St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-21
OLD CAMPERS GROWL
A Methodist Who Does Not
Believe in Trying to Serve
Two Masters.
Money and Religion Affecting
the Attendance at Red
Rock.
No-,1~v E-.o1 % 49,
Narrow Escape Of a Lady.
From Instant Death on
the Railroad.
General Piekings Of the Days
Doings Outside the Teu-
tonic Festival.

1t seems strange that SO few persons
take the opportunity offered them by
the Red Rock camp meetings to get
few weeks outing at very small eX-
pense. In fine weather the place can
not be eXcelled. The air, with its fra
GRANGE from the surrounding meadows
and woods, is soft, yet bracing, and the
scene is as calm and quiet as one could
desire. The ground is drained and all
parts are supplied with running water
from ali arteSian well, bored last
spring by w. n. Carey. The
well gives an abundant supply
of clear, cool water which
the campers say can't be equalled in the
state. Sixteen gasoline lamps were set
out yesterday. The facilities for reach
ing the grounds are the best and the
fare is very small, SO that one could
easily attend to his business IN the cily
while attending Red Rock. The meet
ing continues very nearly two weeks,
and tent, without board floor, will
cost from Sc to IS for the term. Cots can
be rented for so cents for the same
length of time. Hardly any pastime is
more enjoyable than that of making
ones quarter in tent for few weeks
and cooking ones meals over camp
fire. For those whose health would not
permit them to lodge in tent, there is
hotel, which, while it is not
elegantly fitted up, is very comfortable.
the grounds. A fiourishing little village
has sprung up during the past year op-
posite Red Rock park, OH the other side
OF the railway tracks. 1t is said that
new brick depot, of the same style as
the others along the line of the Bur-
lington, will be built at Red Rock in the
fall.
The exercises yesterday were very
much like those of the preceding day.
There was Bible reading at 9 a. m., led
by Rev. Dr.. Satterlee, and at 10:30 Rev.
j. w. Martin preached. The daily
prayer meeting was held at 2 p. m. At
4:30 O'Clock the young peoples meeting
took place under the charge of Miss
Emma Martin. DR.. Basser led the
evening prayer meeting.
AS there is no established programme,
arrangements for the exercises are jot-
ted down the day before and are often
changed. The programme for to-day
was given out last evening, but it may
be changed by Mrs. Amanda Smith Civ
ing place to Dr.. BrasSee. DR.. Satterlee
does not propose to have any loungers
at the camp, so he will open the exer-
Giles with prayer meeting at a. M, to
be led by Or. E. b. Blazier. At $50
there will be a love feast under the
the charge of DR.. BraSSee, and it is
hoped that Amanda Smith will speak at
1880. There will be children's meet
ing at 9 o'clock and also a meeting of
the young people. An attempt will be
made to organize a Red Rock Kings
Sons society for the purpose of creating
and maintaing an interest in the Red
Rock camp meeting work. In the after
noon Rev G. p. Wilcox will preach at
o'clock, and DR.. BraSSee will deliver the
evening sermon.
There were many arrivals yesterday
and there are now in the neighbOrhood
of one hundred families at the camp.
Among the arrivals yesterday were:
Mrs. Warner, Mrs: C. L. Yinal and daugh-
ter, Rev: E. B. Blazier, Rev. D. Brooks, Au-
L. NJ. Boswell, A. fowler, Mrs. L. c. Mitchell,
Rev. H. H. French, Mrs r. Stirling, j. Il.
Abbott, Minneapolis; Mrs. Maynerd. Mrs. c..
j. Manberger, Mrs. J. c. Quinby and daugh
E. r. Lathrop, Lake City; Dr. Bridgman, Mr..
Shannon, Hamline; Mrs. c. r. Knapp. New
York; Mrs. E, A. Bailey, Prescott: j. Mastery,
Hastings; Mrs. E. S. Wright, II. L. Wright
and a. Howe. Red Wing.
Thrilling Escape.
Mrs. Elias Moses, of Minneapolis, was
very nearly run down by Milwaukee
frei light train yesterday morning at the
depot at the park. She '7aS standing in
the center on the tracks and did not
netice the approach of the train until it
was close upon her, although the whs-
tie was constantly blown. The by
ISLANDERS were frightened, and shouted
to Mrs. Moses to beware of the ap-
preaching cars. Just as the engine
seemed about to catch her she leaped
clear of the track and escaped without
harm, beyond the shock to her nerves.
Many an old settler seems to bewail
the ever-decreasing attendance at the
annual camp meetings Said one of
them yesterday:
No; camp meetings amt what they used
to be, and lay the whole blame on the sys-
tenn of charging admission to the grounds
Why, just think, last year man had to pay
10 cents to get into the grounds and 10 cents
TO get out again if he stayed over certain
length of time. Before this admission was
charged we used to have big crowds and
when the collections were made each put in
what he thought fit. | put i'll over Sl7 one
Sunday then, but now pay s.. so for an ad-
mission ticket for my family. and that's all
pay during the whole season. To me it
seems as though the association wasn't max
Ing quite so much money as1t used to- Now,
too, they've made stock company OF the as
sociation and every shareholder is looking
forward to his dividends instead of devoting
his money to a good cause. No, sir; don't
think that religion and business can run
smoothly III the same groove. W here we
used to have 10000 attendants on a SUNDAY
we now think we have large number if we
have 1,5O0. Something has got to be changed
and that soon, too"