Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-02
FIRST EDITION.
Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Association.

RehOD0th Beach Oamp MeetlnR Association.
| EXCURSION OF THE STOCKHOLDERS To THE GROUNDS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. THE dRouNDs-sELEcr1oN
OF LOTS.
The stockholders, and others interested, to
the number of about one hundred and twenty
persons including few ladies', made al excursion
to the grounds of the Rehoboth Beach Camp
Meeting Association, yesterday, for the purpose of
viewing the locality, and making selection of
lots.
The excursion tran-a special one of four cars
under the management of conductor, Chand-
Ter Evans, left this city at a few minutes past
| five o'clock in the morning. The party inclined
to be rather sleepy one at first, but soon began
| to have its full quota of fun and amusement
Harry Robinson, ably assisted. occupied the po-
| siton of newsboy, and supplied the demand for
the "ddily IN O.r-n-ttg papers with plots of the
| grounds, at five cents piece. The next visitor
was VIM. III. Billany Il Co., ticket agents. who
passed through the cars supplying all with tick
cts, who had not been able to secure them be-
| fore.
run of about forty FIVE minutes brought us
| to Middletown, when many of the party partook
| of hasty breakfast, and a liberal inhalation OF
| the perfume from carload of bone dust-all for
| the same price, The next thing OF beauty and
| q Joy forever" Witnessed was sequel to sun
| rise on the Ocean," which was "sunrise on the
| canaT-the Delaware and Chesapeake-which
WAS beautiful in the eXtreme-ehdwayH Clayton
was the next stopping place, at which several
| persons Joined the party. The run from this
place to Dover-twelve miles-was made in
| t,oeloe minutes, and the whole run, to Harring-
| ton, was made at the rate of thirty miles an
| hour, including stops. At Dover, the number
was increased by three or four. and at Milford,
quite large party Joined.
Lewes was reached shortly after nine o'clock,
and 10 and behold what sight--of loagons. IL
lookedlike little camp meeting, in itself. There
were buggies and ''go-carts," carriages and Goa
| ches cabs and barouches "a tdlumber wagons)
| and general rush was made for "nobby team" "
AL succeeded, and an hours drive landed the
party at the Camp Meeting grounds.
The next thing ia order, was to take look at
the lots, and then to the beach to old ocean,
to gather shells and other curlosities, aud then
return to the Hermitage" Rev. Mr.. Todd's
Headquarters, TO attend to the wants of the in
| ner mainland women. Two long tables, in the
yard camp meeting style, loaded with pot-pie,
| roasta, vegetables, ETC., were surrounded and
ably discussed by as hungry party as ever
| rode over onehundred miles OH an empty stomach.
After dinner, the second choice" or selec-
| ton of lots by the stockholders was made and
| then the selection by those who had purch ased
| lots This work occupied nearly all the after
noon and was rather a tedious affair, there be-
| ing some little Misunderstanding and disagree
| ing, as is usually the case on such oc-
casions. The following is the order OF drawing OF
| lots by Stockholders and by comparison of this
| list with the plots, OF which large number has
| been printed, the exact location of each party
| may readily be seen.