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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-09-09

B. O. Drummond, the energetic
editor Of the Lexington News
has just installed new standard
linotype in his printing office.
Mr.. Drummond now has one Of
the best equipped printing con
Germs in the county and is to be
congratulated ON his recent adj
dition. Owing to the confusion
in setting up the linotype this
weeks addition of his paper
was a day late.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-09-09
Congressman Hamlin a Visitor

Congressman G. w. Hamlin ar
rived Wednesday night to attend
the reunion. He seemed to have
thrived under the ardorous la
bors of the past summer in
Congress. Hamlin is doing
good work in Washington, and
the people of Lexington are al
ways glad to greet him. He was
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. C. A.
Keith while here.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-09-09

y
the Lexington Historical Society
in 1903, Capt. 10. A. Wilson, an
ex-Confederate soldier, and Col
R. 7. VanHorn, an ex-Union sol
der, wrote interesting descrip-
tions of the battle of Lexington,
Believing that they would be of
interest at this time they are
printed below. Capt. Wilson s
article coming first.
ION Sept. 10 Price moved from
Rose Hill to Warrensburg by a
night march to intercept a force
of Federals, who, Price says in
his report, were going to rob the
bank there, as they had the Far
mers Bank of Lexington. Others
say they were trying to evade
Prices army and get to St.
Louis with the money, something
over 100000, taken at Lexing-
ton. However this may be, they
were Intercepted and driven back
to Lexington, burning the
bridges behind them. On the
18th Price reached Lexington
moving from Warrensburg road
through the lane in front of Gen
eral Shields house, to the old
Independence road at Edenviev
church.
Near this place a small party
of cavalry were encountered by
our advance guard and driven
to town. A regiment of in
fantry posted near the cemetery
gave our advance guard a warm
reception, and stood their ground
until Price sent forward a force
Of infantry and Bledsoe 5 battery
The Federals were forced to re
turn to the works around the
college. Bledsoe's battery was
posted on the ground where
Wentworth Military Academy
now stands, and fired several
rounds into the works.
The attack was repelled with
vigor, although we expected that
we should be led right on to the
works. We retired to %
at the Fair Grounds, wko,o we
remained until the morning of
Wednesday, Sept. IS. We were
constantly engaged in desultory
skirmisheS with pickets and for
aging parties, but nothing of a
serious nature.
Price was constantly receiving
Ire-enfOreementS, until his army
amounted to about $4,000 men.
An effort was made to re-enforce
the FederalS from the north Of
the river, but a detachment from
our army drove them back, and
Mulligan prepared to resist to
the utmost the siege he now saw
would begin.
He seized large quantities of
provisions, clothing and horses
from the Southern citizens, talk
ing also all private arms and am
unition he could find.
ton he could find.
On the 18th day of September
our army marched out with col
ors flying and a full band of
field music in front. Before get
ting sight of the enemy, however,
the music was "side-tracked,
and we marched to our positions
as silently as possible. Rain S
division passed through Mrs.
John Aull's meadow, and near
the ground where now stands the
the Missouri Pacific depot,
through Mrs. Beck's (now Cap
tain Ryland Todhunter's) front
yard, thence north back Of the
old Tut place, and formed with
its right resting on the hills
where Maj. Fred Meet now lives,
its left a little east of north from
w. M. a.
Clark's division was on the
left Of Rains, and Parsons, ON
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-09-09

