Smyrna times., 1894-07-25

passed that the din and clatter ceases
sufficient to allow tired nature to seek
the great restorer, balmy sleep. The
question may be asked by the reader,
who are these people? Where do they
all come from? And where are they
all going to? 1t must be remembered
that the Fourth of July is more gener-
ally observed than any other holiday
! during the whole year, as no other day,
| Sundays excepted, when business is so
nearly entirely suspended as on this
day, this being the day when mercan-
tile pursuits of the various kinds are
abandoned, when the banks, the insur-
ance offices and all other financial in.
stitutions are closed and turn out for
day of recreation their entire force.
The great Mecca is to the country to
embrace the pure air, to wander along
the mountain side, through the Sc
| questered shades and woody groves
that abound on every hand. Many go
to the banks of the Passaic, the divid
| ing line between the counties of Essex
and Morris. This is a fresh water stream
whose banks are more or less covered
with fine shady groves where the vari
Gus picnic parties above alluded to find
ample room to enjoy themselves. This
stream while large enough for naviga-
ton on account of its many rocky reefs
and falls, is unfit for that purpose.
Then again there are many others
who are out to enjoy a drive through
the country which abounds in good
roads and picturesque scenery, all of
which is calculated to attract and faci
nate the deniZens of our great cities
who are shut up from one years end
to another among brick and stone walls
isolated as it were from the Ouside
world, breathing the fetid and ~contami-
mated atmosphere. They look forward
to this above all other days, as it comes
in the time Of the year when the
weather is hot, when tired nature
longs to be cut loose from the business
cares and strict discipline that so many
have to undergo, when they can flee to
the country where the scene is all
changed, where that priceless boon can
be INDUCED in to its fullest extent,
pure air. 1t was the purpose of the
writer to have visited Mount Tabor on
the Glorious Fourth, but was prevented
from doing so as the day was grandly
celebrated at this wide and favorably
known camp.meeting ground of which
l gave the Times a brief description
some time ago. In my letter l termed
it a city in the woods. | do not know
at this time more appropriate name
as it is truly City in the Woods" :"
The cottages were all filled a month or
more ago.
Through the efforts of the occupants
of these grounds, aided by the inhabi-
tants of the nearby surrounding country
the celebration from reports | have was
made grand success. Thh Rev. J. c..
jackson, of Jersey City, a member OF
J the 6. A. h. delivered an address on
the battles of Lookout Mountain and
Missionary Ridge. The Declaration Of
Independence was read by the Rev. S
} N BebOut. 1t seemed so fitting and
: appropriate that the anniversary of the
: birth of our great nation should be
celebrated in close proximity to the
grounds where Washington encamped
with his army during the winter o.
. 1777 and also in the winters of III!
and 1880. These grounds were made
3 sacred by the tread of those brave mer
. who by the dangers they faced, tn,
hardships and privations they endured
led on by their immortal leader handed
down to posterity what has proven tC
! be the greatest and grandest govern
( ment that this world has ever seen
= The man who can look on this hallowet
, spot unmoved by an irresistible i'm
Q pulse, that this scene inspires, is not al
) American. S. WALKER.
v Verona, N j., July l6, 1894.