Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-21
THE COTTAGE.
Festival aud Coscsrt-An Agreeable Rntor-
Ialament,

Festival aud Concsrt-An Agreeable Enter- /
talament,
II was our pleasure 70 attend yesterday tho |
festival held A. the /" gotnge, about U,, seye h ,
The enteTtainmentwas gotten up by tho ladies
Of st. johns parish, Carroll chapel) and In
Ihclr Efforts they we're assissed 6y many ,aa,ss
In that vicinity. 1t has for It's object the lqulda
tion Of the debt incurred In building school.
house by their worthy pastor Rather nn ,nd!
present seeming to enjoy themselves very much
10 wandering about the beautiful grove sur.
rounding the cottage" and In participating
In tho festivities Of the occasion.
A large platform was ereoted on the lawn In
front Of the house, for the pleasure Of any who
e IGSSs m ShOeS music nn %H aSdod
to tho onliyonment OF the scene.
Refreshments were bountifully supplied from
the table, Nv ME snS .sS sip sS
Mrs Nolan and the Misses shaw, Mrs. Behrer
1.-THE lady Of the manOr,) aided by boyy Of lalt
Suig os ~, ~ nv corIsgtlanrSv Ina. her
daughter, Miss COsio BOhrUr, dispensed cooling
aud palateable draughts from Jacobs WELL"
and was the centre Of number OF hirsiy and
In tho evening an amateur concert was I'm.
prOylsed, In which Messrs, kcchlln, Blsnuth,
brown, aud John Maltlngly With his sister,
Miss $. Mattingly, aud Miss Rose McDermOtt
took leading parts. QuaTtettos, trius, ducts and
solos, accompanied by splendid music, were ron.
dered 10 good style TO tho great delight Of tho
Among those present woro Admiral sands
and wife, with his daughter, Miss Rosa Sands,
yhG are = SSlournlns IN Mon,sVmSsy county
esd, Mr.. John McDermott, Dr. Harding, tho
Misses Van Rlswick, of Montgomery county,
and tho Misses johnson aud Miss Katie Pic,
with many others from Washington.
The ios iyal will 10 continued to day, when,
10 addition to the attractions already mentioned,
tournament will take place in the afternoon;
IA "a m toFel tho liufa
| viii contest Tor the privilege Of choosing some
| hlr lady as their queen.
The roads arc 10 good condition, and any Of
our citizens who desire spending pleasant
| afternoon or evening, can do so by attending;
besides they may have tho satisfaction Of know.
Ing they arc turthering good object.
TIL" Crrm'n soldiers aud SRIsr- Ia CsuR-
cit ant Wide Awake for GrRRt aud VIII
| sou.
A woIl.attendol and enthusiastic peetlng Of
| HcTman American soldiers and sailors was held
| last night at GoThardts hall, FJur-aud -a.hali
| street, In response to call slgnod by fourteen
| veterans Major FreoIiak was called to tho
chair, and MIR. WIN. Fisher elected secretary
| MIR. FreeElak explained the object vt the mOCt
| Ing, and Major q. 4. Rehle was invited to nd.
/ dress the meeting on the Issues ul tho present
i political campaign, which he did IN his usual
| happy and eloquent style.
| fke next business was the organization Of n
permanent Grant and Wilson Soldiers Gam
| paigu Club, OF which H. H. kluckhuhn, cs,l f,
i was olttttu lTttllonNf ~. Dptlukskulht NlCp
president; Win, Fisher, corresponding score.
/ lary; Hugo EichholtE, recording secretary, and
/ VIM. Koch, treasurer
| Mr.. kluokhuhn assumed the chair with ap.
/ propriAte aud Oiten.applaudod remarks.
| The club then elected the following delcg ates
| tn represent them at the Soldiers Mass COnycn.
| ton to be held In Pittsburg on September II,
| viz Capt. VIM. Burchard, Mr.. A. Dietrich,
| Mai q, L Rehle aud Capt. l.. KArpeles, and
| authorized their secretary 10 notify Gen. Am.
| bTOso Burnside OF tho fact and their warm sym.
1 M n m 4 N IL
| equal rights to all.
| Adjourned TIL Tuesday, August n.