The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-08-07

New Freedom, Pa, Items.-Last Sunday
was dark day for the Summit Grove Camp
Meeting Association. Every precaution had been
taken to entertain both the spiritual and worldly
rush of visitors that annually throng these beau
tiful grounds and talk everything from good solid
religion to politics and horse-trading. The day,
according to "Old Prob" was to dawn cherries
and gloomy, and well it did for the Associations
loss, and "Old Prob's" satisfaction. Instead Of
claiming ninety per cent. of "hits" in his next
quarterly he should make it ninety one in honor
of the big wash day in Baltimore county this week.
The early trains southwark brought each fair
per centage of visitors, but the north ones
following later were SHINY loaded. conductor
informed me that he brought eight coaches, but
two would have been sufficient for his passengers.
Heavy banks of clouds continued to chase each
other across the zenith, and by the time the bell
struck for morning services their food gates were
opened and for three quarters of an hour per-
feet deluge occurred. The country people en-
sconced themselves in carriages and meekly sub
mitted to be baptized, while the city people like
Isreates, fled to their tents. After the rain fall
subsidized the tan paths werequite pasty and where
the water washed over them delciously slippery.
The lower portion OF the grounds was covered
with twelve inches of water. Hartford county
mans horse tried to strange himself by twisting
around post and the owner got on the buggy
wheels to help him do so, but his boots were not
cut to walk on tires so ne look q neauer. InaC
man needs be born again. New Freedom chap
came leading on to tho fatal wash Miersville
dude with Ia Ia dab cane and a white plug hat
that would have caused Greely's insanity. At the
wash the dude struck ird-ike attitude, and his
crinkled coat smelt the tan This reposing pleased
Ross McCleary's niger into turning complete
somersaut and Cockeysville Mascot leaned
against Keeper Waltemyer's fence and unconcien-
siously ate rotten apple. 1t was now dinner
time and usual the preachers ate too much and
the male and female dudes, too little and with a
CLEAN of sunshine all went to children's meeting.
The singing was superb. A courteous looking
gentleman with glasses and another with skull
cap and sinister expression led the voices, while
our one arm friend footed an accompaniment on
a clarinet. At the afternoon services the Presi-
dent of the Williamsport Seminary preached
deep and instructive sermon upon Infidelity, but
before the echoes or his voice and thought died
away the believing thunder announced the bugle
call for shelter. Again the rain came in torrents
for an hour and those VIII, escaped in the morning
received their drenching in the eve AS the wait
ing special pulled from the sidelings the weary,
wet and well washed visitors wound their way to
the depot and departed for home. Among the
visitors from Baltimore county we noticed James
Rampley, Philip Kroh, Judge Rutledge, DR.. Bar.
ton, E. B. Almony and brother, W. D. Geist and
Mr.. John P. Mitchell, of Hartford county. This
was certainly good day for big dinners and
home made religion, but correspondingly bad one
for stockholders and politicians in general.
J.G. D.