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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-30

To 81i0k ko1nekoys q o..
/ A proainsas Brick Fonsroy.
aathor Of *Msnoirs Of Thomas
jefferson" wrots, n 1904, - follows
s5ach 10 the sxact pictsrs OF on
situation when Mr.. Je1srson came
into ofacs. What n tAs. STATE Of tAe
nowEns III pae6es CT Of -
handsf Why tlt-tAis 10 q. JG |
erson's work:
Our aaIculture discouraged
Our 6Sferies abandoned
I Our navigation forbidden
Our commerce ct homo restrained,
Il not forbidden
Our commerce abroad cut OF
Our nsvy sold, dismantlsd, or de. |
Krsdsd TO- re sssviceT q cutters Or
\ The revenue sxtiaguishsd--
The oourssOf j1stios intsSTuptsd-
The military power exalted above
thecivil- VI s..! NV
And b. setting no q standard Of
political faith unknown to the consti-
tuition, the nation weakened b. in
ternal animosities and division, ct
the moment when it il unnecessarily
and improvidently exposed TO war
with Great, Britain and Spain. Iisg
So great change accomplished
in 90 short s time, q uaoxampled N
the history Of weak and unfaithfal
administrations and oan have pro.
ceeded only from tho want OF that
capacity, energy and prudence,
without which no governmsnt can
long preserve the prosperity or tho
confidence 0f the country"
ID 1888 Calender che Brick Pom.
eroy Of that day wrote tho following
Of George WashiAgton: as,si Sd!
Instead Of this legal measure, Pres
ident Washington walked straight
through the constitution, through
the privileges Of tho legislature and
the respective duties Of HE once
| General Warrington went 70 ths
1 treasury some future president may
70 70 The bank-the one step vii
not be . jot worse than the other.
/ He Yves Ct tho he'd q IN army
Tor seven years and . hatf, snd WI
| several times btaton.s-his fame " !
conqaefot rests On ths capture d
Il nine hundred Hsssiansl u
i If truth or reason, Of Tho publi'
service had been consulted, the hous'
/ would have begun by asking the -
| ecutive why no took ffvm tho tFeaa
1 ury elsvea hundred thousand dollar,
| without their leave and in contsmp
4 Of the coostitution. 5ifissss8
Il He cosld not have committed /
J moro pure and net violation of BIZ
oath Or . grosser personal insult upol
the representatives. ! 5i't -
By Els own account Ar. Washing
II ton was twice 3 traitor-he 6rst n
y noancod the king Of England an
atterward the old confederation
His farewell paper contains . varl
ety Of mischcvious sentiments. HI
Adams has only completed the soen
ofignominy which Nh. Washington
; had begun. e
: Those fellows who 20 falsely M
lignsd Jefferson and Washington, b.
; evidently bad Some pct schsn
thwartsd; had been choksd OF Z
some public plunder; had besn n
: moved from some committee or Ia
failed to get some Of their friead
provided for.
Speaking on this point the Har'
ford Cos1ast well says:
IN any man hearing the abomir
} able villidcation OF Lincoln an
, Grant With which the opposition Pc
pers have teemed thinks they dl
this better in the good old days (
Washington, Jefferson and Adam
he makes great mistake. He b
only to consult the political record
: Of that period 10 End much that
apparently transferred ~ later veal
Q with only . change Of names"
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CouNrERPEIT MoNEY.-The Post
master General has given instruc-
tions to Postmastera1 hroughout the
country to seize upon oil letters I'D.
dressed to the parties in the east who
advertise counterfeit money TO sell.
It 10 ordered that the letters be sent
to the dead letter ONCE, whore they
are examined and sent to the Post
master Of the place whore the parties
writing the letters reside, and whore
the nsme Of the writer is to be posted
mp in the Office under the following
printed matter: @s's e
CAUTION.
The persons whose names are in-
scribed below have endoavored to
procure counterfeit money from tho
pretended dealers in that article in
New York.
