The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-07-06

effective IN its peerless eloquence, received
the painting. He, too, became portrait
painter, and in words as full of touching
beauty and tenderness as the sOftest lines
upon the canvass, drew life-like likeness
of the faultless citizen and soldier whose
name is consecrated In the heart of patriot
ism. When Gov. Hubbard has written for
the press all that he uttered so eloquently,
he will have done his country service and
embalmed in our memories the virtues and
deeds of the man who, in the modern history
OF the commonwealth, is most beloved and
admired by the people. The multitude
that had shown no signs OF impotence
though the hall was crowded and the day
intensely hot-quietly dispersed. There
was never a day more wisely spent, never
lessons inculcated by speakers, or by
facts and incidents OF the occasion, more
valuable, and never, since the Con
federacy was no more, have men
and women and orators and music
and painting contributed more to the
reproduction of that patriotic fellowship
that should give that perfect unity to Amer
lean States which is alone consistent with
their perfect integrity.
TURNER HALL.
Even before the Capitol was aban-
doned by the multitude gathered there
to listen to the orators of the morn
ing, there were great numbers who sought
fha hoo Of ha
adorn the south side OF the Turn Verein
grounds. There were long rows of tables,
and seats for any number of visitors, and
here were gathered the thousand Germans
and their invited guests, and many glasses
of lager were quaffed, and there was
laughter and merriment and friends
drank with friends hoping for a renewal of
the delights of to-day one hundred years
hence when there will be few witnesses Of
the pleasures and woes of the living of our
time.
Husbands consoled wives yesterday when
kissing them adieu to go to Turner's Hall,
by telling them that they might go and
witness wonderful feats of Turner's agility
and strength on the next Centennial day
Accustomed To goodness and kindness and
/ fulhllment of promises, many good wives
of Austin remained at home while the
men came and drank, and danced with
bright-eyed girls, or witnessed with wonder
extraordinary feats of strength, activity
and terrible endurance of the Turner'S. A
dozen of these outrlvaled trained acrobats,
and never was the public more amazed than
when four young men locked their arms in
circle, and four others mounted upon the
shoulders of these, ana four others upon
these last and daring youth climbed to the
top of the living pyramid, and stood erect
upoh it. The leaping and summersaults,
and feats in the trapeze, were absolutely
astonishing. Few ia Austin knew that the
Turn Veren was a school for endur-
ance, activity and physical strength. At
an early hour in the evening, after the Ger
man speech was pronounced, and of which
our unfortunate reporter cOmprehended not
syllable, came the fascinating music
and dancing. The little old people of
George Washington's time, dressed as was
the fashion of the former century of the
Republic, danced minuets as our grand
mothers were wont to dance, when courtly
gentlemen in knee breeches and queerlY cut
trowsers and silken hose and brass buttons
aud upreared collars of blue cloth coat and
collars standing like side-boards of wagon,
when gran.ers haul big crops of hay from
the tields-these venerable personages thus
attired moved gracefully in the gddy
dance that once gave delight to European
courts When the wee small hours had
come and day was almost dawning, there
was music and dancing and table spread
at which throngs feasted until WEAKNESS
came and sleep slowly settled down upon
the weary city, and then the Centennial
Fourth of July, had glided behind US for
ever, and we had to get out, each to jour
ney on as nearly as possible into the months.
and years of the next century of Federal
existence.