Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-02
THE ADVERTISER.
Edgedeld, S. c., Oct. 2, 1878.
The Rhine, The Elbe, The Savannah
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The Rhine, The EiDe, fhe saVahnah-- ma
Triple Alliance.
Where, therefore, lles tne German ) iahdf mar
Name now resomnds a I the C German ton tonaue-
Where German hymns to God are sung
There, gallant brother take thy stand!
Thas IS 'ne "efiii''u ) r"'iieti"'o:
That is the land, the land of lands,
Where VOWS bind less than clasped hanos,
Mh Where ANU, tisnss r ,ne iitssis lush w
And Zeal enE;ndies IF Freedorn's brand.
That is the Germans Fatherland!
.r,,.. :. .,,o cou,,,,.,,,. ,,,.,or,,,d,
Great God look down and bless thatIand!
:And give her noble children souls
40 SneEisn ;. Mhlie : existence ed doii ,riib hand
rheir Universal Farthcrlandg
| This .eIJn;yersal Fatherland" was
f,und last w:cek in our fair sister city of
Augusta and there the noble Germans
met with .I,oye and TRUTH inevery
.bsa,o. and there the historic Rhine, the
miobtv Elbe and the broad Savannah
shook hands. and swore vow OF long
o,a eanerons friendship. Was this not
soq Who that saw the mutual love and
brotberhood of the Germans and natives
of Appnsta ON this occasion. shall say it
v,s nota
We love the Germans from our in
,oct sonl and il would be- labor of
,,,. - vr;te . ,ono and minnie account
of their first Schuetzeu Festin Augusta
ca o1au.eud. so oluckhcA but the space
,t npr f,isnosal will allow us to note only
. fsw-.salient features.
Tn Anril or Nav last. the Germans of
.n,st. ,onvb+ = ba,f dozen acres of
Enni imnroved woodland. mile from the
eity ~ the direction Of the Sand Hills );
and there-with enclosures. and gates,
and pradinps and avenues. and ten. pin
auers and restaurants. aud merry-go-
rounds. and climbing poles and .hooting
Galleries. and. last bnt not least, vast
and noble dance saloon-they held their
first Fest in the close OF September.
wonderfol and admirable energy!
! The overture to tho Fest was the Con,
cert on Monday evening in Girardy's
Onara House rendered the Augusta
Schuetzen Club by the Augusta Quar-
tette Club. This Club-of whom the
leading spirits are Prof. John Wiegand
and Mr.. Charles Spaeth, who have done
much to elevate musical taste in Angus
ta-was assisted by the Palmetto Band
of Charleston. This is the old Eutaw
Rand. of the war-famous for their fine
plavinp. and for their fine spirit. Besides
this. two eminent amateurs came from
Baltimore to grace the occasion-Mr.
Martin - tenor singer, and Mr.. Gibson
a violinist. both superbly gifted by ma
turc and superblv finished by art. The
audience was an exultant and brilliant
ovation to the Schuetzen Club. The pro-
.ra,,me was high art and the spirit of
the dapce very iudiciouslv combined.
| nv, "a ,,erfor,,ance was almost faultless.
rho community that has a abasso who can
ro,dor NIo,ort,s noble aria "Within
r,,o.o rIo,u Hollis nc Mr. Charles
o,.o+, a;a an +,;, eyen;nc has solid
oa,,sa - co,rratnlate itself And in
4 D. w;ar,,,d,e or;o;noI comnosition in
hornr of tho ,oc.s;on tho snirit of the
Icolon and +bo sn;r;t of the March appear
in their most brilliant and fascinating
forms
Aud from mnsic to female beauty how
easv the stepI at this concert, while our
oors drank in the beauty of the music, our
evos dra,,k in the loyeliness of the two
,r,os+ heant;f fn1 blondes in ail this broad
world-daughters of the old French fam.
| ily. DAG, of Augusta. The remem-
brance will be Joy forever!
I On Tuesday morning began the Schu-
eLzen Fest proper. The city was one
scene of Joy, enthusiasm, flowers, gar
lands, banners, soldiers, and Schuetzens.
The Augusta Schuetzer Club, with its
guests from Charleston and Savannah,
lwas escorted to the Platz by the local
military organizations of the city-the
procession marching through several OF
the principal streets. This procession
was as gay and brilliant as the great dia-
mond sash of the Shah of Persia. In
the carriage of honor rode, alone, our
distinguished German fellow citizen OF
Charleston, Major Franz Melchers-the
father of Schuetzen Clubs in America, the
founder of the Charleston Club twenty
two wears ago, and still, if we mistake
not. its head. The Schuetzcns wore
black pants, and gray sacks with bright
Green collar cuffs and facings.
The military organizations of the city
of which she is, and ought to be, ex-
ultingly proud-are the Richmond Hus
sars, with uniform of gray and bright
yellow the oglethorpe Infantry, dark
blue, Prussian blue, and white; the Irish
Volunteers, gray and green; and the
CInch Rifles, dark green and orange.
These companies-old and honored long
before the war-have been reorganized
within the past few years. and are now
uniformed, equipped, and kept up, in
style and with spirit seldom seen out
of France, Prussia or Austria. On this
occasion, cleaning, glittering, bright,
with all the gay and festive trappings