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warmth and summer wind as it lodges
around the corner of the face and kisses the
heated brow. All! how lovely! how serene!
how peaceful! how soothing! away from
the bustling noise and the jingle OF money;
away from the turmoil of care and business
troubles; here the weary heart sinks to
rest, lulled to sleep in the luxurious lap OF
charming Red Rock,
THE FIRST START.
After good Father HoltOn had donated
ten acres of land to the association some
seventeen years ago, the Rev. c.. G. Bow
dish, pastor of Newport, town about a
mile below the grounds, began his efforts in
1868 to effect camp meeting association
and he was seconded by Parker Paine, A.
Fl. Rose and others of ST. Paul, and by
Rev. Harvey Webb, now of Texas, and N.
W. Prescott of st. Anthony, who visited
the place as committee and reported the
desirability of the location, and from that
time forward the association has been
spreading and growing until it deemed itnec-
eSSary to purchase more acres, which it did,
and the ground now comprises sixty acres
of one of the most lovely spots in Mime
sofa. AS an Illustration of what Method
list preacher had to undergo in early days,
and even as late as 1870, we would state
that Rev. Harvey Webb, when ordered to a
new circuit, had to travel some 1000 miles,
a good part of the way in Wilderness, to
his home.
GROWING AND INCREASING.
Later on. when larger numbers attended
the meetings, it was deemed advisable to
hold them four weeks instead of two, and
to keep the hotel open from June to Sep
TENDER, and still further, that the associa-
ton must increase its number of acres to
sixty. To insure success many men prev
iously friendly to Red Rock were now asked
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known as the grand stand, made of wood
used by the speakers, and in front
of it, in a grove, are seats
sufficient to accommodate 1,500 people.
Just back of the grand stand is an old
building used as lodging-place for the
preachers, while still back of that is the
bell which has rung out it's music now some
sixteen years. A little to the left of the
bell is cottage (once the old mission par
sonage). at present occupied by Mr.. Gal
braith, the superintendent of the grounds,
but which is really the office of the assOcia-
ton, and will be used as such. To the
right of the cottage is large lamp. Be
low, toward the river, is an imposing hotel,
with cupola and an upper veranda
from which a delightful view can be OBJ
tanned. On the ground floor of this hotel,
beside an ell, which is used as the kitchen.
there is large dining-roOm which will
seat $50 people. On the second floor there
are twenty-five sleeping rooms, built in the
shape of state rooms on steamboat, and
above these rooms there is one large room,
the full dimension Of the building. The
architectural design, while not elaborate, is
very pleasing. The building cost $4,000.
There are four parks beautifully laid out
on the Red Rock grounds, besides a place
for large amphitheater. the American
grove auditorium and the German grove
auditorium. There is Red Rock park, Sum-
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SEASONABLE RHYMES.

TOO BAD.
The time draweth nigh
When the harrassing fly
In summer the worst of bumanitys foes
Will skate up and down
On the SmoOth-poliShed crown
OF the bald-headed man when he's taking q
doze.
NO ROSE WITHOUT THORN.
When summer is breathing her sweetest
delight,
And nature is everywhere burdened with
bloom,
IT'S then we must spring from our couch in
the night,
To chase the mosquitoes all over the room.
FROM THE RINK TO THE BEACH.
And now it's almost time sweet maidens think
From urban dust and smoke and heat to fee,
To put aside the rollers of the rink
And sport among the rollers OF the sea.
MATTER OF PRONUNCIATION.
How fate the honest man deridesl
The man who for his new straw hat owes,
And many other things besides,
Delights In native grown tomatoes.
The man who always sspays his way
Sits down to liver and potatoes,
He'd gladly eat, but cannot pay
The price demanded for tomatoes.
THE INVALID.
He HES TO scenes of rural bliss,
To spend month in idleness,
And hopes to have,his health restored
BY country air and country board.
He little knows and-more'S the pity,
The board each,day comes from the city.
CATCHES THEswRoNGFIsH.
Now to the pond thesmallboy hies,
To f1shsfor pickerel, perch andipout,
But soon. returns with sweeping eyes
Toshave that rus ty hookcutout.
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THE OLD MISSION.