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8oo0s 8oQ0CS 4n0 A0k
The Legislature Of The state d
New York, democratic a. IL IL, has
taken . step which touches upo4
ground vital 70 the life Of free gov
srnment Il 10 this . bill has beet
e6acs mAlll1g dsmmielionsss Tor
the Oil Of 1sw Y6rk xho dest-
mine = tionlasnt md atproA
priatisa r. Revs6ae Of thsf city
The grant to these Commissioners
gives them the power 70 appropriate
the Revenue 70 the departments and
purposes Of the CITY and county
Government and further that any
exoess Of appropriation may. b a1e
piled n ssck sths psspespp - thsse5
Commissioners may think proper.
While Iris bill MAS pending, Sen.
ator kennedy (republica offered an
amendment wh,ch provided that no
appropriatisa of the Revenue should.
10 made y any pvfodts or ssaarian
schoo, b - any sastitstios ssdsr tAe
control Of any religious Demonstration.
This called 70 bis feet tho leader d
: : - - taf Z
the Tammany ring Tweed, and hs
| marshalled the entire democratic
vote to his support svery rspublicaa
voting for the amsndmsnt and every
democrat against Il. There oan b
no question but that the damaabis
purpose he'd In view " the pro.
slavery, rebel unprihctplsd, mis-
named democrGtic party il New
York, in getting mp this bill, and il
| voting down this amendment, 10 u
appropriate tho public fdnd 70 IL,
building up and support Of religion!
societies for political purposes, uni.
ing in this way Church and State
II The motive and the result Of thi
hw sse apparent % the most casua
observer, and ! moro arch zoe 70 re
Il publican Illustrations never raised il
hydra head hero or elsewhere tina,
ID embodied IA this action Of this "a
called democratic legislature Of Ney
York. Oh, Democracy what shame
less deeds; what GLASS Regulation
what traitoroas acss; what death
! dealing blows TO universal freedom
|. for all mon in word, thought and deed
II are enacted under. thy hatterinl
garbi Absolute freedom of though
for every human soal in regard 70 hi
!, obligations, TO his Creator and ID hi
: religion and consequent freedom i
his pecuniary support Of religion,
!. o. vital 10 free installations - ID ID
dir We breathe TO animal life; an
from whatever source attacked q
!. however specious and ingenious th
i attack may be made, the voice (
the people should b heard 1t ono
and il thunder tones rsbaking an
silenc ing forever any attempt 70 f.
!. ter the human soal il it, aspiration
towards it God. All this may hav
9 . local q we'll - forsign applicatio
and II u we'll that bstimes, W CIV
: voice 70 our earnest convictions 81
on this question. a.: .ass,.s,,.3s,g
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The Situation.

The entire Rebel Press, north and
south is for sumner. Moreover such
nominally Republican sheets % the
Cincinnati Commercial and Chicago
Tribune are for him as against tho
great majority in the Senate, and
the country at large. When it is
remembered that the Commercial and
Tribune both keep employed rs their
special Washington correspondents,
unnixcd and unmittigated copper
head Bohomians, the former in the
person of Dom Piatt, and the latter
in George Alfred Townsend, it will
be seen how much weight their
abuse Of Republicans, and jeremisds
in general about the removal of Sum-
ner are entitled to.
1t is at least most suspicious cir
cumstance that every rebel, copper
head, and conservative paper in the
land takes the Sumner side Of the
fight, and that every mercenary
Matchmaking pennyaliner in the Fed
eral Capital is for him and against
the President and q majority Of the
Senate.
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Thursday, March both, 1871
PocKErs Fun or Rooks.-0ov. |
Merrill and two Of the Capitol Com
mlesioners visited Oxford on Thurs-
day last, and went 70 the quarry al
Helm and Richardson, at IndiAnt0wn |
about 5 o'clock r. N. Our readers
generally are mot aware of the TACT
that at some age Of the world Q
subterrancan fire burnt up to the
stone in question, ana made IL way
through .it 10 the surface. How
long this firs burned it 10 impossible
to toll, but just 20 tar as il burned
the stone, as . matter Of course, Is |
worthless, except for macadami-
zing.
