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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-08-28
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EXPOSITION BUILDING.

The annual musical saengarfest of the
German singing societies of America was
first nau-uratel on a large scale at Cincin-
natl. That was seventeen years ago But
this year it is held in Milwaukee, in the
grandest style yet witnessed.
Milwaukee has been preparing for the
event two years 1t is claimed her citizens
even elected a German mayor, that he might
properly adorn the occasion and welcome
the excursio nists in their native tongue 1t
is estimated that 100, 600 strangers came to
Milwaukee on this occasion. The fest began
July q AMI continues four days. The exer-
cises are held in the beautiful new Exposi-
ton building, and consist of concerts and
social reunions.
One of the financial hackers of the affair
is the millionaire pork packer John Plank
inton. He offered prize of l,0OJ for the
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One feature of Long Branch is that day
iXcursionists have no show at all there No
merry go round, with monsters on which to
rlde' no monster coasters, elephants b arded
women shows, or any Of lie nickel entertain
mentS dear to the hearts of children and
rustic rover are there Long Branch i so
nigh toned as to be very dull for tLe.e.
a driveway runs along the bluff which is
not very well kept up however. The
fashionable part of Long Branch, as every
other place, is the west end, from the West
End hotel ending with the FL boron cottages.
IL Is not very great space, but it thinks it
is very great.
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of delivering the goods
In 1883, Webb, the English swimmer, lost
his lie in attempting to pass the rapids. 1t
was left for a lank young Philadeip hian to
accomplish the feat in barrel.
Graham is 81 years old, and has spent
much Of his life knocking about the world.
He has en- all around it, for one thing. He
is of slight build, dark complexioned and
thin. He is of an adventurous turn Of mind.
AT the time Webb lost his life Graham was
in England. During the excitement at that
time it occurred to him 10 try the expert
ment which has just resulted successfully.
Being cooper, the idea of making the trip
in barrel suggested itself
He went to BGffalo two months ago, and
began working on the barrel. He made it
all with his own hands 1t is seven feet
high, and egg, hapad some what 1t whitfield
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rEWs BOYS LET LOOSE.
An Excursion In which Tnndemonium
aud low ling Rome Are Nowhere.

