The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-15
poIng 70 BiHIe,

The past week has been noted lot
Confederate Reunions. A monster meet
ing. lasting three days, occurred at Nc
Kinney, Texas. Fully 40, 900 people at
tended, and the air was full Of Oratory.
Another Reunion, on the '.gush' sys-
ten, was held at the battlefield of Ok
Hill. or Wilson'S Greek, Missouri, where
Ben McCulloch, Albert Pike, Hindman
and Churchill, with a mob of shot guns,
defeated and destroyed Lyon and Siegel-
This Reunion was attended by men OF
both armies, and had Speakers of both
sides. OF course they ''slobbered' and
''fra'ernized' like little buds. About
Is 900 people were present. In North
Carolina there were two Reunions; both
very pleasant and successful. Gen Ran
-om sp Ike at both.
AZ Warrepton there was a very large
attendance, and many prominent person
ages. The preparations appear to have
been extensive, and well worked out.
On entering the town everything was
lie aid stir; every house and public
building decorated the stars and stripes
eutwined with the flag OF the Lost Cause
r rly e morning the crowds came
,%ouliug in until by III o'clock every
tree IN the little town was packed with
sehlc'es and people. The Louisburg
,rass band headed the line, followed BY
lr orator of the day, General NJ. W.
.,ausom. After came a long line of car
rIages containing distinguished guests
the Governor, Auditor, Attorney Gene
al and many others. Then came the
I'D soldiers headed by the Warrentor
brass band.
On y handsomely decorated car :at q
number of beautiful girls, each one car
rying a banner bearing the number OIL
the companies and the battles they wers
engaged In. On arriving at the grounds,
about a fourth of a mile from the Cour,
House, the immense crowd was allotted
10 their proper places. The spot was
the late Judge Hall, in a large oak grove
surrounding the house. Preparations
had been made to seat 5 900 people, bu,
they were 500 filled, and at least 500
to 1000 people had to stand up
It WIS a splendid effort and met
with deserved and hearty applause
Gen. Mat w. Ransom. on being intro
iuccd came forward IN his ~ma,chlessl,
graceful manner and delivered one {"
the finest addresses ever listened to. |
10 l. Two hours and a half to deliver il,
and up 10 the last he held his audience
spell bound. AT the close of hi address,
the whole audience joined 10 singing tn,
State anthem, The Old North State
Then came the banquet aud "a grand of
fair it was. Long rows of tables or zane
with finely prepared food of all kind,
10 look at the spread at its front it seem
cd prepared for at least ten Thousand
people, but they managed to do just C,
to it all.
In a short time the crowd again as
sembled in front of the stand when the,
were entertained by stirring and patri-
otto spe eche> from the Hon. w J Green
Maj. Sloan and others.
Prior to the address an o%riginal ode
was delivered by the talented Taskel
Folk, a nephew of President Polk, an,
he son Of Col. w II. Polk. The whole
hing wound up by a ball in the Pheni,
Hotel. Take it all in all. it was as per.
~ ouSoSSo 40 Souiu NC ueSlTtu.
The reunion of the Highland Boys
and the Cumberland Plow Boys
Companies g and F, 24th Regiment y
Z. Troops), at Floral College was al
enjoyable affair. The crowd was esti
mated at not less than three thousand
Gen NJ W R,nsnm and Col A NJ
Waddell spoke nearly three hours aftel
which the crowd did ample justice to !
>uniptious dinner. The Robesonia,
compliments Ransom highly. The an
III reunion OF the scotch Tigers
Co. d, 5lst Reg't \. {. Troops), vii
De ut ST. Paul's, on the 18th.