We have been informed, and our
information 10 unquestionably cor
rect, that the two Commissioners
picked mp . respectable number Of
those burnt and rotton stone, and
thoy also picked ous refuse pieces
from walls which were put in with
mortar 70 Oil up, carrying of about
halt . gallon = pieoe, bus not one
specimen Of The stone such a. the
foundation OF the Capieo! is TO Do Or
mind that gentleman-did they mod
dlo with. The Governor expressed
himself greatly pleased with the
quarry, ana remarked TO MI. helm
the STONE = nsas s for ths osr;s" s1 -.
not. The Governor is right there.
Why did the two Commissioners
hand tho n,spt;on 1; !. .l.ossths spP -.
main to the subject. Were they 90
interested in natural phenomena and
s;res s !" os ~ s ~ 49, .neS ~
and charred remains of an internal
fire which burned up through the
,h;s h .d' . sUne not .o,nh ~. ve srs
carried away the residu1m. remnants
odds and ends and the fagends, which
s so. 1870 - uss,cs sa lo 20 ny PrlPose
sent them IS specimens Of the ston.
intended TO be used for the Capito
loacoauon' Wssad De knav'sn N I'M
w............,g.,... ~.
5
80.
's - s'1o "nO'o sl0uu ''s. 'Do@s su'
1s.'
~ N' Ss0' W. Ao.'' ' -
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'no H = VS. "a oSeu =" suo s ~ 2
OF Inc elemenss' ~ Wa olssoisso INV
fragmenes. moreover, II was 0ss
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GETTING RICH BY FARMING.-J. r.
Garretses describes, in the American
Rwrdl Home, his visit to farm Of Il.
B. Root, we'll known as an enter
prising farmer living west of Roches-
Ter. He began farming whom cigh-
teen years old, on thirty acres which
his father left him. From the pro-
ducts of his farm, as he increased it
in size, he paid of all the heirs,
bought on and improved 400 acres
more, then worth $50 an acre and
now more than double; put up some
$4,000 worth Of buildings, and now
lives on fine estate Of 700 acres,
with thousands invested besides.
He has never made q dollar by any
outside speculation. he takes hold
with his own hands, or is always in
the midst Of his business. He adopts
the following rotation: Onc.fourth
of tho plow-Iand in wheat, one half
Of which is, on fallow and half on
barley stubble; one-eighth in corn
and other hoed crops; one-eighth in
barley one-fourth in pasture and
fallow and one-fourth in meadow
clover always after wheat-and the
fallow deeply inverted clover sod.
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.Auns rs{ II tie Ma York
tsdgA, isalss Che following sMarn-
ing 70 swonAn's Right Women"
nWsrs UolAsn 10 Sntef ths poiiti-
cal 1sld tAbsnpapts With tlsS, and
the lnoses slminded of oar ssx
scarOsly 49, quits % exoluds the
Other, I kor veey mach that the
drsosos thGy Ga&ertain would b m
rase ntly 1lnfarbsd " ons ~
Win |, A q = I know, ~ nte6o1
- assa mind, Man nevse o. bs
aAy hing 1T nan, asd ~ majetity
of men ara, ~ regret 70 say, worry
disposed 70 favor charming, rather
than excellent women, painted
blondes Of x1ehionable antsoedentA
rather thai domestic spinstefs ID
pAAt9lets and short hair, or matrons
OF experience and propriety. lG
Women would be voted into, Office;
but, since The majority Of influence
will always fest ia MASCULINE hands,
WHIST kind u womenf / have No
doubt myself upon the matter. Moe
At places, with 'slittle to do and
plenty to 81, !" Is Sam. Weller says
woald fall t0 the share Or ladies 81
the lobby ; divorced ckarmefs WHO
sought Tor eympathisfhg SUuis u
| hefsssmSu. and other genttomcz
"ssss 81 i So an Z. s. :. :, sss.s.a..ss -
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Speaking Of the Sumner imbroglio,
Parson Brady, Of the Indianola
Journal, remarks: "Grsnt Gays il
was necessary to make an example
of Sumner in order TO teach others
that they cannot differ with the
My policy of the President. In
which remark, Parson Brady evinoes
an economy of the truth, which
virtue, if practioed in his ordinary
business affairs, pretty generally,
would soon make him the richest
editor in Iowa. Gen'l Grant never
made such statement, az all we'll
informed Persons ought to know.
