Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-20
GERMANS DAY.
A Big Time Arranged for October
the Eleventh.
Some Of the Arrangements and Parts Of the
Programme-Hsasy Committee Work
Why They Celebrate.

AZ NAS sthleQ ycSStfuAy nofuLHe, ene
combined German Societies have postpon-
ed until October IL, the celebration OF their
bi-eentenniAl and they propose to make
that day memorable. A grand procession,
q picnic on the Fair Grounds and several
balls at night form the outline Of the pro-
gYamme, but the many minor details have
Lot yet been filled in. The Fair Ground,
at cost Of s75, will be used, IL the day is
fair, or IL the rainy weather conner, the
Academy of Music, at q cost Of SIS, c IN be
lad up to O'Clock. There was some talk
Of ert citing triumphs! arch over Market
street., at the corner of Twelfth, but this
was abandoned. One was put up ia 1876
and the cost was 10 found 70 be extreme.
4 committee OF three gentlemen will at
tend the celebration at Dayton, on the Sd
Of o tol e. and bring back MT only sug
gestions but any special decoration they
can buy. The delegate committee will
meet, now on every Sunday between this
and The day to be celebrated, 70 perfect ar.
raEgsmeGts.
The BUTCHERS.
The butchers OF this city and vicinity
held a meeting, last night, TO take steps
toward participating in the grand process
sion. They decided TO be fully represented
and 70 turn out body of horsemsn and
number Of vans. In the latter the proce So
Of ssusage-makjrg will be shown aud the
saussges distributed along the route. a
pair Of fat oxen, gaily decorated, will also
Ge added. The horsemen will wear black
caps and plumes and red baldric'.
WHAT THEY CELEBRATE.
The pioneers who settled Germantown
arrived in Philadelphia on october 6, 1888,
and it is this day which the Germans
throughout the United States propose TO
celebrate. But the most eminent Of the
German settlement, Francis Daniel Plsto-
RUS, had arrived in Philadelphia on Au.
gust 20, 1853. He was born in 1851, and
died in l1l9. He was familiar with Greek,
Latin, and tue modern languages, had
studied law, and seems to have had gentle
parents, as the latter sen; him l,26j reicus
ILaisrs, Of which the son Said, TIT ps1saur
CrHt teMlC!e HUml.,t. Thus 90 the time,
sHG the collars Like some OF the settler,
If Ma, s.chu:e';s, Pastorius was q vo!umln
OLs Er.itE aid altogether an intere5ting
character. tie describes himself az 20! a
melancholy, cEClerlCk complexion, and
the,, fore gentle. given 20 sOSHety, solitary.
stud Gus, doubtful. shameisCed, timOrOIs
LenSive,' etc. The earliest Germans in
this country crossed the sea in order t.
avoid tyranny in church and State. Most
Of them we're natives Of the Rhine country,
which at that time formed part Of the
German empire. Indeed, both Dutch and
German names appear in the early records
Of PennsYivsnis, and in many cases it is
difficult TO determine the antecedents OF
the immigrants. Many Of them, however
were clearly Of Dutch origin.
THE OCCASION OF THIS IMMIGRATION
is somewhat mixed, as might be expected
As early as March 10, 1852, William Penn
conveyed some land in Pennsylvania 10
citizens of Crefeld, especially to one Jacob
Telner, q merchant, who had visited Penn
sylvania and knew what he was buying
Late in May or early in June, 1853, a COM
pany OF Frankiorters made similar pur-
chase Of 1000 acres; but the only member
Of this company who ever went 70 Penn
sylyania was Pastorius. He and his COM
psny were "Pietists," or followers OF Spen
. err WHO attached rather more importance
% u sanity lie tnsn 10 correct dOgmas
The Crtf.lJ cOmp5By were not Lutherans
ike Spencer and Paslorius, but Men
Dutch AnabaptisIs. The Mennon
ties were called after Memo Symons
or SimOnis, who had been Roman CdIho
lie priest, but rejected transubstan .iatiDD
and was so i'm pressed with the courage o.
the Anabaptists, then frequently executed.
that he adopted their teachings and deyei
Oped them. He followed Calvin, ratheI
than Luther, but rejected infant baptism
and taught that the church consists o
saints only, that all oaths are wrong, anU
that Christian can neither hold pOlitica
ntN Il /
lhese people who felt attracted by william.
Penn, as well they might, and settled Ger
mgntOSn. But their representative al:
-PCLt as Psstorius, who had much ii.
cor mon with the Meponites."
"PENxsYLyASn DUTCH"
Accordingly there is a certain reason TO-
the term Pennsylvania Dutch, which is
often applied TO the German dialect Of the
Keystone State, although the dialect re
ferred to is rather OF South German origin,
and has been modified by an infusion o.
Pennsylvania English. Nor have the
Breitman bel ads much TO 90 with the Penc-
sylvania German; they simply represel
Germans who have learned bad ENgIisi 0.
none at all. Their phllJi al value i.
very slight. The reII pEi'Uiuciau OF Penn
sy iyenIa Dutch Is tie la" ). :. Htidermau
he rem sTks that before the year
!6,9 "Eeveral thousand Ge-mans bai
entered Pennsylvania, AMI in ITI2 IT, cir
number sss lCJ,'s6; and in 1863, IS 600
The sttt!ers Of tiermTn'Own showed their
national and social as well as religion
preferences in many ways. As Menuon
ties, they took kindly TO the Friends, or
Quakers; like their fJrefathers, the Wal
lenses, they were partial 10 the art OF
weaving, which they introduced in Penn
sylyanis; in manners they were simple and
quiet. But the most remarkable charac
teristic Of the Pennsylvania Germans is the
fact that they have retained their native
language OF former ase, and that many o.
them have remained loyal to the religious
opinions of the ancestors.
GENERAL NOTES.
Millions OF Germans will celebrate the
event all over the country.
DR.. Schsffraneck will probably be the or.
ator Of the DAY and occasion.
Messrs J. G. Hoffman, l.. P. Salterb trr
and Henry Hanke are the Committee o.
Printing.
The following are the committee chair.
men: Anton Rrymann, Arrangements
Henry Blumenberg, Hall; Prof. Schockey,
Music; Vim. Muegge, Decoration: Pete
Bonenher2tr, Refreshments; e. K Behler
Reception.
Concert this evening al Seibert's Card
BY the Opera House Orchestra.
wARDE As vIRGINIUs.
Another tragedy ~ the Play House