The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-07
THE SCHUETZENEEST
n Grand Peoples Festival.
SECOND DAY.

| any surroundings, be they what they may; il
| any one imagines that when the Teuton rubs
| the Aladdin lamp OF pleasure, he cannot pro-
duce any auisunt of illusion, which for the
! time satisfies and ailures, let him visit the
| Schuetzenplatz, and have all doubts removed.
| On this broad globo, f. ON the candle. eating
Nova Zemblans to Botany Bay, there is not q
| nation to be found who combine the hard. in.
dustrious business of life with it's dolce con-
cent0 more happily, more appropriately, or
more refreshingly than the German people
| Home-iike aud homogeneous in taste and asso-
| citation, they rally together and are knit as
with hooks Of steel. In every community in
fuences radiate from their comminglines
which give it character and strength, and they
in turn create for themselves reputation for
sense and solidity which younger nations
have in vain striven to emulate.
Americans and Englishmen enjoy their horse
races, yacht clubs and ball matches. These
are for men and muscle. The German, On the
other hand, domesticates his amusements.
and make them such as his .t,au and kiaden
can enjoy and embalm in memory. Wife and
children are his companions in pleasure, and
so to speak, sanctify its innocence. -.tes,
Such is the cha,ac OF the enioyments at
the present Schuetzenfest Those who desire
to test the accuracy of eye and rifle may spend
hours in shooting at targets, and hoping for
prize; while the mere 'looker on in Vienna
cannot fail to be amused by programme OF
entertainment that will touch every muscle in
his entity from the zygonaticus major to the
remotest connections of his diaphragm.
DO you want to laugh Look at the row Of
microscopic humanity awaiting their turn to
take five cent piece out Uf u bowl of molas-
ses. The little round faces come up out Of tho
cavernous depths polished like the rosewood
balls with which you knock down tenpins, and
dash through tae crowd with blinded eyes for
the nearest pump.
Look at innocent youths, who think they
can perform gym nastics on 8 roller that trips
them into huge bag Of charcoal on one side
or -four on the other.
LOOK at infantile specimens who for o prof.
fered prize, attempt to eat saucer OF brown
sugar in the shortest given space of time, and
watch the distortions that a tend the process
Of degluition.
Note the industry with which that moder n
ragamuffin ''shinnys" up the creased pole.
striving with all the ambition of Young An1e.
rlcan to reach the top were hangs his reward
in shape of fiddle or watch, moving, how.
ever. not unlike pig on ice.
Observe those bareheaded little urcbins tied
up in sack, with nothing but their heads vsi-
BILE, jumping spasmodicaly after each other
like so many animated Egyptian mummies.
Go into the ball room and enjoy dance
while Muller pipes German music into German
''pedestals, which piroueNe without regard to
youth or age. The rudy faces Of healthy and
beautiful women will beam on you, and sturdy
fellows, whose Teutonic avoirdupois kick the
scales at two hundred and fifty, will invite YOU
down stairs to s,0ei lager and sueitze,. kase.
It's fun-honest, innocent enjoyment, such as
Americans know not now to create, but amply
appreciate and covet.
To detail every style Of amusement spread
upon the programme, would fill page. But
we venture to say that no one who has visited
the Schuetzsnplatz, or who may do so to-day,
VIII hoIs Oesi0es vr uulu
country air, feel that he has devoted himself to
a few hours Of innocent recreation calculated
to infuse fresh vigor into his frame, and renew
his strength for the more solid tolls Of life.
AS we have said, the Schuetze nfest lisa grand
German festival, but this year it is something
more. The aim of the managers has been to
make it s'Volkfest," "People's Festival
and in this they have this year succeeded.
Adversely has caused us to know each other
better than before. We have learned to meet
without jarring when the opportunity is given
as it was yesterday. Teuton, Hibernian, Eng
lishman and American join hands under the
banner Of pleasure and become firm, fast
friends in the bond Of innocent enjoy ment.
Uvar fho 1o1S
Platz bright with their presence. All Charles
ton was there, and who could say more.
One of the incidents yesterday was the bal
loon ascension. This machine would not be
kept down. Like the head of schuetzen it
would rise and it bounded away over the trees,
before the riflemen in charge were altogether
ready. Better luck next time. ..s
The velocipede race was also novel sight.
There were two races, one for the fastest veloc-
ipedian and the other for the slowest. The
fast prize-an inlaid inkstand--was won by
Mr. w. q. Henerey, Jr. The slow prize--six
bottles OF cOlOgne-was won by Mr.. John A.
Moroso. The riding was excellent.
During the day the pip-papping at the eagle
and the various targets went on without inter-
mission. Mr.. Torck, of East Bay, who is one
" ~A1o ooS0 nA"AASAen III Co"h, snot away tno
left leg of the eagle, winning prize. The
famous bird had been plated with boiler iron,
but this was riddled like sieve, and it is hoped
that the two wings, tail and body will be taken
off the bush to-day. The general shooting
was good. MIR. Clusius, one Of the New York
schuetzen, made forty-four centre hits-seven
on Wednesday and thirty-seven yesterday.
This. we believe, is the highest point made.
One Of the Charleston Schuetzen made thirty
one centres.
To day special prizes will be put up for the
passive numbers and the general public. Six
prizes OF least will be shot for 10 this manner.
Another feature yesterday was the singing
by the S~ngerbund and Germa1ia Society.
Their voices, blending in the rich harmonies
Of German music, foated bewitchingly on the