An Excursion In which randemonium
aud I"Wliny Rome Are Nowhere.
tn" y " York nawsooys 10 j, not a
happy one AZ best From rough usage at
the hands OF hi- parents, when ne is burdened
with any, TO the rougher treatment Of his
own set in the sire IS he acquires a warliks
spirit which ears only the "cop' and the
police justice. Might i, right with him, and
he is docle only when dealing with a GUS
toner or in the pres Of n stronger an
tagonist There is one day in the year
though when all restraint is removed and
he or several hundred of them, are allowed
to let themselves loose.
This red lott'r day in the newsboy's life is
on the occasion of the excursion granted
him each year by John H. Ssarin 1t came
oil the other day, and the programme varied
little from p evious years FIRST the largest
doube.deck barge in the harbor of New
y ork is made ready at a dock early in the
morning but no earlier than the boys begin
to swarm toward it, Each gamin has So
cured free ticket days before the event,
on his proving that be was an all wool news
boy and at least yard in length squad
of police nre on hand to prevent blood,hed,
and keep the boys from going in swimming
off the dock. There are from so to 500 Of
them, and the pandemonium they keep up
could not be described. After an hour or
so of waiting the order is given to go on
board, AMI then a scramble commences to
get them in line so as to get them on board
Indian file. Those not possessing tickets are
weedel out, leaving $50 to 60 on board. In
the meantime band of nine brave mu-
sicians have taken their lives in their hands
and intrusted themselves to the mercy of
the boys later on. But they are a green
band, they have never furnished music to a
newsboys excursion before, and it is likely
that Starin has not money enough to secure
their services again. at least he has never
yet been able to hire the same ban twice.
Well, the boat starts, doe, the band
and so do the bows lungs, the latter to an
nounce to all New York and a portion of
the state Of New Jersey that the tenth an
nual excursion Of the newsboys is in pro-
gress. Inc first subject to engage the boys
attention is the band, who are playing
"Mikado' airs. The $50 resolve themselves
into a musical committee to instruct the
band a, to their wishes "None of your
hifautin mu-ic give US jigs and A. ward
tunes or we'll trow you overheard" is the
way their request is put The band find it
polite to obay and the boys dance in pairs.
Waiting is what they called it, though
wrestling would be the better name.
Then strong man rolls out on the deck
the first OF steven barrels Of yellow raper
bags. Each boy receives a bag clntaining a
bun, asDice cake, two douyhnu asandwich
and two sections Of the destructive bakers
pie. These are disposei of as follows: The
pie is first gobbled, the sandwich follows
ana then the doughnuts. Then trouble be-
gins for the Land
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1t is called the Pennsylvania Club house.
because 1t is said 10 have been started, in the
first ploc', for the accommodation of rich
Phlladelphians. However that may be, for
tunes made all over the country are lost
here, and the relentless "per cent" on them
goes to fill Phil Days already bursting
Golfers He built a Roman Catho.l, chapel
with some of his wealth last year, as if to
pacify the Lord little while getting the
DEVILS help constantly. But somehow peoplo
of any denomination do not take kindly to
his meeting house, He has openly defiad
the law many years. and no attempt has
ever been made to raid his house till the
other day. 1t was done then by the all of a
callow young theological student who PLAYED
amateur detective. He was so awfully set
up over it that he burst into the gambling.
room at the head Of some policemen, and
brandished revolver and cried in loud
voice: Il take the credit of this This is
mine"
He was very meek and lowly young
Christian, ind 'ed.
Daily and some Of his gentlemen were ar.
rested, but the plucky old gambler showed
fight and succ cded in making confusion
enough for the customers TO get away under
cover of it, They were well known New
York men who did not want their names in
the papers But the gambling goes on alice
samee Phil Days men all wear dress suits
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The ret OF the lunch is stowel in the
pockets or inside the Shirt the paper bag is
inflated and burst then pressed into a wad
and thrown into the yawn ne openings Of
the musicians brass instruments. From
that time until the boat lands the air is full
of flying buns, doughnuts and even chunks
of pie. Before the boat touches the landing
100 boys are overheard to get ahead OF it by
swimming How the boys spend their time
on shore must be imagined For a half
hour before the boat starts to return the
whistle is blown at intervals, but notwith-
standing that precaution it is found by
actual count that some half dozen boys are
left to tinl their way back to New York as
best they can. Two policemen accompany
the expedition to preserve the peace And
a strong man is towed in rowboat after
the barge to pick up the boys as they fall
or are thrown overheard by their COM
panlOns.
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refused to confirm him, which makes his
portrait of interest just now
Goode is a Nlrginiqn, and the - years of
his lifetime have been given largely to the
affairs Of his native state. At the age of >!
he was both admitted to the bar and elected
to the Virginia legislature, and afterwari
reelected several times. He entered the
Confederate army as a private, and subse-
quently became attached to Gen. Jubal A.
Earlys staff From the army he was elect
ed to the Confederate congress. After the
war he resumed his law practice at Norfolk,
Va In 1874 he was elected to the Forty.
fourth congress, and continuously reelected
until the Forty seventh congress, when he
was defeated
At home he is known as Col Goole He
has several times been a delegate to ma
tional Democratic conventions, and eight
years member of the national Democratic
committee. He was president Of the cleo
tors who cast the Old Dominion vote for
Cleveland
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|. The fort g, Stadthaus
2, Dutch church. 7. Block houses
3. Lutheran church 5. Great gun.
4. Lutheran cemetery g. Stockales
5. Dutch cemetery. 10 Six city gates.
In 1880 Kilian Nan Rensselaer,, a pearl
merchant of Amsterdam, organized a COM
pany that secured tract of land extending
back forty eight miles from the river and
south on both sides of the river for twenty
four miles. kilian was the largest share
holder in this company, and it was not long
after that lie squeezed out the others. In
the same way other PATRONS, as they were
called, staked Off tracts of laud on the Hud-
son, living ms feudal lords.
In 1904 the Town was captured by the
English, and IN 1856 Governor Dougan
granted a charter for city to the people of
Albany. This is the even, OF which the BIZ
centennial Is now eng celebrated
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-30
Senator Edmunds' Peculiarities.

