The Placer herald., 1872-05-11
COMMUNICATED
SCHOOL EXHIBITION AT MANZANITA
GROVE.
LINCOLN NAV G 1879

MR.. ED1ToR:--Having moment of spare time
l thought would spend it in writing YOU about
grand school exhibition and picnic which had
the pleasure of attending, at Manzanisa Grove,
on the 4th inst. This grove is one of Nature $
most beautiful works; it covers about fifteen acres
OF land, the timber being mostly manzanita and
1--we oak; 1t is situated four miles northward of
Lincoln on an elevated spot, and surrounded by
an almost treeless plain; it is neatly fenced, and
much care is taken to preserve it. As it was
widely known that the school of Manzanta dis
trict would give exhibition on this day, large
crowds of people assembled here, at 10 O'Clock.
from all parts of western Placer, and also many
from Sutter county, numbering in all several
hundred. The weather was pleasant, a gentle
breeze prevailing throughout the day A refresh.
ment stand for the day had already been erected
by w. H. Turner and D. p. Kaughfman, where
the lovers of ice-cream, lemonade, etc., could be
accommodated at an extremely low figure. A
stage of ample size had been erected, with cur
tains and compartments for dressing At 10
clock the teacher, Franklin l.. Landes mar
shaled his school, AZ in number, the sexes being
about equal in number, upon the stage, when
Tile eAcrclSeS ueSdu Will u very CTeullstDle per-
formance of calisthenics, accompanied with
music. The next was song entitled 'Hail, all
hail, the Month of May Sang by the school and
accompanied by an organ played by ]. B. Will
liams; excelently performed. Then came the
crowning of the May Queen the school appeared
in two concave lines, the boys behind the girls
the latter were all dressed in white each holding
,ft ~ Ao;, olo,
old. The throne elegant, the entire wood
work being covered in skillful manner with the
most choice flowers. The crown was placed
upon Miss NJ. Salings head by Miss Alice Dip
pei, who made very appropriate speech; Miss
Minnie Dippel acting as Sceptre Bearer, and
Master Lee Chamberlain as Grand Champion
The flower girls all made their speeches and de-
posted their flowers in very or lerly style
Anna Kerr the n delivered the opening address,
which veiy appropriate for the occasion;
this was followed by defamation by Master
Lee Chamberlain; next came the Schoolboy' S
Tribunal, in which the stern judge sat on his
bench and had the boys brought before him
and tried and punished them according to the
Offences the deserving receiving rewards
then came the Quaker and the Robber, by John
Sailing and Henry Dippel; Quaker comes along
quietly, masked robber comes out suddenly
covers Quaker with pistol and demands his
money or his life; Quaker parleys a while, then
suddenly grabs the pistol from the robber and
turns the tables on him. The other exercises,
though excellently performed, I have barely
space to mention. They were as follows: Lee
ture on Patent Medicines by DR.. Puffstuffer, by
Master DAME Croft; Lecture on Phrenoogy by
Timothy Dobbin Master Willie Sparks; National
Representatives, Masters Philip Dippel, Thomas
McKamaa, Willie Stewart and Joe Richardson;
defamation by Master Lee Chamberlain. Here
considerable amusement was caused by the ap
pearance of Augustus F. Jewett, former scholar
of the school, upon the stage, comically attred
as one Carl Pretzel of German birth, who had
lectured some forty years in the unknown parts
of the world. He spoke about ten minutes,
mingling the German accent with the English
language, thereby causing much sport. His sub
feet was the Origin of Man. The exercises here
closed with song entitled 'To the Woods
Away" the music on this occasion was excellent
The exhibition was decidedly success, no fail
ure being made in any part of it. In fact, the
entire school showed plainly that it had been
under the careful management of a skillfnl in
structor, At the close of the exercises Mr.. Il. L..
Chamberlain came npon the stand and stated
that there free table, everybody was in
vited, and he was sure there was provision
enough for all and as many more, Upon receiv-
ing this polite invitation all partook of sump
tuous repast which had been provided. Too
much credit cannot be awarded to T. l.. Cham
berlain and wife, and score of others, who
were unti,ing in their efforts to make the affair
interesting and, indeed. they did not fail, as all
was superior to any school exhibition and picnic
ever had in western Placer. A CITIZEN.
LIE On ,Cl,n n,ris RrotLnrs