The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-30
Chautauqua Lake.
Special Correspondence of the Press.


LAKE VIEW Aug. "a,
A very erroneous impression :
walls to some extent in regard to the
Assembly, aud that is, that the days
are all long Sundays, devoted exclu-
sively to Sunday School lessons, q
place where people sit all day with
lesson leaves in hand, and are drilled
In all the spiritual lore of the Bible,
and then retire to their tents and spend
the interims between the exercises in
private meditati0ns and prayer
Nothing of the sort is allUa0ed! The
real Sunday School study is confined
to the Normal classes, who devote
about two hours per day to close study
and recitations, but there is nothing
in attendance, and it is not
probable that out of the thousands
here, over four hundred persons were
'.Normals." Hence it can be readily
seen that the study of the Scriptures
does not occupy the attention, direct
ly) of any considerable portion of the
''pilgrims," who at all hours, from
rosy morn till dewy eve, are to be
found on pleasure bent, boating, fish.
ing, c(r)oquetting, and listening to the
superb lectures, sermons, addresses
and concerts, of which four are pro-
vided each day. at eleven o'clock, two
five and eight O'Clock, p. m. The in
terims are filed as each may individu-
ally desire, or he may omit attendance
upon either or all, as he may choose,
the only compulsion being that when
the gates are closed on Saturday eve
ming, the stranger or pilgrim remains
within ''those gates" until Monday
for no boat is allowed to
land, or receive any passenger on Sum
day, and during the day quiet, anala-
gous to the sabbath of the fathers,
reigns.
Of the Grounds at the 'Point" it is
simply impossible to give any realizing
idea of their extent and beauty. Gov
ering, as they do about 50 acres of for
est land, regularly laid oil into lots,
roads built. grades established, gas,
water and sewerage are among the
blessings, and along these streets large
roomy cottages are located, not of the
cheap pput-up-to-day-and-gone-in.the.
style, but substantial struc-
lures, modern and tasteful in appear
ance, costing in some instances from
81 600 to $1,5OO each, and of these,
some $50 are already erected; while
beyond on the hillside and along the
shore, the tents of the Lords army
CLEAN to the extent of hundreds and
located as they arc among the huge
trees, and finer shrubbery, the effect,
lin its great extent-is picturesque,
highly SO; and this morning as the
deep, heavy vibration of thunder rolled
through the camp and the advance
guard of pattering rain drops came
musically dripping through the leaves
the general scamper that ensued re-
minded QUE strongly of that passage
in the Good Book which reads, "Flee
to your tents, oh Israeli"
We will suppose that the reader has
visited "Palestine" that artistic model
of utility to every one who reads his
Bible geographically and understand
ingly enjoyed the far sweep of en-
chanting beauty at the "Point," took
in the city ofJerusalem, and passed an
hour within the "Oriental house
where the Turkish gentleman is to be
found at home, and your lady was en-
tertained by the ladies of the Harem,
and you no doubt wondered if all the
Orientals were vouchsafed CORES.
ponding life of luxurious Incidence
and ease :thence on through the charm.
ing grounds of the Palace hotel" on
past the huge Pavilion" which is
water proof in dry weather, thence to
the Grand Hotel, where 1000 persons
put in actual practice Darwin's theory
of the fittest, by the Tabernacle" and
the Pyramid of Cheops, and from the
commanding view, take in the whole
of Fair Point, realizing for the first
time its immensity. This way if you
please; q walk down Simpson Ave-
nue., the Euclid" of the town, and we
emerge into, the great auditorium, Ca
pable of seating 10000 persons, and
standing room for as many
more, and last night at the concert,
fully 1900 persons were present, and
vet there was no demand for reserved
seats, for the seats are like every thing
else in the way of intellectual recrea-
ton, free.
If You are q lover of music you will
at once be impressed by its quantity
and attractive quality. At the front OF
the platform, Prof. Shewin, of New
Jersey, wields the baton. Tall, finely
and just gray enough in
his hair and whiskers to give him dig
nifty, he seems to be "master" in
handling his great choir, among whom
one, discovers many singers of note
Miss Cohen, of Washington, Prof.
Bischoff, the wonderful blind musician,
and DR.. Presby, the magnificent tenor,
from the same city; Phillip Phillips
who has sung his way through the
world and into so many thousand
hearts Minnie Kent, of jamestown, q
beautiful alto, and ever SO many more,
besides which the famous Apollo Club
of New York, which is unsurpassed,
to which add the choir of 100 trained
voices, and one can form some esti-
mate of the completeness of this de-
partment, and all tastes are consulted'
and at the concerts and rehersals every
class Of music is represented, from the
grand music from the Cathedrals OF
Of Europe, to the light, airy, senti-