Perryville on the Farm

[Emily Burns]

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Uncle John,
Will you have any brooms? A lady never knows when one might be needed.

[csabugler]

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Ms. Emily,
I don't really know you, and there for don't wish to make any allegations, but there's a great line in there somewhere about fuel economy when flying a broom....

[crabby]

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Patrick,

You sure you don't know her?:wink_smil

Uncle John

[crabby]

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Emily, I'll bring one down for you to look at, and if you like it - it's yours

Terre, I'm sorry but I did not have time to make any for this event. I usually let the kids cover drinks at Perryville (they have so much fun with it).

Crabby

[csabugler]

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I just couldn't let a line like that go by unnoticed...:D

[Emily Burns]

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Well, sir, a broom is a useful tool to keep a man or a horse in line.

John, I was just kidding, I have a broom. Bought it from you on a previous On the Farm. It works Fine. :D

I'm getting excited to see everybody. It seems like it's been forever since we've been in one place.

Emily

[Spinster]

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Well now,

The horses are unloaded, in the barn, grained, watered, and turned out to pasture. Tack is counted and hung,and barn locked.

Mr. Jobear the Burgoo King is much recovered,has his color back by Sunday evening and went on to work early this morning. Certain ladies have perfected their skills in hitching the two horse trailer, trailering horses, packing the tavern and driving.

The children and young folks are still asleep, filling all the beds and couches in the house. The various stable dogs however, have been up for hours, as have I, and I'm on sink number four of scrubbing heavy burgoo pots and washing fine crystal.

Much fun.

Miss Emily will be along after awhile with pictures.

[Trish Hasenmueller]

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I hope y'all had a great time Sunday. What did I miss???? I hope the auction went well. I'm sorry we had to leave early Sunday morning and missed it.

It was great being there Saturday. I think my Ladies had a good time, except Cindy had some dress issues (my fault) so she wasn't able to dress up Saturday evening. The burgoo was wonderful.

I always enjoy seeing everyone at Perryville on the Farm. What's next year's theme? I wish I'd been there to brainstorm ideas for next year.

I emailed the information for the LSFS conference in Nashville August 8-10 to a few people but if there's anyone else who needs the particulars, please get in touch at dhecsi@charter.net

Trish Hasenmueller

[csabugler]

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Sounds like it went well, no "unfortunate episodes".
That's a good thing

[Spinster]

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Miss Trisha,

The horse auction was great fun, with several new arrivals to participate. Alas, much of our good stock went to be wasted by the Army in the Dakotas, as they had (and were issued beforehand) much more cash than our post war pocketbooks contained. ( I was well pleased at the thought that went into the monetary issue: as a servant of the Clays, I had some 1's and 2's and one larger bill---and later found there were men there with fistfulls of $100's

After you left in the evening, the gentlemen departed for what proported to be a fellowship meeting. As they worked hard at the Widows and Orphans table all day, I guess such must be tolerated, but Mrs. B whispered that the Mister came in quite late, bereft of funds, and incapable of dealing with his boots. He mumbled something about the chips all sliding downhill.

In preparation for the auction, we pooled our meager funds in support of a certain young lady's inheritance, and purchased a piece of quite possibly the finest piece of breeding stock seen in this part of the country since before the war. The price was high, but not as high as it could have been (I believe a few gentlemen prevailed upon the Army buyer to leave it alone for the sake of brotherhood). There was some challenge in locating honest agents to bid for those ladies that had the wherewithal to buy.

The Simpson children and I have been washing and unpacking all day--and the fine bill of sale for that prize horse is now safely in the family's document box, where all important papers belong.

And Mister Peterson---I believe had you been there, you could have given Mr. Bailey a run for his money in the stick horse division. :D

[csabugler]

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Mrs. Lawson, As soon as I heal up from my wounds, I shall begin an intense regimen of training with said stick horse, having the intention on capturing the blue ribbon when next such an event occurs!

Patrick "gut-hole" Peterson

[Hank Trent]

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I was well pleased at the thought that went into the monetary issue: as a servant of the Clays, I had some 1's and 2's and one larger bill---and later found there were men there with fistfulls of $100's

Ditto! I was given over $500, which I thought very reasonable to purchase a trotter for Mrs. Belmont, but I could hardly advance beyond the opening bid for the one I picked out for her.

Though my wife said that it was probably good I didn't win that mare, because it would have broken the heart of a member of the Clay family. Since A.J. Alexander isn't supporting the publication of my stud book like R. A. did, and I need funds to put out volume two, I can't afford to upset any influential people who have money. :)

I believe had you been there, you could have given Mr. Bailey a run for his money in the stick horse division. :D

I told my wife that the stick horses must be from the Forrest bloodlines.*

Hank Trent
(Portraying Col. S. D. Bruce)
*The stallion Edwin Forrest was standing at Woodburn in 1869.
hanktrent@voyager.net

[Hank Trent]

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Just posted this as a follow-up in my thread about reproducing period newspapers, but it also fits as a Perryville on the Farm AAR tidbit.

Hank Trent
hanktrent@voyager.net

[Emily Burns]

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There are so many stories best said with pictures. As I've had no luck uploading the photos here, maybe you could stop by the site where they've been stored.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10503970@N03/tags/2008/show/

(my apologies, for some strange reason the slide show runs backwards, I'll see if this can't be remedied)

My thanks to all who came and worked so hard to make the weekend such a lovely one.

[Deborah Hyland]

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Well, that was just a delightful weekend, in spite of the torrential beginning. In fact, it wouldn't have gone nearly so well if Miss Judy hadn't so kindly extended her hospitality on Friday night. Thanks to all the hard work that everyone put into this event, especially Joni House & Chad Greene, Mark & Beverly Simpson, and Emily & Danny Burns. You seemed to have thought of everything!

Highlights: watching the the horse races and hearing minstrel music float up the hill, the pie & preservation auction (I'll have to step up my game to beat Miss Judy's fine work), the cordial, having period currency to spend, pooling it to help Miss Nettie win that fine horse she had her heart set on, and the burgoo.

We've never arrived home nearly so rested before.