The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-07-30
TORONTO HEARD FROM.

TORONTO HEARD FROM.
Mr.. EDITOR Sister and are still on
the wing, and have enjoyed ourselves i'm.
menaely up to date, with prospect of
more to come. According to promise, I
will write you an informal letter for the
Teachers Column. Our>last stop Vas at
Chatauqua, N. Y, which place is 80 re.
noaned that know you will like full
description of it. The railroad took US
to Jamestown, city at one end of Lake
Chatauqua, and from there We had a
steamer ride sixteen miles to the other
end, where the resort is situated. The
ride was delightful, the water being so
smooth that the boat had no motion ex-
cept forward one, and as the lake 5
narrow, pretty stretches of scenery and
numbers of hotels and cottages could be
seen on either side. The band played a
lively tune as We approached Chatauqua,
and nearly all the passengers got off there,
the attraction being an organ recital BY
Prof. Fiayer, and q concert in the even
ing by the Apollo Quartet (male) from
Boston, interpreted with recitations by
Miss Donally, of the Chicago Conser7a-
tory. Besides these, lectures we're given
during the afternoon on historical sub.
iects. The organ recital vas especially
instructive and entertaining. Prof.
FIsyer took for hia subject the celebrated
musical composer Rossini, gave sketch
of his early life and opportunities, and
best of all, played several overtures and
selections from the composers most noted
operas, the one civilian Tell' being
best, and the only one with which l vas
familiar. There is change Of program,
lectures and artists every day, so that if
one could stay July and August, he
would have hundred or more celebri.
ties.
Chatauqua contains one large hotel
and about FIVE hundred cottages. The
place is kept up by rents from the cot.
tages and the gate receipts, and after
admission into the grounds all the enter
tainments are free. The concerts, and q
great many of the lectures, are given at
the amphitheater. From pictures that l
have seen, imagine this must be an I'M
itation of the famous amphitheater at
Athens, where Demosthenes delivered
his Philippics, and which was heWn out
of the solid rock on the hillside that led
up to the Acropolis. This one at Cha
tauqua is dug out of the hillside, is
semi circular in shape, with 8 wooden
canopy, and the audience looks down on
the performers, who occupy stage that
would be in the center of the building if
it were complete circle, instead of half
circle. Other lectures and meetings are
held at the Hall of Philosophy, which is
not a hall at ali, but roof supported by
pillars in imitation also of the early Gre
clan style; and to make the picture
more complete, if night meeting is to
be held, instead of turning on electric
lights they use fariDg torches. By the
way, the hotel is called the Athenaeuna,
and the pretty streets and avenues have
high sounding literary names.
During July numbers of teachers, and
many others who wish to improve them.
selves, come here for instruction in spe-
cial branches. There are classes in elo-
cution, teaching, music, cooking, swim
ming, rowing, cycling, Delsarte system of
gymnastics, and everything else imag.
Unable. These being special courses are
paid for extra. In August the members
of the Cbatauqua Literary and Scientific
Circle hold their assembly, and it is the
wish of every member to receive his
diploma from the hands of Chancellor
Vincent at the assembly hall of the Q.
T.. S. @.
Cbatauqua is a go.as, you please place.
Some dress up and put on good deal Of
style, but most of the ladies wear easy,
comfortable looking costumes, and go
about the grounds to the different classes
aud entertainments without hats, the
shade of the trees being sufficient pro-
lection from the sun. Girls are seen
riding bicycles and rowing on the lake,
and altogether it is quiet, refreshing
place to rest and improve oneself at the
same time.
I forgot to mention that there is
miniature representation of the holy
Land just on the edge of the lake. 1t is
laid off on the scale of two feet to nile.
The lake is supposed to represent the
Mediterranean Sea, dirt and rocks are
piled up for the low ranges Of mountains
behind the sea and the valley of the Jor-
dau; and Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Naza.
retb, Dead Sea, River Jordan aud many
other places in Palestine are placed
among the hills in correct positions and
distances from each other, showing the
topography of the country SO exactly that
it proves great help to Bible students.
We are now at Clayton, N. Y, sum.
mer resort ou the St. Lawrence River,
lust at the entrance to the famous Thou
sand Islands, and yesterday we had q
aale of fifty miles among them. We have
been on the water good deal since leav-
ing home-three days out from Charles
ton to New York, several excursions on
Lake Ontario, twice acrts ss Lake Chatau.
qua, and a ride on the sprightly steamer
"Maid of the Mist" at the foot of Mag
ara Falls, but this trip among the Islands
is decidedly the prettiest of all. As the
boat winds in and out among them,
lovely scenes succeed each other SO rap
idly that it is impossible to take them all
in. Bouys and light houses are placed at
all the dangerous places, and the careful
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