The Penn's Grove record., 1888-06-02

AN~oS Nsh1 - q obS ohy "a uooo-
Grafton at Gloucester. Beer and base
ball were mixed, much to the delight
of a great par: Of the crowd. There
was no repetition of the disorderly
scenes Of the previous Sunday when
base ball was in~auguIated, and while
the place was black with people their
were not as many thousand as were ex-
pected.
Tie beach was lined with peddlers
and fakirs, and the refreshments bars
were in full blast. The sausage men
who cooked their provender while their
customers waited, and the men shook
up two lemOnades at once by turning
u crank, had all they could do to wait
on the big crowds. Almost every place
had a ''barker," and he was generally
a fellow with a witty tongue and u
good flow Of language. the photo
graphers took pictures at u quarter a.
head, the big swings, the carOussels
and the roller coasters travelled with
| full loads, and u few confidence men
who wrapped a IS note up in a cake of
| soap, and sold it for 10 cents a cake,
| took the dimes out of the buckets of the
un sophisticated,
Every body that wanted to 60 to
Gloucester got there, and it is estima1ed
that fully 10000 Philadelphia people
uvailed themselves OF the additional
liberty allowed them under the misTule
of the derelict officials Of that
Infamous city.
After the ball game word vas passed
along the line that beer could be had
on the upper pOrches of some of the
places. This turned out to be true an
from that time till dark an incessant
thrOng was passing ur and down the
s~tairways.
After dark some of the places became
holder and beer was openly sold at the
tables in the gardens. The crowd re-
manned late and the last boat to 60
up to the city brought a number of
drunken men, but there was no disorder.
Base ball was an attraction in the
afternoon. Probably twenty thousand
people walked around the new grounds,
but only about four thousand of them
paid % cents to go in.
The game passed off quietly, and
the newly uniformed police, provided
by the management, had nothing to do
but pose as statues and swing their
clubs.
GLOUCESTER and the National Game
on the Sabbath" was the subject of
Rev. DIR. J. r. WestwoOd's sermon in
the Third street Methodist church in
Camden Sunday evening. and the large
edifice was 40 crowded that there
was barely standing room. Dr.. West
wood took his text from Genesis, H.,
1.3: '1'hus the heavens and earth
were finished and all the host Of them.
And Gnd blessed the seventh day and
sanctiied it; because that In It He had
rested from all His work which God
created and made"
DR.. WestwOOd pitched into things |
pretty sharply. Gloucester City men
were sharp" he said, land when they
they found that they could not sell
liquor Sunday a move was adop ted
that of having an ordinance passed
in city council authorizing the playing
OF bass ball on the holy Sabbath. The
ordinance nnfortunaty passed by a vote
Of 6 to 3 and IL is said that the mayor
assents to it. II in interesting to notice
the constitution of the council OF
Gloucester City; several of them are
liquor dealers and n or more OF
them have been indicted for breaking
the laws. Nearly 1900 people were
there, and what a Sabbath it was!"
He then noticed a few things which
he said were to be regretted. First,
The decoration of the Sabbath day
in playing the national game. Second,
that special trains are being ran to
Gloucester City by The railroads and he
arraigned one OF the lay Judges Of the
Criminal court for a speech he made
a few Gays ago. He charged the
members Of Gloucester City council
with being violators of the state law
and that they ought to be impeached,
and so far as their influence extends
they are enemies to the welfare of the
home and the nation.