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• I U r'Ths-The:ifibeit tracts* era eb of this Milwft peonli this g shoreJ'OUBTH OS' JtTKT„»-«* lt;?g^3?£fependenoe ^ P wo Utb mt-•** StffSiSSi. «*nessed for eom otber parks yester-thereby enabled to com- shore”J?tSS»Si Mdg. tovib, .K^„kee Sharpshooters Association, L] Oon ■KSf1Sees the festival was I The d held6 tlie palm of victory. Bat tliear Lilety zeal and efforts Lave been fully jo busuai Sid by an attendance, unequalcdm the ha the annuls of that society or any other Grand £onrmm. At about 1 o’aockp^.Uown the procession formed in front of Tux- I ttult nera Hall, and moved after had be«n fired, under the leap of Bach b had ahand, through the priocipalstreeta to Uo bythe Park, where about 5,000 persons road c were assembled. The Turners rtMcomm their white linen dresses. and also the to th Sharpshooters with their grey coate from presented a very gay aspect 1 hey pOing carried also the new. German flag-red. vent black and white-in piece of the old filled red, black and gold. Most of our read- also V ers. we presume, know the Schnetzen- prote park, formerly Williumbnrg, and we Und o think it can compare favorably with stand any other public garden. The after- great noon passed pier 7imtJy amongst music, booel •sang, ftud vailons popular games.— |made There were big climbing poles, on the I what top of which tliero wa3 a number of a few handkerchiefs, ribbons nod neckties as Have prizes for the succeas.ui 41‘oie rights.” Gran The competition for them ws very built hot, and wo had frequently occasion to cau admire the skill aud elasticity with n0w ■which some climbing was perloimed, 1 huge (all owing to the example set by the cari$ Japanese, we presume.) Not very far Chic from the climbing pole, over it small I He!*, swinging apparatus, there was a string I have fastened with uauiages, eggs or her- The rings attached. The object waa, i-Lat a ra* those swinging, should .. tob them 18ufti with their lips without aid of bands.— SOutl This oroaled a gre.it -deal oT lunghter I bncB on the part of the sptctstors, to see day, the grimaces aud faces of the young fleet, candidates. One interesting incident H;Me hapooned when wo wore there: one Tiyoungster had spent already cousidera- $90,1 ble-timo aud pains to catch the egg, anfl hut all his efforts proved unsuccessful; a\ w finally, ho Bucceodcd but uniortunately | Grat his teeth struck the egg bo hard, that enie the contents of the egg poured over the face and clothes of tho young man so Qrul promiscuously, that wo all grew almost eeen wild with laughter. Then there were au targets, street organs with monkey, wine marionette theatres, carousals aud juto swings; all that was necessary to give I ;US to the occasion the charaowrof apeo- Uboi pics’ festival, was - fully represented.— ^bic The oration was delivered in German np * by E. pomschkc, Esq., editor.of thecliar Ilerold, and is said to have buen excel- barl lonf. At about , four o’clock, the old male chorus . of the .Musical WCSt\ Society marched into the Park, singing \ Tm a lively song, and also afterwards at* 32 flt; traofced much interest and applause by bela their nice songs. All wus merriment, Wlij fnu and pleasure, wheii suddenly the B0]b temperature changed, and it grow so cold aud inclement that a great many loft lor home. But nevertheless, the attoudauee at the ball iu the ltotuuda, wab very large, and tho young people ‘Tripped the fantastic too” till the earlydawn. i ,- The fireworks were not diBcliargea on account of the misty and rainy air, but \vc understand that this will be done next Sunday. On the whole the festival passed off veiy pleasantly, and in the.greatest harmony aud order. AU Amcricaue, ol whom there were a groat xnauy .ptOBent, amongst whom our Hon, Mayor and City Attorney expressed themselves much pleased vithtbe manner in which our German fellow citizens celebrated tho day. AU who participated generally amused themselves, and will long remember the day, ana to tho Sharpshooter’s Association the thanks of the community lire owing for the arranging of such a festival and so much the more as the city authorities had not provided for any generalpublic observance of the day. The organization is one that reflects :rouch credit on its members, and is an honor to the city, aud ought to be encour-.ogod iu the good work to make their •park « place of amusement solely for the public, and siuce we heard it ex-nrcBbed that the City Kailway Company will extend their track to tho park, an enterprise that will undoubtedly pay, we can promise to the sharpshooters unbounded success for the future.c. 1*. K»Ahoftbuildovst.01JoliV( iatoiTwfivtingpdfill.prcwctherivwiifchlt;nobe:tieth*pilt;anwiVftth th.incowlt;COn€w.foaipi
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Semi Weekly Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Jul 10, 1867
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