, 1881-08-14


since Alr: Moody has made it lis summer
nome f tnat q there seems to be nothing new to
~ n1rtford a. lady: "What Kind of place
So. - +soltllnela Ihenatural beauties remain
going on at the "North End" and it takes
no great stretch of the imagination to look
forward to the time when the place will he
one or, or unsurpassed beauty aIr. Alooly's
ghtonnas arg at the head Of the broad. grassy,
sitauoWy street which stretches southward
lof tnree mlles or more, shaded By four rows
Of magnificent trees. The dwellings are for
the most part substantial. square, two-story
mansions. here and there shooting out a bay
Wln1oW, piazza, or purtico, each surrounded
oy IFS own green-siladed lawn and kept
flowers.
:. There are summer guests or boarders DUR
my me convocatlon in most Of these pleas
available room is engaged for guests fro,n
abroad, and. although. there is great deal of
cooking to be done and general housework
to be looked after, it will all be we'll done
with CHARACTERISTIC New England :" faculty."
dainty toilets to. attend the meetings, and
will keep up an Intelligent interest IN the
Blble study and III all the Christian workers
II spite OF accumulated family cares. As
rye is harvested, the corn and tobacco are
growing. There is always plenty to do on a
farm, but these farmers are independent"
and you will lind them at every considerable
gathering making the most Of this somewhat
UNIQUE innovation upon the, monotony Of
their rural life, which is entirely due to their
distinguished fellow-t0wnslnan, Evangelist
Moody, Teams are already running from
TIE railway station, which lies OH the river
SMi1,;a, side Of the, , street. to the s; Seminary
nlany Of the rude vehicles Of last year
have given place to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
carryalls purchased for the occasion by ell
terprlslllg citizens who are anxious to earn an
honest penny by transporting passengers.
On our way up from the station on Tues
day we met Mr; Sankey, his handsome face
beaming with the good nature aud quick rec
oEnition that wins all hearts. AS we druye
up to the foot of the plank-walk leading to
i'll whom the whole country takes lively,
sympathetic interest, tripped out upon tho
porch with her hands full Of fresh ferns, with
which She was decorating the rooms. AS the
carriage stopped, M. Davis. WHO is now Mr.
Marshall. who is now III New Mexico. came
running down the walk and gave the new
conlers cordial greeting. There are
no more rooms to be had in the seminary
They were all taken thirty lays ago.
Still, there Is room enough i'll the village
for all who come early. Ii all come who are
expected there will be more than there
were laSl year. i Only expected TWO from
Chicago this week, and have Just had a tele-
gram saving that there were twenty in the
party WIN are on the way" AIr. Moody IS
driving about managing everything will, Ills
characteristic dispatch. It remains to be seen
whether there will be all increased attend
ance of the clergymen OF the valley, their
absence last year being quite noticeable and
often remarked upon by clergynen from
abroad. 1t is well known that there are two
parties among the three leading evangelical
Observation-Disclosures: Congregational. aud
Alethodists-as to AIr. Moody and his Metll-
0ds; those who are Indifferent, not to say
inimlcal, being largely in the majority, show
ing lack OF spirituality greatly to the Aetri-
ment of themselves and tile souls for whom
they are supposed to care, as was remarked
yesterday.
4 pair of deer have just arrived from the
Indian Territory, Il gift to Mr.. Moody. The
pretty, sott-eyel creatures are weak aud
weary from their long journey, but seem to
be doing well.