Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-08-13
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was attended BY crowd vaTIously es-
timated At from I.soo 10 1900 per-
sons, consisting OF men, women and
children. al OF whom seemed deter
mined to spend day seeking pleasure
which. from Appearances, we believe
was fo11d in luxurious abundance.
To begin with, the day was lovely,
clear and bright. with just the right
temperature, neither too hot nor too
cold. to make pleasant days outing.
The managers were on the ground
quite early making the needed prepar-
alton. We reached there at 10
O'Clock a m. and found considera-
BILE CON psny hai preceded Us. They
continued TO come from the surround
ing nS Il5orhooi. GiAssoE, KeYtes-
vile. Salisbury. SAannondsie. Forrest
Gree1 end o.her posuons OF HoSard
aud Carton counties until the mid
die OF ihc afternoon
Toe ric0ic was given at the instance
OF the Forks Of Charlton band, COM
posed OF intelligent, wide-awake
young farmers Of The ncishbOrhood-
The people OF thar vicinity are IN a
Iarce measure Germlns, who settled
there Jus, before and Immediately afSer
our lne civil war. As is char
ac.eris;ic of.ihis cl5ss OF foreigners
they are industrious and economical
and naye made the heavily imbered
f1res:s o: tha, vicinity 'bud aad BIOS
som as the rose" Is their weil-tiIled
fIrms. beautiful dwellings and large
baras abundanlly show. In religion
these people are Luiherans. They
have a commodiors house Of worship
conveniently located aud near by a
parsonage and school house. They
have n resident minister who breaches
every SABBATH and during the week
insuucts the children IN both German
and English branches Having had
the advantage Of instruction in both
languages most Of their young people
speak English as fiuently as they do
the German.
AS invited guests Of the home band
the Glasgow band boys were there
also thetxo bands vieing with each other
in discoursing the sweetest strains Of
music. We are not competent to
Judge OF their respective merits, but
thought both bands did well. We
notice. however, the playing by the
Glasgow band Of several pieces that
would seem to do for dancing, as they
put some of the LADIES' feet to moving
invoidntarily
We will say that We never saw n
more orderly crowd of persons than
were assembled on fhis occasion. If
there was the least disorder or disturb
ance it escaped our observation.
The dinner, or ~ least all we saw OF
1t, was bouniifuI and prepared in the
mos; exquisite style of the culinary
art. We had the fortune to be invited
TO dine with a number of friends, but
early in the day accepted the hospi-
tllity of our good bachelor friend, C.
w. Price. whose dinner was prepared
by his lovely sisters and MICE, and, Of
course, was Of The character to tempt
the palate Of the daintiest counoisseur
OF the laad. Miss Felicia Price and
Miss Dolly Price. her niece, were pres
ent and assisted very materially in
making the dinner hour the most
pleasant of the day. Several other
Keytesvine friends dined with
them, and last. but not least. was our
young friend. George Mackay of St.
Louis. We doubt whether there was
another individual on the grounds that
had more genuine enjoyment Of the
day than George. The country ham
and the cream PIE were the cdibles
that seemed to tickle his palate most,
and then we thought we detected
him more than once casting shy
glances at one Of the beautiful young
ladies' that prepared these deScacies
so much TO his taste. George ac-
knowledged in open court that it was