West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-08-27
The Tunhelten Campmeeting.

Thursday and closes to-day. The
weather has been so very unfavor-
able most Of the time, that it inter
fered seriously with the success of
the meeting, yet the attendance has
been fairly good. Sunday was as
usual the big day and generally
everybody and their neighbors at
tend on that day. In the morn
ing the rain came steadily and soft
ly down on the already over soaked
earth, till about nine o'clock when
it cleared up remaining fair till six
in the evening, when it commenced
again. 80 that most people who
attended that day caught it going
and coming, but many started af-
ter the rain in the morning while
others were kept away, still there
was a very good attendance aud we
couldn't notice but what the crowd
was as large as ever before. The
special train on the T. K. & +.
left Kingwood at 8 a. m. and both
coaches were comfortably full. The
train returned, leaving at in the
evening. Besides this many PEG.
pie from here drove up. An ex-
cursion train on the b. & o.
brought people from various points
along the road. We saw people
from Oakland, Terra Alta, Rowlos-
burg, Newburg and Grafton.
About dozen hacks and spring
wagons were busy conveying people
back and forth, to and from the
railroads. Henry Reed "Thc
Faithful" was OH hand as clever
AID accommodating as ever. Mr..
Reed takes great delight in attend
ing the campmeeting and leads the
singing. Rev. j.. S. Gibson, of
California, Washington county, Pa,
preached Sunday morning and Rev.
O. W. Cox, the resident minister
Of Tunnelton, in the Afternoon
Rev. NJ. w. Rider and Rev. Harry
Rayenscraft,os Kingwood, and Rev.
j. Ed Kildow, of Oakland, were
also present and assisted with the
services.
NOTES.
The Boarding House was run
this year by j. w. b. Trowbridge,
the President of the Association
and seemed to be doing rushing
business on Sunday any now. THE
prices charged were moro moderate
than heretofore. Breakfast and
Supper 25 cents and Dinner 35.
Mrs. Sallie Duncan of Kingwood,
was head cook.
The wet weather made it very
disagreesbIe nnder foot and the
grounds wore tramped and cut up
pretty badly. 1t was too damp TO
have the services out Of doors most
of the time. Some of the fonts
leaked and made sleeping quarters
rather uncomfortable.
Fairly good order was maintain
ed, although we saw one or two in
dividuals who were probably afraid
OF getting snake bit and had loaded
up SO as to be ready for the snake.
They had taken time and the bot
tie by the fore-lock and the snake
that bit into them would probably
have gotten the worst of il.
The horse-traders did not seem
10 flourish as usual and VIC failed
to note a single "swap." +" Horse
Traders Alley" was very quiet and
the denizens who used to frequent
it, seem to have Travelled to thas
camping ground, whence no horse
trader returneth. The man who
goes to campmeoting, simply to
trade horses had better stay at home
and try to raise colts by planting
horse chestnuts,
Changing the subject a little, the
girls we're there in full force. The
women can always be counted on to
attend meeting and this leads us to
believe that they are moro religious
than men. We know of men in
this town who arc depending on
their wives TO take them TO heaven.
Since man and wife are one, bone
Of one bone and flesh Of one flesh,
they argue that II their wife gets
there, they arc bound 10 Of course.