Evening star., 1921-04-10

Ticket holders entitled three shots. D1ncinr
| Master Of ceremonies. G A. Lucas.
There was a grand prize tourna
| ment. saber exercise and ball" O,
Analostan Island Wednesday. Ser
tember Is. 1874, Ito help defray T..
| cost of extending St. Joseph's Orpha
Asylum" The judges were Gov. De.
Col Berrett ard Col. Wall.
On May .. 1874. there was tag.
practice on Analostan Island by Z,
. Presidents Mounted Guard. The ST.
said it was spirited affair "a.
w'li attended. Among the visi,c
were Gov. Shepherd. Col Wehst
Col. Fucitt. Col Page and Maj. Pian
each of whom made three shots wi
The carbine and failed to hit T.,
bulis-eye." A gold medal was pr.
sentad to Private Charles W. She
wood. a silver medal to Serct. T. Y
tiilleary and leather medal to Lieu
Joseph Platz.
The following advertisement shov
that the island had passed from IL
management of Kaiser & Richter:
Reorening ar Analostan Island rhursia
May Il. 1874:
the foot of High street. Gs"re-town and Z:
street. Washington. every few minutes. A..
Goa ches VIA run from the landing to III" p
vilion. Music by the Holy Hin Rand
JOHN II WELLS. Proprietor.
In August. 1874. a series of pigeon
shooting matches took place on tn.
island. under the auspices of the Ma
tional Sport smen's Club. There was
exhibition shooting by Capt A. II.
Bogardus. champion shot Of Amer
ica." Charles q. Godfrey was referee
and among the names of the contest
ants are Mills. Jensen. Ferguson.
Alexander. Benjamin, Magee, Derrick
and Sherwood
Analostan Island had a deal Of com
petition as pleasure resort. OF
river resorts Of Glymont. White
House. Blackstone's Island. Piney
Point and River Springs but nearer
to Analostan Island than any of those
places was Green Spring. near
Georgetown.
THROUGH the SOS and '7os one
may read many Green Spring ad-
vertisemerts is, but there is not space for
them here.
One of Washington's old picnic re-
sorts was Loef1er's Garden. and the
following advertisement running in The
Star during the spring Of 1860 will tell
the story:
Washington City Garden
New York avenue between LIST and md streets.
Ernest Loeffer. Proprietor.
In calling the attention OF the public to my
grounds | would state that ARRANGEMENTS have
been made TO make this retreut more attrac-
tive every day. Monday the garden will BE-
open free Of charge, and a concert given by q
select band. For the amusement of the chil-
dren he has introduced a number Of little
games never before in this city and
calculated al the same time TO amuse tie
old folks.
" B.-Attached is nv bottling establish
ment, and families can be supplied with any
quantity at their residence Of that healthfuI
drink. lager beer. upon short notice.
Running through the resort ads of
The Star for the Fourth of July. 1872.
the Rambler finds that the Georgetown
GrayS gave grand parade and picnic"
at Green Spring to the music of Holy
Guard gave a "saber tournament and
picnic at the Highlands near Bladens-
burg: that the ladies of the Hyattsville
NJ. f. Church held a picnic at Spa
Grove. Bladensburg; that the West
Georgetown NJ. +. Sunday school gave
picnic in CoX'S woods and listened to
addresses by w. r. Woodward and the
Rev. Mr.. Mullen: that the Congress
Street Methodist Protestant Sunday
school gave a picnic in Browns woods,
north of Oak Hill cemetery: that Prof
Widdows played patriotic airs on the
chimes of the Metropolitan NJ. f.
Church; that the knights Of ST. Patrick
held picnic at Beyer's Seventh Street
Park: that the Twelfth Street NJ f.
Sunday school gave a picnic TO Pencote
woods, near the National City Race
Course and beyond the Government
Hospital for the Insane, and that the
Greenleaf Club gave its annual picnic at
Loefiiers Garden.