The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-09-12

Three Days Of Much Beer and DrsrrIment
i'm Caledonian Pari--A Grand German
Fesxfval.


Three Days Of Much Beer and MsrrIment
i'm Caledonian Parlx--A Grand German
Festival.
ever NIGHT liebt wein webb una gesapg
Der bli. BIT elm narr sein lleben lang
The above was the legend that caught
the eye of every visitor to Caledonian Park
during last Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday, on which days the Hudson County
volkstest Verein held their annual "Con-
statter yolksfest" 1t was suspended from
the Zig calcium light scaffolding arranged
for the occasion Immediately above the
most iiequented portion of the garden
tie place where beer and liquors, mixed
sid sfluiAht, of every conceivable strength
and quality, were dispensed in unsparing
quaniiiiss. The street Page ant of Monday
wss very imposing. With its long line of
vehicles of different sizes and shapes filed
with strong men and pretty specimens of
the weaker and fairer sex. Some few OF
the giris-a majority of them good-iooking
-reDrfsentea by their costumes that they
were veritable Goddesses of Liberty,
and these damsels are said to have been
atfired in the most unique and
attractive costumes: Lizzie Wildermann,
Francis WildeImanp, Emms EeAusler. So
phia Kaufman, Marion Degnan, Katie
DegDaD, Annie Glueck, Louisa Schusslsr
and Josephine Ferber.
Every day while the fest lasted thou
eands passed into the Park to partake Of
the festivities, and on Tuesday night, illu-
minated by strong light, the visitors
passed under tina inscription on large
white background:
Yilhomenzum Canstatter volksfest."
One of the guards at the entrance to the
Park told reporter on Tuesday that the
fest was dubbed "Canstatter after an old
Wurtemberg custom.
Wurtemberg," he said, is kingdom
in Central Germany about the size of New
jersey, and long Tina ego one of the
kings inaueurated harvest festival at
Cannstadt, where his palace was, not far
from Stuttgart, on the banks CT the
Neckar. 1t was something like your State
Fair at Waverly, though it partook more
Of TIE pature of festival, while combining
all that you call fair. 1t became cele-
brated throughout Germany, and this fcs-
tiyal commen crates that old custom"
The evenings were largely devoted to
dancing ON large pavilion. thousands of
gallant beaux and spretty buxom lsssies
lolning in the dizzy whirl. On Tuesday
afternoon there were number OF athletic
events, in which humor was blended with
the event in the usual German style. In
the fat mems race, David Miller was the
winner. In the girls race. Annie Ka1f-
man and Katie Easel were the frst and
second winners out of eight starting. In
the sack races there were five prize win
ners-Jos. Reisenauer, Philip Steltman,
John Geiger, Emil Schneibel and n. Hahn
being the winners. In the girls second
race the winners were Miss Reisenauer,
Anne Miller and Mary Mattil. The theat-
rical performances by the professionals
engaged for the occasion were varied on
Wednesday evening by John Raft. who ap
peared in several characters, and won much
applause as Maggie Hill. the champion girl
club swinger, and the dude on roller skates,
and by William Murphy as Dutch come
dian. Outside of the profe ssional talent,
the tableaux vivanis were the most inter-
esting part of the performance. The male
statuary were represented by Messrs.
George Keilen, Fritz Becker, Nicholas
Kaelch, Henry Rape and John Flory, OF
the Jersey City Iurn Verein. under the
direction of Theodore Keyser, the ex-
instructor of the Turn Verein. The
statuary was very we'll represented. The
figure of Germania was represented by
Miss Lizzie WildermanD, the Goddess of
Liberty by Sophia Kaufman, the Fairy by
Ida Ketchaip, and Farming Industry, etc.,
by group of girls.
On the whole, the Canstatter was the
most successful of the many successful
German festivals ever held in this county.