Telegram-herald., 1890-09-01

418 Efoil4Ie were kfAt4 sEA-~-9
riug tnE0wiEg fairs, pokeoTn ana pa
nat asxehzntzs All oot- of-aoOx s-ae
sno~s of various sorts. Bat the real
eenter 0f ths festival sas TIE rope ln-
AIDE OF shlch tie games 4-ld pays Here
enacted 4 ''Fi8g bad been form
auout hundred feet square, ere um-
scrbed With stout rope and Nitnln
tnls area the real schwaoearest s&s
held. The exercises coaslsIed or plays,
games. sac dramatic performances or
many varieties. There Was much n
the games "a remind the onlOoker 0f
the ScOtch games aud the Yankee games
OF the first hall of this century. A pole
had been erected. upon the top Of
which were placed many trophies - be
gwen 10 him Os them Who possessed the
strength aud the nerve 10 climb 10 the
top and capture them. A gigantic
bologna sausage remained on the pole
al the day long, for the reason that no
body seemed 10 have the hardlhOOd %
undertake the engineering feat OF cas-
Ing Il down the pole.
The dramatic performance consisted
OF simple "Volk" stories played out IN
costume. The SIZE of the crowd made
the eolioquial part of the performance
diIhcult 10 be heard, but the panto-
mimic features were attractive enough
70 keep the crowd amused constantly.
One of the games wall be here de-
scribed as fair example OF the way
these people amuse their plain and IN
nocent tastes. a verltable live lamb IS
provided and placed IN the ring 70 be
contested Tor BY very simple process.
The lamb isbedecked IN rlbuons and cal
icOs of various hues and IS made 20 look
altogether Ike sheep worthy OF any
mans best effort 10 possess Secondly.
u l0-cent piece Is imbedded IN a candle,
and the candle Is lighted, with the
view, OF course, that the blaze will
eventually burn down and lIberate the
coin. Thirdly, a procession tnen starts
around the ring IN couples, as many as
desire 70 compete for the possession of
the lamb. A flag is put into the hands
OF the first couple, who hold II during
one circuit. When they get around
the ring the flag IS taken from them
and gwen 70 the couple next behind.
On goes the procession, and the flag
shifts T,ossessorship q. each cir
cult of ring. Non, when the
candle has burned low enough TO
and the couple ia whose possession the
flag may chance TO be at the moment
the gun is fned, wins the prize and
takes the sheep. The performance Of
this play. which is called the "Hammel
dance" was intensely amusing. There
were about twenty-five couples compet-
ing, and they consisted OF all sizes, ages
and previous condition OF servltude
t.ff. I, H. 4
into the crowd and found an narcheosog-
ical female who had never before had
an invitation TO dance, and at It they
went. Round and round did the
enthusiast drag MS ancient female,
while the sweat soaked out her
calico dress TIL it looked ike
calico dress soaked out. When
finally she went down through sheer
exhaustion, ii looked first as if all there
was To do was to lug her off the field.
And that was ali, after a female friend
had pulled the disarranged corset
bones back into place. During the
march OF the procession, the band
played pieces OF various movements,
ana the dancers kept their steps to
waltzeS, polkas, etc, accordingly. When
the candle burned down, and the line
dropped out. and the gun was fired,
the lucky holders of the flag were
buried IN perfect storms of congratu-
lsting cheers. The sheep was there ali
the time, but it seemed to be thinking
about something else.
OF course the real festivities closed
rs night came on. The Schwabverein
Society in this city consists of about
one hundred and fifteen members. Its
president IS Louis Schuhard, who man.
aged the whole affair with rare tact
and dignity. Not a thing occurred
durlng the day to mar the peaceful
ness of the occasion.
The cable company and the North
Park Railway were hard pressed to
handle the immense crowds that visited
the park and the picnic grounds during
the day.