The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-10
CANVAS BACKED HOUSES
G1impses of Seaside Tent
Life at Ocean Grove.
4 BUSY WEEK WHEREABOUTS.
The Season Is at Its Height and
Even the Big Camp Meeting
Won't Be Enough to Sober
the Gay Throngs.
4 BUSY WEEK TnEREABOuTs.
sDeeial q ne sunday Molnitlo News.

special to NE St,sday Nog7,isso Netos
AsBURy PARK, Aug. 8, 1890 Another
week of the seaside season has added to
| the crush of visitors in the Grove and
Park and in fact in all the Monmouth
county resorts Here hotels and cottages
| are as a rule over full, and the best rooms
everywhere are engaged and occupied.
The daily rush continues, and on the ar
rival of every train there are the accus-
toned familiar confusion and the same
waiting crowds. Expressmen, anxious
to secure the job of conveying the wish
tors baggage, are numerous and noisy as
ever, and the many drivers create the
same pandemonium in their frantic
efforts to secure passengers for the stages
that are ever going right away to any
part of the grove, . but which wait until
the last arrival is disposed of before the
journey is commenced. aud then TT ayel
everywhere before lunding the pass enger
at the particular anywhere"
The coy, permanent tents of the asso-
citation, which almost SURF ound the Arldt-
torium grounds and stretch along Wes-
lev Lake, are all occupied, and SO are all
the other tents owned by the association.
and which beautify The section OF the
grove near Fletcher Lake. The many
pretty private tents nave thrown back
their canvas flaps, exposing pleasant
glimpses of attractive interiors, and it
looks rs though the crowds that postpone
their visit until the annual camp meeting
viii find it difficult to secure acconmoda-
tions.
OLD TIME TENT LIFE.
Tent life is an interesting feature of
Ocean Grove. Twenty7one years ago,
when the founders held their first meet
ing near Wesley Lake, there were none
who looked forward to the time when
commodious hotels and handsome cot
tages would supersede TO the extent they
have, the tents common to Meth
odist camp meeting grounds. For
the first few years in the
Groves history, cottages were exceed
ingly rare. and every summer the cleared
section was covered with tents.
There is a notable change in the APP
pearance of the tents, and the conditions
Of tent life, since those primitive days,
when Captain Rainear and his sturdy
men cut down the pines, as space was
needed. and set up the rude but secure
canvas backed houses, without reference
to lines or any attempt TO render them
inviting.
Then the association supplied all COM
ers, for n generous consideration, with
the rudest kind of tent furniture-rough
hemlock tables, Il couple of equally rough
benches and large rude hunks Tor sleep
ing purposes.
The association also supplied temper
airy kitchens, which were taken apart at
the end of the season. Many of these lit
tie red kitchens are still III use and they
have been a great source of revenue To
the association. They are let for IS aud
$40 per season, according to size. They
probably cost about $40 each to build and
there are none that have not paid for
their cost over and over again many
times.
MORE TONE TODAY.
In these days the tents are regularly
arranged along the street lines, the rude
furniture of few years ago is seen and
known no more in the Grove, and there
are but few tents that are not literally
supplied with carpet, good bedding and
good furniture. and that do not present a
pretty, pleasing appearance.
Many are supplied with cabinet organs
| and other musical instruments, and in
| the evenings the sound of music mingles
with the pnlsating war of the surf as it
breaks on the beach.
EXTENDING.
Ocean Park. OF Bradley Beach, Just
across Fletcher Lake. is ranidly coming
| into line as an adjunct of Ocean Grove,
and ere long will rank among the i'm
| portant watering resorts. The villa of
Mrs. Anna Kent, at the foot of the lake.
| is It's most conspicuous summer home and
4 its proprietor is one of the most energetic
| practical workers of the section.
few evenings ago the grounds were
| brilliantly illuminated for a young peo-
| ples' lawn party in aid of the Little
| Church in the Woods, and last Monday
| evening the Women's Home Missionary
Society were rendered an approprite re-
| ception, in her spacious home.
| To the south of Ocean Park is Avon-by-
| the-Sea, formerly known as Key East.
/ 1t is well known resort, popular with
| Philadelpbians, and probably the most
| intellectual one, along the coast. The
! annual session of the American Institut Q
| of Christian. Philosophy commence d
| Wednesday and will continue through
the week Prof. Jesse b. Thomas. of the
Newton Theological Institute, was the
chief speaker at the opening.
AsburY Park Is gayer that ever, and its
prominent hotels are centres OF fashion
and brilliant gatherings. The Bruins
wick, where many Jersey City people are
| summering, Is conspicuous in that dircc-
tion. Among the guests nre Colonel
Toffen, NJ. Gopsili and Mr.. William Cop
sill and sisters, of Jersey City, and the
wife and daughter of Congressman Mills.
of Texas, and of Congressman Butter
worth, of Ohio.
Ex-Mayor Hopper and family, of your
city, have a cottage in North Asbury
| City Clerk John u. Scott is cottager Oh
Seventh avenue. Charles d. Jordan hns
little home OF his own in Ocean Grove
Il. s. Norris, the MONTGOMERY street
tailor. is among the Jersey City people
recently seen on the beach. Mr.. and Mrs
John W. Aymar have taken possession o
an attractive cottage for the rest of thi:
| season.
Corporation Attorney Hudspeth ant
wife, of Jersey City, are at the Ocean
Hotel and any quantity of other resident
of your city are scattered over both TIL
Park and Grove.
MEETINGS OF THE WEEK.
The Ocean Grove memorial service q
the Tabernacle Monday evening wa
, chief among the impressive exercises o
the week. The names OF the workers an,
patrons of the Grove who died during tn
,, past year were displayed on a larg
block board and tender illusions to thei
! lives and services were made by tn
speakers. The list included ex-Seuato
T. G. Chattle, General Clinton b. Fiske
Dr. William Savage, the Rev. Il. K
! Peterson, Mrs. Bishop Hurst, the Rev
T Joseph Mason, Mrs. S. l.. Dear, of Jerse
, | City; the Rev. S. Rushmore, the Rev. W
!, d. Zero, the Rev. w. II. Hatfield an
forty others.
Tuesday the annual meeting of tn
3 Womenis Home Missionary Society wa
held at the Auditorium. Wednesday tn
INSTRUMENTATION Bible Conventio
commenced its session, to occupy the +.
I mainder of the week. The event of ne1
: week will be the annual gathering of til
: Kings Daughters which will occr
= Wednesday, August 49, Many hundred
Of the members are expected to partic
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