National Republican., 1882-08-23
A RAINY DAY IN CAMP.
Religious ExercIsca-spniinE the PcOp
ViaIfora-A Muddy sight


vIsIiors-A Muddy sight.
Special Correspondence OF THE REPuBLtcAN:
WASHINGTON GROVE CAMP (uvar Gaithersburg,
Montgomery County, Maryland), Aug. 22.-Con-
siderable disappointment was felt on account Of
the rain to-day, as 1t was expected that there
would have been a large attendance, not only
from the city, hut from the county. 1t COM
menccd raining this morning about o'clock and
continued, without intermission, until about $3.50,
when the clouds disperSed and the sun shone forth
in all his glory and brightness. Some twenty-five
or thirty arrived by the morning trains. The SER
vices were all well attended, the tabernacle being
filled at each service, the sudden attendance no
doubt being due to the fact that 1t was TOO wet
under foot for the little social walks that have
been so pleasant and so well enjoyed by the
younger portion of the camp. a good spirit also
prevailed in the meetings. and the discourses
were all attentively listened to.
RELIGIOUS EXERCISES.
There were six penitens at the altar last night
three of whom were converted. The 6:3O meeting
or iamly worship was led by the Rev. j. ii. Ry-
land OF Uniontown. At $50 Rev. w. H. Reed, of
Memorial Church, conducted the meeting. At this
meeting nlnrge number testified TO the benefit re-
ligon was to them. At 1880 the Rev. Littleton, of
baltimore, preached from the text John xviii, 3
And this left eternal that they might know thee
the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast
sent" AZ 2 p. m. tue regular chldren's meeting
tendance of children and adults At the same
hour ladies' meeting was held in the large tent
on sixth avenue. The attendance Of the ladies
was not large, but the exercises were both profit
able and instructive. At $3.50 the Rev. ]. A. Nc
Cauey preached from Matthew Kill, 4i-'Agan
the Kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid
IN field, the which when q man hath found he
hideth AMI for Joy goeth and stlleth all that he
hath and buyeth that field" Mr.. McCauley is
president of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa, and
his discourse was a masterpiece of thought aud
such as one would expect TO hear from gentle
man of his reputation, At $3.50 p. m. young
peoples mcetipg was held in the large meeting
int aud many were the experiences and testi
monies related. The Rev Jo eph France breaches
tonight. The ladies have taken upon themselves
10 improve the better
SEATING OF THE PEOPLE
IN the tabernacle, and, with the assistance OF
Wash. B. Williams, Who contributes 500 chairs,
are going TO remove tue old boards and put in
chairs, Mt no expense 10 the association. This
morning some yong ladies observed u phaeton
standing near the depot apparently without any
and they decided thIt they would be doing a
good act in trying TO find out aid turn over to
and jumping in they drove to Gnithersburg, and,
after starching all over through the berg, were
about to return, when 10! the storm overlook
them, Fastening to a house near by, they bor-
rowed an overcoat and shawls, and thus protected
from the storm they entered the phneton. The
dust that by this time had been turned into mud,
and their unprotected faces were covered with q
goodly share of it. Thinking they had made
sufficient effort to find the owner, they left the
horse standing at the head of Sixth avenue and
sent note by a little son of Africa to the owner
as to the whereabouts of his horse and phaetun.
Parties from several of the
CAMP ASSOCIATIONS IN MARYLAND
have during the past 1.-TWO weeks visited this camp
for the purpose of examining the hotel and cot
tages with a view of adopting similar improve
mcnts ON their grounds, among whom were dele
cations from Summit Grove and JaCksons Woods.
A delegation from the Southern Circuit of the
NJ. E. Church was in camp to-day. The associa
tion own the ground at Wesley Grove and are
projecting many Improvements, among which are
q hotel, cottages, and o her permanent conven-
fences. The visit here being for the purpose of
f,,sri
Grove Camp that may be of use in improving
Wesley Grove, thorough inspection was made of
the hotel, the Topography Of the grounds the ar
mat matters as they deemed profitable. Mr.. Richard
Wlett, the designer of the improvement here
gave the delegation all the information in his
possession.
CAMP NOTES.
Business is dull, and large number of the boot.
blacks leave this evening for new fields.
Camp breaks TO- morrow night.
Railroad tickets from here are good for Thurs
day on all trains.
A special will leave the grounds ut u M. Thurs
While the crowd were waiting for the $3.50 train
peddler did good business selling packages of
soda-water powder.
7. j. Magruder, chief manager of the Wesley
GROVE p Assosiati9n ion was on the grounds to, day.
College, arrived this morning.
The dust is well laid and won't bother the tent
ers any more this year.
Several left the camp to-day, taking their camp
equpage with them.
Several ladies and gentlemen started after break
fast to see the soldiers drill and dress parade and
they didn't see 1t, but got wet, which was just as
Interesting, especially as they had TO walk back.
ARRIVALS.
N p. Smith and wife, Mrs W. I. Evans, Mrs A.
E. Culver, Mrs. T. L. Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ.
Dodge, and Mrs w. p Ramsey.
DEPARTURES.
Mrs. Macarthur and Mrs. James Williams left
camp to day.
Appointments for last day-1030 Bishop An
drews; 3p M, Rev. b. Peyton Brown, and Rev.
Richard Norris at night 7.