Senator Eimunds is beginning to wear
the look of a man who no LONGER doubts.
During the early part of the winter he was
apparently worried, but the recent reports
from Vermont inlicate that the opposition
to him there is diiusive and will amount to
nothing when The legislature meets next
winter 1t appears to Ike generally agreed
in that state hat it would he great mis-
take to retire this veteran and supply his
place with an inexperienced man. Mr. Ed
munds has many enemies. He is dogmatic
cold and not given up TO any remarkable ex-
tent 10 the pursuit of ardent friendships He
has always refused To help any of his con-
stituents to get an office, and has never used
one Of the methods employed by smaller poll
ton letter.
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A hole was left in the top Into this Ora
ham crept, put the lid up and fastened it
This lid is shown in the illustration and
looks like the cover of butter firkin. There
was an air hole,
He was rowei out in a boat from the
ancient landing of the Maid of the NJ ST. be-
low the falls, and was dropped overheard.
He quickly passed under the two bridges,
the cantilever and the suspension He had
a plug out of the top of the barrel, and sa W
them as he passed under From the time
the barrel was set adrft till it was picked
up at Lewiston, below the rapids, was just
thirty-two minutes Graham was fearfully
shaken up. He says he intends now to make
some money out of the experience
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men.
THE OLDEST AMERICAN CITY.
Albany, y. Y, Celebrates the Bi-Cen-
tennial of Its Incorporation.

When, in 1909, Hendrix Hudson left Hol-
land it was with the intention of finding a
northwest passage to India ami China but
the nearest he came to the object of his
search was Albany, n. Y. As he entered
New York harbor, Coney Island even, had
no attraction Tor him. China or bust"
seems to have been his motto, for he even
gave the island of Manhattan the cold
shoulder, and sailed up the Hudson till his
craft, the Half Noon, was stuck in the mud.
The present city of Hudson marks the spot
From here the late and four sailors pad
died up as far as Albany, but finding only
Indians, they turned back Had Hudson's
mariners continued on to the present Troy,
they would have seen enough gtails in the
celebrated aundries thereabout to have led
them TO the belief that the Flowery King
dom c )uId not be far away.
On Hudson's return to Europe the an
nouncement of his discoveries aroused the
terprise of the old Dutch merchants and they
filled out several expeditions to investigate
the new land. These navigators explor cd
the American coast from Massachusetts to
Virginia pre-empting the whole territory.
They would have continued their explora-
tons and laid claim to the remainder of the
undiscovered EARTH but for the fact that it
did not pay, it did not return what their
descendants call DOODLE" SO they turned
to the more profitable calling of trading
with the natives. That is exchanging ch cap
gin and trlnkets for the valuable skins and
hides collected by the Indians. As Albany
was at that time the great meeting ground
of the various tribes it was chosen as the
most suitable site for ira ling post
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-30

