, 1879-08-03

] ors- While many are disposed to be very liberal
| the most come for o change and vacation frou
everything that pertains to city life. This CT
! lends very largely also to churcllattendance
! and, IS great many OF the village pcopl.
are occupied in providing for the wants Of thu
guests, tile faithful are often tried by the ap
atDy, and actual
MISREPRESENTATION,
in the summertime. Fast driving on the Sab
bath, elaborate Sunday dinners, and worst o1
all, the Sunday ercursion-trains that bring out
pleasure-seekers by hundreds, threaten to de
stroy the quiet SUNDAYS that once gave such :
charm to the place. This is not the only sum
ner-resort that bewails such condition oi
affairs; und we are told for our consolation that
We ought to be thankful that the roughs and
rowdes 60 elsewhere for their Sunday outings,
--as indeed We are.
4 SERVICE OF WELCOME
to the new minister was in order at the Baptist
Church last Tuesday evening. An able sermon
was preached BY the Rev. DR.. Gordon. Of Mon
treal. Addresses were made by tle. Rev. II. T.
Sumner, D. D., Of Aiabana; the Rev. Mr.
Morey, OF this place; and Elder Miner, we'll
known pastor Of former days, who remem bercd
the town as a scattered hamlet thirty
seven xears ago. The Rev. Mr.. Watson spoke
in behalf Of 1.-THE Presbyterian Church; and the
Rev. sir. Hewitt, Of the Methodist Church, con-
gratnlated his fellow-1aborer on coming to =
place where " there was much water" Then
from Iowa. spoke few heartfelt sentences in
acknowledgment Of the welcome given him.
Ile meeting vas cfoscd bg q tonchng mes
s3cc from the Rev. DR.. Boyd, who, during twelve
years Of patienty-endured suffering, has watch
cd his former charge with loring interest. lie
is we'll known and deeply loved in Chicago and
other places where he has ]abored, and will be
considered by the Baptist people here as their
nastor sa long as he fingers in this world. But
the link will Soon be broken, for he has failed
ft16a nt
writing word comes that he can remain but
few houra.-[Dr. Boyd has since died.-ED.
TnlnuSE.l
PERSONAL MENTION.
Prof. 4. D, Hendricksor, formerly Superin-
tendent OF the Industrial School, finds many old
friends In the VILLAGE and among the boys in the
SCHOOL The Rev. G. L. Thompson, recently OF
Chicago. now uf Plttshurg, Is spending part of
his vacation here with his three sous. Mrs.
Dunbar has SO fully recovered her health as 10
be able to return to the village, and mas taken
rooms at the Exchange.
The concert at Bethesda lust week was fully
attended. A party is to DC given at the Man-
sion House Satnrdaynigh1.
THE LAwS-PARrY,
or midsummer-night concert, last evening, was
a fine SUCCESS rhauks to the fair weather and
tue taste and enterprise Of the ladies Of the
Presbyterian Church. The spacious grounds Of
aiapie-Groye Cottage-Afr. o. Ballard's-were
Well-li.hEcd with Chinese lanterns; chairs and
ice-creatn tables were scattered about; q telc-
scope invited to survey Of the moony heavens;
aud at intervals the band discoursed sweet ul,i-
SIC; The crowd outside 5f the grounds was al
most Us great as that within.
Besides the Saturday-Mght concerts at Bethes-
da, the band plays each Wednesday night in the
village. This week the concert was in the
grounds OF the Union School.
TIE FOUNTAIN HOUSE
has been several times reported full: but we