The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-26
OLD OHIOANS MEET
Former Residents Hold a
Grand Picnic.
SPEECHES AND MUSIC
Served to Pass the Happy
Hours Away.

The Buckeye association Of Sedgwick
county held their annual picnic yesterday
in Garfield hall It was expected that
the picnic would be held in North River
side park, but owing to the rain OF the
morning all the members repaired to the
han. As each member entered the hall
they were given a buckeye tied with red,
white and blue ribbon. This is the badge
OF the association. From 10 O'Clock until
2 the time was spent IN the members get
ting acquainted with each other and tell
ing stories Of their old home. over one
hundred people were present. Dinner was
served at Y o'clock and there was most
bountiful spread. All dinners brought
by each member was placed on one table
and the entire crowd ate as one family.
Promptly at o'clock the program was
opened with a prayer by Rev. H. E.
Thayer. Governor Stanley then addressed
the members. He spoke Of the difference
of Kansas and Ohio and how they were
alike. The next number on the program
was a vocal solo by Rev. Dubber, Home
Sweet Home" and the audience Joined
with him in singing the chorus. John F.
1Iirker then delivered the address Of vel
come Mrs. Homrighouse then sang a
very beautiful piece Capt. W. 7. Bur
CESS then gave an address. He said in
part:
Ladies and Gentlemen, late citizens Of
Ohio: Today we celebrate in memory
and in honor Of our native state. Our
former home. To Us these words are syn
onymaus. Home, Ohio. What memories
cluster around the name of the place Of
our birth. Our old homer What rever-
ence we pay TO the scenes of our child
hood How dear TO our hearts are its
fond recoHections. and never in al the
lapse Of years, viii the memory Of our
native land pass into the dim shadows of
Sorgetfulness.
Love then thy land, with love far
brought from out the stored past, and
used within the present, but transfused
through future time by power of thought.
To each OF US today, there shows before
our mental vision, a picture of the years
of our youth and earlier life In Ohio. This
picture is panoramic, and glittering with
sweetest faces, with shadows of friend I
ship, with golden tinged clouds of love,
with gardens Of joys and flowers and
vines clustering with golden hopes and
inspiring memories. To some this pic
fure may show flying clouds of disap-
pointment, blasted purposes, and wreck
ed ambitions. yet we cannot discard or
neglect the picture. It IS drawn by an
artist far surprising him OF the brush
and in coIors more delicate and lovely
than the chemist can mix. The heart
Is tie artist and knows Just how to blend
ell the incidents, impulses, emotions. pas 4
sions and environments to make the pic
ture transferable TO him or her who car
ries it with them through life-inspiring
and ennobIiug. or depressing and burden
some. as the conditions and surroundings
OF life do decide We here today assem- !
bic together related in a sense, because
memory has awakened us to the past,
when this picture was painted, where its
varigated scenes of interest, and its vic
tories ana defeats are prominent fea-
lures as we study, we realize the ma
terial surroundings, the physical condi- |
tons. the way we lived the work we did /
who were our associates and companions
and we mark with emotion the changes
that have been wrought in the picture. /
We see the finger blots of careless touch: /
we see the fading events that once were !
bright. now dim: the exquisite coloring |
and we sigh for that which was we real /
sZe; we passed from youth to middle age. !
TO. old age. from the bright and green TO /
The sore and colorless. And where YOU
may 30. the Ohio man IS found. You
cannot put him down and he win not be
excenedA This is illustrated by an anus !
ing incident during the civil war. Regi-
ments OF soldiers were camped above
Nicksburg. and with nothing TO do in /
the way Of active service. the chaplins I
began religious crusade and succeeding /
in getting many converts. An Indiana 4
chaplain. on one occasion. had some TWEEN /
ty-hve converts 10 baptize and the regi- /
snent gathered on the hank TO witness the /
ceremony. Some distance of was an I
Ohio regiment. and the colonel command !
ing, seeing the gathering. called his adj /
5utant and inquired the meaning Of such |
IN assembly. on being informed of the I
proceedings. ne uttered an expression Of I
disgust and then said: 'Adjutant. how I
many men is that regiment hsptizing? /
When told twenty-five he said: .Adju- /
tant detail fifty men from this regiment /
and have the chaplain haptize them i'm !
mediateiy; no Indiana regiment shall set !
ahead of us in that way
ohio people motto is Get There II
sometimes am led 10 belize that we form 1
our lives through and 10y the surroundings .
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