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sportsman.Then sliorc arc the sinking club-, Iho bia?a band* playing all day, and the glee clab*, and she* p^r-founances of the gymnastic*! societies (Turner*) and many other jokes nntl sports as the different quarters of the large country aie in habit of. At the breaking of the night, large pile* and pitchpans rue kindled, and when at the end of ihefeast the M shooters-king” is proclaimed, he is escorted home in a very solemn way—the made,the military companies, and tl.o f-kooter rompanics lending the way. the hem of the day ador.itd \u;}. a golden chain like a Roman triuinphator.Xow, to-day the Germans try to acclimatize their homely festival in their new home; they will have thctr target-Miootiivgi.thoir glee-club*, 'music, sport®, jokes and good feasting like in their much-loved fatheiland, but Ihcy never intended to muko cut of it a “German” fewt-thy. ,'Hioy hope it will be hcnco and afterward^ a .People's fcti'd-diiY.” They arc quite sore, veiy many An.c:3can bom, Tit?1i and other fcllow-eiti-/ens will be pleased to witness such r. general enjoyment, and tobe sure, nothingcculd morevhd-deii them than the icsolulion ol the Cricket-ch.b to he n part in this day’s sports and enjoyment** * Let cveiy man and every kii (1 of men have, o?i this day,.all unexceptionable amusement they like; while cveiy body is glad, his own joy is t heightened still by the gladness of the ofhet*, and the amnlgami-oition of the many thousands of the inhabitants of this country, different as they arc* by birth place, language, and custom-, rouM not ba farthciid Jri a Letter and mote efficient way } than thl*, hccauso joy,” caya our Schillo..is the Wrongest. sparing in nature, nml is moving tl.c wheels in the big world-clock.”Many preparations ate made by the commit:to, by the societies, by the saloon-keepers and otli-ets. The tmget-shoolei s will have a p: ize-shoot-ing. .The renowned /marksmen of Switzerland, Tyrol and BaVSija may there emulate with the welbdescivcd American lifle; tlie well-known bands of iTea*, Schlcemileli and oth-rrs, end t}.c. rjnaitette songs of the glec-rpibs will rejoice the earn of tlic masses; some of tho mo*i popular r.nd humorous Gc: man sports will shskc their diaphragm ; the Ciicket Club, by tbuir gentlemanlike and m An-becoming exertion®, will mightily odd to tho splendor of the day. Messrs. Mohr t Alfter will furnish geutlcmen and Indies with the j a finest and purest refreshments of every kind , on j d the opposite side, Mr. Bomge^scr, has mado up his mind to ovei-biu thin old and highly established firm by the quality of the reficdmcnts, which ho offers to the public, nnlt;I especially his “Xosfnth Bowl/’ whereby ho defieu all Temperance- men to try thisbeverage, and to find in it nnv damage for licnltli or good behaviour, mid that cannon” will he out too, and besides the roaring of the gun, Mr. Becker win ofter to the public, the much celebrated May-wine,” which is on delightful recoid, by every one who once made the tour of the Rhine at Spring time., So the May feast may be nice, and ought to be a day of good augnrlsm” for the fraternisation of all our citi2uns, Amn icon-born, or abroad-bom, speaking the English, German or other language, and so to-day let us joyfully and b:o-thcrly all kali the Jflt;ty ! 0 t’SlTCE,kt
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Milwaukee Daily Sentinel
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Mon, May 31, 1852
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