Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-08-22
THE sRNcERFEsTI

the more important features, which may
be found Ia the abbreviated addresses Of
welcome by Mayor RoMIEs AMI MIR. NJ
FRIEDBURG, and brief historical sketch
Of the inception aud onward march OF mu-
scal festivals.
We have not the classic music, nor lele
phone connection with our readers, there.
fore cannot reproduce the sweet harmony
Of the grand choruses aud the solos Of
LITTA, RIcE-KNoX, a TAGLIAPIETRA,
the sweet aud marvellous strains and Hun.
garian melodies from the violin Of REMEN
VI, or the soft, sweet and powerful notes
from the cornet Of Boos, such rs was
heard by all who had the good fortune to
be present at the entertainments given at
the Second S@ngerlest Of the PeninsuIar
SmngerLund and Toledo Sengerfest Associ
tion. 1t was grand SUCCESS from the be-
ginning to the close, and Cincinnati will
have to look to her laurels, as the Fu-
ture Great " took long stride toward the
front rank this week. The procession on
Tuesday was one Of tile finest ever seen in
Toledo.
On the third day the Bee run out Of adj
iectives in which to express itself, and re-
ferred its readers to the report Of the day
previous and remarked that them was still
its sentiments only little more 30. The
Commercial put its poetical head-liner to
the front and the following three stanzas
preceded the three days report of the en-
tertainments, marshaled in bold headlines ::
Tho human soul is but harp uttunsd to
notes Of song,
The human heart tuneful Tyre with numbers
sweet and strong.
Each pulse vibrates to measured time, in ca
dense light and free,
Aud every being thrills anew when bound In
melody.
A master hand can strike the key that leads
to every heart,
A voice of song transports the soul from
grovellng care apart.
The hardest heart will melt at last beneath
some magic strain,
And sunshine food the darkest life with
bursts Of JOY again.
Still the anthems float iu triumph, still the
Chorus rises free,
Still the strains Of blissful music break in
sweetest melody.
Faces beam with glad enjoyment, hearts are
beating fast aud high,
Lives are growing bright with gladness as
the golden moments fly.
Strains of wild enchanting music, agitate
the German breast
Planting there a fNdelsss vision of ths glo-
TiUus SSngeriest.
Now Is closed the sweet enchantment, mel
Odes of many lands.
Sonl-eDrancing notes of gladuesst as evoked
by master ha nds.
Now are past the golden hours, late so & lad
with joyous song,
But their memory is eternal, and will linRer
with us long.
Welcome strains of sweetest music, have
been added TO our store,
Treasured deep in memory's casket, they will
leave us neyermOre.
MAYOR RoMIEs ADDRESS.
There is much to be admired in Mayor
RoMIEs' address of welcome. 1t tells us
in fitting words that the undertaking was
beset with doubts and fears as to its ulti-
mute -ru~vesr, ,u,d -, .-.ost Iieusirs ,.,or,
ner in the sentences we have italicised gives
to music the most virtue OF all the arts.
! The following is the address:
1t is with great pleasure that, as Mayor
Of this city and President of the Senger-
fest associatiun extend to you ON be-
half of our citizens and the organizations
which I represent, a cordial welcome. We
hope and trust that your brief stay among
us may be filled with anticipated enjoy
ment, and that leaving,you may carry with
YOU II kind remembrance OF our people.
! II is fitting upon the opening OF this fest-
val, that a word should be said in regard
to the undertaking commenced amid many
doubts and fears, and prosecuted amid
much uncertainty to ultimate success. 1t
is the first of its kind ever held in this i'm
mediate neighborhood, vet when the Pen
insular Sengerbund voted to ia the privi-
lege OF having the second SGngerfest in
| Toledo, we could not but realize the great
labor and expense attendant upon such an
enterprise. Notwithstanding the difficult
ties which presented themselves, our
| friends at once and cheerfully assumed the
duty of maturing our plans and securing
means necessary to bring to honorable
completion the project so undertaken; and
though owing to the stress of hard times
divers interests seemed to oppose complete
success, in the end many OF those who
we're in sympathy with the cause, came to
our aid and assistance, by word and deed
IN accomplishing the results which arc
now apparent.
Among the first obstacles encountered
was the difficulty of obtaining hall oI
sufficient size to accommodate the mem
bers we had reason to expect would be pres
ent and it being ascertained that the city
contained none large enough we determined
to erect the one we at present occupy
Though not so ample in seating capacit,
as we anticipated it would be, we still fee
gralihed that we now have accommodation
for holding Il Sengerlest that shall b,
worthy OF the name; and we trust tina
whatever there may be OF imperfeclion o
arrangement, may be supplied by the cor
dialily OF our welcome. We are gathered
together upon this occasion for social re
; creation and intellectual enjoyment.
In the struggle which engages outsid
of these walls, in the clashng of interes
and conflict OF opinions, how little is ther
after all of real qualification how ie,
LASTING laurels it affords How unreliabl
the sOnse Of right and dnty which it en-
} genders! How often is he, who in tina
contest aims at the good and noble, di'
cOuraged 10y resistance or overcome b
7 misfortune
) Yet that is the great struggle of lii
which all Of rs, each within our own proI
: er sphere, must meet that is the greg
, contest which stiles in its excitement ms
ny a tender emotion, by its cares an
D trouble sIppresses the cheerfuIness OF ma
+ ny hearI, and by its unselishness create
\ many noble and lofty ambition. Will
e II is the cause Of our country's grealnel
: il likewise contains the germs Of what ma
l one day be our greatest danger. Il excite
: every faculty TO its highest manifestation
+. and is, therefore, the true source OF ii
: power of this Republic, but at the san
T. time by its very exclusion Of everythir
3 spiritual il threatens to draw us within III
G bounds OF On insalibl0 materalism. "
= cannot, therefore, but look with favor NJ
!. on those who, without impairing the IN
d terial progress ol our people, have show
o ns how ln avoid this threatening DANCE
y They are the real bnelaclors, who, in Il