Weekly Trinity journal., 1871-03-18
LOCAL INTELLlCE ENCE

GERMAN JoLLIFIcATIoN The German festival
last Wednesday was lively and pleasant affair.
For two days before, the various committees
were flying about town making an unusual stir.
On the day of the merrymakiug the Union Hotel
was made headquarters. Upon rope extend
ing across the street from the Union Hotel to
the U. S. Bakery were suspended, side by side,
two very large flags. One the banner of the
German Empire, the other the flag of the free,
the embematic stars and stripes. From this
point down Main street, all the business part of
town was generally decorated with flags, ever
greens etc. On Monday Messrs. James Lentz
and William Hartman, the leaders of the Shasta
brass band, came by stage and together with
our Trinity musicians, contributed their efforts
toward making a stirring time. number
who came in town Monday to attend on the
County Court, remained to see the fun, and
some of the gentlemen who have axes to grind
this coming fall, and want the dear people to
turn the stone, on hand to ''run with the
Dutch" Owing to bad weather and hard times,
the attendance from the outside was not so
large as it would have been otherwise. Never
theless, the gathering was a good one in point
of numbers. The exercises may be said to have
commenced about one o'clock P. M. At that
time the Junction City, North Fork and Canon
Creek delegations came in sight of town. TIE
brass band and some of our citizens went out to
meet them and all joined in procession opposite
the graveyard and came into town with flags
flying and the band at their head playing Ger
man patriotic airs Thereafter congratulations,
singing and drinking was the order of the day.
The cannon was fred at half past seven P. NJ.
With the first shot the Marshal of the Day, Mr..
G. F. Kuper, assisted by Mr.. J. B. Siegfried,
marshaed the crowd into line in front of the
Union Hotel, the torches were lit and the torch
light procession took up its march according to
announcement IN the following order: First,
the standard bearers, second the brass band
third the singers, next the main body. Marshal
Kuper and his aid on horseback directing the
route and giving the word of command. The
procession went up Taylor street, back through
town to Fagg Town, across 20 Mill street and
returned to the Union Hotel with alternate sing
ing and playing of German national airs. At
circle in single line in front of the building
Fireworks were let of and Marshal Kuper riding
forward, lifted his eyes to the porch above where
the German and American flags were dsplaye
together and addressed them, in German, in
substance thus MAY the memory of the heroes
Of our Fatherland live forever. May Bismarck
and Moltke be remembered by their countrymen
forever. May United Germany exist forever"
and three more for " Our adopted Country, -
after which Mr.. J. Barnickel in few introduc-
tory remarks introduced Mr.. Louis Weber, of
Junction City, who delivered address in the
portion of his audience, to have possessed great
merit. With the speech, the procession dis
persed, having occupied about one hour. The
ball, that evening at Thomas Theatre, was
splendid affair. Sixty ladies attended and forty
were on the floor each quadrille. The bar at
the Theatre was free and refreshments were to
be had for the asking. That it was we'll patron
ized can be inferred from the fact that fifty gal
Ions of lager beer were consumed, and other
liquors in fair proportion. One hundred tickets
were sold and one hundred and seventy-fve per-
sons sat down to supper The supper was served
at Washington Hall by Mr. Lachenmaker, and
was much praised both as to quantity and quail
ity. We do not remember as large and merry
dance in this place since the news received
here of the fall of Richmond.