to dine
with five retty young ladies', and we could
not resist he temptation, and hereby thank
| them for lie best dinner we have eaten for
a long tint
There we're several candidates on the
ground. bit there was no speaking. Mr..
Page infomed the candidates that they
could make speeches If they desired, but aE
ter consulttion among themselves they de-
cided not b have any 1t was at first re-
speaking. nd we make this correction for
his benefit
The day wore or till about 5 O'Clock, when
those who lived at a great distance, and
those VIII, went by rail had to start for
home, ant In u short time thereafter the
place with had presented a scene of life
and mirthwas almost deserted. Every one
We met declare it was the most complete
success of any picnic they ever attended.
Not an Angry word was spoken that we
heard of; nothing occurred to mar the pleas
urs Of the crowd, and the best Of order was
kept throughout. At the breaking up in
the evening a young man fired Off his pistol
three or -four sines, but we think he must
have been ashamed of himself afterward.
We heard of one accident A gentleman,
with two ladies' in a buggy with him, uu-
dertook to pass u buggy IL front of him.
The ladies asked him not 10 make the at
tempt: he tried 1t. ran his buggy too far
upon the side of an em%banknent. it tipped
over, and all three were thrown out. One
lady received quite q painful knock on her
forehead, making her quite SICK for q couple
OF hours. while the other lady and the gem
tleman escaped. No other damage was done,
and the party felt very Thankful it was no
worse.
We are pleased to put the affair down as a
complete success, and we think every one