Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-01
THE SHELBY REUNION.


THE SHELBY REUNION.
AT Higginsville, in the middle of La
fayette county, in the center of as love-
ly a country as the sun shines upon, on
Tuesday; August 25, there is to be a
reunion Of Shelby's. men. This re-
union, too, is not only to be participat-
ed IN by. ex-confederate soldiers; the
blue is TO mingle with the gray. -
This section of Missouri, when the
war began, was almost as much south
.ern in sentiment as was South Caro-
lima. n Its fathers were Virginians and
,ketitpekians who had brought with
them, not only their slaves, but their
hshits and traditions. Its daughters,
cultured and refined. gentle in MAN.
ners, were trained in the hospitab)e
and chivslric notions of their parents
.snd their section. Its sons, ,stalwart and
brave, were loyal, loyal to what they
deemed to be their constitutional priv
ileges,, their legal rights. Fiery, and
quick to- resent what they felt to
.beYimposition, these young men and
many Of their fathers few to war,
while the daughters and the mothers.
like Spartan women, kept back their
tears that they might send their loved
ones on to battle with smiles and bless
ings. o.. .I-... .,...s,.y
The boys of twenty-four years ago
are now in middle-life; the middie-aged
srer old. Though defeat has stared
Them in the face; though losses have
had to be borne; the men of '61 have
preserved their warmth of heart till
rs. They remember their comrades
OF old. They have not forgotten the
march and the bivouac. They bear in
mind the hardships Of the road and the
pd&ngers of the battle, all shared in
common. They have many an act of
Kindness to cherish; many deed of
bravery in their personal behalf to be
grateful for; o, the friendships be-
tween soldiersl The love Of one
messmate for another. Not mercenary
lsoidfers; soldiers by trade; but soldiers
who are the pick and flower of the
land, who have sprung to arms from
the Counting room and the farm, to do
battle for their homes and for theiI
Hresides. Sach men loved each other
with the tenderness of women, and
while the word @comradeship' may be
only sound to others, to them it means
something hallowed. . ..,5 :
These men have arranged to meet at
4 Higginsville to revive their recollec'
tiohs of each other; to keep alive the
sacred fire of friendship; to cherish il
as something beyond all price; bu
there is no bitterness left. They meet
but they ask to meet with them thos'
with whom they measured swords
\ Americans both, when they met q
enemies they were in earnest, and the!
fought as heroicalIy as did eve
Greek or Roman, and now when peac
hovers over all like gentlest dove, tn
victors become doubly conquerors b.
their forbearance, and the conquere,
doubly heroic by their patriotic low
for reunited country; the blue AM
the gray, the gray and the blue
can meet upon one field in traterns
embrace. .-...
And what apotheosis of our countr
could say more than this? There b
those upon the earth who shudder tha
there should be sins to try mems souls
But were there no struggles Of tn
passions; were there no lapses froI
virtue, no desperate battles to recove
purity and truth; no temptation an
resistance; no crucial tests; wha
! inane objects would be immortalize
human souls. 1t is contemplated
for the lofty mind, that he who ha
/ wrestled with the demon, vice; felt hi
clutch upon his throat; wrestled will
and beaten him at last, giving unit
God when the portal of death is passe
. character tried as if by fire, stand
next to Diety itself, and above The hos
of angels. So with our country. With
out war we should have been grea
but with q war, and such war, "
have learned the true strength of OF
institutions, and the valor Of our coul
trymen. ..... ..
Its meet, therefore. that while Ii
lasts and memory holds, the soldier
whose bravery immortslized America
valor, should from time to time al
semble in holy friendship. No partiss
feeling can intrude upon, no section
rancor can mar the beauty of such a
semblage. In it there will be no VI
braidings, no fault findings, no Gel
sure, but only manly recognition
the virtue and gallantry of all; on
y peans to the glory of American maj
hood.
1t will be good to be there. Apa
from the qualification of individu
meetings Of old friends, will be Il
subsequent effect of the grip Of tt
hand between those who wore the bl
and those who wore the gray. VIII
the soldiers who fought the war or
brace. who shall dare for partisan en-
to keep alive the prejudlces and hatre
Of the past?
Soldiers Of all commands, of eth
side, are invited to be present, and
man can serve his country better tn
by lending to the occasion the sancti
and encouragement of his presence.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
FURNISHED weekly to the Intelligencer
Captain j. D. Conner, recorder of deeds
Lafayette county, Mol
Abstract Of the deeds filed in the Office
Recorder of Deeds from Saturday, July
to Saturday, July %, A. D., 1885. Only 81
ss contain covenants of warranty contain
In list.
John W. Fishback to Thos. Fish
back, part of section %. 30, 20; 304
VIM. s. .Clagett to Lexington Water
works company, lot Is, and ne hf lot
l8, blk l, Mundy's add to Lexington l25
Frank Lehman to Lexington