New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-29
WHITSUNTIDE FESTIVALS.
THE SANGERFEST.

Yesterday was PfDgstmoDiag, and the festival was
celebrated by the Germans of New-York and vicinity
with picnics open-air concerts, gymnastic exercises,
| and other wholesome recreations.
As in previous years Pfngstmontag was celebrated
by the Sanserbund which Association is composed OF
thrty-fve German Singing Societies in Brooklyn,
Hoboken and this city, with grand musical festival
in Jones's Wood Early in the morning the Iiar-
monia Germania, ColoDia Teutona, and all the rest
of the OnioS with the Turner Band Muftk Band,
Schillerbund, Uhlandbund, and all the rest Of the
Bands and BuRds collected at the Hester street Me-
tropolitan Rooms, and thence marched in procession
led by Fest Marshal Joseph IIlenbrand through the
Bowery, Chatham street, the Park and so Oh TO the
foot of Tenth street. where they took boats for the
picnic grounds
The morning was cold and dreary enough, yet thou
sands of both sexes, young and DID, made their way to
the festival But in early afternoon the sun came
cheerily out and the Wood, green with the rich Spring
foliage looked as freshly beautiful as if it were enti-
tied Shadyside Fields "Elysian Grove or any
name but that of plain, unromanuc Jones' The
Second and Third-avenne by this time hlled
and covered with people travelling 10 Sixtieh street,
and were found able to accommodate but half the
crowd At the entrances TO the nc sure Of the fest-
val grounds a dozen salwart Teutons, backed by as
many ponce II, were pltcU Vi lTtlLy w
a continuous, eager, pushing stream of beings, all
blitbesome, mostly willing to pay the Deedful two
stillings, with now and then Jeremy Diddler trying
to slip through scoJ-free. BY p. m $4,000 people
had visited the Wood since morning. and 10000 were
at the moment within its borders.
From the music-stands the concert Of the Sanger
bund went on joyously appreciated by the gathered
masses. Here and there band withdrawn from the
rest volunteered a chorus, vocal instrumental and
in those of the former class the multitude frequently
joined in true Rhinelander style. The revolving plat
form, the numerous swings, the ten-pin alley and
Tvoh boards, were of course i'll constant use. Ex-
hibitors ofeosmoramas dioramas and panoramas make
heaps of money. But the great majority of the people
wandered in merry groups hither and thber through
the grove or sat, at five hundred tables, imbbing
lager beer and eating pretzes, Schwietzer and Linn
burger eheeses, pneappes, almonds, and what not
if the luck Of year depended on their consuming
given amount before the set of sun.
But the most inveterate Know-Nothng must have
been gaied with the hilarity, bright costumes, and
bright faces the thousands every side; and many
a gathering of Americans might learn lesson of neat
ness, simplicity and sobriety from the openair loving
people, who so heartily keep up the dear sports and
festivals of their Faderand Among the innumsr4ble
male and female drinkers Of lager-beer, not drunken
person was to be seen. As human nature is more or
less the same all the world over it is presumabe that
our Teutonic friends are troubled with the same evil
passions and habits that developed in other races
and from the Observance of which Calvin derived the
doctrine of total depravity but the impression fell by
one who witnessed yesterday scene was that every
there he very good since every one looked
very happy.
THE FUNNIEST.
At Hamilton Park on the BoOmingdale Road, met
the Turner's and their friends. Throughout the entire
day the Eighth-avenue Railroad cars were crowded
with passengers their way TO unite in the enjoy
ments Of the occasion. Private conveyances of all
descriptions also brought into requsition for the
Of family parties 20 that the road
thTonged all the way to the Of the Tnrnes and
the Park itself was literally alive with people.
1t was announced that in Of stormy weather
he festivities would be postponed and for while il
lid really if the dreaded postponement would
axe place; but the clouds withheld their showers and
,nly lager flowed freely.
AT ali early hour in the morning all the Immediately
Interested parties astr. The first vehicles upon
he road were the Brewers wagons containing kegs of
eer. Then followed the procession OF the various
societies, which began TO form at 8 O'Clock a. M. in
he following order The Normandy Guard, Capt.
wicker; BloomiDgdale Leder Krantzi Eiaracht So
ety; Society of Free Laborers; Bloomingdale Froh-
mn Society; Lyra Mannerchor; Yorkville Manner
Ior; Harmonic of College Point Cdcila Bloom
gdale Mannerchor Fraternta Dramatic Society;
rooklyn Tnnvereini Strattenport Turnverein; Hud-
IN City Turnverini jersey City Turnverein; Hobo
en- Tnrnveren Harlem Turnvereini Yorkvil!e Tdrn-
erein; Newark Turnverein; Youth Of the Blooming
ile Turnverein; and the BlOomngdAle Turnverein.
he spectacle Boomingdale road, with the inspiring
uric as the Societies. moved along, was extremely
IimaiiDg.
At the Park every seemed resolved TO be happy
r day at least. Vocal and instrumental music |
ting and drinking, dancing, jumping, climbing, roll
g. marching, speech-naking, gossipng, in fact
erything that was enliyening, abounded, with little
at was positively boisterous or out of place.
Tie Turner's manifested their agility in gymnastic
lts, the ess experienced doing their best in enula
n Of the more proficient. III