The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-08-11
THE NATIONAL CAMP MEETING

TOWNSEND, ONO, Aug. 7th, 1871.
EDITOR JOURNAL: Thinking it would be
interesting to you and your many readers to
hear from the camp meeting at Urbana, will
try and give you a sketch of it, commencing
with the excursion train on the c., S. & Q. R
R. The train started from Sandusky at 4:40
A. NJ, on Sunday, arriving at Urbana at $50
AN. There were thirteen coaches in the
train But few passengers were aboard from
Sandusky. suppose the reason was the ex-
cursion was to too great distance, being lis
miles. After we left Clyde the train began to
fill up, and by the time we got to Urbana it
was slowed full. There were no accidents,
the train being we'll differed, the engine run
by veteran engineer by the name of Larkins
and conducted by Captain Powers. With
train in such hands, and a smooth road, there
was no chance for any accident to happen
through ineficiency of the officers.
To person who has never been through
Southern Ohio it is well worth his time and
money to go through on this road. 1t runs
through the wealthiest part of the State.
From Huntsville to BeIlefontaine, and on to
Urbana, is beautiful country. Urbana is a
town of about 5000 inhabitants, and sur
rounded by as fine country as one would
wish to see. There are three railroads into
the place-the c., S. q c., the Panhandle, and
the Hamilton q Dayton. There was an ex-
curslon train on the II. 81 d. Road of 2l cars,
all full. Also one on the Panhandle Road of
| l3 cars-al getting into Urbana about the
! same time. The streets were full of people,
all bound for the National Camp Meeting
The camp ground is three miles out of town,
making it necessary to get some kind of a con-
veyance out. As is generally the case they
all wanted to go in the first 'buss. There were
! forty conveyances running to and from the
grounds. When one would return to town
| the drivers had all they could do to keep them
from breaking the vehicle. They would get
/ on as long as they could sit or hang on. One
conveyance took out I20 at a load. There
were about $4,000 people on the ground. The
number of tents and boarding houses was $50,
some from nearly every State in the Union.
The Methodists have % acres there for camp
/ meeting purposes. 1t is in splendid grove
and well Watered. There was speaking at
three different places on the ground, the con-
gregation being SO large they could not all
hear one speaker. At the II A. M. services
/ in the tent the preacher told all that wished
to be prayed for to arise to their feet, and
about four hundred stood up. There were nc
uuarreling or drunken brawls on the ground;
all seemed to have a general good time. No
accident occurred during the day, more than
the killing of three horses attached to omni-
buses, caused by excessive heat and over-driv-
ing.
We left Urbana at P. NJ. for home, doing
some very fast running from Urbana to Carey,
From Saratoga to BeIlefontaine we made
nearly one mile per minute. was standing
on the rear end of the train when we came
around the curve at Bellefontaine. 1t seemed
almost impossible for the rear car to stick
the track at the fearful rate We were
running. Nothing worthy of note took place
the rest of the trip. We arrived at Sandusky
at Hoo P. NJ, as tired set of church-goers
as YOU ever saw. TOWNSEND.