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The Cincinnati Commercial wants
tho following radical ticket for 1879:
For President, Charles Sumner,
OF Massachusetts, for Vice President,
Is. Gratz Brown, of Missouri.
And we suggest that if B. Gratz
can't DO induced to accept, that B.
GRATIS Senator, +. 2. Blair, jr., be
put on as the choice of Don Piatt's
Cincinnati Commercial. F. P. B.
never refused anything.
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Rwrwrvnn Rpny1cvrm M GuYvp
IN Thnrer 40 io.t An aldar,u .rro..
,nr man 1;v;nr h;s name a. 81 %
Iez;. .nni;ad e tha la N.t;onai
RAM of Rloomf;ald - hsva = draft
c.shad Tha dr.ft rnrrortod - no
S-swn hv N - Thonnsan ~ RooI
en.d III ~ tho Tmrorto.,. 80
Trsaar,a Rsnk ~ MAJ Eo-s e., az
ann ~ siIEn az 'A0
LAWS wss .ocomn.n;ed bv NJ
E,r Cola If Honlton az whon tha
sw;ndlar h.d nnrchaaed thras tor
Io,s NJ Cole hsv;nr tha dooas g..
tia lots msda ont IN 9ha s.-snath -
thu drsft aforasa;a
NJ Ei,;s pres;dent az .ha Rail
actin. On tha IA s;da rava ra-;s =
raca;nt for tha draft and talaor.rhod
q Thomnson 10 .sccrta;n & tho
dr.ft vaa n, r;.ht Ma.rvh;ie
I,aw;a had roma In Mon,tor w;th NJ
Cole raturn;no IN the , o,clock tra;r
Fridav AMI nro,eedinu 10 Ottnmw.
Rafora tha rrc.antst;on of ~ d-sa
Al the RAM oonntar NJ Clam .hs
caahier had reoeived ;nform.t;on
from : friend that 4 snurious drsit
would be presented for navment and
warning him aD.;nst nav;no r.
"A hie informant stood tsifinr v;th
him r. the Bank Lewis oame IN 70
present the draft. but Ia order 10
faston the moshes Of tho law around
him. he was allowed 20 proceed with
his attamnted narotiat;ona ConH
dent that the draft would nrova
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Palmer, Of the Eddyyille Aduertis-
er, called to-day. ls
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Dom Piatt and George Alfred
Townsend, the latter the .Gath" Of
the Chicago Tribune, two Of the
ablest and most unmittigated COP
perhead correspondents at the Fed
eral Capitol, have just started q
Sunday paper, at Washington, called
tho Capitol.
Its special mission is to mallgn the
present administration, and the Re-
publican party in general, and .
dedication, in particular, of Charles
Sumner, who until Of late, has been
the standing butt of their most en-
vcnomed shafts. "How we apples
SWIM"
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ls1ihnus h1a o1S neyy AZ peen Pm
HsoKed 20 menace the plaSk kePuplio
naysl nucn 2 cause, -. nHmu ~.
O60Wnu0Q, - 700 grave t09 GloMC0
iOf ne sAke'Ot orr navy, the edntn-
ieessslOn % our hepdOlcan inssitu-l
9sne, 80 for Ne Ike g ne hepeos
Nc asty. wn,o !. cannoy y. snof q @,
pocomo f0ep0nee0io tOf 0oOh conooCss,
thsTscAseI must not PSI without
inquiry. ~ Das beyond All snese cen
.4deeationsi y the commanding rue
~ Justice aad the svidence sn0ws
eue 700 Oleeisy vhas uhcaae have usen
emraoyed f0r tnS aOqutsst!on % oen
Domingo, which cannetb6 Jucta1sd.
