The Press., 1886-04-01
ROCKVILLE CORRESPONDENCE.

Editor Press Cannot few words re- garding your sister village of the county be of interest to your readers. The busi- ness of the town is at present at very low ebb. l man among the merchants. They report their sales for the month of March lower than ever last year, when we thought things as bad as they could possi- bly, be made. Money is very scarce and there IS great demand for credit. Thls naturally means higher prices for goods, s.although the local grqcers have been Ellnr. ming each other a little, especially on flour, which sells at $5 75 with St. Louis at $5. .25.
 There is brighter side to look at, how ever. Our prospects are bright indeed. All the mills running full time and one or two over. There is demand for skilled help. The American was never more prosperous and possibly in these many years has tided the sea of adversity and will have prosperity at last. The Hocka- mum is rushing things and had 1t not been for the labor troubles would have built a new mill thls spring. They have advanced the pay of their help in several rooms, as has the Rock. The Gingham mlll ad- vanced the pay of their help from 5 te 10 per cent last week. The New England Go. start their new mill May 1st, and a 100 horse power Green engine will be the motive force. Of course, you know of the starting of the unhappy WIudemere. Failure after failure and long ldleness have been her lot. Now a company from Catskill, New York, has transported th' ir machinery and 160 help aud gone to work on the manufacture of fancy casslmeres and few shawls. The mllls all begin the 10 hour plan this week, going into it Inf fh.AIr ments have been adopted at the same time in most of the mills. This was thought to be great concession at the time, but it has unexpectedly not met with the hearty applause of either the help or marketmen. The former had as soon have ther pay all in a lump as in smaller sums and the lat ter had as soon do, ill most instances, Q good credit business with pay sure once month, as to bother with smaller pay ments, for in most instances the null help are honest people and pay well. There are some, of course, who will not receive credit at all under the new system. In these the merchants benefit.
 Don't be deceived into believing that all think as above, but that Is the impression obtained from talking with representative men of both sides.
 The Knights of Labor are beginning to be known as an organization in the town, although what use they are or what good they can do in our peaceful village is Ii mystery to themselves even. TheIr num- bers are variously estimated from 500 to 1900, but if the truth was out, nobody knows.
 We are going to have a revival. It came about ill this way. The salvation army opened fire on us. The ministers became jealous, said hard things against the army and their manner of worship. The army retaliated and called the churches insincere. The churches now propose to offer attractions for the next three weeks in the person of Rev. B. K. Mills, evangelist; 28 years old, smart, elo- quent, magnetic and. successful to the greatest degree in his Vermont and Mas sachusetts labors of the past three months. At once Captain Pilgrim sends to Phila- delphia and gets celebrated boy preach CT to work with them for ten days, and here we are There will undoubtedly be great religious awakening, for behind all this ranking there is an honest desire on both sides to convert the people and save souls.
 A word in regard to the Salvationists | for they are a much talked of class of peo pie in Rockville We know not what they are in other places, but here certainly they are doing great good. When they first arrived the hoodlums (of which we have pIenty) tried to drive them from town, but the people rallied around them and now they are the most popular rell. gious depomination in Rockville. The best people of the town are frequent at tendants upon their meetings, winch are held nightly and Sundays. They hRve I queer ways. and rant and cant a great deal but have converted 30 or 40 so far, wht mostly have joined the local forces and la