Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-07-13
The Camp-Meeting Scason.


IT'S OPENING TOMORROW AT REHoBorH-LIsT OF
OTHER MEETINGS FOR THE PENINSULA.
The eamp-meeting season opens on the PEN
insula tomorrow, with Rehoboth. Others will
follow in such rapid and regular succession that
there will be scarce day in which a small tent
ed city is not to be found in some portion of the
Peninsula, until after the latter part OF August.
All the meetings have not been announced yet,
the dates of some not being fixed, but the list
published below is believed to be complete one
of all the camp meetings as far az announced to
be held on our Delaware Peninsula and III the
counties contiguous to IT,
The oft-repeated expression that the people
of Delaware and the Eastern shore Of Maryland
will spend their summer vacation at the camp
meetings rather than at the summer resorts is
not altogether meaningless, and it is quite prob
able it Will find verificaton. Greatly addicted
as the people are to camp-meetings, and regular
as has been the attendance i'll past years, pres
ent Indications point to even better turnout
this season than ever before. From all parts
of the Peninsula comes the Intelligence
of larger circles and more elaborate preparations
to tent out, all of which, of course Will have
tendency to increase the daily throngs- In camp
meetings as in circuses the presence of neigh
bors governs the attendance of those around
them, and since 10 many more people will move
INTO the woods this summer we may look for a
corresponding increase in the daily visitors.
politicians They meet there to compare notes,
devise plans, to meet and make friends, and for
the 'ithousand and one" other purposes which
draw them to popular assembiages. And since
there will be all active political canvass IN THIS
State this wear, il il probable that much eau
cussing will be done at the camp-meetings and
the attendance be thus promoted. Altogether,
the present prospect is that the camp meetings,
this year will be very successful in the phase OF
social pic-nics, which usually il detrimental to
Al ,,;N al ,apifxr nf a
| The following is the list of meetings announ-
| ced
Rehoboth, July IA.
Chester Heights, July 81.
| Camden, July 2S
| Bakers Woods, Kent County, Md, July 70.
| Red Lion, July 49,
| Rash's Woods, near Persons corner, July 81
| Harrington, August l.
| Roxana, August l.
| Crisfeld, August l.
| pitman Grove, August 4.
Bethel, August 4.
| Talley's woods, August 8.
Hurlock's, August 5.
| Rock Run, Hartford county, Nd, August u.
Chilcutt's woods, Talbot county, August 7.
Wise's Point, Accomac county, Va, August
Concord Caroline county, August IA.
Beckwlths, Dorchester county, August IA.
Galena, Md, August IA.
Wilson's woods, near Georgetown, August IL
Brandywine Summit, August II.
Woodlawn, August lS
The camp-meeting at Rehoboth is expected
to be even larger than last year, greater pro.
vision having been made to accommodate Visi
tors Little parties are organizing all over TIL
Peninsula, and the people will flock thither iron
all directions The encampment will probabl,
be the largest ever seen in this part OF TN
country, not excepting the national camp-meet
ing at Oakngton. The COMMERCIAL will be ad
yised of the daily doings at Rehoboth by
special correspondent despatched thither TO
| the purpose.