to the Confederate forces. Troops
began arriving Monday evening
about dark and before bed time
the town was pretty well invest
ed. Tuesday the surrender
was complete and the city turned
over to the boys in Gray.
But what a change! The re-
ception this time was different.
Instead of the moan and drone
Of shot and shell was heard the
cordially greetings Of friends and
comrades. The air, not
ladened with the sulphureous per-
fumes from powder, but with the
sweet aroma Of love and friend
illness. It was indeed home com
ing to many who fought here
fifty years ago in that greatest
of all internecion strifes. All
were welcome and it is to be
hoped that every old veteran
enjoy the reunion more than
any previous one.
The first day of the reunion,
Tuesday, passed off, not with
out .hitches, but as a whole in a
satisfactory manner for the open
ing day.
The streets in the down town
district, and the court house
yard were crowded all day long
and in the afternoon a large
crowd thronged the battle
ground and the campus Of Cen
tral College. No formal pro-
gram was carried out in the af-
ternOon, but the battle of Lex
ington was fought over and over
again by the veterans, who
seemed to be in their greatest
enjoyment, when relating their
stories Of the battle which Oc-
cured fifty years ago. The
line of the battle ground was
marked out and the places Of
Importance were shown by
markers, which were put up by
Capt. 10 A. Wilson, a survivor
of the battle and perhaps the on
ly man alive, who can diagram
the battle field.
The reception Tuesday night
the Ell1s Home was attended by
pacity crowd, both from
Lexington and from elsewhere.
The receiving line stood in the
lower parlor, and was kept busy
for several hours. In the line
were: Mrs. Joe Shelby, widow OF
Gen. Joe Shelby; Mrs, S. n.
Wilson, Mrs. VIM. Aull, Mrs.
Hunter Merriweather of Kansas
City, State Vice Regent of the
U. D. c.; Mrs. Ryland Todhunter,
Mrs. M. D. Wilson, Mrs. John
NJ. Poage, Miss Ella Nickel, Gen.
Jones, commander of the Mis-
souri, Veterans, Judge James B.
CAN'T of Jefferson City and Capt.
Plattenburg.
After the reception AN infor-
NAL dance, which was well at
tended was given in the Elks
dance hall. Smiths orchestra
performed at the dance, while
the Concordia band entertained
throughout the day and the early
part of the evening.
The second day of the reunion
Of Confederate veterans, Wednes-
day, was perhaps the most enjoy
able of any. The weather was In
sympathy with the cause, and al
large crowd attended the services
held in Murrell Auditorium, both
morning and afternoon. Excellent
programs were carried out at
each Of the meetings, and the
audience had the opportunity Of.
herring vocal numbers by Miss
Conner, Mrs. Matte Lou Catron'
Todd, and an instrumental num-
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-09-09
THE BATTLE
Descriptions Of the Battle of Lexington BY Capt.
10. A. Wilson and Col. RI
VanHorn.

