The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-08-20
The Splrgur peuriop.

union was held in The John Pedkey
grove,lat the eFTt end of the village,
SatufdPy, August 18th. End 81 usual
brought together a large concourse OF
| people, hundreds o. whom were IN no
wise rfIa,ed to the Spargur family.
When these reunions were f st stared
only ihe SosreLr families and their i'm.
media,4 friends we've expected 10 attend,
but vesf hv year the ci~cle enlarged end
the attendance increased and by and by
a cordial inv ilaiion was extended TO all
that waited, to spend day in the leafy
grove tocome and hey should be made
welcome, so long as they acted with
prope deco un. From thence forward,
though u has rigbt;nI'y retaioed The
name o, spar2ur Reunion, it has been
an annual mee'''g 6 place for other fami-
lies and friends, some o, whom are sep.
arated by distances and seldom meet ex-
cept on tnese grounds. Hence the
Spargur Reunion has become the social
Mecca 10 VIII oh the thoughts of multi
tudes turn and to which they annually y
come to greet Their friends, renew and
extend aequaintances and participate in
this social FEAST
Perhaps no other gathering in this
p: of+be "nu7' a"or's 50 '..vo~aN'o
an opportunity TO cultivate the social
side of lie. Ii is trre we have our relig.
ious gather pgs and church services but
these are usually beld on Sunday and
on these occas ons we meet to worship
God and cultivate the spiritual in our
natures.
We bave our Farmers' Institute but
its principal object is to teach better
methods of fa' 'm'os, iruit culture, stock
raising and all b anclcs Of business con-
nee, ed with the indusiry OF agriculture.
We sonnet mes have political meetings
but the speeches, conversations and do
ings at these gatherings arc not always
conducive Of social unity.
But the Srargur Reunion is exclusive
ly social ins,;"ut:on. All who attend
1t are expected to have political prefer
ences and religious beliefs aud denomi-
national affiliations and are accorded the
right to entertain and enjoy them, but
while on these grounds they are not ex-
pected either in public or private to dis.
cuss these topics.
To the credit Of all who have anything
to do with the management and control
of these gat be ings, side shows, games OF
chance and everything that has the
semblance oil immoiali.y have been per-
sistently excluded. Uncle Joe, living
four m 'es south OF this place, now in
his eighty-foutlh year and I believe The
oldest OF the name in the county who
has always taken a lively interest in the
reunion. was present, young in spirit
and full OF enthus; ;asm, and by common
consent took charge Of all the affairs aud
directed n al the Sci vices Of the day.
The day dawred somewhat ihauspi.
ciously aid The outlook was dscouraa-
ing but by eight o'clock the rain had
cessed ard 70 clou i hai passed 2w@y
and long before the noon houl the crowd
was imm nse but ncre2sed in numbers
till far in the afternoon. The Leesbure
Kid Band was present by invitation and
thrilled and cheered the -sst audience
with their soul.stirling music. Miss
Susie Upp, grand daughter Of Bortel
Spargur, deceased, presided at the organ
with grace and efficiency, while other
members of the Spargur connection en-
tertained the people with some choice
vocal music. About II o'clock the pub.
lie exercises began and Uncle Joe made
the speech of welcome in his usually
good natured, generous style. Prayer
was offered by Rev. w. j. Baker and
after music by the choir and band g
recess Of two hours was taken for re.
freshments and social intercourse.
In the afternoon Rev. w. ]. Baker
Of this place, Captain Barrett, of Hills
boro, Hiram Kibby, of Knoxville, Tenn,
and H. L. Garrett, of Covington, Vir'
ginia, each made interesting addresses
Rev. Carson (colored), OF Hillsboro, and
band of singers, now engaged in hold
ing camp meeting near here, were in
vited to the platform and highly enter
tanned the audience by singing several
revival songs. Mr.. Carson also made 8
short address.
The services closed about 4 o'clock p.
m. but many fingered in the grove till
nearly sundown and seemed 10th tc
leave the place. Everything passed of
harmoniously and we think it would be
safe to say that no more enjoyable re-
union has ever been held upon these
grounds.
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