the rock, and this would only enhance the
devotion of the tribe, as they thought
the spirit had accepted their gifts
An old negro who lived in the vicinity of
the rock at that period, used to quietly pur-
loin the articles left by the Indians, and in
course of time he procured a sufficient
amount of stock to start store, and it is
alleged he carried on quite an extensive
trade in selling back to the Indians articles
which they had given to their spirit He
was pretty good fellow, but he wasn't a
Methodist.
From our knowledge of Indian character
we are fully impressed with the belief that
the Indians considered this a spirit rather
than an altar, and their gifts were given to
curry It's favor. The rock is at present
somewhat broken, partially painted dull
red with black stripes, and will weigh near
ton. An iron fence ought to protect it
from the vandalism of curiosity-gatherers,
for in time it will become very valuable as a
memento of an extinct race
THE FIRST WHITE SETTLER AT RED ROCK.
Father John Holton, an earnest and sin
cere Methodist, was the first white settler
at Red Rock He was born in Meadville,
Penn, in 1899; learned the trade of shoe
maker; came to Fort Smelling with Elder
Bronson, father of William B. Bronson of
this city, in 1887; became the Indian farmer
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to become active members, and some were
even elected to positions OF trust without
their permission, SO anxious was the asso-
citation to have the right men in the right
places. Prominent among these men We're
c. D. Strong, J. G. Quinby, J. H. Sabin,
A. Armstrong, E. Good of ST. Paul; George
Kouch. Red Wing; III. F. Lillebridge. R.
n. Hastey, Minneapolis; G. H. Miller.
Prescott, Wisconsin; while one of
the most jealous, active and useful men,
bers, was asked to take charge of the
transportation, and he performed his duty
very acceptably to the association.
FIRST PROTESTANT SCHOOL.
We are informed, and the statement is
probably correct, that the first Protestant
school in Minnesota was established at Red
Rock in 1910, through the instrumentality
of Elder Bronson and other good Meth
odists. Light, intelligence, religion and
nature seem to be the foundation upon which
the Red Rock camp ground has been built
THE HAMLINE STUDENTS.
Then came along the students of Ham
line university, who contributed largely to
the success of the young peoples meetings.
and these students were greatly aided by
some prominent men of Minneapolis. among
whom were Elias Moses, bank PRESIDENT
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E-YER-sHAw, OR RED ROCK.

