Evening star., 1869-08-06
THE SCUUErZENFESr.
Scenes and Iucideuts.

Yesterday was the fourth day OF the grand
- feste' OF the Washington Schuetzen Verein,
and IL was well a,ten ted. The rain about four
O'Clock cooled the atmosphere considerably,
al q those present SEEMED 10 enjoy themselves
afterwards TO the fullest extent In dancing,
bowling. shooting, swinging and lagering.
Before the shower, Mss;rs. Major Brothers,
with Others TunBiog vehicles from the bouu-
dary 10 the park, employed a sprin king cart
10 water the road. Mayor Bowen. with NJ a
Bowen and Miss Barker. paid another " M -
the park about two O'CLOCK, where IN 80 49,
received by President Vogt aad De. E,r,.ns
ard escorted TO various points Of ,n,.rss,
the shooting gallery, the Mayor uns turnisnaS
with rifle oy Shooting Ms.cer Eichstadt, and
placed MS thIrd shot IN me ~haII'seve a,
the bowling alley the party tried their h,nds
Al ooWhnc ihey partcok OF refreshments at
the club bouse. aud after witnessing the ira
p' re apu usht-rope performances left the
su0anas, out returned after dark TO witness the
Illumination, which was very hne In the
evening Col. j. w. Forney paid a visit 10 the
grounds, and was received by President Sogt
MI Rullman and others al the clue hou Sc
he eexpressed his surprise at the complete ap-
pOlnimtnts and arrangements, saying that two
years since he attended a fsste in Germany,
where the appointments did not compare with
thCs- a. tbis ..irste-"
during tie evening the Arion p1lrtet,s
Club, under the lead OF Mr.. q. w. b-rSmin
serenaded Colonel Forney, sin ging one of their
faNorIie pieces, line Forest" Mr.. RuIiman
offered complimentary toast to Mr.. rorney,
10 which Mr.. T. L. Schmidt offered an
mendment, which was drank with applause
Colonel Forney responded in AN address OF
some length, in which he said that his an
ce>tors Were from the fatherland, and although
not able to reao what the great writers of
termany had written, he cherished i nat
ural feeling OF fraternity tor the race and
esps cially for thoIe who, by their example,
by Their deCorum. eTd by their devotion 10
th-lT adopted country-by their industry and
tDeT intelligence, had proven Themselves
worthy of the highest honors as good citi-
Zens. When we reflect that a magic scens
Ike tbs can be witnessed by the Germans of
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Fran.
cisco. Cincinnati, aud Pittsburg. they NAV
we'll feel proud of their race, and especially
when there is no exhibition of violence of
bioodshed, or OF ill-temper. These were re.
markable indications of their national cbarsc-
ter, and al hough they MI z ut appear to be excIn
slve, their eXclus ytness was well WORTHY of
imitation. There was another feature of the
Ger az character worthy OF imitation, and that
IS their excelling IN all the nigher ar;s Youcap
md among them statesmen, artists, farm lrs mo-
chaDIcs-ali distinguished in their specitl,tles
The German adapted himself to every or ,de
OF lie. lie was distinguished in COLLEGES "a n
professor. IN painting, IN music, aud in Con-
sress. Where is there such al orator such A
remarkable genius, IN the educated in your
colleges tranaIa:ed to Philadelphia, and from
there TO the West, as Carl SchurZ who now
occupies the seat IN the United States Senate
of Thomas Hart BsLton-oue of the oriyiu,
tors of the Pacific Railroad, [ApplauseI
Where rs a farmer W no can compare 10 tn
German His own native county o. Lanras-
ter-the empire county of Pennsylyanla-w,s
chiefly settled by the Germans, and now
they are entering upon the great w irk of
Tecs emiDg the South, ha wing already redeemed
the Wesr and caused II TO blossom As the
rose Now tnat the Territories have been
oecuplrd oy the Germans, educated, refined,
ana Cultivated, they are entering upon tn.
great work OF regeneraiing the South and
eansing 1t TO flourish and put forth naw
powers under the blessings OF CIVILIZATION
and freedom TO all classes. IE conclusion.
Colonel Forney trusted tbat that CIVILIZATION
which had educated Europe, which had
made monarchs tremole on their thrones in
In the New World, might accomplish stlI
greater results under the blessings and priv
leges vouchsafed by our republican form OF
govern ment- Applause
The ArlOns sang in an effective manner the
cnorus of welcome. "Ecce guam bonuui
after which they returned to their stand whore
during the evening they sang several beautiful
seiecIohs- and later In the evening received
the acknowledgements Of the Verein for adding
10 the enjoy msnt of the ssfeste.''
De fireworks were by far the best vet ex-
Dlolieo and were universally complImeut,o
There was great disappointment IN conSs
4uence OF NO trapeze or tight-rope perform.
fnces belng gwen after dark, ana some COM
plant was made mat the bell OF Messrs Driver
n Dickson was rung so much As to M an
anEOyauce
The pIIze medal for the days shooting was
aSarotd 10 MI Edward Aoner. of this city, he
having made hity-nine .bulls eyes out of
81 y-Iour shots fired
he prizes for ladies shoo'ing tor .ae day
We're awarded as follows First prize, fue
shawl, 10 Mrs John son; second. ladies satchel
10 Mrs Behrens; third, PAIR o; worked CATERS
10 Mrs. Horner; fourth, q parasol, u Mrs
Fentner.
AT IL o'clock the bowling prizes were
awarded as follows: First, 81 in gold. % Nj
Ior VIM. = Morse; second, ladies travelling sat
% Berry Amos; third, silver fruIt basket TO
ieoTge Seuferle; fourth, ice box, TO Joseph
iatto nth, box Of cigars, TO George Bauer:
.iSih, box OF wine, to MIR. Frank seven h. sill
yer castor, to Herry Will; eighth, fine knife,
10 b. HeIze
, About IL o'clock Mr.. A. Smedtis presented 10
rr' sldent OCT large and magnificent silver
rnlt oaskei, accompanied by the visiting card
u HcD. ;. j. Bowen, on the back of which was
Siten: "Compliments OF the Mayor 70 me
y Shueizen VereIn of Washington, d. e" TINS
vas handsome acknowledgement of the con-.
law.
Tonight the "fests" will close, and thus after.
loon the general prizes Will be distributed.
neIuoing the target Of honor, for which those
Fno nave made over 80 .bulls.eye" shots du.
ing the "feste" are competing to-day.
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