The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-01
SHELBY'S SOLDIERS.
They Rally Once Again in
Martial Array.
Joined by Their Comrades OF
Foray and Fray.
They Mingle in Friendship
With the Blue and
the Gray.
The Fair and Reunion-Higgins
Vile g Grand Day.

In spl e OF the thre 4ienlng weather OF
The early morning yesterday proved to be
red letter day in the history of Lsfsys Tt
county. When the sun rose il looked down
upon a dull, leaden sky, athwart which
heavy, black clouds chased each other like
phsntoms hurrying 10 some dread fray, and
as the far of, low rumble of thunder 6: eet-
ed the ears of the multitude, many an
unkempt head might be seen peering sky
ward from half open doors or windows and
then drawn back, while an iDdescribable
melancholy elongstio overspread the
features fresh from an evenings nap. Nor
was ii strange that such should be the case
when it is remembered how impatientIy the
Higginsviile populace had toiled, waited,
planned and long.d for August %. The
midsummer day that wss TO usher in 10
them their couuiy fair ard the much talk
ed of reunion OF the old Shelby brigade of
veterans who had ridden from sea to sea.
lake to lake and river TO river in their four
years in the saddle. So much, indeed, had
1t been talked of, so esger had become the
desire to see and honor
THE ONCE GAY CAVALIERS.
That the reunion had swelIed and spread,
and spread, and swelled, until all the old
veterans OF both armies seemed to be i'm
bued with a Determination TO be present,
and sfterfye and twenty years to greet each
other with the hearty cheer OF old, minus
the luminosity of days of yore. All day
Yesterday throngs came pouring into the
city, In q manner never before witnessed,
and when the night trains had landed their
cargoes, it seemed as If every concie1 able
nook and covering that would shelter a
human form from the pelting down pour
which begun before midnight, had been
occupied, and when these hosts began to
move about this morning In the misty
murky atmosphere, there very numbers
gave courage TO the most Respondent, and
they said we will succeed in spite of
weather, we have so many here. With
this thought every thing was quickly astir
In ardent earnest. Fair women faced the
morning mists as of yore thee had faced
the leaden hail TO give heart AID courage to
the brave veterans, and ct every door of
hamlet, villa, or palatisl mart, busy hands
were seen engaged in arranging banners,
streamers, notices and symbols of well
come and good will. By eight o'clock the
city wore
A DAZZLING LOOK OF sPLENDoR
as the flags foated in the damp breeze,
and gaudy arches spanned across the
streets, covered with quaint figures.
Among the many notices were ssen:
welcome to the brave, honest and true.
The veterans of the gray and blue"
"The gray aud the blue, the tried and
the true"
welcome comrades, welcome
The soldiers made peace long ago, lei
bygones TO hygones CO."
Our Vt terans, the pride of their chill
dren."
peace and good will we Offer 10 all"
The blue and the grey hold love feast
to-day"
"rhe grey and the blue,
The brave and the true,
Thrice welcome are YOU"
Soldiers reunion. Welcome comrades,
welcome"
Among the designs were portraits of
Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Sher.
man, Slonewsll Jackson, = oseph E. johnson,
Joe q. Shelby, Lyon and others, and pictures
OF stacked arms with clasped hands over
the bayonets, and thus figures of Coufeder- |
ate and Federal soldiers stsnding at atten.
ton either side. All the way from the de. |
pot to the fair grounds, mile and half
distant, the streets and buildings were |
lined and covered with these designs inter-
mingled with
FLAGS, wREATHs AND NOTICES
without end. As the morning trains be- gan
to come in, the crowds already large, began
to augment, while as early as O'Clock,
vehic es of every description came pouring
In from the surrounding country, and by 8
a. M, not less than $4,000 people thronged
the little village, rendering locomotion
almost impossible, and each train that fol-
lowed came laden to the utmost, adding
sill grester confusion to the jam.
BY a. m, the marshsls began 10 circu-
,ulate in gay scarfs about the streets fran
tically endeavoripg to get the multitudes
70 tall into line. But with the com
oined efforts of FIVE bands and the
stentorian lungs of those once used
20 command In tones liz ard above
The din Of artillery and roar OF musket
etry it was 1:30 before the least pr.
'ephble order began TO appear ont of the
'haos OF wild, enthusiastic m ngling OF
humans, busy greeting old comrades and :
Of long ago with an emotion 3
hat even brought tears to the eyes of ,
pectators. 1t was almost IL a. M. when {
ne Higginsville band, in its gay uniform, /
struck up
MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA"
md began IFS move toward the Fair grounds q
ollowed by Cockrells old brigade, some II
so strong. This was the beginning of the \
march and in its wake followed the other
divisions, as follows:
Mosby's Opera House band, heading v
'helby's veterans, 40 strong.
MAYHEM band, followed by citizens in
ine, 152 in number.
Higginsville G. A. r. military band q
iulligsn post No. IL, G. A. r., SO :,
tropg. I
Odessa Brass band, leading the ex- \
onfederate division, 691 strong.
Making grand total in line, exclusive =
band men and officers, as Y
he column passed the Occidental hotel of 4