The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-08-25
MoUNDsvILLE CAMP MEETING.
Delightful Weather-The Improve
ments-Profound Attention and
Peace-The National Associations
RuIes-An Imposition.

NiOuIuSNIllc, COuIuituSSu oh 1oSS
day evening last and will continue
during the greater part of the com
ing week. The attendance has been
very good but nothing like that o.
other years, when q more liberal
spirit prevailed and people were
rather urged to attend than invited
to stay away.
The camp grounds have been
greatly improved. The old tents and
hastily constructed sbanties have in
n great measure given place to cheap,
but neatly finished and substantial
cottages, some of them almost ele.
gan and home-like in appearance
and III decoration. One on the
"circlc," belonging to Mr.. Shattuck,
of Noundsville, has a very neat
brick front. Deacon Stone has, also,
one of the largest and most conve.
nient houses on the grounds. In its
construction he seems to have had
an idea that his friends would like to
have a pleasant place to stay while
attending this years exercises.
There are wards of two hundred
houses and tents Oh the ground, con-
tanning occupants from almost every
State in the Union, besides one or
two from New Jersey.
An immense dining hall, occupied
bv Mr.. Osborn, the well known ca
terer f ON the BenwoOd dining sta
ton, will comfortably seat two humid
red persons, and the best of every
thing is provided. The second story
is filled with hunks for sleeping.
One hundred and fifty persons can
be handsomely accommodated with
LODGINGS. There is room for one
hundred and ninety men, but forty OF
the berths have not been fitted up
with bed clothing. The Moundsville
Camp Meeting Associations big tab
crnarlc tent has been converted into
sleeping apartments for ladies, and
most pleasant and convenient ones
It makes, too. The Ingram House
is another excellent boarding house,
where the hungry camper can get n
good meal, we'll cooked.
There j. one feature about this
wears arrangements that has caused
mancral dissatisfaction, and has kept
a GOOD many people away from the
grounds. The National Association
who. as we have said, now have the
camp meeting in charge, has erected
two Gates on the road, at the differ
ent approaches to the camp grounds,
and charge every person coming in
tc1 ccu}s for q ticket. To be sure
the price is not steep, and any one
can pay il, but it looks too much
like 1oing to Il circus, and then peo-
uIe don't like these involuntary con-
tributionS for religious purposes.
Just thfnl of christians opening a
ticket Office in front of a church, and
selling tickets to hear Henry Ward
Becchcr, DR.. Chaplin, Brother Car
pcnter, OF the Fourth street NJ. f..
Church, or any other able and
clouucnt divine, Ain't it most too
much sugar for a cent. And after
thi, the ministers and deacons and
laity will sit round the altar and
sing. ppm glad salyation'S free ~
Free. and they just before bought it
by the dimes worth. Then the ar
rangcmcnt for ticket selling is fool
ish. You "pays your money" and get
horrible printed green ticket lis the
color suggestive To the buyer p
which is good for the season. Well,
John Smith stays at Moundsville
one day, comes home, gives his
ticket to Tom Brown and he goes
down. STAYS all day, come back and
rivcs it to Dick Jones, who repeats,
and - on I'D infajt"n. How are
the officers of the Association to
know whether they sold the ticket
to the man who first or who last
used it. It's learning people to do
mean, little things to avoid involun-
tarv contributions. We hope this
imposition will he removed or some
one will be requesting the It'll chap
ter OF Mark, hcgining ut the 10Th
verse, to be read.
But we did not set down to grum-
bic, although we think there is plenty
of reason for it.
On Tuesday night the services
were opened by nublic prayer
meeting, at the stand, led by Rev
G. ID. Battellc, of Marietta, Ohio.
1t is said to have been Il most COM
Portable and refreshing season.
On Wednesday morning ut six
O'Clock, there was an early prayer
meeting, conducted by Rev. G.
Martin, of Wheeling. The work OF
building cottages and shelter was
going on I'LL day Wednesday, and 50
much noise was made by the ham
mcr and the saw, that no services
were held until night, when q very
interesting meeting was conducted
bv Rev. G.. Hughes, Secretary of the
National Association.
On Thursday, Rcvs. J. Insllip, OF
Brooklyn, y. y, Hughes of New
Jersey, Coleman, of Troy, \. Y,
Mcdonald, of Connecticut, Searlcs,
of Brooklyn, Osborn, of New Jersey,
and L. p. Coleman, Of New Hamp-
shire, members of the National AS
ISOLATION arrived on the ground. At
the ten O'Clock services, Rev. +.
Ball, of the Moundsville Association,
turned over the management of the
grounds and meeting TO Rev. ) IN
skip, in very neat, feeling, and ap-
propriatr address. Rev. J. Inskip,
preached the sermon. In the after
noon, Rev. Father Coleman, vote
ran of eighty years OF age, but a
man Of great vigor, power ana orlSi'
nali,y of thought and expression,
i l., NJ hf