Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-08-11
5000 PEOPLE ATTEND
THE ANNUAL MOHTGOA
cry COUNTY PICNIC
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Historically. Of course, pie b the.
great feature q the Montgomery
County Old Settlers and HOnecon-
ers' annual picaic This year young
sers were the great feature, that IS
Z any one feature should be singled
out for particular mention.
II IS pie that has borne to far dis
tsnt States the celebrity q twenty
eight Of these pscnics in the psst Pie
was sin q feature d the twenty
ninth picnie-kyscraPer layer pic
and two and threS story detached
villa pie. with mznsard roof. and the
more modest. but much affected buns
allow pie Of lateral rather than hUsi-
Eontal extensiou.
VIA NE slmost total lack Of the
common varieties Of free and bush
fruits. due 10 the May frosls, how
ever, and with the growing prejudice
in the best picnic circles against
eustard and lemon and chocolate
cream and other kinds Of unharvey-
iEed pie, more than one Montgomery
matroa spoke with a sigh about the
difficulty. Of maintaining. this year,
the pie standards Of ISss and 1904.
and particularly of 1909, when eight
different and dstinet kinds Of pie
were made available for the ultimate
picnic consumer
Pie viii undoubtedly continue to be
a feature Of the thirty1inth picnic
and Of the forty-ninth. and even Of
the hundred and ninth, but this year
the Montgomery ho1sekeeper seeming
y felt that she could safely rest on
her pie laurels and meet an urgent
1919 need TO specialize in another
direction.
There isn't any doubt that Montgol
cry County IS piqued because Of
those advance reports from the CEN
sus office that were lately a subject
o. so much comment. They reveal
ed that Montgomery has lost nearly
800 in population in the last ten
years and it Is feared that when
the complete reports are made public
a loss in like proportion will be
shown In the entire county.
5000 People Present.
These data have a bearing on the
attendance: Besides passengers. for
whom no special provision was made,
the Wabash brought to New Flor
enee in special trains and in special
coaches attached to regular trains.
about 1880 persons. AT the picnic
grove, mule teams were hitched
along about $50 rods Of fence. Mule
teams hitched farther In the woods
and horse teams in the also hitched
class brought the total up to nearly
one mile of teams.
With the known terms Of the prob.
lem to this extent. IL is figured out
by simple addition and geometrlcal
computations, is to yehlcular capaei.
ty and rule Of proportion that more
than 1900 persons were in attend.
anee-eounting the babies.
Governor Hadiey Not There.
Those present were disappointed in
not having an opportunity to see and
hear Governor Hadley, who advised
the officers Of the society that pre-
vious engagements prevented his
presence.
James A. Reed arrived on a morn
ing train.
Former Governor David p, Francis
came up from St Louis, arriving
Just before noon He was welcomed
by a number Of old friends, who i'm
medLately took him to the picnic
grounds.
Former Governor Joseph w Folk
vas on the same train with Mr.. Fran
els on his way to Kansas City. Mr.
Folk was accompanied by Lon San
ders
Messrs. Frances and Folk while on
the train had opportunity for a visit.
They discussed some of their cam
paign experiences and wished each
other well when they parted.
cor~ds Well Handled.
The Wabash Railroad handled the
crowds in a masterful me Their
were enough executives Of the line
hand to cope with any emergency.
They were headed by j., E. Stumpf,
superintendent of lines west Of the
Missouri, assisted by ]. w. Jones,
trainmaster; w. A Hopkins, divis-
ion passenger agent, and ]. A. Rob-
ertson, travelling engineer. The af-
Of the local station were look
ed after by t. d. Powell, agent, and
Krone.
Special trains were run east and
west in the morning and evening, and
all fast through trains were stopped
for convenience of home-comers.
Twenty carr on the side tracks
were used in making up some Of the
special trains. Local Agent Powell
had his troubles looking after the con
signment of ice cream and 1,50O pas
sengers that alighted on his plat.
form. Evedy detail was administered
In a systematic way and no trouble
was experienced by a single lndlvid-
uaI.