Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-11
DEUToHER vEREIH,
THE FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY.

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BY special invitation, Oh last Monday
night, We attended the supper. given by
the "Deutoher Vsrein, OF Baton Rouge,
in honor of the fifteenth anniversary Of
it's organization.
The cosy hall of the society lad been
turned iuto o dining room as evidenced
by the long table disposed lengthwise,
which occupied the centre OF the hall,
at each end of which, and in rear Of the
President and Yice-President's stand,
the Ag Of the German Confederation
was displayed in the guise of draped
curtain, beside which, at the Presidents
stand, stood the beautiful banner pre-
sented the society some years ago by
the Ladies.
The tabl, had been tastetully arrang-
ed, aud tho appetizlng aud gaily decor
atsd viands aligned in front of the thir-
ty-two covers presented view most
exhilerating to the senses of the incom-
ing guests, who evinced much good hu.
NOR in thus being convened to mark an
event i'll the history Of their association.
At ~ O'Clock P. NJ, President Gass
marched us into the adjoining room,
where The appetizer was being served,
after which, the hour having arrived,
he called the asse mblage to order. and
In fow remarks stated the object Of
the festive reunion. On closing, be re-
quested the guests to take their respect
i've places around che board. At the
head, and on the loft of. the President.
Major Machet, tho Vice Consul Of France,
was placed, while we were honored by
being seated on the right of the Presi.
dent. Next, on the left aud right, were
the ex Presidents Of the society. There
was some little confusion at this. time,
owing to the difficulty experienced in
finding II proper person TO open the re
past with prayer; but at this embar-
RAISING juncture, The extreme left solved
the problem by attacking the spread
with an appreciatlvevim. In a twinkle
the luscious oyster soup was served all
around; and, in fact, il proved 80 pal
atable that the extreme right stole
march over the extreme left by "encor
ing" the soup. .l .
l~is said that when Deu,cher meets
Deutcher, den comes the lager beer"
and that "when Greek meets Greek, then
comes the tug of war;" but it happened
that the gay assemblage did neither:
they ran against the French beverage,
claret. And, as the spare ribs, broiled,
tho gsiIy dressed hams, the sausage, che
hogshead cheese, the salads, the reasts,
ETC., were in turn attacked. the wine
disappeared as fast as the traditional
lager would have done.
But there is an end to everything.
After the storm, the calm. When the
appctites had been squelched, sentiment
was in order. The President was called.
He proposed toast. Then we were
surrounded and called and we offered
a toast. Aud the Vice Consul of France
was captured; and he Proposed toast.
And then Mr. Schorten and others, too,
offered toasts, till, finally, the irrepres-
sibie left started the Watch on the
Rhine" led by Busch, August aud Philip
Bott, who 50 enthused the members
that they were joined in the chorus by
the entire society. After this, "Mein
Father, Mein Mother" was sung, which
was followed by: When the swallows
homeward fly at the close of which
the steamer Cannon blew her whistle
and after shaking hands with our
whole-souled German trends, we. re-
paired TO the boat on our way to New
Orleans, to attend the meeting of the
Boa,d VI Supervisors Of he Louisiana
State University.
What happened after We left can be
imagined BY the foregoing. In this par
ticular, however, 'ris best to pull down
the blinds.
, One thing certain, is, that our Ger
man feIlow-cilizens again demonstrated
that they never do thugs half way
The 18th Anniversary Of the formation
of their Association wa, celebrated in
the most joyous manner, All suspicious
Indication of the continuance of the har-
mony that has never ceased to reign
among the members.
We sincerely hope that the Associa-
ton will serve as beacon light to
hos's of emigrauts from the tatherland,
around which they will soon cluster to
aid their brethren i'll their efforts to
make East baton Rouge one of the rich
est and happiest parishes in Louisiana.
The GsruIau Association was OryaniZ-