The marriageable Young man who is
there, who has plenty of clothes and money
to pay his board, may be considered to be
in paradise. Sweet girls flock around him
They look up to him and adore him when
he is there; they dream about him and sigh
for him when he is not. He has nothing to
do but change his clothes four times a day
and look bored and little melancholy, as
though he had secret sorrow He will be as
great man rs a turLaned Turk in hi, own
harem.
toned The most splendidlv furnished and
most renowned one in the United States is
here, to make use yet once more of Ing
! Branch superlatve
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grand musical event in this c0u try with
out Theodore Thomas at the head. The di-
rector OF the saengerfe,t is a home musician,
of Milwaukee, Professor Ernst Catenhausen.
He has only been in the city about two
years Hs strong, fine German counten-
ance saw the first light in 1S4l, at Ratza-
burg, Duchy of Lauenburg where his father
was a pastor. Following a high school
course at his home he became a student of
history and philosophy at Gottingen and
Leipsic. In the latter city he became pupil
of the composer Ignatz Lachner and was
not long in deciding to devot, himself to
music entirely. After completing his
studies he directed operas in Riga, Konigs-
berg, Chemntz and Cologne Having
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-30

A leading tenor on "lSs "oLpsi lOAhN
the saengerfest programme is Albert Pau
let, San Francisco boy, aged % years
When years old he went to Germany
where lie stayed eleven years. Intended for
the commercial bureau, he was sent to Lon
don to an uncle. There he became acquaint-
ed with the baritone Wadeck, who appre-
ciated his tenor voice and advised him to
devote himself to art. He visited Frankfort
where he was instructed by Stockhausen
and after giving concerts in Germany he
came to New York, to join the American
Opera company.
Rafael Josephy, the wonderful pianist, is
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-30
SCENES At LONG BRANCH
SKETCHES OF WHAT IS TO 3:
SEEN DURING THE SEASON.

Many Hotels, Cottages and Gambling
Houses-Tretty Girls in sheli-Shaped
Chairs-The Boss Dude In Paradise.
Raid on Phil Days.
OF the four great seashore resorts near
New York city, Coney Island is the place
for day eXcur ionist', Ocean Grove ard As
bury Park the gathering place of those whom
other people call poor and pous, Long
Branch is the spot where wealthy Hebrews
and summer guests from points outside OF
New York city congregate, while Newport
is where the blue bloolS. ;he sci sly led real
aii,lo racy of New York city have cottages
during the four warm months which are
called the season.
The chief features Of Long Branch are the
hotels and co tages and the gambling houses.
1t is getting the fashion now for a central
dining room, kitchen and restaurant to he
built, with a limited number Of lodging
rooms attached. Clustered all around il are
cottages, so called; in reality, ornate AMI
large houses of wo vi. These are usually
built without kitchens. The proper thing,
that is to say the fashionable thing, to do is
to rent or own n cottage near the central
restaurant and take your meals there.
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violin solo st of the occasion. He has few
equals on his lavorite instrument.
The city had guarantee fund OF $500, 600
for the expenses of this monster festival.
The fashion of holding n saengerfest comes
from Germany and is of ancient origin.
Formerly in the fatherland the singers of
different places would meet to sing in COM
petition for prizes This friendly rivalry
was the origin of the saengerfest.
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THE DETROITS,
THE LEADING CLUB IN OUR GREAT
RATIONAL GAM.

PORTRAITS of "Dcacon White aud the
Rest of the "Big -Four THE Pitcher
of the "Pretzel" Curve and the Left
Handed Pitcher.
The great interest in our national game
centers this season in the Detroit (Nich.)
baseball club, who now leads in the race for
the championship of the National league,
which includes the present champions, the
Chicagos, 50 clubs from New York, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Washington, ST. Louis
and Kansas City.
The Detroit club now consists of fourteen
men, who are said to be the strongest COM
binaton of players and heaviest bat,men
ever brought together. The organization
created considerable of stir last fall by
buying out he Buffalo club and retaining
four of the best players, Brouthers, White,
Richardson and Rowe, now famous as the
big four Much Of the success of the pres
ent nine is due to this quartet.
No player in the country is better known
than Dennis Brouthers, their first baseman,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-30