The Senator thsa rhsrAut esised -
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doooMcnss, rePoiss ana onic'M oO-
menaeaeeons % see De.ases t'sss ~ ,4s'
Iee nge0aAs Gommitsee, 0ni9 w
ffeelqents message were ~ present
this morning Dqt DaMeA Accsrdpg
% the wish q ME hepaDlioan gel N
leagues She!icOargee prepared 2
drafs % 2 Disf emuraosog IoaF -
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thc slenritsti1n ~ nersons. property
i n. onininu ensr.ntaed,, .nnder, ths
| 14th smendrent IN sesond eec.
ttion defnes conspiracv and Other
cr;r e com m;ttad rs nnssnsnca thare
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sFATE oE8owA,,, Dr.

= cosnsv 4 waPsa,e IS GO. rg<gsA.sS ri
/. A. j. nflkps. C85nfsr Of ne IOWA NATION!
q sbove - "a n ~. 81 tSs ~ 81 M
\ A. J. BRIGGS, Oashass.sis
/ lSubscrfbed and sworn 70 beAQre mo this 18th
Notary Public.
qon9nCp~Atesf. 81 N~sEg Cir IT y "A
TNs~s-~A JAAI. TAYLO@ - ~
iGAw1sJ EX;iElE4k Dirs'sofs.
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dpa AaE 81 q v A1wf: r. gg.fafI5
TFrsE /, William "A. McCrew.
tSO solemniy swear that the abeve staiemen1
10 true 10 the hest Of my knowled9e ard be-
lief. WILLIAM A. NoGREW.
Subscribed and sworn 70 bslsre mo, this 9Th
day Of March, 1871. w. H. q. JAQUHs
-SEAL.- Il Notary Public.
Gi6ORGE HAw, lssSR's As.A'
i LYNN ME9aNTk,,rrrrn Directors.
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] close Of bastnAa onlshs 4h day Of March.
:r1.s...s:sUr.s fs,s ,S
u & ssn3 g sseuss aisssAslssaq 80
Sas isom 81: Hsnss: Esdss%' Ags4. ksSts
Due from otheE Banks and BANKERS, 8oO7.l8
1nuking house, furniture and nxt'rs. A,l0l.6
- ~ 81 " as I.
nils Of National Danks, q II y. "a $50
yracAoaaf Ourrency AID NielEoasg 81 lN1A56
Hpecie-COin, 710.07
s. s,sso sa.,l ..... s2se2sI,u !,
Capital Stock paid In, toe0o0.N
surplus Fund, = ,sty3t 9sass AAe0ONO
ErO14and Loss, ssue NJ Sasf AM.ss 8,lH.6D
4iseoant and Intsrests ls 800 6See.Ss
0iFCulating Notoo-Ou1atAndlng,s eds e6y7ge
Ihdividual Deposits, IL, 6e0.@
Due 70 Bankers, 900yQ
YfES9 RI gI1E ESWiI
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$500 44a AONDONS AAArcn n. ~
There is great excitement in Paris.
The insurgents have obtained poss-
ession Of the gunboat Filomella.
The elections arc progressing slowly.
Admiral Ssisset has reached YER
sailles in Disguise, his troops having
deserted him. ~. q
TLicrs is threatened for his inac-
tivity, and the Due d. A6male 10
mentioned ~ bis probable successor.
Theirs says whom he has 100000
troops be will march against Paris.
He will give the insurgents two
hours 70 surrender the city; If not
surrendered at the end Of that time
he will commence ooeroion.
The Prussian outposts have ad-
vanoed 10 the gates of Paris ut Win.
cennes. iAtl N'ls aNs# sua
The meetings Of the Assembly 1t
Versailles arc stormy. A provision
for Lecomts's children has bssns do.
creed, also monuments for both
Thomas, and Lecomts. w
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NEW YoRK, March IS.
One Of the oldest merchants of
Now York, travelling in Georgia,
thus writes from Savannah under
dato of tho 18th inst. !: Z
"One word about tho Ku-Klux.
