St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-26
How 1t Was Enjoyed.


No sooner was the line of march
formed than every conveyance, one
horse, two-horse, phaeton, carriage, and
last of all Tom Lowry, was called into
service, and over 5000 people found
their way to Banholzer's park and the
most perfect enjoyment of the season in
the line of a picnic. Nothing of the
kind has ever been seen in this city
before, and the Germans may we'll say
that Milwaukee is mot in it" with US.
Milwaukee has reputation of being a
German city, but st. Paul has the peo-
pie, and in proportion can even discount
the Cream City. In taking a tree-top
glance of the grounds it can be said that
it was not only a saengerfest picnic but
a general outing of the German nation
allty and their friends. There
were mayors and eX-mayorS, and
in fact nearly every representa-
tive of class and creed that the Saintly
city can show. 1t was good-fellow-
ship meeting, and not word nor act
occurred to mar the even tenor of the
greatest German day st. Paul has ever
seen. The different clubs had quarters
around the grounds where they would
meet and entertain the members of
other societies as we'll as their layman
friends, and there was hardly space of
five minutes but that some society
would entertain the masses in song.
Not only did they sing their lines as
learned from the books, but often one
could hear a parody on local events CT
home citizens. 1t was nearly dusk ere
the crowd began to diSperSe, and when
they did leave it was a mass of singing,
flower-bedecked and earlanded specta-
tors that will always remember the
seventeenth Minnesota Saengerfest.
Fest FrivolitEes.
John j. Ryder did not get a good chance
to make speech at the saengerfest grounds
so he just headed the procession of the cigar
makers union and went over to the brewers
picnic where he let flow some genuine ora
tory, and it was noticeable that Immediately
after the flow from the brewery was in
creased. Becoming inspired with this Ger
man inspiration, he headed again for Ban
holZer's, ana there talked to the assembled
multitude in Teutonic tones in a manner
that would have put Wolfgang Goethe or
Schiller to blush.
Bob Smith was at home. He trod his old
stamping grounds in the Fifth ward that has
done him SO much honor, and is willing to
do him much more, with an assurance that
he would be welcome He was not mistaken
and wherever there was larger crowd than
usual if you wanted to see Bob" there was
where you would be sure to find him. He
had smile for those who loved lam and a
sigh for those that hate but all admitted his
heart was right at any rate. .
Rudolph Schwan, of Chicago, said that he
had seen so much at the worlds fair that he
had become bewildered, and in order TO get
down to basis where he would feel at
home he came to st. Paul to visit the Saenger.
fest After he went 10 the park yesterday
afternoon he said that if he wanted to see a
crowd he might have stayed in the Windy
city. and not even OH German day did they
turn out such representative crowd as the
one he Witnessed yesterday.
The financial question was by no means a
side issue al the picnic, and Father Bickel
and Son William were ready and alert to give
all information of the latest phase of the sill
yer question, and, from some of the results
of their arguments. they will have to enlarge
the safes of the Germania and Minnesoia
savings banks today when they get ready TO
receive deposits. Get few extra clerks in
the morning and be wise
Editor Thompson was on the ground and
when George is around you can bet there is
something going on. George says that he
always did like the Germans ever since
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