Clark S left, extended west along
Main Street about to the Court
House. Green's and Stems
divisions extended along the west
side Of Tenth, then Pine Street.
to and across Third Street on the
bluff west of the gas house. Har-
ris and Mcbride were on Water
Street, along the river, and ex-
tending up the hill, so as to
join RAINS right flank. Thus
the Federal works were com
pletely invested. One column
marched down Third Street, one
along the alley and through back
yards and on the bluff, and one
down Water Street from the
Rock bridge.
Bledsoe's three-gun battery
was posted about 100 yards south
east Of Maj. Meets residence;
two guns of Guibor's battery on
the ground where now stand the
artillery shed and out-buildings
of W. NJ. A., and one of Guibor's
guns, commanded by Serg. A.
a. Lesueur, stood where John
Major now lives, just behind the
Traders Bank.
Guibor lent his fourth gun to
Capt. Churchill Clark, who posted
it on South Street, at the end
of Sixteenth or College Street,
where he fired hot shot into the
front of the college. The first
day Clark had two of Guibor's
guns and opened on the works
from the old Tut place, on the
east.
kneisley'S battery Gf four six
Founders was under the hill with
Harris division. Prices head
quarters were in the Meng build
ing, north side of Main, one
door west of Tenth Street. The
first day Harris men captured
the steamer Sunshine, just be-
low the levee, with large quan.
tity of stores, especially sugar,
of which | remember we had dou.
bic rations for some time after.
The first day was mainly devoted
to artillery practice, with some
skirmishes, but we were too far
off to effect much with our shot
guns and squirrel rifles, a large
number Of which were flint-locks.
A few companies were armed
with old fashioned Z. S. mus
kets and bayonets, captured at
Wilson's Creek. That night we
slept in line Of battle without
blankets or rations.
The second day a column from
Parsons division attempted an
assault on the works in front,
just west of College Street, but
was repulsed.
On that day, by Gen. Prices
orders, Col. Thomas Hinkle
wagon boss, hauled a lot of hemp
bales from Wellington and they
were dumped all along the streets
but not taken to the lines until
the third day and last day. At
the time everybody seemed to
give Gen. Price credit for the
idea of a movable breaSt-works,
and l thing it probable that the
idea of rolling them along was
Gen. Prices, even if the whole
business was not. Gen. Thomas
A. Harris, who afterwards be-
came very unfriendly to Price,
claimed it. Col. Thomas L.
Snead, Prices Adjutant General,
heard it suggested by a private
in the Generals body guard,
Several others claimed it. At
firts some bales were dipped in
the river to protect them from
hot shot, but after losing some
in the water and trying to roll
the wet bales, which drenched
men and guns, they used them
dry so.
Continued ON page A.
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Price Chapter of the Daughters
of the COnfederacy of Lexington,
we not only return our thanks
for the courtesies extended and
their untiring efforts to make
our stay among them pleasant
and enjoyable, but give them our
love, and assure them that they
will be treasured in our memoir
les so long as life shall last.
Fourth. We tender our thanks
to Miss Norma Conner, Miss Mary
Aull, Mrs. Matte Lou Catron
Todd, and Miss Pauline Sellers
for the entertainment and cheer
given us by their beautiful musi-
cal program, and to Mrs. Allen
Russell Porter for her splendid
recitationS, and assure them
that the beauty and grace Of
their entertainment was only
exceeded by the graces and
beauty Of the entertainers.
Fifth. To the management OF
-
Central College and Baptist
College we tender our thanks
and gratitude for opening their
buildings for the entertainment
Of ourselves, our wives and
daughters, and to assure them
that by their efforts they have
made our stay in the city ex-
ceedingly comfortable, pleasant
and enjoyable, and long to be
remembered; and to the Went
worth Military Academy we
return our thanks for opening
their hall for the pleasure and
entertainment, especially of
the young people and assure then
the courtesy was thoroughly ap-
preciated by all.
Sixth. To the B. P. 0. E. we
greatfully acknowledge our oblig'
tion for the opening of their club
rooms for the reception and enter
tainment of our Sponsor and
Maid of Honor.
Seventh. To the newspapers of
Lexington we return our thanks
for their preliminary notices of
this meeting, and for their full
and fair reports of our proceed
ings.
Eighth. To the Major General
Commanding, and the Brigadier
General, we return our thanks for
their active and efficient work
during the past year.
lqth. Whereas William War
ner of Kansas City, Congressman
Hamlin of this district, and Hon
Chas. H. Morgan Of the 18th dis
trict, were the leaders, and active
and untiring in their efforts to
pass the bill by which the Nat
ional Government has taken
charge of the Confederate Gem
etery at Springfield, Mo-, and a
greed to care for it in the future,
we hereby tender to them our
sincere thanks for their work
In that behalf, and our cOngratu-
lations on their success.
Tenth. We desire to congratu-
late our worthy Chaplain, Gen.
Thos. M. Cobb, for fruitiOn of
his active work in giving to his
comrades one of the most success
full and pleasant reunions in the
history of our organization, and
to thank him for his untiring
work and for the trouble he
took to see that his comrades
were so comfortable located for
this occasion, and through him
we return our thanks to all Of
those who aided him in this work
Eleventh. Whereas we have
learned that Elson's History of
the United States has been intro
duced into the Public Schools Of
Kansas City, and other schools
Of the state and whereas we
have examined said History, and
find ON such examination that it.
!
has a large number Of statements
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-09-09
j, w. HALLIBURTON,
JOHN B. STONE,
FRANK GAIENNIE.
Committee.

There were about twelve vet
erans present, who pulled the
string which fired the cannon
with the result that the court
house pillar was shattered.
The registration bureau was
where the amusing part of the
reunion was furnished. Among
other questions, each veteran was
asked which army he belonged to
referring to the division of the
southern army. One old veter-
an became little indignant at
the question, and retorted, "why
the Confederate Army. Do you
think / look like a D. Yam
kee."
Are you registeredl was asked
another.
II jest can't tell you whezer I
am or not, F." was the reply.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-18
MRS. SEELy'S WAIST
Woman vanishes;
 Sought In River It is Feared Miss Mary Consi- dine of Winsted Leaped From Bridge Over a Ravine

