The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-08-14
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And now is the voice Of the grain buyer in the land
He snileth sweefly upon the hardy farmers. lie
wooeth them with tender words. and exulteth rs he
getteth ahead Of that other buyer.
soon expect to hear, through other correspond
ents of big yields of grain Well, notice Is given,
right here, that our Township is gong to come out
ahead ON that. Il haven't read about and studied
Louisiana Investigating Committees for nothing.
There is project on foot to organize the Skdmore
Guarsis Many speak Of VIM. Ward for Captain, W:
T. Foster for First Lieutenant, s. A. Springer Second
Lieutenant, and q. I. D0oley, Drum Major.
e. T. Clark, our esteemed attorney at law, has been
quite busy lately before the stern and majestic court
1t will be noticed that Mr.. Clark is one of the
speakers at the Picnic Iowa Point, to be held
some time soon-I have forgotten the date.
1 have Just returned from LeavenwOrth, where
there was held reunion Of the survivors of the SOL
diers who fought in the battle of Wilson's Creek
der that grand old hero and martyr, General Nathan
lei Lyon. The reunion in commemorntion of
that battle, which occurred eighteen years ago, the
tenth of August. The battle fought on Sunday,
ion was held in Resers Grove, where beautiful grape
arbors large oak trees, TENTS swings, etc., abOunded
IN profusion. At noon. pork and beans, with hard
tack was served all taking their grub" in tin plates
and sitting around on the ground, Of old, enjoyed
good, old-fashoned soldier dinner. Much credit is
due Chas Schwaneke and wife, and Mrs. Kenstly,
who prepared the dinner. and waited on all present.
Leavenworth, met Col Th0s Moonlight, now Mar
shall of the City, also Capt. Phil Arnholt ex P. N. of
S S 1Se Both OF these Gentlemen served in the IN
jolly whole-soued men. They stuck with the boys
until the last ate pork and beans and hard tack and
in fact took part in every thing that going on
and had good time with The society Of the
First Kansas was organized but that will be pub
lished in all the State papers, will not say more
about il now. Our party left Leavenworth ON the
early train arriving in AtchisOn at 10 A. NJ, where
We met many old friends and acquaintance, promi-
nent among whom was the true-heartcd and brave
Col. John A. Martin, and the Noble Prentis, of the
Champion. ! am now "home again. mot feeling very
good. We all drank, ts0 much Settler water-n0th-
ing stronger-you Zee old soldiers very fond Of
water.
am in receipt Of good many letters from soldiers
OF this County in reference to reunion to come
OIL in September, at Troy. Some express dissatis-
faction abont having at the Fair Grounds, alleging
that that will prevent many from attending. AL
have to say is this Gentlemen, attend the meetings,
and say your say. Why did you not attend the first
meetingi 1t is too late to set up complaint now.
The whole thing ut your disposal at the outset
The matter now has gone into the hands of commit
tees. hope they will be successful in getting up
rousing good time. am not any of those
nittees, and have no control of the arrangements.
should be very sorry TO have any thing done said
to reard the progress of the arrangements being
perfected. l trust and believe that the in
charge are doing all they can to make the affair
brilliant success understand that it is the inten
tion OF the Fair Association to give certain amount
of the gate money to the soldiers reunion Finance
Committee and in this way raise funds TO defray
penses for ratOns ETC. and soldier need to stay
away on account of not being able to pay his way in
to the enclosure, all such will be passed in free
respect the opinion Of every that soldier,
and am sorry that they were not all present, when
we had our first meeting to take steps to get up the
reunion have nothing to say or do now, any more
than any other one not on the committees. Hope
explanation will be satisfactory to all friends
who have written to me concerning the matter. l
will further state, that have stock in the Fair
Association but wish 1t success, the same as;ll other
citizens of the County.
OLD VET