The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-09-29
GRAND OLD PATRIARCHS.

At the residen, sc of Mr.. Camillu.
Barnett, seven miles southeast of thi
city, the ssOld Mems Club" will meet
today.
To be eligible to membership in thi
organization one must have passed thu
SEVENTEEN mile-pOst in life's journey.
The "Old Mems Club"
The name itself provokes reverence
and love.
These noble sons who meet today Il
review the pleasant and unpleasant
past; to enjoy the present, and to lool
beyond to the future, are the men who
have given us the great heritage-tht
grand and imperial county of Lafayette
They are the men who started thu
plowshare and the axe; the men WHIT
builded the school houses, the churches
the colleges; the men who found, in
years long gone. this country almost
forest; who cleared and titled the land,
and who have spent long years in labol
and in care for the generation now
growing up to take their places.
They are the men, these grand old
heroes, who converted the forest into
the grassy lawn, and the timber into
the homes, churches and school houses
that now adorn this grand county.
Seventy years takes us away back te
1924, when Missouri was al infant OF
three years. They have grown up with
this commonwealth, and with her have
passed through many fiery furnaces o
trial.
They live today to know that then
state is the fifth in the union.
They live to realize that, in making
for this commonwealth ar hOnOred
place in the sisterhoOd, they have
figured conspicuously and to the credit
Of honest, energetic citizenship.
The members Of the "Old Mems
Club" have Q past to remember that
has been as changeful as the kaleidO-
scope.
They have seer their beloved country
moro than once bathed in blood aud
tears.
Many Of them have faced the canon,
and marched to the beat Of the drum
on fields Of carnage.
They have lived to see two presidents
OF their country slain, and a half score
pass away.
They have lived to see free govern
ment tremble from base to summit.
They have lived to see their country
emerge from all the trials incident to
revolution and rebellion, into a country
where all men are equal, and where the
right Of ono is the Q of all.
They have been here q long time.
They have rallied to their country's
call ; to the call Of the church, the
home, the school; and soon, possibly
very soon, will rally to the call Of Him
who is to Judge all mankind.
To the old men who to-day assemble
the INTELLIaENCER sends this greet
ing: Lafayette county loves you be-
cause you have made her great. Your
fsllow-men revere you because your
silver locks are worn on honest heads,
and in the scars and wrinkles of age
the rising generation reads Of trials and
sacrifices which were for the benefit Of
posterity-..for God, for country and
for truth"
These grand old men, with q history
that Is sacred; with q career that has
bettered mankind, now looking upon
their setting sun, though private citi-
zens, arc the men who have assisted in
giving to Americans the legacy of good
government. They have assisted in
perpetuating the principles of free
speech, free press and free worship,
and though history may not record a
single act Of their lives, their influence
will live 10 the end Of time.
May God bless the 'sold men," and
may they be left TO us yet many years,
that from their faces there may radiate
the light OF truth, sincerity and love OF
God and country.
The world is better that they have
lived; and that their light may con
tinue to shine brightly for many years
Is the wish Of the INrELLIaENCER.