The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-28
The Picnic.

On faat Saturday, July 10Th, for the
first time since the close of the la,s
war, the Bath county Confederate sol.
diers held a reunion, and it was
: great affair. The day was as pleasant
/ as could be wished and the place Sc
lected, the fair grounds, about one
mile from Sharpsburg, one of the
) most quiet, peaceable little villages in
KY, surrounded by the best and most
J fertile land in the State and inhabited
} by the cleverest people in the world
} The fair grounds contain about II
acres OF beautiful woodland pasture
and has a large amphitheater. which
will seat 1000 people, and all other
conveniences. AS early as 8 o'clock
in the morning, from all the surround
ing country, the people began TO come
in and by 10 o'clock the crowd was
estimated to be six Thousand people.
The Carlisle band made music for tho
occasion. The band struck up Dixie
which brought the large crowd near
the stand erected for speakers and
officers of the association. Bon. A,
W. Bascom introduced Capt. Lee
Hathaway, of Winchester, an ex-con-
federate soldier, as well as am ex-
Montgomery county citizen. one of
whom all of her people are pstlv
proud. lie was born and raised in
TINS county and from here enlisto, nc
soldier of the lost cause. Capt
hathaway made touching and
sympathetic speech, and the tears fire.
quently welled up as he would call
TO memory the many brave boys who
enlisted and went out to fight for a
cause that they thought was rioat
VINO never returned home but left their
bodiesto be buried upon the Southern
soil. His tears were not all that were
shed there, that day, as one cou,a
PLAINLY see the tears trickling down
the cheeks of fathers and mothers for
sons who came back no more from
those far of battle fields to the Soutb-
ward. He also called attention ana
spoke inhigh terms of the Confederate
soldiers telling at the close of the war
they Advent home and to work. DID
not depend apOn pensions for a SIM
port. lie says that there are but six OLA
rebel soldiers in the State who arc
asking for aid from the State associa-
ton. The next speaker was Chief
Justice w. II. Holt who also made q
splendid speech. Helike Capt. Hatba-
way deeply touched the feelings of his
auditors, especially when he smoke
about standing in sight OF the place
ne was bonn and raised and lookino
over the crowd and missing so many
FAMILIAR faces of those who had ON
listed in'either of the armies never 70
return. Phe Rev. G. w. Young waa
next introduced. He was raised in
Virginia and enlisted in the lost capo.
and followed Gen. Stonewall jackson
Tor four years. lie also mado 4,
splendid speech. He now elaine
KENTUCKY as his home and thinks
that the Bath county people are the
pest people III the world. Col Rea
oamueis of Popular Plains also made
goo" speech. He too was an old
rebel soldier. After the SPEAKING .
Ilne was formed and about 200 old
fell into march some of them
To-day are very old. Col Tbomao
Johnson was in the ranks and stepoed
WIN nearly as much activity as. ha
lidiz0 years ago. There were aIexon
" soldiers present. Capt. Wm.
Ooanor says some who have not mot
lor 40 years. The dinner, well wRs.,
'''S' And words to express on
appreciation of the kind attention
'nowh us by the numerous friends
VINO extended us invitations 10 eat
win men, There was ample on the
s'ouhu Tor crowd twice as large
'Ven though they had all eaten as
ioartiiy as our friend, CHIEF Justice
lio''' wAo seems to be as fine Judge
u good things to eat as he is of law.
Inc housewives of Bath have alwaSs-A
'eeh Noted for the splendid dinners z
hey could provide but on this occa.
ION 'hey seem to have surpassed
themselves.