Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-15
THE FAIR AND RE- UNION.
open Letter from a-Committt

To the People Of Lafayette County:
The board of directors of the Lafay-
cite County Industrial and Stock
Association appointed the undersigned
a committee to address you the follow
ing letter:
The directors have had in view no
other motive than the development OF
the and possibilities of our
county. They have endeavored, for a
number of years, by various methods,
to arouse in you a ~commendable pride
in the grand county i'm which you live
and awaken that public spirit and en-
terprise which should characterize a
people in possession of a land unequaled
in fertility and boundIess in wealth
producing capabilities. This year, in
view of the fact that there is to be a
reunion of old soldiers OF the fair
grounds, they have expended nearly
81, 900 in improvements and additions
in order to accommodate the multitude
that will be in attendance. They have
reduced the gate fee to twenty-five
cents; they have agreed to admit all
soldiers wearing a badge free of charge,
and they indulge the hope that in these
expenditures and reductions they have
displayed a generous and liberal spirit,
fully up to the measure expected OF
them, and certainly all they are able to
bear.
Concerning the proposed reunion,
they have no interest outside of that
common to all our people. That the
grounds upon which this reunion will
be held happen to be at Higginsville
should excite no envy, no opposition on
account of location, but, on the contra
ry, should be cause for gratitude that
we have a thriving town, so favorably
located IN the center of our county.
inhabited by a large hearted and hos.
pitabie people. Thousands of the COM
rades of our own veterans will attend
some will come from a great distance,
at much cost and Inconvenience, but
they will come, come gladly, and they
will be welcomed by nj people with
open arms and broad hospitality. No
%littleness; nothing stinted nothing mar
row; no grumbling about a petty gate
fee nothing contemplate will be conn
tenanced by our people.
Our deserved reputation as liberal
feeders will be sustained, and our
ability to provide for a myriad demon.
strated. Our neighbors of Saline and
Johnson counties are coming to help
us with tons of provisions, and no
visitor, be he soldier or citizen, shall
60 away and say he attended a reunion
i'll Lafayette county and was not fed.
This gathering of soldiers and friends
will hn pAncaaa1anfal nVLnr a,o
coming from almost every county in
the state, and from different states and
territories. TO entertain and care for
them is a matter that interests not Hig-
ginsville, not the fair association, but
the entire people of Lafayette county,
md zee WiU be equal to the occasion.
There will lever be another reunion
ofthe same soldiers who will gather on
the 25th of August, 1885. Their num-
Der is decreasing with the rapid flight
of Time. Many of the boys that enlist
ed when the "war's rude alarm" was
first sounded are gray haired and totter.
ing now, and soon the grim conqueror
will have claimed the last one, from
commander to sentry, and from captain
to the humblest private.
Then let US, people of Lafayette, with
one mind and one heart, make this
such an occasion that
4" = = When life Is old,
And many a scene forgot,
The heart will hold
Its memory of this"
c. W. SEEBER,)
ISAAC NEALE, }Com.
j. ID. CoNNER,)
County papers please copy.