Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-13

made 10 have Hon. B. +. Butler present to de
liver an address.
The assessors valuation of Holden for this
year is 81 ,O4S ,455. The number of taxable polls
is 500. The amount to be raised, including
state, county and town tax, is 81, 795 %, which
makes the rate of taxation SIC on thousand.
A correspondent writes; The people of Upton,
aud particularly the members OF The Congrega-
| tional church, have sustained great loss by
the death OF Deacon William Hale. He was II
years of age, had been sick with dysentery for
several weeks and died on the eve of Aug. It'll.
He had been deacon of the Orthodox church
nearly forty years, and those who had known
him the longest and best can testify that his
chracter has been above reproaeh and his eN-
| ample a shining light in the church. heyoung
feel that they have lost wise counsellor, the
old a tried and faithful friend, the town anoble
citizen, the church and Sabbath-school one OF lis
main pillars.
SUPERIOR COURT - CRIMINAL TERM -
DEWEY, .-FuchJ,Tg, Monday, Aug. 1.-The
August term of the superior court, criminal
term, opened here to-day, with Judge Dewey on
the bench. The Investigations of the grand
Jury will probably be concluded so that they
can report Wednesday afternoon. The trials
before juries will not begin until next Monday,
to which time the court will probably adjourn
after hearing the report from the grand Jury
SECOND DISTRICT CoURT-PUTNAM J.-CN-
ses were disposed of in this court, for the week
ending August 10, as follows
Ahram Curtis, OF Smithfeld, L. l., for drunk
enncss, paid Il fine of So and costs. George Ri
ley of Blackstone, for l like offence, was COM
United for non.payment OF similar fine and
costs.
Patrick Courtney and Philip Riley, both of
Blackstone, each paid fine of $15 and costs for
keeping unlicensed dogs
A complaint against John f. Broadbcnt, of
Blackstone, was placed upon file upon payment
of costs.
John Shea, of Manyillc, r. l., for being drunk,
was fined 50 aud costs, and for assault was fined
SO and costs, which he paid.
CAMP MEETING GROVE, at Sterling Junction,
is rapidly assuming village aspect, there being
already nearly $50 persons on the ground, rep
resenting families from nearly every section of
the county The different parties are now quar-
tered in cottages and family tents, where they
appear to be taking recreation preparatory to
the work of the meeting. New arrivals are
daily expected, and the society tents are now
being put in condition for use. Religious eX-
ercises were held on Sunday in the large tent
owned by Grace church of this city. In the
morning, Rev. L. R. S. Brewster, of Webster,
preached from the text "Where two or three are
gathered together in my name, there am in
the midst of them" In the afternoon Il Sunday
school was in session, followed by prayer
meeting in the evening.
In addition to the accommodations furnished
upon the grounds C. II. I.oring, the station
agent, is making preparations for dining tent
near the depot
South FraminghanI Camp II Getting.
CAMP GROUND,
SOUTH FRAMINGlIAM, Aug. II.
To the Editor of the Spy: Camp meetings
originated, proYidentiay, with two brothers,
William and John Niece, in the year 1893. The
former was Presbyterian and the latter Il
Methodist minister They had settled in the
west, and felt obliged TO resort TO such an expo
the preaching of the gospel. As Il denomina-
ton the Methodists only continued the practice
of holding them. Great success attended those
religious gatherings, in spite of all the oppoSi-
ton to the new sect Mutitudcs became inter
eSted in religion who had not been accustomed
to attend divine worship. Many animadyer-
Sions were expressed in reference TO what was
termed an unwarranted innovation. After the
lapse of about fifty years, with the removal of
some of the reasons for holding camp meet
ings, the question was discussed quite serious
ly in reference TO the propriciy Of abandoning
them. But circumstance conspired to induce
the church TO retain this with her peculiarites
Within the past ten years a new impulse has
been given to this timc-lonored religious icst
val, and now it is ne unusual occurrence to see
all the leading denominations actively at work
with the Methodists in Gods cafy temple, doing
their utmost to win men to Christ.
Some Of the leading laymen and clergymen
in the vicinity of Boston, aware of the fact that
the meetings already established were becom-
ing crowded, resolved to look for place to es-
tablsh new meeting. After careful investi-
CATION, they selected this location. More
than eighty acres of land, remarkably
well adapted to the purpose, were pur
chased and plotted a few, months since.
The location, which is about one mile from the
village, is all that could be desired. South Fra
mngham is the centre of several railroads with
about one hundred trains daily. Tie soil,
shade and all the surroundings suggest to the
mind the idea that nature designed the place
for such purpose. The auditorium arranged
with seats to accommodate about $500. The
natural amphitheatre is terminated rather
abruptly with steep ascent in the rear, from
which the minister can be distinctly heard.
Upon one side of the ground is beautiful pond
covering more than two hundred acres. This
pond supplies Boston with a portion of the
water daily consumed. On another side the
Sudbury river flows The surrounding scenery
is exceedingly pleasant. The first tent erected
on the ground was from Providence.
The following societies have tents, some of
them very cOmmodiouS and in a greatly i'm
proved style in comparison with those formerly
used: Marlboro 1olstOn AllstOn, HopkntOn,
Newton Coiher, Sudbury, Newtonvie, Newton
Lower Falls, Washington street, Boston, South
birmingham, Auburndale, Ashland, Saxon
vile, West Midway, Cochtuate, Natck, Water
town, Franklin, Milford, Pawtucket and Proyi-
dence. All but the last two are from MasSaChu-
sets. There are about forty tents for the use Of
families in addition to the list given above.
This is a large number for the first day. The
meeting will probably become one of the largest
in New England.
The railroads leave passengers within few
rods of the ground at unusually reduced rates
The association have erected Il large bakery
of modern style and architecture, and have Sc
cured caterer from Boston to board the thou
sands who will attend the meeting. Board for
the week is only $3.50; per day, SIPS.
The first relis, ous service from the stand will
be at seven O'Clock this evening. Rev. W. r.
Clark, d. d., presiding elder of Providence will
deliver an address. The dedicatory services will
be tomorrow morning. Rev. Daniel Steele, of
the fremont street church, Boston, will preach
the sermon, An account of these services |
v i'll furnish in my next letter. J.Fs.
Statements Of Fred Douglass in Regard TO
Mr. Summers letter.
NEW YORK, Aug. PA Washington dis
patch says that Frederick Douglass to day in