Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1913 — Chautauqua Audience At Monticello Were Storm Bound. [ARTICLE]

Chautauqua Audience At Monticello Were Storm Bound.

The large audience at the Chautauqua tent Sunday evening was given a thrill that is not accorded to the average person more than once in a life time. That is passing through a record breaking rain storm under a tent. The rain beat upon the tent with so much force that the sound of the speaker’s voice was drowned out. You could scarcely hear your neighbor speakThe tent did not leak except where joined together over the speaker’s platform and around one or two poles but the’ water ran in from downflow outside and soon filled all low spots, making people stand up on the board seats or move to higher points of ground under the canvas. Today water had-.settled away but the lack of sunshine hindered the drying out of chairs, and of the ground so it would be safe to sit through a session.