Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-07-09
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Chicago Correspondence The Sanger
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CHICAGO, june 33d, 1905.
Chicago hd8put on festive attire and has
become city Of booths. The 10th Sanger
fest Of the First German Sangerbund Of
North America began its exercises at the Wa
bash Avenue Rink the 18th inst, with grand
reception Concert. The Rink is large, capa-
BILE Of seating five or six thousand people, and
is festooned and garlanded with evergTeens,
wreaths and flowers, and adorned with stat
nes, and busts Of musical celebrities and di-
whites, and made gay with banners, notices
and the emblems OF music and art. On each
side OF the stage was pyramid OF musical
instruments harmoniously blended, surmoun-
ted by q statue of Atlas bearing the world on
his shoulders. In front Of the Rink was a
triumphal arch spanning Wabash Avenue for
ty feet high, gaily decked with evergreens,
flags and flowers. Arches and festoons
Of eyergreens spanned the streets in various
parts Of the city, and whole blocks we're dec
GRATED with profusion of flags, evergreens,
banners and notices, as If joy and music
were incarnated and had made Chicago their
seat Of Empire. Whole forests were cut
down to transform Chicago into a bower
city.
The reception concert was given on We'd
nesday evening, Of vocal and instrumental
music, varied with speeches Of welcome by
the Mayor ]. B. Rice and Edward Schlaeger,
President OF the Sgngerbund to the new Pres
ldent, MIR. Clausenius Of this city. The concert
closed with the Star Spangled Banner, sung
by the immense audience with volume oil
harmony like the voice Of many waters.
There was torch-ight procession at the
close and display OF fireworks. The crowd
blocked up the streets in four squares ada.
cent to the Rink, and the outside audience
out.numbered the inside many times
,a aak. I ~ I
ings were great successes, and the hall was
crowded to its utmost capacity. On Sunday
there was a grand concert of appropriate
music at the picnic grounds in Wright's
Grove, which was attended by many thou
sands. All the, concerts were under the direc-
ton Of Hans Balatka, whose leadership was
worthy Of this great festival of song. There
were representatives in large numbers of the !
German musical societies Of this country and |
also Of the Fatherland. Besides these con-
certs there were excursions, rehearsals, and |
extempore concerts in all parts of the city. |
Chicago overfowed with song from all her |
beer halls, gardens, and places OF public re-
sort, and in week the Garden CITY, arrayed |
IN green, has had carnival Of song
THE CROPS.
The weather for the past few days has been
very warm, and vegetation has come forward
rapidly. There is heavy grass crop in this
region. And this leads me to speak of re-
cent invention, patented May 5th, 1868, called
BADGER DERRICK,
which, in connection with the Badger Horse
Hay Fork, will greatly expedite the unloading
and stacking of hay. The derrick was in
yentedby John Sheldon, ofMilwaukee county.
Its excellencies are, cheapness, costing less
than a fourth the price Of other derricks of
equal capacity-ordinary SIZE for stacking 80
feet high, Sl5-convenience, as they can be
folded and transported on wagons or cars,
and be put up in few minutes ready for use,
for stacking, digging, and stoning wells and
cellars, raising buildings, handling lumber,
timber or grain. II can be made Of any size.
These who wish to buy the derrick, or buy farm,
town, county, or state rights, should address
J; Sheldon, Room |, No. 1877 Washington st.,
Chicago
A new feature inpolitcs is the sale of
CAMPAIGN MERCHANDISE
The firm Of GOodspeed & Co., Chicago, fur
nish agents and dealers all varieties Of cam
palgn goods, pictures and medels, and have
4 cheap campaign life of Grant and Colfax,
With history OF the republican party, which
Ill republicans want, Democrats will like
wise be supplied with the same class Of goods
rs soon as the democratic nominations are
made. Circulars SEM on application.
TRUSTING CORRESPONDENT.
Happening in the Office of the Post Master,
saw letter handed to the post master by
one Of the clerks, directed thus
To My God and Saviour,
Jesus Christ
Care my Earthly father,
Hon, Mr.. Bradstreet, ESQ.
., Lord, send this letter right off b.