The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-08-16
Maryland Line, 9TH District.-The shock

Maryland Line, 7th District.-The shock
of an earthquake was felt for several seconds on
Sunday last, about p. m. Nervous people were
very much affected by it and have not yet ceased
talking about the strange feeling that came over
them and the exact effect it had upon their minds
as to the "what was it,"
Summit Grove camp closed on Tuesday night,
after IL days session. In summing up the
camp your correspondent has reason to retract
much of what he suggested would be the re
suit of the course pursued by the one man man
agement this year, except in the religious part OF
the camp, which was placed in the hands of Rev.
Dr. Poulson, at the suggestion of first V. p. Scar
borough. The services we're ably conducted, and
successfully too, for the preaching was much bet
ter and ADLER than former years. The boarding
tent at a loss to the proprietor, this as
well as former years, though the boarding was
all that could be desired, and the proprietor GER
tainly did his level best to compete with the for
mer caterer, and az he frequently said, "cook his
goose for all future camps. On this point the
former caterer agrees with him exactly, as he
helped cook his own goose on that question, so
that there will be no i'll feeling on that point be-
tween the two now eminent caterers. But the
point we wished to make not the religious or
catering management of the camp, but in the
working of the business part of it. This is the
unpopular part and the mistake of the camp
meeting association. For instance, two shares of
stock of the LOG shares control the whole manage
ment of the camp-meeting association of Summit
Grove. These two shares are merged IN these
officers One is president, having borrowed one
SHARE the other represents secretary, treasurer,
superintendent and in fact the whole corporation
These two shares pay the holder in salaries 5O
per cent. return annually besides the annual saa'
ry paid him by another corporation. This fact is
sufficient to deprive him of catering to the interest
of any one else But he is in a position to reek
uL1s hi knkka ANTS
to interfere in his snug position. The receipts
this year will fall short of last year, as the at
tendance was from eight to ten thousand persons
less. As the revenue comes mainly from the toll
charged at the gates of entrance when the amount
is summed up it will be ascertained that some
thing or other must be assigned as q cause for the
loss in transient patronage. and what your cor
respondent suggested is that cause. His connec-
ton with and knowledge of the workings of tho
association since its organization enables him to
arrive at this conclusion. Others largely interest
ed are of the same opinion, and will in another
year cause some changes to be made.
The matter of politics is somewhat cooled by the
introduction of these camp meetings. The cam
paign will open up in earnest in York county
about the first week in September, when all the
local tickets get in the field. 1 notice, however,
that in nearly all the Democratic nominations for
| Congress so far the men who helped defeat the
| Morrison bill have been reegated to private life
! What will be the result IN the YORK county dls-
trct will be ascertained after next Tuesday. AS
! like as not the cranks will hold that right OF
wrong in public life man must have his share be-
cause the usages of the party must be upheld and
followed. The people, however, vote as they
| please afterwards.
The most daring act committed in York county
outside of shooting the woman in Spring Garden
township, was the outrageous assault committed
on the Kincdinst girl, near Glatfelters Station,
| n d do Thaso fUn uhs
though youthful have been apprehended and will
be made to suffer the full penalty of the law fol
| their crimes. *.