Winsted, Dec 1S-Hatless and wear ing only thin house gown and slip- pers, Miss Mary Considine ran from her home in a rainstorm Saturday night and is thought to have jumped to her death from bridge spanning a ravine through which runs the Still River.
 Below the dam of the Gilbert Clock Company the stream enters gorge and the water is seventy-five feet deep. with 8 current that has the sweep of millrace.
 Mrs. Oswell Heath, neighbor of the Considines, saw a woman without a hat hurrying along the river bank in the direction of the gorge at eight o'clock Saturday night. Miss Consi- dine is believed to have left her house about this time, as her sister. Mary. returning from shopping trip a few minutes after eight o'clock, noted her absence. She gave an alarm and search was kept up all night, and yes- terday and today men in boats with grappling hooks dragged the bottom of the river below the gorge in the hope of finding her body.
 Miss Considine's relatives fear she will not be found alive, as she had been i'll for a long time, and since re- turning from sanitarium she is said to have expressed a wish that death would end her suffering.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-18

rectly behind the parlor, Is the little kitchen where old Hannah hustled about. grumbling so much no one else had 8 chance. Below, the musty little cellar yawns cavernously as the awful "City of Destruction" with the wood-room as the Slough of Des- pond" through which the Little Women had to pass in their indoor play of Pilgrims Progress. when, with piecebags upon their backs, they made the grooming climb a short stairway-to the Celestial City" of Marmee's room.
 Above the four rooms of the girls have been faithfully refurnished and still hold subtle air Of their old in- habitants. Amy's retains it's frescoes About the window border runs a whole Olympus of Greek gods, and at one side is a pencil copy of Guide Renis Aurora" beside a galaxy o1 neiehborhood sketches.
 Meg's room must always have been inviting with it's pretty ornaments we'll chosen and helpful. Beth's was a birdcage full of bright chirps like her own canary's. Jo's-Louisa' 's-is at the front of the house, shaded by the elms, and gives pleasant outlook on the street Here many of her stor- ies were written, among them Little Women itself. Very prettily Mays brush has ached a cluster of nastur- tiums about the window, and the old brown owl that stares so wisely be. low the mantel-shelf was painted by her.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-18
!|!| !3 .| T'h!oughAt"'P&day j [GfD A0S Q09EX2T N L4FEkZEzzE
TT IS NOT FOLLY

S2 ODAY letter came from lifelong
 friend, who all the years of her mar ried life, has joyfully given herself to making her home and family happy. After telling me of the household cares that still absorb her time. "although the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-18
THE TRAVELS OF MISS JULIA.
(Army and Navy Journal.)

(Army and Navy JournalO
 The United States army can now probably claim the worlds juvenile travelling record by. virtue of the globe trotting of little Miss Julia D. Kitts, daughter of Lieut.. William P. Kitts, 21st U. s. Inf. Incidentally her record sheds a strong light upon the mutations of the army officer and the frequent recurrence of moving day. Few of those who have borne the title of Daughter of the Regi- ment'' have more justly earned the appellation than this wee wayfarer. The child was born at Fort Lincoln. N. D., April 29, 1904, and was the first baby born at that post. Within three weeks she had travelled 452 miles, within two months 1,250 miles. within six months 3,750E miles and within one year, 13,300 miles. In this short time the baby had travelled from North Dakota to Minnesota, to and thence across the Pacific to the Philippines. If took her only two years. more to add 17,000e miles to her record, making the total distance covered Tn three years 32, 200 miles, or on an average more than lo,oou miles a year. She has kept on going and at present has more than 46,oO0 miles to her credit. This does not in- clude the distance travelled in com missary wagons and no moro ponies Nothing seemed to check her ardor for travelling even when in long clothes, for she was still at it when Chaplain Ossewaarde, 21st Unfit. ad- ministered the rite of baptism. The little lady was then at sea on the transport Sherman, February 2b, 19O5, the regiment being on it's way to the Philippines and the ship ploughing along at the speed of F knots an hour. This youthful tourist who could put to shame Ph1neas Fogg, Jules Verne's travelling hero, has nearly completed her second tour of foreign service with the regiment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-18
TURNING BEAUTY PARLoRs
 INTO GYMNASIUMS

