The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-02
AT ISLAND PARK.
Ten Thousand People Present on Chautauqua
Day-PreparatiOns for the Coming Week.

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ISLAND PARK, July 3L-The exercises of
Chautauqua day are still the talk of the hour.
The day opened with all the brightness of the
morning sum- and at least ten thousand people
on the grounds. The day was largely devoted
to the Chautauqua class Of SO. At 10 o'clock A.
NJ. the Chautauqua procession. numbering $50
members, sixty-eight being of the class of &c,
marched to the grand tabernacle, where the pub
lie recognition took place. The tabernacle was
tastefully decorated with flags, evergreens,
water lilies and G.. L. 8. G. emblems. The chief
address of the service was made by Chancellor
Wallace Bruce, of Poughkeepsie, n. Y. The
afternoon was occupied In the graduation exer-
cises, which were a counterpart to the pro-
gramme prescribed by the general Chautauqua
chancelors. The diplomas were presented by
Rev. A. 81. Gillett in words well-timed and
touching. Among the graduates was pleasant
looking lady sixry.two years old. She was
given the ChautauQua salute and accorded extra
honorss throughout The graduation exercises
having been completed, speeches were made by
l)rs Wiliets. Bruce, Miller and Sheerer, and
The good cheer and wisdom that emanated from
them will long be remembered by all present
The browning event of the occasion was the
banquet and campfire at night The steamers.
row-boats and islands were beautifully lit up
with Chinese lanterns, while skyrockets innu-
merable flashed through the skies, forming grand
picture of fire. The Goshen and Kendallyille
bands were out on steamers discoursing music
that was patriotic and enlivenine, and it was far
into the night before the festivities ceased and
the good night bell was sounded
Great preparations being made for the
coming week, and 1t will surely be exceptionally
attractive. Excursions are booked from all
directions and new tenters are arriving by every
train good shower last night prepared the
way for good fishing, and by 9 o'clock this morn
ing more than hundred pounds of fish had been
taken from the lake There are also near by trout
ponds which, it Is said, contain more than one
hundred and forty thousand speckled trout. The
ladies and gallant young men. instead of fishing,
devote themselves to gathering lilies. Hundreds
and hundreds are carried from the lily beds
daily but there are as many more fresh and
sparkling every day.
Anticipations are high on account of the cor
certs to be given this afternoon and tonight by
the Goshen Band Temple Quartet, of Richmond.
noted soloists, and Prof. e. G. Case and his
chorus of three hundred voices.
Among the arrivals are j. II. Orr and wife, of
Fort Wayne; Misses Emma Freeman and Lena
Banks Greenfield; Misses Bessie Hedekin and
Laura G. Smith, Fort Wayne j. G. Everett,
Centerville; M. III. Cant, George H. Cooper,
Greenfield; Will III. Veesey, Goshen; Mrs. j. III.
Serf and Miss Serf, Indianapolis They are all
quartered at Spring Beach and enter into all the
sports of the hour. Rev. J. H. Hasty and wife
and Mrs Will Gamble, of Elkhart. and Miss
Hill. of Pendeton, are tenting on the main land,
and are the life of the tenters in that vicinity.
Will l.. Taylor, city attorney Of Indianapolis; j.
2. Taylor, of Carson City, Mich, and Frank P
Taylor, of Colorado, are also here, visiting their
parents and circulating among old friends.