Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1913 — LINCOLN CHAUTAUQUA SUCCESS AT DELPHI [ARTICLE]

LINCOLN CHAUTAUQUA SUCCESS AT DELPHI

Draws Large Crowds And All Are Splendidly Pleased With the Talent Employed.

Rensselaer people have been anxious to learn something of the Chautauqua which is to be here for the meeting Sept. 3rd to Bth, inclusive, and we are pleased to inform them that a rare treat is in store for all. The Lincoln Chautauqua has been at , Delphi and Monticello for the past week. The writer attended the Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon sessions at Delphi. The great tent was well filled each time, as it is reported to have been throughout the week. The Saturday evening program consisted of a concert by the Bland orchestra and a stirring lecture by Colonel Gearhart. Both were well received. Sunday afternoon James S. Barkley gave a splendid entertainment consisting of Illustrating and lecturing. Rev. James S. Corkey, of Ireland, delivered a sermonlecture that coupled sound logic with Irish wit and delighted a large audience. Delphi was taking kindly to the Chautauqua and up to Sunday afternoon 463 season tickets had been sold for next year and the committee, felt sure that there would be 750 subscribed. In every rdspect the program is a refined and Intellectual ohe and mudh good to the community is expected. At Monticello it was being enthusiastically received. The same company, with the same talent are to come to Rensselaer and holders of season tickets can feel assured that they never made a better investment. The chautattqua should bring many pebple to Rensselaer from the surrounding country and will be a feast of intellectual and refined entertainment that our townspeople will very much enjoy. Trustee Albert Keen was down from Wheatfield today. He reports a fine rain there. John Pettet was down from Walker township and says that the rain there was not nearly so heavy as it was down thte way and that even more would prove a good thing for his section. Try our Classified Ooluiiln.