Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-08-29


of new war stories and some old Can
ada apple jack.
systematic your arrangements
for next year and put solid business
men at the head of every department
One man cannot be expected TO dc
everything. Run the reunion as you
would yonr own private business.
Next year we should have an ef'
ficient committee on transportation
We should have had an IL O'Clock
train for Webb City, and could have
had IL IL we had asked IN time. Col
Lockwood is always accommodating
to the old soldiers.
There has been a good deal Of
what is called soldiers racket" dur.
ing this reunion. Well, it may be O
little out OF place, but we are rather
thick-skinned and will try TO pull
through. The man after whom our
camp was named was rather fond OF
soldier racket"
1t is surprising that intelligent and
intellectual people should come into q
meeting of old soldiers aud in build.
ing belonging to them and devoted to
their uses 10 chatter and gossip until
they IRE called to order by the officers.
1t may be as well TO understand now
that those who do not wish TO comply
with the rules must take walk.
Joe Seaburn, of Southwest City,
came into camp Tuesday evening
aud raised thunder all night-was ar
rested just at day break with his peck
cts full of walermelons.
1t is pity VIC have not space Ia
give our readers Lou Hanback's talk
Thursday night in full. 1t was one
continued stream Of eloquencc from
beginning to end. His eUlogy of Alb
raham Lincoln was sublime. We wish
all our comrades could have heard
Lou Hanback, last night.
--Quartermaster McGregor has
lot of tents for sale at half price.
Ten overloaded coaches came in
from the east yesterday morning.
1T took seven tons of straw and
sixteen tons of hay to bed the tents.
The Columbus Advocate devote:
a column to a report of the reunion.
stephen Decatur post No. l42, OIL
Missouri, all took stock Yesterday.
Sergeant Leggett, of Lowell, has
been a constant attendant all the week
Col. Weldy is about the bigges
little man in the southwest at present
Edward Lucas is up from Guthrie
visiting relatives and friends here thi:
week.
The crowd Friday was various
~ estimated ut from twenty to thirty
thousand.
Geo. Mcclellan of Webb City cir
culaled among the throng Thursday
and Friday.
Hon. w. B. Stone, of Galena, oc
cupied seat OH the platform Fri
day afternoon.
1T is said that three fourihs of thu
enlisted men in the Union army wer'
under q years OF age.
MANY of the boys are so wei
pleased with the camp they are doub
ling their subscriptions. 90
The ex-prisoners Of war held
love feast yesterday and had photo
graph taken Of the group as they stOot
around the old brass Napoleon tina
was captured at Pea Ridge. We heart
some thrilling experiences of lite II
AndersOnville and Libby, but VIII!
harrow up the feeling Of our renders
The war is over aud we must forge
and forgive.
IF we ever had or ever will hav,
as fine weather for reunion as W,
have mad this week we would like Il
know when it was.
Neal Clark's team ran away AM
smashed his wagon, throwing him I,
the ground with considerable fore
but no serious injury.
Mrs. Frank Beaver holds the luck.
number :hat drew tho beautiful
wreath furnished by the Galen
Woman's Relief Corps.
The kids are never tired of re
union. They keep up the racket ever
night till II O'Clock aud would be gla'
TO stay in camp another week.
MIR. Kelly, the United States pen
sion agent explained why a chang
has been made IN the time of payini
pensions. His explanation was YER
satisfactory to all pensioners.
The one.armed, whole-soule
presence of S. o. Mcdowell was sadl
missed in the camp this week.
Tim McCarthy's stories Of Coul
ter last night were almost as imprOt
able as the story of Jonah aud the bi
fish.
The water supply, tho lighting 9
the camp aud ihe seating Of the aud
forum have all given good satisfa'
ton.