The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-06-28
CITY NTELLIGENCE.

Picnic OF THE GERMAN BAKERs.-Yesterdav
morning the Association of German Bakers met at
tnelr headquarters, Rechabte Hall, and marshalled
into procession and proceeded to the house of their
President Mr.. Wilhelm Guger, on South Hiph
street. between atson and Lombard streets whera
they received the mammoth loaf of bread, which is
annually oaked for this festival. The loaf weighed
about three hundred and fifty pounds. 1t contained
three hundred and twenty pounds of -four. five
gallons of milk and five pounds of butter was
eleven feet long, five feet broad and two feet thick
IL was placed on wagon drawn by four horses,
ana the procession proceeded through Baltimore
street to Bellevue Garden, at the end of WestRa
umore street. A large crowd had gathered at the
Garden, consisting principally of women, who were
anxlously waiting the arrival of the association,
and amused themselves in the meantime by drink
ing lager and eating schweitzer cheese. About
eleven o'clock the procession reached the ground.
There two hundred and fifty bakers in the
procession, preceded by band of music Shortly
after their arrival the great loaf was cut and dis
tributed among the crowd, the greatest eagerpess
being manifested by all present to get slice
OF the famous loaf. As soon as it was all
of the Gardens Those of the male norton who
exercise nightly in the different pymnasums in the
city, amused themselves and those who gathered
around them by practicng athletic feats Others
repaired to those portions of the ground set apart
for dancing, and to the strains of Linhardt's band
whlled away until, like the athletes, they GREW
weary OF the amusement, when they retired from
the scene and recuperated their strength with the
lniallabe glass OF lager. Others less inclined for
active amusement sought out the retired summer
houses, and seating themselves around the tables
enjoyed themselves by induging in lager. As each
hour passed, the crowd increased in numbers, and
by one O'Clock the immense Gardens were thor
oughly thronged. The sports and amusements
ABOUT three O'Clock, were suddenly interrupted by
the rain. Some of both sexes, however, who con-
sidered, no doubt, that they were neither sugar
nor salt, they would not melt, continued enioyino
themselves in outdoor amusements During the
rain, large number of persons left the Gardens
and returned to the city. Those who were driven
indoors gave their undivided attention to drinking
lager, and by the time the rain subsidized the crowd
mad grown quite noisy. Dancing was resumed,
and notwithstanding the mud, continued until after
SIX o'clock. The sight presented at this point was
ludlcrous to the extreme. The rosy-cheeked Ger
man girls were dabbled from head to foot-or
rather from foot to head. Those who wore white
dresses, looked as though they had been emptied
into a yellow clay udpuddle. Their wet and nm
comfortable condition, however, did not appear to
incommode them in the least They considered it
as natural consequence of a picnic and tbare
were no lamentations regrets. As evening
approached, the crowd gradually thinned out,
large numbers returning to the city. About
seven O'Clock, two Germans, one named John
Bayer, (the others name the reporter could NOT
learn), commenced quarreing about the price of
hour. They talked furiously and gesticulated We
hementiy. Friends interfered and parted them
In lew minutes they again met, and commenced
shaking their lists in each others faces The
crowd gathered around them and haooed to fspo
in" A man named John Williams, who was On
the ground with number of friends, rushed into
the crowd and struck Bayer blow The fight in
an instant became general. Williams friends
pressed in, while Bayer's friends fought back.
Bayer was knocked down by blow over the eve.
and ne tell In the mud and was trampled. num-
Der of German women, who had relatives or lovers
in the melee, rushed into the crowd A woman
| named Linday did excellent fighting; she
struck right, left and front, in an admirable man
ner. and one of Williams party was knocked down
by her. In the struggle, however, several of the
women were pushed to the ground and rolled
through the mud, and some Of them were trod
upon by the men. Williams received blow on
the nose, which caused the blood to spout from
his nasal organ, and he Immediately retired
from the fight to an adjacent pump. Will
liams' Withdrawal, however, did not stop the