Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-23
cHAuTAUeUA LAKE.
National Sunday School Assembly
Meeting Of the Board

S1HO bAOVOA 6NR6s
National Sunday School Assembly
Meeting Of the Board.
We clip the following from the
Akron Daily Beacon:
Mr.. Lewis Miller, of this city,
President of the Board of Managers
of the National Sunday School
Teachers Assembly, on Saturday,
returned from a meeting ofthe Board
held at Fair Point, Chautauqua
Lake, on Friday last At the meet
ing full representation from the
various departments-the Normal,
Recreation, Supply, Police and Enter
tainment-was present and every
thing reported in a highly satisfac-
tory condition. Among other things
determined on by the Board; the
following will be of public interest:
1t was arranged that there should
be established on the grounds dur
in the Assembly august 4-1S) a
postoffiee, telegraph Office, express
Office, laundry, barber shop, soda
fountains, ice cream ands lemonade
stands, and in fact everything pos
sible for the comfort and conyen-
fence of visitors. Special arrange
ments have been made -with3 the
Postmaster General for postal facil-
ties, and line of telegraph is being
stretched from Mayville to FAIR
Point for telegraphic communication
with the outside world. Four new
boarding halls are in process of con-
struction-two 100 feet long each
and two sixty feet long each, with
wings for kitchens. By this means
board can be had on the European
plan, by the day or single meal, as
desired. Besides these there is to
be "Quaker restaurant" where
can be.had at all times milk, oat-
meal, luncheons in sacks for carry
ing, etc. Large tents in which. to
hold services on rainy days are be-
ing erected. Good. board floors for
tents can be secured at reasonable
prices. Those contemplating atten-
dance upon the sessions of the As
sembly are..requested to bring blank
cts, sheets, pillow cases and straw
ticks; straw can be had on the
grounds. Transient visitors will of
course be comfortably accommodate
ed. A large and Eefficient police
force will afford ample protection to
the grounds. Four steamers will
make two daily trips each from
jamestown to Mayville and return,
thus making sixteen stoppages at
Fair Point per day. Several other
important improvements are in pro-
gress, though no one should go with
the idea OF seeing an elegantly furn-
ished park by any means. 1t will
be simply 'primeval forest with on
ly such appliances of civilization as
the comfort of attendants demands.
In accordance with the usual sum-
mer arrangements the Atlantic and
Great Western Railroad Company of
fer reduced excursion rates from the
present date to September 80, the
fare from Akron to jamestown be-
ing $3.50. From Akron to Fair
Point and return, via Lake View,
up to August l, it will be $7,65.
August l, to Is, the fare will be Sc, 20
good for round trip to August %;
that is, the tickets sold to Fair Point
and return, whether sold at 81, ,65 or
at 1920 are in either case good for
return trip to August %.
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmadge, in his
Christian at Work, has this toi say
of the Assembly:
Rev. Doctor j. FL Vincent, the sill
vertongued trumpet of Sabbath
Schoolism, is marshaling a meeting
for the banks of Chautauqua Lake
which will probably be the grandest
religious picnic ever held since the
time the five thousand sat down on
the grass and had a surplus of pro-
visions to take homes to those who
were too stupid to go. From the ar
rangements being made for that Au-
gust meeting, we judge there will be
SO much of concentrated enthusiasm
that there may be danger that some
morning, as the sun strikes glorious
ly through the ascending mist of
Chautauqua Lake, our friends may
all go up in a chariot of fire, leaving
our Sunday Schools in bereft con-
dition. If they dog up in that way
maythcir mantle of straw hat fall this
way. Why not have all our churches
and denominations take a summer
airing? The breath of the pine woods
or yrestle with the waters would
put an end to every thing like NOR
bid religion.d Zone reason why the
apostles had such healthy theology
was, that they went fishing. We
would like to see the day when we
will have Presbyterian camp meet
ings, and Episcopalian camp meet
ings, and Baptist camp meetings,
and Congregational camp meetings,
or, what would be better still, when,
forgetful of all minor distinctions,
we could have Church Universal
Camp Meeting. We would like to
help plant the tent-pole for such a
cenvocation.