Of CIeVolanl. The following year that team
became a professional cluo, and White
played with than durin. the seasons of 1869,
1870 1871 ana 1872. He went to Boston and
remained during 1873 1874 and 1915 In
the centennial year he, with Spalding,
Barnes ami McVey, trans ferred Themselves
to Chicago being the first big four. They
staid in the Garden City that season, but re-
turned to Bos on and played in 1871 In
lS'e-19 the Cincinnati league club had his
services. He took a rest during the first
part OF 1850, but went to Cincinnati in
August and finished the season. In 1851 he
joined the Buffalo club, and did great wo k
for them until he left them for Detroit.
The deacon is said to figure as Sunday
school teacher or superintendent during the
winter months, but it does not seem to in
iura IN, as a IA ,,la ,,a, my,
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he came to this coun-
try Six months later he took charge of an
American operate company. In 1854 he
went to Milwaukee as the director of the
"Musicverein.
The oldfashioned saengerfests had no
female performers 10 grace their sessions.
With the new time, however, lady singers
are welcomed Frauen Lille Lnhmann, of
New York is one of the leading artists this
year. Another is Caroline Goldstcker.
She is man-Amercan Nav York girl,
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| [ | | N OF S.
UPPER ILLINOIS AND PROPOSED CANAL


AS shown by the map, a wa err way al
ready extends from Chicago to Hennepin,
formed for 100 m les by the Illinois and
Michigan canal to La Sale; from the latter
point to Hennepn tho Illinois river is u,il-
lied. The sting canal has been presented
to the government on the event OF the bill
becoming "A law. Thi, canal as well As the
Illinois river, will have to be w.dened aud
deepenc /, but the great engineering work
will be on the locks necessary in the pro-
posed canal as there are two elevations, one
of POS feet and another of 40 feet in the line
OF the canal and over which the commerce
will have to be carried
This canal is to be free, and it is expected
that offering from st. Paul Minneapolis
and the great grain growing section an all
water route to Chicago and through the
lakes and Erie canal to New York, that it
will be a beneficial competitor to the rail-
roads.
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stands five feet clevcn
in c h res. lie began
playing with the Nes-
h ann e ks, If New
Castle, Pa, in 1874,
and continued throu IN
to the latter part of
1876 as third baseman
and catcher, when he
went to Detroit and
joined the AEtnas, at
that time a semi-pro-
fessional club, the ri
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-30

AAAha O." ~ 4 9 49, @AA
native of Chicago and
is % years old. He
first came into p~omi-
nence with the Grand
Rapids tMich.) team,
in 1852, playing there
two years. He joined
the Detroits in August,
1884, and has done
good work for them
since. He has great
endurance, and has
participated success
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-30

che inside of the barrel in section cut
down throuch. Tho netting hammock
was safely 5 cured to the sides of the bar
rel with ropes, so that the man inside could
not be too tremendously bumped while
tossed about in the whiripool,. Opposite
the shoulders were two holes Through
these he thrust his hands and grasped two
iron loops in the sides of the barrel, TO
steady himself. The barrel slaves were one
and a quarter inches thick
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-30

2S years old, and a
member of the German
Opera company. Her
first instructor was Di-
rector Anschuetz. La
ter she went to Ger
many, m a X in & her
debut on the opera
stage at Nuremhurg as
Ortrud in "Lohen-
grin. " For thu five
years following 1873
she was n member of
the opera in Karlsruhe.
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the little steamer
Maid of the Mist
passed through.
The crew consist
ed of her captain,
Robinson, and two
other men. By lit
tie less than a mir
acle the occupants
of the craft shot
the rapids and all
came out alive.
The boat had been
sold, and this was
her captains way
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He is a very fleet base
runner and a great
cause of worriment to
catchers. He is %
years old and is n New
Highlander by birth.
He made his debut
with the Rhode Island
club, of Providence
and joined the Roches-
ter N. " team in 1878
ms third baseman. Sub
sequ Antly he went to
Albany, being a MEM