The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-08-19

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the German contingent. The weather
was most unpropitious for their anti
cipated celebration Sunday, under the
auspices of the Sons of Herman, and
many an anxious glance was directed
to the sky as the day wore out wet
and gloomy and ushered in night
of torrents. Sunday morning was
brighter, but still gloomy, and when
the clouds broke away at noon there
was a stir among the folks, and from
then on until midnight there was
something doing.
Fully 1000 people visited the pic
mic grounds at Anderson's grove dur
ing the afternoon and evening, the
majority remaining for hours, many
until the last dance was pulled off at
midnight. Part of the afternoon
was delightful and Anderson grove
was merry place. The woods re
sounded with songs of the Fatherland,
CHEEKY salutations of visitors from
afar and the jovial spirit was every
where apparent
The refreshment booths shared
| hOnors with the dancing platform, be-
ing patronized increasingly Some Of
the frauleins played a continuous en-
gagement upon the dancing floor,
barely stopping to take a measure of
pretzels and beer.
Much amusement was afforded by
the sports of the afternoon, bows
race, races, girls races, pie-eating
contest, married womans race and
finally the chase after the creased
| porker, which was a great sight, the
little pig lodging through the crowd
of spectators, down into the brush
and was only caught when he reach
ed water ditch which baf11ed him.
The Fourth annual celebration of
the Sons Of Herman was a picnic
throughout and will be remembered
for many days.
Sunday was the day and the Ger
man picnic was fit" In the early
morning the wagons loaded with beer
and people wendell their way to the
grounds near Lebert and Burns mill,
and at night the same wagons and
busseS made the return trip with peo-
pie loaded with beer. All day long
the merrymaking was kept up and
dancing and sports of all kinds
together with the eating and drink
ing made it impossible for any one
who cared to indulge to be troubled
with monotony.
The grounds were nicely cleared of
all underbrush and the different
stands were in close proximity to the
star attraction, the dancing pavilion
the floor of which was crowded
throughout the day, by the devotees
of the light fantastic, who bumped
around good naturally to the strains
of the orchestra under the direction
of Harry Lands and Professor
Moore. The different sports were held
as per program, and afforded much
| enjoyment, however, was marred by
J the pushing of the crowd, who, as
usual, were not satisfied unless they
could be right on top of the contest
ants, never thinking that they could
} see just as well by standing further
back. The pie eating contest evoked
) much merriment by the antics of the
, young contestants in their frantic en-
beavers to eat pie with their hands
tied behind their backs. The prize
: was an air rifle, and the boys with
that in view lost all respect for dys
pepsia or other kindred evils and
scooped up the pie with might anG
main. Before the contest was hal
= ended each boys face looked al
though some one had struck hin
with a quart of jam, their ears alone
being visible behind a mark of dirt
blackberries and pie crust.
Although the picnic began early il
the day, the crowd did not begin tt
1 gather until in the afternoon, and
was nearing dusk before the fun wa
at it's height. At that time the usua
result attended the numerous trip
to the beer stand, and half a dozel
walters were kept ON the jump to al
tend to the wants of the thirsty. A
the shades of evening began to fall
every one took another hitch in thei
belts and turned in to have bette
time, if possible, than they had bee
having, and from various parts of tn
grounds arose the voices of groups c
singers in songs of all kinds and i
all kinds of keys. Every one wa
happy, and they were not backwar
in letting the fact be known.
The order maintained throughor
the day was excellent and reflect
great credit upon the Sons of He
man. While the crowd was yer
large and at times some were boi
ferrous, not an arrest was made fc
creating disturbances, and the figh
ing was cut out almost entirely.
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