E-YER-sHAw, OR RED ROCK.
drawn direct from nature: Aye, Jesus
wept in the garden. Whitfield and Wesley
Numbered their eloquence to thousands who
stood on the green grass and under the
shade of Gods SentinelS, the monarchS of
the forests; and so to-day crowds go out
from their workshops, from their offices,
from their factories, from their various
places of business, and, with happy
and grateful hearts, bend their
steps to that Mecca of quiet
retreat where, with nature, they can
worship God untrammeled and unmOlested.
The pilgrim fathers left home and dear ones
and braved the dangers of the deep for the
privilege of independent worship.
''Amid the storms they sang,
And the stars heard, and the sea;
And the sounding aisles of the dim woods
rang,
To the anthems of the free.''
And so to-day, in the beauti-
full grove at Red Rock, thousands
of hearts will beat in unison
with nature and natures God, and praise
and prayer will be borne upon the summer
breeze and waited onward to the utmost
limits of eternity, for good deed or a good
thought never stops in its journey, but
travels on to the end of time.
This is the Indian name for Red Rock
or w-tein-tah-Red Rock prairie
It derives its name from large
syenitic boulder, which, in the
eyes of the Sioux is sacred
and which, for great many years, they
painted red, and hence-Red Rock. Tht
Indians have a tradition that their father:
saw this rock walk down from what is now
known as Zion hill, to where it is at pres
ent, and that they could very plainly SET
the path it made nearly half mile, hence
Wa-kan or sacred-sacred spirit. At the
time this rock came down the hill it il
alleged that Ka-be-bon-ik-ka, the
Chippewa God of storms, sem
forth terrific thunder and lightning
and this so impressed the Indians that tt
appease the spirits wrath, they for years
brought articles of clothing and eatableS,
and made it a sort of altar upon which OF
about which these articles were left. In the
spring of the year sugar was the favorite
offering, and then game, pieces of calico
tobacco, etc. At stated times medicine mel
would appear, and after going through some
lamentations would paint it bright yer
million color, very artiStically adorned
with quilts and sometimes feathers, bu
their paint being mixed with water it would
soon wash out. They were very devout il
their devotions to this spirit, and no doub
they honestly believed it to be all the tradi
ton of their fathers taught them. WheI
the whites settled in that vicinity, mischiev.
Gus boys would steal the articles left abou
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D. Brooks. j. o. Rich, G. Brooks, j.. Door,
William Mckinley and Z. McClary. The
preachers who have subsequently entered
the field are: Rev. w. K. Marshall, @. A.
Vananda, ID. Morgan, F. j. Wagner, S.
McChesney, o. Williams, j. Watson, L. p.
and M B. Smith, j. b. Starkey, j. G..
Teater, William H. Soule, S. B. Warner, I.
Stafford, f. j. Fisher, E. Holman, r.
Forbes, S. c. Gale. Rev. Mr.. Eggleston,
and w. S. Mathews.
WHERE rs RED ROCK LOCATED?
About seven miles by good carriage
road, on the east side of the Mississippi
river, below st. Paul, on the banks of the
father of waters, and reached by the cars
OF the Chicago, Milwaukee 81 st. Paul rail-
road (six miles, and by a number Of boats
on the river There are some nine trains OF
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1868, or some seventeen years ago, he gave
to the present Red Rock Camp association
ten acres of land, which were the nucleus
around which has gathered one of the most
prosperous religious temporary settlements
in the Northwest, He was a small man,
quite active, and conscientious and de-
vout member of the Methodist church. Be
fore his death he gave to the Hamline uni
versity 800 acres of land lying
counties. He died in 1888, aged 81 years,
and his body reposes in the quiet grave
yard which nestles at the base of lions
hill, short distance from the camp grounds.
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TWO NOTE SPERITUALISTS.
Singular Beliefs of Victor EaugO and
Queen Victoria.

Figaro: Victor Hugo was always convinced
that he would meet all his friends in a
u ture world. He was equally sure that he
had always existed from the antediluvian
times when the Creator placed him on earth.
He believed that he would exist forever, in
asmuch as he felt in his soul thousands of
hymns, dramas and poems that had never
found expression. When the atheists
would say to him: ''The proof that you
will not exist in the past" Hugo would
answer: ''Who told you did not exist in
the past centuries? You will say that is
the legend Of the ages. The poet has
written: Life is fairy tale twice written,
He might have said thousand times
written. There is not an age in which
cannot find my spirit. You do not believe
in the doctrine of surviving personalities
for the reason that you do not recOllect
your anterior existence. But how can the
recollection of vanished ages remain i'm
printed ON your memory when you do not
remember a thousand and one scenes and
events of your present life? Since 1902
there have been ten Victor Hugos in me.
Do YOU think that I can recall all their
actions and all their thoughts? The tomb
is dark. and when shall have passed the
tomb to emerge into light once more all
these Victor HugOs will be almost wholly
strangers to me, but it will always be the
same SOUL" ;i 0.7
M. Viennet, wag, asked Hugo one day
who was the greatest poet of his time,
whereupon Hugh drily answered: ''Alfred
de Musset is the second greatest poet"
Toronto Week: Are the royal family
spiritualists? People tell tales of the Queen;
they know that the Princess Louise has
been at seances; they recall the story of
the Duke of Albany's death warning from
his sister Alice. They put down the whole
royal family, therefore, as spiritualists.- So
far has this belief spread that Sir Henry
Ponsonby has been commissioned to deny
it, He does not quite deny it. He only
says that the Royal family are not believers
in Mr.. Eglington's spiritualism. Mr.. A.
Yorke, the late equerry of the Dnke Of
Albany, has also been called upon to give
his testimony, and says that he is in a
position to declare that his royal highness
never attended seance with Mr.. Ellington
or presented him with a slate. The in
ference drawn by spiritualists from this
correspondence is that the Queen and
several of her children are believers in COM
munications between the next world and
this, but know nothing of Mr.. Eglington and
his slate.
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J. C.QUINBY.
cars per day and boats every two
hours. The ground is gently rolling and
filled with trees, and reaches from
the railroad track on the one side
to the river on the other, and with the
original ten embraces now over sixty acres
of land. Hundreds of trees cover the
ground, and more delightful place for
camp meeting could not be conceived.
HOW 1T LOOKS.
AS you enter the grounds you pass over
a winding roadbed, and approach what is
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Nature in Her Most Fascinating Garb In
yites Thousands to the Shrine OF
Humble Devotion.
The Red Rock Camp Grounds Origin OF
the Name and Interesting History
of the Place.
Beliefs of the Red Men and The1rS saw
age Encounters-.Civ1fz VS..
BarbariSm.
Did Times --O Old Settlers ana Olu
Events--New and Better
Aspirations.
The Camp Grounds.

