The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-23
THE GERMAN SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC

THE GERMAN SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC.
| According to previous announcement. q largo
number Of children (about 4OO) left by the North
eastern train at seven o'clock yesterday morning.
| under tho direction OF Mr.. HoFFMAN, the superin-
| tendant OF the school. The weathe. was delight.
| 1u all any one could wish for on Easter Monday
morning. The cool air of Spring was bracing, and
redolent of floral pcrfume; the sun shone bright.
| and oil nature was dressed in gay attire AS the
train passed tho dreary marsh, the children
amused themselves, looked at tho placid river and
the little boats that studded its surface here and
there. Soon tho cars emerged from their marine
suostratum, and rolled through dense groves and
gardens rich with the treasures Of Spring Tho
young folks were delighted to get ''into the coun-
t1y;" and found new pleasures in every cart,
wagon, COW or wayfaring darkie that crossed
their field Of vision. = 5s 5H.
At last the Schutzenplatz, the point OF destna-
sion was reached and certainly no more suitable
site could have been selected within, or IN the
vicinity Of the corpofats limits Of the city. The
tau OLD trees aHiardSa a grateful shade, land the
shrubbery groutds;an1 gardens givas it asl sltfpark'
like air. The: Irpxinitty Of tho AahleHS: FLYER
aHorded hne view and amusement to those who
loved aquatic sports. Tho pastor of the church,
ReV. l., MULLER, was present, and appeared to,
enjoy himself not little, and we may say the
same OF all who were there, both great ana small,
number not falling far short Of 1000 when all are
counted who had visited the grounds during the
day. There was largo number of private vehicles
OF al iands for those who preferred to como in
their own independent conveyances
The Committee on Amusement. Messra. r n
KIENKE, J. q. OsrENDoRFF, and L. MULLER. had
made their preparations in thorough manner
The; Committee on Refreshments we're bTeszra
A ~ RRcKE, W. }. H.. OsrExDonrF, and +. J.
bdscH. These gentlemen all merit the highest
credit for their thoughfulness, and the graceful
ease with which they beguiled their guests into q
oehef that they were indeed enjoying the full
luxury OF rural Bliss, MuLI4ER's string band did
service for the benefit OF those who had q light
fantastic toe itching to be at saltatory exercises
There were amuscments for the adults as well az
for the children: 81: Is.
In due course Of time tho table was spread. md
bent beneath the weight Of all those substanHa1s
and delicacies SO bountifr,'v provided by the
Committed.
Z Next came the games-not the Isthmiai. Ne
Hean or Olympic Those we're all very well il their
time, but would scarcely answer for our day and
eeneratllonh: ~ The Greek language and Greek games
are not as yet acclmated in tho Schuzenplatz.
The youth first entered the lists IL !, .-ial s,nt!
Shooting with the crossbow. Prizes wero awarded
to Masters P. JATHo, R. RUNKEN, W. FEsHaRENBAvcHs vs
H. PoHuATz, Mr. .ScHRoDER, and c. SAma1As, who
exhibited the greatest accuracy in aim and steadi
ness OF nerve for the execution OF this feat of skill
They Ill shot at an eagle y; Il; " ..%.s 5s: NJ. .
Bag-running, q purely German rural sport
was the great feature, however, with the youne
FOLKS and being novelty to mort persons present
u created no little fun. The applicants who de-
sired to enter the lists were paced in bugs, their
arms tied inside, SO that when any Of them fell,
which was frequently the case, they had to be
picked up and put on their feet again BY their com
rades. The distance travelled was about 80 wards.
which = q: htlarosu was successfully accomplished
seven times, and the seven boys who arrived first
at the goat were rewarded with PRICES n; Mn .tss.
AIA1srEDT, Be AuER, LnDsTEDr, HAsTEpT, OsrEEsSS- In
DpnFF and PAUIs, and one other boy whose name
we did not get were the yictors in this eccentric
race. :s ~ !: ,.t.s
here WIS playing at nine-pins for the old folks.
Footballs, swinging, &C., for tho children TIL the
ehades': Of evening began to mako their appear
ance from over old st. Andrews Parish on the op
posite side Of the Ashley. In the afternoon Mr..
HoFFaIAN addressed the school, and more cs s.
pecialy those pupils who have Just been confirmed,
and now are about to leave the school, Their
teacher addressed them in loving words and in an
earnest and impressive MANNER giving them
counsel and advice, which it is to be
hoped they viii reigiously follow - w. :3t:i5, Z.
Among the visitors in ahe afternoon we noticed
Gen. JpHNsA A-4WAaENRR, f. ME1cHRRs ESD, Cant.
HoHNHohTz, Of the Bremen bark EoerAard :DeEius;
Rev. E. J. MEYNARDIE, and = CHAplSi,, ESD About
dark the cars brought their S.preoious freight
back to the city, all in the best Of Spirits This
was one of the finest rural turn ,uts the Germans
here have had ina long Will G1raAres YoGs-