Connecticut western news., 1884-08-27
PINE GROVE CAMP GROUND
ORDER OF EXERCISES.

ORDER OF EXERCISES. Morning bell, 600 A. NJ. Bible reading, 6:3O " General prayer meeting, 93O Young peoples prayer meeting, ,9:3O " Preaching, 1O:3O Childrens' meeting, 1 80 P. NJ. General prayer meeting, l:3O Preaching, 2:30 Prayer meeting at close of preaching. Preaching, ZOO P. M. Prayer meeting after public service. Closing bell, lOOO P. NJ. Yesterday afternoon Presiding Elder Ferguson had not fully completed his appointments for the week but he kind ly gave us what information he could. There will be sermons each day, morn ing, afternoon and evening. Rev MT Couch of New York city will preach to- day Wednesday, at 10:30, M. Rev J. M. Reid, D D, missionary secretary, will preach on Thursday afternoon, Rev A. J. Palmer of the Park avenue M. E. church, N. Y., will preach on Friday morning, Rev M. Huriburt of Washing ton Square M. B. church, N. Y, will preach on Friday afternoon. Rev Wm. Stevens of West Stockbridge will preach on the resurrection of the body, Satur- day morning, Rev A. D. Vail of New York will preach on Sunday morning and Miss Elizabeth Greenwood of Brooklyn, N. Y., will preach Sunday af- ternoon. Her theme will be Gospel Temperance.
 INCIDENTS.
 There are 72 permanent buildings on the encampment, also large number of tents: 62 are cottages; the 10 others include the preachers house, boarding house, oyster house, lodging house, post office, police headquarters, etc.
 Near the barn well has been dug, this season, which affords an abundant supply of water for horses.
 Each year the association make as many improvements on the premises as their funds will permit. Special men, tion should be made of the telephone office opened this year. This supplies g long felt want The telephone is greatly appreciated and is well patron ized. The new settees, the new well, and many other comforts and conven- fences which have been added are also appreciated.
 It requires experience and great skill and tact to conduct the boarding house and feed the hungry crowd who flock thither, but manager Strong and his as sistants get away with the multitude, and yet the multitude get away with ar astonishing amount of provisions. Al though MT Strong has conducted the boarding house for several years, he car not perform the miracle of feeding 5000 men, besides women and children on five loaves and two fishes and hav' F baskets full of fragments remaining so he daily provides and disposes of quantity of provisions which an inex perienced caterer would think sufficien for an army campaign. In addition t the regular boarding house there ar several refreshment places as follows the oyster house, conducted by Messr Milton Roraback and J. N. VanDeusen the ice cream, soda water and luncl tent, conducted by Frank W. Stron and wife, of Hinsdale, Mass, and Mis- Della Parker of Lee, Mass. H. E Coggswen presides at the fruit stand and E. s. Root and Edward Merchar do rushing business at the peanut an pop stand. Mrs. Thomas Heaton ha charge of the pantry department.
 Last fall the association built goo substantial dwelling house which is oc cupied permanently by Henry Drul and family. Mir Drum is the watchma and takes care of the cottages an grounds during the year. He has large barn and has also put up thre tents to shelter horses and vehicles. H has accommodations for feeding horses at once and employs men wh will take good care of a horse, unha ness, feed, water, groom and harnes him.
 The association has this year provide a larger tent than ever before seen 0 the encampment. It stands where th tabernacle formerly did and praye meetings are held in it.
 The association has this season bui 24 large permanent settees with backs There are now AS of them in front ( the preachers stand, besides the larg number of ordinary seats.
 That accommodating and populs conductor, Clark P Lane, has charge ( the camp meeting train which runs bt tween Falls Village and Canaan.
 Several of the cottages have been CT larged this season, although no ne, ones have been built. Every cottag belonging to the association was rente several weeks ago. The demand fo them is so great that more should b built next season.
 Clarnece Sanford has filed the pos tion of postmaster for several weeks an will continue to accommodate all pal rons of the office.
 The ministers present yesterday moo were Presiding Elder Ferguson, Ez Presiding Elders Sanford and Hill an Revs Phillips, McCutcheon, Macombel Oliver, Belcher, Ketcham, Watt, Wyatt Crawford, Lewis, and Rev Dr H. Eddy