Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-06
Madison Matters.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

FROM Our Regular Correspondent.
The Sixth annual encampment of Mo-
mona Lake assembly began last week,
on Tuesday. A crowd of over 5000
people had assembled upon the grounds
at the opening services.
The association have labored hard to
secure the best talent within their reach
and have succeeded well in doing so.
The Meigs- Underhill combination which
constituted the chief attraction of enter
tainment on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, was one OF the
most excellent features ever presented
to Wisconsin audience The Meigs
sisters form vocal quartette of the
rarest ability and training. Their an
nouncements on the programme were
always eagerly awaited by large audi
ences -one day there were nearly 5000
listeners bending their ears to the songs
OF these charming singers. Prof. I'M
derhill, who accompanied them rs an
the songs with dramatic readings. His
rendition of Mark Twain's selections
were indispensable 10 their humor
The audience gave these entertainments
many hearty encore, and on the day
OF their last entertainment they com
PEELED the patient singers TO linger far
into the dinner hour Rev. e. G. Lori
mer, of Chicago. delivered two lectures
one, Society or the Present Problem,
being one OF the ablest common sense
talks ever given from an American
stage. He merclessly criticised aris-
tocracy, especially such as was involved
IN tho recent scandal He SAID
all America needs is justice, and if
he was compelled to dismiss Justice or
charity from the world he would sharp
en- 1p the sword of justice, tear the ban
dage from her eyes so that she could
see when her scales balance, and then
bow charity out of the world. Charity
binds up broken hearts, but justice can
keep them from breaking and thus save
the work OF charity. just before the
close of his lecture he was interrupted
by storm. The Rev. DIR. Idle, of Mil
waukee, gave very interesting lecture
on the ''Old Testament, Preparation
of the Church, He discussed the work
of evolution in nature, but declared that
the Bible was not the work of evolution;
love was always right and hate was al
ways wrong before single star shone
ont upon the field of space, and always
will be so in spite of any change Of eyo-
luton. Lectures before the Institute of
Philosophy were given by distinguished
speakers. Walter Bruce's lectures on
Sir Walter Scott and Native Mettle were
able address, and richly paid all who
heard them. An evening serenade was
gwen upon the lake by the Goshen band
on Thursday evening, and as the camp
was Illuminated by Chinese lanterns.
red. green and blue lights, and the
steamer carrying the band was also
gaudily decorated with lights, it made
charming scene. On Saturday every
thing gave way for the children who
were entertained in the forenoon by
Miss Lydia Won Finklestein and in the
afternoon by Prof. C. w. Richards.
Miss Won Finklestein portrayed the Gus
toms of the Jews in their dress, weapons.
salutes and utensils with the most vivid
details, and her lecture threw more
light on many verses of the Bible than
anything of the kind yet presented upon
the stage. Prof CIV Richard. amused
and instructed the children by his chem
zeal and physical experiments. A cold,
drilling rain all day Sunday made the
camp very uncomfortable Thus far
the assembly has been a success in ev-
cry sense, and every hour of the day
some entertainment can be had, from a
philosophical lecture to a musical con-
cert, a steamboat ride ora bath in Lake
Monona.
The evenings have been made pleas
ant By the grand stereopticon views of
Yellowstone Park, Colorado, and her
canons, given by Prof. W. j. Marshall.
of Fitchburg, Mass.
No one should miss this summer
school of music, philosophy and science
Prof. Sherwin's chorus class numbers
nearly 400, all good singers who can
read music; their songs can be heard
across the lake YANKEE.
Madison, August 3, 1885.
A number of the credulous "Inde-
pendent" voters, who followed of the
Reform wagon of Cleveland and Hen
bricks last fall, have preferred charges
against Aquilla Jones, postmaster of
Indianapolis, showing that he openly
aud fiagrantly violated the civil service
rules in making appointments in his
office, and a committee has been ap.
pointed to look into the matter One of the
greatest of American institutions is the
appointment of committee to look
into the matter, and great things is
always expected from it. But in the
meantime. Aquilla is quietly pursuing
his way, on the Jackson principle that
to the victors belong the spoils. and
they mean to have them. We greatly
fear the result will be sad shock to the
delicate and tender natures of those
lofty minded patriots who were obliged
to leave the r 'public IN purity III order
to evolve high grade principle of
aesthetic government. As far as our
information goes, Democrats d. not
quarrel classically over abstruse meta
physical problems in ideal governm mt.
preferriny whisky with a little daS1 of