History of Milwaukee, city and county . uish theNorth German from the South German by his English. The Mecklenburgerfrom the North found the English language easier than did the Bavarian ofthe South. The former was aided by a similarity between Low German andEnglish while the latter was hampered by a corresponding dissimilarity be-tween his old world dialect and the new world tongue. He constantly eon-fused the hard and soft consonants and found difficulty in giving his vowelsthe exact shade of pronunciation. Between the forties and sixties the Fourth of July celebrations assumed amost festive
History of Milwaukee, city and county . uish theNorth German from the South German by his English. The Mecklenburgerfrom the North found the English language easier than did the Bavarian ofthe South. The former was aided by a similarity between Low German andEnglish while the latter was hampered by a corresponding dissimilarity be-tween his old world dialect and the new world tongue. He constantly eon-fused the hard and soft consonants and found difficulty in giving his vowelsthe exact shade of pronunciation. Between the forties and sixties the Fourth of July celebrations assumed amost festive air. The main streets were decorated with green trees, garlands,bunting and flags. The forests about the city were stripped of saplings andshrubbery which were placed on the gutter side of the walks and at theentrances of small shops and saloons. The refreshing vegetation ornamentedwith flags and bunting, gave atmosphere, color and zest to the holiday youth of the city was extremely busy burning powder and exploding J j. J J -J J J 4 4 J . THE OLD TIME MILWAUKEE SALOOX AND KESTALRAXT OX THE \V SIDE IX THE SIXTIES EST
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