Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-05-09
AT CHURCH.
The Curious Crowds that Gather
to See Cleveland,

SSSA IVA SoosH opSSeesSAS oA6oS
seers in Washington and also to residents
of the city. On Sunday mornings large
crowds flock to the Presbyterian church
o. Four-and-a-ha6 street, which is now
called the presidents church, in order to
catch a glimpse Of the presidential party.
About FIVE minutes before the service
begins the presidents carriage draws up
in front of the church. A crowd gathers
around it, so intent TN seeing Mr.. Cleve-
land and the ladies accompanying him
that it blocks their way and two police
men who are OF duty for this purpose
have to make a passage to the church
door. Probably one third of the people
in the church are strangers in the city,
another third are regular attendants,
and the rest are residents of the city
who 60 to the church because it is the
presidents church. These people at
tended the Metropolitan church when
General Grant worshiped there. They
followed Mr.. Hayes to the Foundry
church, which is also d Methodist
church. From there they found their
way to the little Disciples church which
President Garfield attended. They came
to this church in such numbers hat a
larger one had to be erected to hold them.
Some, but not many, changed their place
of worship to st. Johns church, where
President Arthur was a regular attend
ant, but that church was so small that
it could not hold many. They were
welcome, however, for so many as could
get in, and as a rule the pews we're all
packed half an hour before the service
began.
People in large numbers, especially
Office holding classes, are now remem-
bering that after all they we're wrong
heretofore and that it is to a Presbyter-
ian church that they originally belonged.
The revenue of DR.. Sunderland's church
will be considerably increased by this
sudden religious revival.
When the service is over the crowd
PUSHES in every direction, blocks up the
exits, Or fingers in the aisles staring,
while the presidential party wends its
way back to the carriage. Mr.. Cleve-
land preserves perfect dignity and self
possession Of c~ountenance and bearing
through the ordeal, but it is quite dis
eernable that he does not relish these
indicate attentions. The we'll regulat.
ed, old habitues of the church express
themselves as being much ashamed that
their place of worship should be made
the scene of such ill-bred curiosity.
Such scenes may be expected to occur
with presidents who permit themselves
to be but seldom seen in public. Gen.
eral Grant was no curiosity to the resi-
dents of the capital. He was visible so
often, riding Or walking about the streets
OF the city, that Washingtonians seldom
turned to look at him.
The Generals church, as the Metro
p%olitan is called, was crowded ON the
evening Of the anniversary of his sixty
third birthday, the meeting being to eel
citrate the event. Senator Henderson
presided and Rev. Dr.. Bartlett offered
the opening prayer. Letters regretting
their inability to be present were read
from Secretaries Bayard and Lamar,
Senator Dolph and Mr. Blaine. The
latter said he appreciated the cause Of
the meeting and referred to Gen. Grant
as a grand soldier and statesman. There
were several orators who related inter-
esting anecdotes of the generals life and
eulogized his character.
President Cleveland's private secre-
tary is seriously i'll and the executive
business lags in consequence. The sick
man fought overwork and malaria, that
drifts in at the southern windows of the
White House from the Potomac flats,
with energy, but exhausted nature fore.
ed him to yield and he retired temper
arily to recover from his wounds. The
president misses him and says Colonel
Lamont is the only indispensable man
he has ever seen. 1t is we'll hat the
private secretary is coming to his own
at last. Throughout the range Of litera'
ture he has never had justice done him,
He is caricatured in the drama, he is
depicted with @inexcusable ignorance
in the novel, and in history he is but
one degree removed from the butler
1t is high time to acknowledge thai
without him most statesmen and poll
ticians would be dummies and puppets
Col. Lamont is much sicker than has
been conceded and will require resi-
and careful treatment to reeuperate
Although the place is filled by two en-.
ergetic men who have borne the cleri,
cal burdens of three administrations
the president is greatly embarrassed by
his illness. Mr.. Cleveland has beer
advised to decrease his own hours of la.
Dor, lest it be his turn to be sick, if he
PERSISTS in working until midnight.
Grow and Til.
St. John Cor. Dunseith Times.
We have q sharp lawyer here now
and we are going to run him for county