Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-06-12
ANNUAL ITALIAN PICNIC.
Twenty-SeVenth Celebration by
The italian Benevolent Society.
a Large Crowd. Decreased
Business.

The twenty seventh celebration of
the constitutional Independence of
Italy was held last Sunday by the
Italian Benevolent Society of Anna
dor county at Fullen's grove, just
beyond Martell station. The day was
an ideal one for outdoor pleasures,
aud no effort had been spared by the
management to make the affair Guido
any previous year. Owing mainly to
the favorable weather an unusually
large gathering was attracted to the
scene OF festivities.
The procession, as for several years,
formed in Suffer Greek, composed of
citizens of Italian nativity or
ancestry, and headed by the Jackson
band marched to the picnic grounds,
under the marshalship of S. Bar
bagelata assisted by a. Ambrogioli.
The county seat and tributary
country contribute as usual the
heaviest share Of patrons. At the
literary exercises A. Ginocohio acted
as presiding officer, with Q. Soracco
Of Sutter Creek as vice president.
The Grafton in Italian was delivered
by f., N. Belgrano of San Francisco,
and in English by u. S. Gregory Of
jackson. The Italian consul of San
Francisco, g. Rocca, was present and
added to the interest of the occasion.
The literary program took up con-
siderable time, and crowded the
afternoon exercises. The dinner was
under the management of Mrs N.
Bona, the proceeds, with all the other
sources of revenue, going for the
benefit of the society.
The amusement program in the
afternoon consisted of a baseball game
between a team from Volcano and a
nine from Suffer Greek. The big
stake offered SID was sufficient to
create keen rivalry. The game was
late in getting started, owing to
wordy preliminarIes. 1t was one
sided game, the Volcanoes having it
pretty much all their own way, and
winning by a score of IA to 4.
The dancing platform was the main
source of pleasure to the young men
and women, and was patronized to
the utmost the whole afternoon and
far into the night, with ID. Berta as
floor director, and l.. Poggi, Joe
Cassagrande, S. Barbegalata and Joe
Giannini as floor managers. The
merry-go-round of Fl. V. Iumblel
furnished enjoyment for the children,
and did an unusually satisfactory
business. Indeed, it was conceded to
be the best patronized of anything on
the grounds.
The bar, ice cream stand, and soda
water both we're fairly patroni2ed,
but not up to the average of ttormer
years. Everything passed off peace
fully. There was no disturbance
worth speaking Of, The order main
tanned was the subject of comment by
the distinguished visitors from San
Francisco, as pIcnics around the hay
are stunned by many on account OF
the rowdy, disorderly element that
is attracted thereto.
From IA outing standpoint the affair
passed off agreeably. The financial
side ia reported to be rather unfavor-
able. Rumor has it that the balance
will be on the wrong side, and that
the society will have to make up the
deficiency. On the other hand, some
are inclined to believe that when the
returns are complete, the receipts
will about offset the expenses. The
truth is the people either have not
the money to spend as formerly, or
they are pulling the strings tighter
around their purses than they we're
accustomed to do in years gone by.