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Show HAZY A8 T(0 THE CHAUTAUQUA. May Be Doubted Whether Country Visitor Was of a Serious Mind. Down In Georgia the citizens of a thriving town of about 6,000 people arranged ar-ranged for a Chautauqua assembly last summer. They held the meetings In a big tent about a mile from the town, and the attendance was large from the first day. An enterprising circus man heard of the large crowds, Aid landed in the town on the second day of the Chautauqua 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 nc-' costed by a citizen of tho town. "Well, Ezry, I suppose you are In to the Chautauqua," "1 shore am. Just come from thar now." "HowM )ou like It?" asked the townsman. "Klnt ez a fiddle. I rode on the durn thing nine times." |