women are beginning to realize more and more that common sense IS as necessary in the cultivation Of good looks as it is in growing vege> tables. We don't have to apologize for wanting to look as comedy as pos- sible, for good health, the founda> tion of beauty, is a potent factor in a woman's life. There Is ho real beauty without health. The realiza- tion of this has changed the entire to cali beatty culture. Realizing that beauty is thing of health. we seek 1t not in the cosmetic jar. but in the health of body and mind, and there is growing tendency to turn beauty parlors into gymnasfums, writes Mar garet Hubbard Aver, in the January McCalls.
 When you go to the doctor and com- plain of some malady, while he is lis- tening to your tale of woe he looks earnestly at your face. From the con- dition of the skin and from various lines, sagging. puffiness and so on, in the countenance, he diagnoses to great extent the condition of the gen. eral system. For the face is like a sema phore, continually signaling the condition of your health.
 Every woman who is not satisfied with her looks, and by that I mean especially her face, should try and find out what is the meaning of these indications which show so plainly on her countenance, despite the use Of face creams and toilette lotions, and should set to work to remedy, not the effect but the cause itself.
 suppose that everyone of you has at one time or another been interest ed in physical culture. Every year we get physical culture disguised un- der another name. Last season it was Greek dancing. and I am just waiting to find out what it will be this year. but whatever fancy name it bears. it will still/he the conscious rythmic exercise of the body and limbs, and r it's results, if practiced after some good system. will be beneficial, not only to the figure, but to the face Exercising the limbs and body metho- ideally and in the correct way stops condition of which depends the beauty Of the face and complexiop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-18
THE LADIES, PEACE CAMPAIGN

The ladies of the country have been busy between exhausting Christmas shopping expeditions in writing to their Congressmen urging favorable action on the peace movement. Never have the nations solons been so bonn barded with feminine correspondence from all parts of the country. Wheth- CT or not their state denied them suf- frage, the ladies enlisted in the cause, and although this may have been the result of a special campaign. it new ertheless presents a new and inter- esting phase in national legislation and foreshadows what to expect when universal suffrage prevails.
 Whether the average statesman re- ceives the missives with irritation or with a welcome. this avalanche of feminine suggestions on peace trea- sion, and it evidences the importance of woman as an influential element of the body polite. With emotions that varied from deep-dyed apprehension to an understanding and quickened i'm terest, the Congressman faced their generous bast cts of letters. One of the messengers remarked that the ladies' campaign added tone to the Congressional correspondence, for their letters came on dainty station cry, with just suggestion of per- fume.
 The letlerS, rest assured, VIII all be answered. although it would seem physically impossible for the Con- gressmen to reply in person to each one of the thousand missives that await them at the opening of the ses- sion But feminine constituents mus. have prompt answers in correct form on the governments best pa per, with the name of the Congress- man embossed in the regular marine blue. In this line the gallantry of the Southern cavalier stands out in bold relief, as congressional responses are sent out, despite the rush of Christmas mail-"Affairs at Washing ton," Joe Mitchell Chapple. in Ma tional Magazine for December.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-18
HEIR CHRISTMAS LIST

(Lrs. John T. Van Sant in January St. Nicholas.) A squeaky lamb for Baby Bell,
 A lovely vase for Mother; A doll for Madge, 8 book for Nell,
 A Teddy bear for Brother. A dainty cap with ribbons blue.
 Will make Grandmother glad; A pair of gloves for Aunty Sue,-
 But,-what can I give Dad? Of .handkerchiefs he has a score;
 And such a lot of ties! To go and buy him any more,
 Would surely not be. wise. He has a muffler for his neck,
 He has a fountain pen; He will not use a smoking-sack,
 But that's the way with men! He has a new umbrella, too;
 He has just everything! Oh. dear, I don't know what to do,-
 He will not wear a ring.
 A squeaky lamb for Baby Bell,
 A lovely vase for Mother; A doll for Madge. book for Nell,
 A Teddy bear for Brother. A dainty cap with ribbons blue,
 Will make Grandmother glad; A pair of gloves for Aunty Sue,-
 But,-what can give Dad!