.HEm man who is near to
~ nature is close to God,
@yI.7l-Aa and he who appreciates
t(ReD ROC K PA2Nl the handiwork of the SUI
%-7T==vv55zs7T=sszss-p reme Author of all. as
BYM ~ evidenced in the birds,
SM the sky, the sunlight. the
nj flowers. the water, the
HI trees, the green grass,
and the grand old forest,
is better capable of cOmprehendlng the I'M
foldment of the plans and purposes
of the Almighty than he VINO
grovels amid the material elements
of man as illustrated in huge piles of brick,
and stone, and mortar. Rural worship eX-
pands the heart and broadens the under
standing. The wavy whisperiEgs of the
trees, or the gentle flowing of the river, or
the feeey clouds as they float in the azure
heavens, or the beautiful flowers that deck
the prairie, or the twinkling stars
that look down upon us from
their celestial homes, all lift us
up on to higher plane of humanity and
point us to better land, and through these
Influences we come to more fully appreciate
the greatness, and power and wisdom of
Him who made and controls the laws which
keep this beautiful world in harmonious
action. The apostles were lovers OF nature.
Paul preached in the open air and
beneath the blue sky. Christ
taught in the groves and IN
the highways and by-ways, and many
of his most beautiful metaphors were
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ground. and just ahead of us, on knoll
studded with elegant trees, is the
OLDEST HOUSE AT RED ROCK,
in somewhat dilapidated condition, and
yet somewhat remodeled by small part of
it being sided. There are no windows or
doors in it, though openings for them, and
the ends of the hewed logs are
/ clearly visible. 1t stands there grim, and
silent and lonely, counting almost fifty
years in its career, and yet it is especially
noted as the place where Ben Kavanaugh
lived in 1S41, and where the little band Of
white settlers gathered to praise God,
from whom all blessings fow," and where
.epose the bones of the good missionary's
dead child. The house should be preserved
as another memento sacred to the memory
of those who must soon pass out of our
sight forever. Here Father Bronson came,
and Ames, the statesman bishop, and Rev.
Samuel Spates and wife, and Chauncy
Hobart later, and Father Hoyt. thirty
seven years ago. lifted up his voice in the
wilderness and nurtured the little sapling
which has now grown to huge oak be-
meath whose shade all nationalities can re-
pose in security.
THE CAMP GROUND.
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Mississippi riv-
er, almost under
the sillS of the
parlor windows.
The sacred rock
alluded to lies on
the river bank,
within 800 feet
of the front door
of the house;
cattle Craze on
the p rain e:
horses and colts
gambol over the
velvety gree
sward, cottages
peep out from
the green foliage
On thQ Damn
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Off to the right of the grounds, about an
eighth of mile, close to the river and in
the midst of trees, is the humble yet pleas
ant home of John A. Ford, ESQ.,, whose
portrait appears in this article, and who
married daughter of Mr.. Holton. Mr..
Ford is tall man, with strong features, de-
liberate in his movements and in his
speech, and just such a man as one would
imagine a pioneer to be. He was born in
Utica, n. Y, in 1911; learned the trade Of
a blacksmith and worked at it in Westville,
N. Y; emigrated to Chicago in 1884, and
remained there seven years; in the mean time
engaged at his trade, when, in 1S41, or
forty-four years ago, he landed at Red
Rock. where he has resided ever since. He
erected store just in front of his house,
near the river, filled it with all kinds of
goods and did good trade for about eight
years, during which time he farmed it a
little and worked at his trade. He married
the daughter of Mr.. HoltOn in 1913; has three
children, and he and his sons carry on the
farm and engage in stock raising.
The situation is lovely and picturesque;
the prairie stretching off in front, the hills
skirting the north about mile back, while
the river flows at the side of the house and
huge steamers glide up and down the mighty
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CELEBRITIEs.

