Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1909 — Took the Whole Course. [ARTICLE]

Took the Whole Course.

Down in Georgia the citizens of a town of about 6,000 people arranged for a Chautauqua assembly. They held the meeting in a large tent about a mile from town and the attendance was large from the first day. An enterprising showman heard of the large crowds and came to town the second day with a steam merry-go-round, which he located about half way between the town and the Chautauqua grounds. Along in the afternoon a young man from the country districts was, accosted by a citizen of the town. “Well, Ezhy, I suppose you have been in to the Chautauqua?’’ “I shore have. Just come from that now.” “How’d you like It?” asked the townsman. “Fine!” the young man replied, enthusiastically. “I rode on the thing nine times.