School," showing types
of teachers and scholars, Dr. George W. Woodruff, a most entertaining
lecture on "Bright Days in Foreign Lands," Dr. A. J. Baird of Tennessee,
"Going Fishing with Peter," Rev. J. A. Worden, "What a Presbyterian
Thinks of John Wesley,"--a response to Rev. J. L. Hurlbut's lecture
in 1875 on "What a Methodist Thinks of John Knox,"--Prof. L. T.
Townsend, "Paul's Cloak Left at Troas"; also Dr. Richard Newton, M. C.
Hazard, editor of the _National Sunday School Teacher_, Rev. Thomas K.
Beecher of Elmira, and Bishop Jesse T. Peck. These are a few samples of
the repast spread on the lecture platform of the Assembly.

The Centennial of American Independence was duly commemorated on
Saturday, August 5th. Bishop Simpson had been engaged to deliver the
oration, but was kept at home by illness and the hour was filled with
addresses by different speakers, one of whom, Mr. W. Aver Duncan of
London, presented the congratulations of Old England to her daughter
across the sea. A children's centennial was held in the afternoon, at
which the writer of this story spoke, and Frank Beard drew funny
pictures. We will not tell, though we know, which of the two orators
pleased the children most. At the sunset hour an impressive Bible
service was held on the shore of the lake by Professor Sherwin, followed
in the Auditorium by a concert of slave-songs from "The North
Carolinians," a troupe of negro college students. Late in the evening
came a gorgeous display on the lake, the Illuminated Fleet. Every steam
vessel plying Chautauqua waters marched in line, led by the old
three-decker _Jamestown_ all hung with Chinese lanterns, and making the
sky brilliant with fireworks. A week later there was a commemorative
tree-planting on the little park in the angle between the present Post
Office building and the Colonnade. President Lewis Miller, Dr. C. H.
Payne, President of Ohio Wesleyan University, Drs. Vail and Strong,
teachers of Hebrew and Greek at the Assembly, Drs. O. H. Tiffany, T. K.
Beecher, Richard Newton, J. A. Worden, Beard and Sherwin, Dr. Wythe,
builder of Palestine Park and Director of Recreations at the Assembly,
and Prof. P. P. Bliss were some, but not all of those who planted trees.
Afterward each tree was marked by a sign bearing the name of its
planter. These signs were lost in the process of the years, and not all
the trees are now living. I think that I can identify the tree planted
by Frank Beard, but am not s