Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-03-11

~'i''naS anu INC Woriu roiis round as be-
FORE The paper continues to please aud
displease, and things are pretty much the
same as they always were with one excep-
tion.
The Meeting Of the Brethren.
Few people have an idea of the number
of people that will be cony ened in this coun-
ty, next May, at the meeting of the Breth-
ren, on the farm of N. Il. Beshore, about
four and one-half miles east of this town.
Ii will be the largest ecclesiastical meeting
ever convened in the Juniata valley, and if
the weather prove itself propitious will as
through which it is to be continued, more
people than there are in this, Mifiin and
Perry counties.
THEY WILL CONE
from all parts of the United States. Brcth-
rem will be here from Canada, and perchance
from more distant parts of the world.
LUMBER on THE GROUND.
Within the past week one hundred and
forty-thousand feet OF lumber has been un-
loaded at Mexico station by the Pennsylvan-
ia Railroad Company and much of it has
already been hauled mile and one-half to
the farm of Rev. ". X. Bsshore, where the
buildings for the meeting are 10 be erected.
The ground selected Tor the meeting is in a
narrow valley. with contracted uut pictur-
esque scenery, aud many OF the Brethren
from the plains of the west will be deeply
impressed with the bold front that the Tds-
carora mountain presents on tine south side
of the meeting ground.
THE MANAGEMENT
OF the great me eting this year is under the
control OF ihe Brethren Conference of the
Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the
Conference appointed the following Breth-
of the National Conference: George Brum-
baugh, President; Andrew Beashor, Fore
man VIM. a. Kurtz, Secretary; with the
following co-laborers in the management:
II. B. Brumbaugh, Seth Meyers, Andrew
Spaugler, David Neiswanger, John Rush,
NJ. X. Beashor, John Stoner, William Zim-
norman, Benjamin 5 Shellenberger, and Is
aac Heading.
THE BUILDINGS.
Tha ,,,o,ao.,,a,, will ,nro,a.d ,t onca D.
erect the buildings for the meeting. The
tabernacle OF preaching house is 10 be
one hundred ana seventy feet long, and
eighty-iour feet WIDE and is to seat cOmfor-
tably 1900 people. The diuing room is to
be one hundred and fifty feet long and six
ty feet wide and will seat 1T the table 1900
people. The restaurant is to be one hun
dred feet long and twelve feet wide. There
will be added as necessary accompaniment
buildings, baggage room, cOmmissary de-
partment and a hospital or resting room.
SUB COMMITTEES.
To secure an easy and perfect control ov
er the multiplied interests and departments
of the assembly the committee sub-divided
itself IL 70 s!c-e, committees, one OF which
will attend to the furnishing o.. hnilding ma
terial, another to the erection vf the bulIa-
ings, another TO the securemrnt of grocer
les, another to the furnishing Of bread, pies,
cakes, beef, pork, dishes, cutlery, tubs, and
buckets, another will see to the supply of
water. another will attend TO the printing,
another will attend to the horse and cattle
feed, another will see to the furnaces and
fuel aud so forth.
FooD SUPPLY
twenty-five steers are now being feed on
the farm of NJ. r. Beashor for the occasion,
the steers weigh 1000 to 1850 pounds each,
and will be splendid for eating by the
time of the meeting. There is already book
ed for the occasion 600 weight of ham,
1000 pounds of coffee, so pounds of tea,
300 weight of sugar, SEQ pounds of bo-
logna sausage, 300 pounds of dried beef,
1000 weight of cheese, 20 barrels of crack
ers, barrels OF pickles, 200 dozen of eggs,
100 gallons OF milk per day, chickens in
Vulnerable, and so forth.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE.
While this meeting is directly under the
management of the Brethren of the Confer
eucc of the Middle Districts of Pennsylva-
MIA which numbers twenty churches it is
not to be Inferred that it is district con-
ference. Il is National Conference and
1900 delegates will be present TO represent
the Brethren Church OF the United States
of America.
NO NIGHT PREACHING.
There will be no night preaching in the
Tabernacle, bu; the Brethren ministers will
preachst night at other preaching places if
invited to DO So. The brethren are a great
people, aud with the Puritans, and the dis
ciples of George Fox they have done untold
great good work in moulding the moral
sense OF the great Republic of the new
world. and their mission is not yet ended
The meeting will open on the 25rd day OF
next May and be continued for the period
of week.