The New York herald., 1879-07-29
SHELTER ISLANDS CAMP MEETING.

EyANGELIsTs PENTEcosT AND srEBDfNs A.
woEK-THE HOTELS AND COTTAGES FULL.
new departure III Methodist camp meetings has
been made by the Shelter Island Association this
season. That they might avoid the ingress of a
crowd to their pretty settlement they have not in
vited any OF the New York. BROOKLYN or Connecticut
preachers to help them heretofore. Nor have
they advertised the camp meeting as OF old ex-
cept in the Suffolk county papers near by. A
HERALD reporter asked Mr.. John l.. Searles Jr
the president of the association yesterday why this
so. and told that they were already so
full that visitors in any great number could not be
accommodated. The two hotels on the camp ground
are just now 50 full that they must seek lodging
space for some of their boarders in cottages There
nearly eight hundred summer residents on the
grounds. Prospect. the name they have given the
village. was never SO prosperous gave promise OF
much success now. There sixty cottages on
the ground, all occupied, and five have
been erected since last summer. Contractshre out.
Also for the erection of four more and at least
dozen lot owners speak of building before the
of 1880 opens.
The location of Shelter Island in the sound of that
name between the north aud south forks OF Long
Island, at distance from New York. Brooklyn.
Boston New Haven and other large Cities makes it
pleasant place to spend two three months during
the summer. but very undesirable place in which
to maintain an old-fashioned camp meeting. Hence
the camping feature is retained merely to keep up
its seectness summer resort for religious peo-
pie We're that feature abolished fashionable
aband"n that now prevail among the cottagers and
summer boarders. Now the men and boys roam
around all day in blue hannel shirts. and
women and girls 90 to dinner in calico dresses 1t
does not follow however that the ladies OF Prospect
have not jewelry AMI fine clothing and don't wear
them. too. For they have both and display them
Oh occasions. Mr. Hoyt, the Belgian Minister to tn,
United United States. and his family occupy pretty
Bevan. OF this city, with his family, occu.
pies his own handsome cottage erected last year
on of the most commanding sites in Prospect.
The families OF Messrs. Strout, Shebler and Petit,
merchants and business men OF Brooklyn, occupy
tion Mr. Seares with his family. also occupies his
cottage. Alderman John French and ex- Mayor
Booth. of Brooklyn. have cottages there too The
former has not yet made his appearance Rev. John
Parker. of Brooklyn t. D.; Rev. A. c. Eggleston. of
New Haven, and Rev. w. 4. Hill have cottages
there. and some of them are on the ground and
others are expected in a few days.
THE EvANGELIsrs' MEETINGS.
DIR. Henry Nj. Scudder, of Brooklyn, who occupies
cottage little south of Prospect has already been
over to the camp ground and given his Methodist
brethren.a word of encouragement. The Rev. Joseph
Anderson. u Congregational minister OF New Haven,
preached i'll Prospect chapel Sunday afternoon to
Quoted praise meeting. For the accommodation OF
Messrs. Pentecost and Stebbins. evangests, who
closed their campaign at New Haven Sunday
night and could not get to Shelter Island in time,
ing postponed from the afternoon
to tho evening. At the latter time several
together with the residents OF Prospect. filled tho
encampment chapel ana gave the evangelists
hearty greeting. These latter have relieved the
sociatiOn OF all responsibility for the preaching
during the week. but they will doubtless call to
their aid some of the resident clergy. short
praise service will be held every morning from ninc
afternoon and ut halfpas seven O'Clock in tho
evening. On Saturday the Sunday schools of Green
! port, Orient and Shelter Island will unite in grand
jubilee. with which the camp meeting of 1879 will