The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-29
Liked The Chautauqua.
correspondence Of The Gazette.

qua coming to Redwood Falls, |
thought, O dear, dear Now there
IS something else coming to gather
up our money and carry it away.
The circus comes every year and
carries away couple of thousand
dollars, more or less according to
the weather. And that is only so
cents a piece, while this will be ST
each "a friend who had attended
Chautauqua told me season ticket
was 81. When | heard that the
company would sell season tickets
Tor 81 that helped reconcile me to it.
And another thing that helped, too.
| remembered in the long ago, when
| was a member of Lyceum, that
one evening the question to be dis
cussed was Resolved that it was
wiser to save our money and let it
acculumulate for old age, then to
spend it, had to find arguments
IN the negative and advanced these
that to spend money on ourselves
for education, travel, culture, or any
thing that would develop US, was
the best investment that we could
make, for the simple reason that it
was ours for life; while invested
money often disappeared through
an absconding bank clerk. or the
collapse of a business investment.
Now that describes the Chautau-
qua exactly. 1t was the best way
to invest So that l ever heard of. 1t
broadened our outlook, widened our
horizon, gave us mental stimulus
and growth and a keener realization
of the joy of living and of the pur-
pose of life. And then the enjoy
ment of it all-the pure, wholesome
mlrth, and we could sit in that tent
and learn everything. | wish that |
could describe those lectures to you.
| could not do it properly without
using all the adjectives in the die
tionary, and then | would want to
coin some new ones to express in
them my delight to my own satisfac-
ton.
And the entertainment numbers
made the folks laugh fit to fall off
their chairs, One lady took us a
journey on the cars. There was the
selfish drummer who wondered
where all that crowd would find
seats and who settled himself on
one chair and his grip on another,
the newly wed couple with their
lovey dovey talk, the mother with
three children, the unreasonable fe-
male. Four pretty girls came look
ing for seats and the grips disap-
peared instantly We heard the con-
ductor's crisp tickets please" and
his replies to the questions with
which he was bombarded. The train
boys shout California oranges"
etc., ETC., also the baby's cry and
the brakeman's information regard
the approaching junction, and who
were to change there, and the un-
reasonable woman's shrill objection
to changing, on it was too funny for
anything. Another day a lady gave
an exceedingly taking scene on
Mountains winding up with the
admonition that if we had "moun-
tains" we must live up to them
While we have not any mountains at
Redwood Falls, our majestic bluffs
are good substitutes. Let us live up
to them.
The gentle Pamahasika's birds
and dogs did wonders, and seemed
glad to do them. The gorgeous
medicine man." Shungopavi. prov
ed himself, though an Indian, heap
sight smarter than a lot of white
men we know. Surely such songs
and music were never before heard
in this city. Every day as the people
left the tent one could hear them
say of the lectures, that was fine,
grand, the best yet.
The Trial of Jesus" by Mr..
Chandler was worthy Of the place of
honor, the last on the program
Every feature of that greatest event
of the centuries was presented by a
master mind, clear cut and distinct
He portrayed the spotless one as He
calmly stood and answered Plate.
ITO this end was born, and for this
cause came | into the world. II