Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-08-31
AT EPW0RTH PARK.
Closing Days of a Successful Session.
The Superintendent-The
Lake Improvements.

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closed on Saturday after successful
session. The management was in debt
at the beginning and contracted heavy
burdens by providing costly program
All expensps of this year were met by the
gate receipts, and large part of the i'm
proyement debt paid. One more year
like this and the'debt will be more than
paid. Everyone unites in praise of the
attractions offered this year.
Governor McKinley's day drew larger
crowd than any other, and all who heard
the address speak highly of its eloqnence
patriotism. 1t being Pioneer day the
subject of the Governors address was the
character of the pioneers. He said that
piety and patriotism go hand in hand,
and that our early settlers possessed both
in an eminent degree. The pioneers OF
to-day are chiefly adventures in search
of wealth, while the pioneers of the Ohio
Valley were peace-loviDg, God-fearing
people in search of homes. His address
throughout was argumentative and
scholarly, and secured the close atten-
ton of the audience, which manifested
its approval by frequent and generous
applause.
The inimitable Chaplain McCabe was
present the three closing days, and spoke
Friday and Saturday, besides delivering
his famed lecture, "The Bright Side of
Life in Libby Prison" The Chaplain
prefaced this lecture with brief account
of its origin. 1t was written and de-
livered first in Philadelphia during the
war, and he had no thought of giving it
more than once. Another Philadelphia
congregation requested to hear it, and
then another until it had gone the rounds
of the city, and for about thirty years
now it has been going the rounds of the
nation, and is as fresh as possible yet,
and profitable lesson to the smart part
of the rising generation which is inclined
to forget the soldiers who saved the
country. On the platform with the Chap
lain were half-dOZen veterans, and two
men who had tasted of the treatment at
Libby.
Saturday was the regular G. A. r. day.
The attendance was smaller only than
that of Pioneer day.
Beside the fine course of lectures, num-
erous concerts added to the enjoyment OF
the ten days in the woods. Miss Laura
Sellars, of Bellaire, was present during
the entire time, ana often sang to the
delight of all hearers. Mrs. Jessie Car
roll. of Kansas City, was also present. but
was not SO often heard. because of some
trouble with the Superintendent OF in
struction, Presiding Elder Mills. Mrs.
Carroll, it seems, was employed by the
Directors to play for the Assembly, and
came from Kansas City with that inten-
ton. DR.. Mills, she says, informed her
that stipulation made by Mr.. Banner,
who furnished the pianos, excluded her
from playing them. Mr.. Banner wrote
her, however, that no such stipulation
had been made by him, and Mrs. Carroll
went on to the Park to assume her duties
The Doctor assigned her to play at two
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break -of-day matin service-which as
signment, she refused to comply with,
and did not play at all, though she drew
the compensation which had been agreed
on. The course of the Superintendent in
this matter, as in some other matters, is
vigorously condemned as unfair, to say
the least.
DIR. Mills daughter did the playing, and
it appears that at meeting of the Direc-
tors, when her bill was brought in for Sis,
the Directors refused to pay it, but final
ly, under a threat of prosecution by the
doughty Doctor, agreed to pay $40, and
the amount was subsequently increased
$5 by President Gregg, to preserve har
mony. To an outsider, it seems that the
best thing which can happen for the As
sembly is the removal of its present Su-
perintendent, who holds his Office by
virtue of being Presiding Elder.
Better railroad facilities are demanded
to make the Assembly as successful as
it should be, and no doubt the generous
B. & o. will another year provide such
facilities. What is needed most is a
train by which men may come out from
the river quickly ia the evening and re-
turn next morning, and low fare say
so cents-for the round trip. Such ac-
commodations would undoubtedly bring
large numbers of business men from
Bellaire and other points, and induce
them to make the grounds summer
home for their families. Improved hotei
accommodations OH the grounds would
not be bad idea Perhaps the fare this
year was as good as possible for a country
hotel in the woods, in season that is not
plentifully supplied with all sorts of sum-
mer eatables; but the most of the people
who tried it will think that there is room
for indefinite improvement.
AS a means of enjoyment for young
and old, and as means of revenue, the
sheet of water, called the lake. was a
success. Twenty-Five cents an hour was
the reasonable charge for the use of
boat, and the five little crafts were kept
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through all the hours of the day and far
into the night, for "pellucid waters
were Illuminated by torches as well as by
moon, and the hooks and coves under the
branches of the trees, after the sun had
set, were as romantic as possible. The
pronounced success of the idea has
prompted the Directors to purchase an
additional lot of ground below the "lake, y
and next year there will be twice as much
room, and larger number of boats.
Central Committee.
Central Committeeman should note the
call for meeting of the committee on
Tuesday next. Convention day, at IL