The eminent men who have preached at
Red Rock are Bishops S. M. Merrill, C. d.
Foss and William Taylor, the missionary
of Africa; also Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer,
Amanda Smith, the colored woman, Miss
Belle Leonard, Thomas Harrison, DR.. Will
liam Mcdonald, j. D. Wood, George
Watson, with DR.. Mast, the father of the
German Methodist work in America. In
addition to this, the Women's Christian
Temperance union hold meetings here and
contemplate the erection of permanent
building. So, too, does the Women's
Foreign mission.
Among many Of the early preachers at
Red Rock we note the following: Rev. D.
Cobb, j. F. Chaffee, G. Hobart. John Quig-
ley, s. sBolles J. w. Martin, W. W.sSatter-
lee, I. H, Macumber, D,.sTice, II. j Cyist,
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HE CAMP GROUND.

We retrace our steps and
wend our way along leisurely
over the beautiful camp
ground, which rises from the
river gradually sixty feet
above the water, and as we
proceed we mark the undn-
lating swell OF the land, and
snuff the newly-mown grass
and listen to the sweet warb-
ling of the birds and the gen.
tie voices of the leaves Of the
trees as they all uniterin glad.
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Identifying Him.

s'Pa," asked a little boy, ''who was Shy
lock?"
s'Shylock-Shylock," unused the old man.
sob, yes! he was merchant in Venice,
nv son. New York Times.
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to Little Crows band at Kaposia and re-
moved there in 1888; took. 800 acres of land
at Red Rock. and went there to live
in 1910. Here he cultivated the
soil, and traded little, and in
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GEORGE II. HAZARD,

and 81. j. Cobb and G. c. Hurd, who as
president, vice president and treasurer, de-
serve special attention, for they spared
neither time nor money to advance the good
CAME
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HOLDING OUT. IItES dS IIIty dIl uIIIUO III 6IstU.
some praise for the sunlight, and the genial
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METuoDIsT RELL.

merfeld park, Bronson park and Whitfield
park. Near the Mississippi is Kavanaugh
lake, very pretty sheet of water. Holton
boulevard, upon which the hotel is built, is
eighty feet wide, and Wesley avenue. upon
which it fronts, is seventy feet wide.
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The grounds are not confined to one ma
tionality, but to all people of all nations,
and all alike can meet upon this sacred
spot, no matter from what part of the world
they may come, and enjoy their devotions
in real old Methodist style.
Connecticut western news., 1885-05-13
The President and Mir. Smith.

The Albany Express tells this story ! A face once seen or a name once heard is peVer forgotten by Dan Lamont, and in this way he aids the President great ly, who has poor memory for names and but limited political acquaintance. A good story has just leaked out in which the President and Dan figure in humorous light. It seems that not long ago delegations of the warning Ohio factions, the Mossbacks and the Kids, as they respectfully call each other, were in the habit of paying visits to the White House to malign each other and obtain patronage. One day a large, Incorporating man entered the Executive Chamber and approached the President.
 "His name is Smith, from Toledo, and he's a Kid," hurriedly whispered Dan.
 "How do you do, Mir. Smith P'' said the President, in his friendly manner, and with the familiarity that to an on- locker would betoken an old acquaint- ance. "How are the good people of To- ledo, and with a knowing smile] Mrs. Smith and child are doing well, I trust ?"
 "Why, Mir. President" stammered the visitor, "Pm like yourself, a bachelor as yet, and won't be married until June."
 The President apologized for the mistake and begged of Dan to speak more distinctly in the future.