It is indescribably horrid. Tho
Trlbunc's worst stories arc not moro
than half tho truth. sit right hero
in the Executive Chamber aud hear
from negroes and whites, loyal them-
selves, testimony OF outrages BY dis
gnised bands that exceed the cruelty
0fthe Camancho Indians, or even
the Cannibals. Humanity sinks and
willis right down 10 SEQ it. can
hardly sit still to write about it,"
+ 5.. VERSAILLES, March 90. &
In the Assembly yesterday Thlers
disclaimed tho lmputation Of upset.
ing the Republic. On ono point,
however, ho was firm--Paris must
not denominate nor tako the power
OF the Govornmonr' from the hands
OF tho proper session ofthc Natioaal
Assembly, and all xuoh attempts 81
dominion, whether incipient or do
veloped, ust be firmly remedied and
subdued by prompt restoration Of
the Assembly.
The Portland daily press., 1871-08-22
Boston stock List.


Mrs. Emily Pardee announces three lectures
for the season and a temperance lecture. The
subjects are as follows: "The Needle, the Pen
and the Ballot" 'Is she young, is she Pretty.
is she Rich?" "Our Broken Promises" adapt-
ed to Posts of the G. A. R. Address Mrs, DR..
Pardee, box 366, South Norwalk, Conn.
Secretary Boutwell, having been requested
to have an officers investigation into the cause
of the explosion of the steamer Chatauqua at
Mayville, N. w., replied thot the owners we're
not amenable to the Uaited States, as the lake
is an inland water.
Col Fellows, late of the Confederate army,
but now so reduced as to hold the position of
Assistant District Attorney in New York city,
has gone to Saratoga to be serenaded and make
speech defending his masters of the Ring.
The schOol-master has been absent from Will.
ton Centre, N. III. A board over the gate of
lonely pasture bears the inscription: Gan pur-
sons are forbidden piking berys in this pastur.''
Secretary Boutwell, will in very few days
issue an order calling in considerable amount
of 1862 bonds. He is having list Of them
made out in the loan Office to this end
The statement that Secretary Fish is arrang-
ing for the lease of new house in Washing
ton rather initiates against the recent rumor
of his retirement from the Cabinet.
Old Joe Gilbert, colored wood hauler of
Atlanta, Ga. has outved three wives, and is
standing the test of life with the fourth By
these three wives he has had thirty seven chill
dren, thirty of whom are living, and within
his parental sight. ,..-
According to the Traveller some of the Bay
State excursionists on the New Brunswick,
did not appreciate the Down East country.
Rockland was one of the most desirable cities
to get out of in the world. Mt. Desert was
not especially grand and swarmed with hor-
nets, and the inhabitants of the huts charged
fifty cents drink for milk, at which the writer
complains. But be should be consoled with
the idea that at that aristocratic price it was
cheaper than strychnine whistey. On the
whole if the writer don't like Maine, and as
there is no law compelling him to visit so bar
barous region, perhaps he had better not
shock his exquisite sensibilities by another
contact. The people of Maine can get along
without him.
The Portland daily press., 1871-08-22

CAMP GROUND. KENNEBUNK, Aug. 20, 1871
Mr.. EDITOR Il arrived here yesterday and
found half dozen families on the ground,
some of whom had been here week or more,
and others busiIy engaged fitting up their tenn
porary habitations for the annual feast of Tab
ernacles" The Sabbath morning dawned
upon us delightfully."- clear, with gentle, re-
freshing breeze.
Services were held at the stand in the morn
ing, sabbath school in the afternoon, and prayer
meeting in the evening. Preparation has been
made for large gathering here this year.
Quite large number of new, and very tasty
family tents have been made, which will add
very much to the beauty of the scene, when all
the society tents are on the ground. The
grounds of the Camp Meeting Association are
free to all tent companies who comply with
the rules of the meeting. The committee have
made ample provision to supply good board to
all that come, at very reasonable rates. One
dollar per day, and for single meals sixty five
cents for dinner, fifty cents for breakfast, OF
supper. All the trains, except the Pullman
Express, stop at the Camp Ground daily, going
and returning. Tuesday, a special train for the
Camp Ground, will leave Portland at half-past
eight
Yours, DUNDEE.