Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-10-13

From The N0rthern Independent.
GREAT RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL OF
THE NJ. L. CHURCH IN BUFFALO
NEW MEANS OF GRACE
CLAM BAKE AND CHOW
DER-DANCING.

Extra efforts in the way of protracted
meetings, have been put forth now and then
by the different NJ. L. Churches in this city,
for the conversion of sinners. The success
of these efforts has not been, of late, all
that could have been desired. Different
means have also been resorted to-, in order
to replenish empty Golfers, and to meet I'M
pleasant debts, with which some of the Chur-
ches are embarrassed. Oyster suppcrs, and
festivals in the Churches, have become SO
common as to excite but little attention.
Recently Peter Cartwright vas taken through
Canada by one of our city pastors, for the
purpose Of raising money.
Last Thursday, a combined assault Of a
novel kind was made upon the devils king
dom. Instrumentalities that Peter and Paul
never thought of employing for the promo
ton of Christianity, were brought into re-
QUESTION. For days previous to the great
event, flaming notices, headed, "CLAM BAKE
AND CHowDER,' were posted up in CON
spicuous places, ard similar notices were
published in the city papers.
The affair, we understand, was a perfect
success. We of course were 'contumacious-
ly' not present, but we clip the following
account from the Daily Republic.
"The spot selected for the clam bake was
Clinton Forest, situated about half a mile
from theroad. This place, containing about
twenty acres, was surrounded by a neat
board fence, and ten cents demanded from
each visitor for admission within the enclo-
sure. Within we found thousands of peo-
pie, som ventilating their garments on
swings, some playing games of different
descriptions, hundreds eating ice-crcam,
%c)fIee, ham, fowls and other substantials,
while the great mass opened, swallowed, or
gorged themselves with clans. CLANS was
the cry-from every corner came the echo,
clans clans and the odor and flavor of
clans went up and down odorous as TX
quisite o%ttars, and fragrant as a back kitchen
about dinner time. The heroic FERGUSON
presided over the CLANS, whitman enclosure
of plank, and with his head wreathed in a
towel, and his delicate waist SPAWNED by a
clean apron, he looked the very god Epi-
Gurus, as he intrcpidly ladled out the chow
der, and courageously burned his fingers
in his mortal haste. Entire nous the chow
der was superb
cat other points on the grounds were
many tables spread with delicacies of all
sorts, behind which handsome women added
their voices to urge on appetite; flower
tables were many, where young and pretty
damsels waylaid pecunious young men with
their eyes, and persuaded them into floral
purchases; ice cream booths, where shilIings
were exchanged for the frigid luxury, ac-
companied with parallellogrammatic sections
of sponge cake; there were other places
also where money could be laid ont to adj
vantage in many ways, but Of them we
remember o At the rope walk, a build
ing which appeared to us to be- mile long,
a large crowd had collected, and to the music
Of two bands were Jumping about and per-
spring to their hearts content, which
privilege cost each dancer the sum of ten
cents. The atmosphere in this place was 20
intensely hot and high favored, that wepos-