Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-15

All day Tuesday people were pouring
| in Each one-seated wagon brought
three and baby; each two-seated five
and two babies. BY night hundreds
were assembled The moon was bril-
Eantly full, and the singing and prayer
meeting, which inaugurated the assem-
bly,, so spirited and satisfactory that
Brother Little rubbed his hands and
| remarked to Brother Smith that he had
been to forty camps in his time, but
! in his opinion this was going to be the
greatest yet.
How funny' whispered Hepsey
Robbins, as they watched the hustle IN
side the tent. See, Lucy, the beds
this side are for us, and that side for
the men folks. Don't it look queer p
But who sleeps on the tablet
laughed Lucy, as row OF rustling mat
tresses were lifted up.
Lucy called her mother, and she
whispered, heres your place next to
me. l don't want you down there
among those girls, for you will talk
and chatter all night, and not be tit
| for a thing in the morning. just slip
off your frock there behind the cur
tain, and put on your double gown, and
I'll fix you.
So, like Christabel, 'her gentle limbs
she did undress, so far as gown and
hoops went; and pretty soon, in her
neat gray wrapper, she was lying COM
fortably tucked up in the bed her pru-
dent mother had provided with pillow
and quilt Sweet, musty smells filled
the air from the hay covered floor The
struggling moon rays, the tapping cur
tain, the chewing and champing of the
horses tethered close by-all was odd
and novel. She could not sleep. By
and by the men came in, spread their
Quilts and blankets and subsidized into
repose. Good Elder Adams occupied
the end of the table nearest to Lucy's
couch. His righteous slumbers quick
ly became audible, and peeping around
to 10 < at him Lucy saw pair of eyes
intently fixed upon her. A strange
thrill came over her brain as she met
them. Only the width of the narrow
table and the Elders boots separated
her from Kane! She blushed uncom-
fortably and dropped her eye-lids not
to open them again; but, for long
after, fairy lights and visions seemed
to dance before her and trouble her re-
pose. -,
At dawn the camp awoke. Small
chance was there for late sleeping.
Thin blue smoke began to curl from
early fires Horses whinnied for their
corn. Impatient hands waited to pack
away the beds and restore the tents to
DAYTIME order. BY 8 o'clock break
fast was eaten and dishes washed and
white haired Elder Adams took his
place, Bible in hand, at the head of the
long table to lead in prayer Lucy sat
lust without the door. The stiffness,
| the beautiful peace of the new born
day seemed reflected in her face. One
golden beech huttered down and lay
upon her fair braids. Kane wasn't
oiven to poetry, but somehow line
came into his head as he looked
Oh my love is like the morning
He read it somewhere. He thought 1T
was true--about Lucy.
At 10 O'Clock the changing bell an
nounced geneneral service and the
crowd assembled. Truth to tell, 1t
was not very picturesque crowd. The
American of the rural districts is rare
| lv handsome animal. He is lean; he
il brown; he loses his teeth early.
Hard work and soda soon transforms
the loneliness of youth into pallor and
sharp outlines. Saleratus claims its
own. Here and there one sees a sweet
Young face, or an old one with fine,
strong limbs, out deep and inscrutable,
like carving in stone; but personal
beauty is the exception. Beauty apart
however, we may be proud Of our null
titudes For decorum, for good hui
NOR, for general neatness of appear
ance, for civllity to strangers, for a
sense of propriety which almost ranks
as dignity, it would be hard to find
their parallel in any other country. At
this Cadiz camp meeting even the chll-
dren caught the spirit of the occasion,
ond sucked their thumbs contentedly
throughout the service without Il cry.
Thirteen ministers occupied the plat
form. With able generalship the less
er lights were first brought forward,
leaving the greater for the third day,
when the excitement was expected to
eliminate. The sermon was a quiet
one; the wild and beautiful songs of
the Methodist hymnal blended with
the soft rustling of the trees above, and
the morning sped quickly away.
Great cheer was held in all the tents
at noon and unlimited quantities OF
pie eaten-tit preparation for the after
services. Pie usually proceeds repent
ance, as pie eaters know. In the eve
ming. under the blaze of the harvest
moon, Brother Parker arose for the
first time. A tall, thin man, with a
sallow, tender face, and emotional.
His sermon was unusually fervid. A