River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-08-03
MADISON LETTER.


sorts" have become so common, and
recreation one of the habits of our
people, slack" seems to be in no dam
ger of becoming "dull boy from too
much work and not enough play. The
Monona Lake Assembly seems fairly
alive with those who have babe
adieux to all care, and from early
morning until late at night, engage in
pastimes that rapidly develop the
bright and attractive side of life.
Over two hundred tents are pitch ed
on the ground, giving an actual resi-
dence of not far from one thousand.
In addition to this two steamers ply
to and fro from the city, distant
about one and half miles, every half
hour carrying large loads of transients
who take in such of the exercises as
they see fit. This gives the daily at
tendance from two thousand to three
thousand five hundred, combining pro-
fit with pleasure. The large audit0ri-
UNI, capable of seating from two to
three thousand people, is well filled
and sometimes den sely packed accord
ing to the advanced reputation of the
speaker) two or three times a day to
listen to lectures and engage in Nor
NAL class exercises upon some of the
current topics of the day, all good and
receiving the commentator of the
masses. We will only mention some
of the most brilliant, and in one in
stance a unique individual that char
acterizes the Assembly, this is A. O..
Van Lennep, of New York, the repre-
sentative of Oriental life in full cos
tune. He constantly appears in
the dress of Turk, although he
denies the nationality on the ground
of his parents being born in Holland,
though he first saw the light in Tur
key. He has over twenty different
styles of oriental dress with which he
adorns his attendants thus giving us
an idea of the customs and habits of
the Old World. He is an eminent
christian, and most excellently Illus
trates the scriptures, where the spirit
ual kingdom is compared to the things
that were common in the days of
Christ. The platform is frequently
dignified by the presence of His Elk.
cellency Gov. j. M. Rusk, Elk. Gov
ernor Fairchild, besides many of the
Theological celebrities of the nation,
Chaplain McCabe, known only to be
loved, is here and has charmed every
body with his singing and carried off
the palm as speaker with his lecture
1.-THE Bright Side of Life in Libby
Prison. which he delivered to about
three thousand five hundred. At this
everybody was delighted to
have the Rev. Theodore l.. Cuyler, of
New York, introduced, who preceded
the Chaplain by a ten or fifteen min
utes speech, which was received with
immense applause. He was just re-
turning from trip through Minneso-
ia, Dakota, Montana, and Wiscon-
sin, and claimed that if any
body said Madison was not
"the handsomest city in the Vest" he
ought to be taken out to the lake and
drowned. In closing he paid an elo-
quent tribute to the temperance agita-
ton of the West, and turning toward
the capitol building he seemed to leap
ahead of time, and pictured in fault
less language the day when the sun
should shine on its dome, as all over
the State, under which and through
which no intemperance or sin should
exist but altogether should reflect the
grand image of Millennium Glory
The Doctors voice is harsh and I'M
musical but the beauty and force of
his utterances causes one to soon lose
sight of this entirely. Long live this
grand old man to hasten on his Mas
ter's Glory. DR.. Corwin, of Racine,
occupies prominent place and is put
down as the swift of the Assembly"
and is one of the "big guns whose
voice gives no uncertain sound for the
cause of Truth. Professor Sherwin,
of Cincinnati, has charge of the music,
and sueh music. With chorus of
from three to four hundred voices and
nicely trained it IS not surprising that
when they sing the things of time and
sense are strangely forgotten. On
Friday evening they rendered the can
tata of .David the Shepherd Boy"
This was done with ten soloists and
chorus of four hundred voices and
drew the largest crowd of the season
so far. The Professor remarked in a
private conversation that he would
give fifty dollars to take that chorus
to Chautauqua. This is big compli-