The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-31
PEOPLES DAY AT CAMP
OPENING DAY or ASSEuBLY WEEK
 AT PLLINViLLE.


 The opening day of the assembly 1 week meetings, which began yester- day at Plainville camp ground, brought but small number of transient attend ants, There was a heavy exodus last Saturday and yesterday, giving the railroad employees all they could attend | to, There was a great amount of bag gage and large number of wheels l stacked up on the station platform an hour before train-time. Nevertheless, l there were enough 'hold-overs' to make quite a gathering in the audto- rum.
 The usual preliminary religious eXer- cises were held, during which Rev. w, T. Hill of Forestyille had charge of the Bible hour, and Rev. s. A. Sands of Da- rien led in the praise service. The as- sembly was opened by Rev. r, w. Hannah of Meriden, chairman Of the | assembly committee, and he was fol- l lowed by Rev. J. w. Johnston, D. D., l of Middletown, in a very interesting 1 sermon.
 Shortly after dinner there was held a devotional meeting for Camp Meet l ing Echoes" It was in reality a testi- mony gathering, at which many relat- 1 ed the blessings they had experienced l at the camp meetings, Most of the tes- timonies abounded in scriptural lam guage, particularly those of the older people. One elderly man spoke very fervently in true Methodist fashion and related that the meeting just passed had been one of the most helpful of the i seventy he had attended. I The address of the day was made yes l terday afternoon by the Rev. E. w. 1 Howell of Waterbury, whose subject | was Why l am an American" The l speaker claimed that America was su- | perior to all other countries on account of it's broad freedom and the great op- | portunities offered to American man | hood; poverty was no barrier to sue cess, as this country was an aristocra- cy of brains rather than birth. He also eulogized the negro, and he said that | this country was never free country until President Lincoln had signed the ] emancipation proclamation. Woman's V nrk was also cited in the broadening 1 influence of the country, and the work of Harriet Beecher Stowe and others was cited in it's effect upon the history ] of the country. The address abounded with anecdotes from the lives of prom l inent Americans.
 The meeting closed with the singing of America"
 After that almost everybody attended unique sociable, called "A Let-us-Be- come-Acquainted Social" in the Meri- den house. All who came were provid- ed with small autograph albums in which they exchanged autographs, | Elder North suggested early in the af- l ternoon that after the people got home l they would be at a loss for the name of l some camp meeting acquaintance, which a IL. U. B. A." album would remedy.
 At 6:3O in the evening the daily Ep- worth league meeting was conducted vile.
 l Tomorrow will be q. A. R. day, and 1 Colonel John F. Baker of Hermosa, s. | D., past department commander, will be the principal speaker. Colonel Bak- CT is connected with Stanley post of New Britain and has been attending 1 the encampment at Buffalo. | To-day will be Epworth League day. and Rev George w. Carter, president of the District Epworth league, will preside The programme will be as l follows:
 s:so-Bible Hour, Rev. Henry Medd, Unionvile
 1 10:00-Twenty Minute Praise Meeting. l 10:20-Address Junior Work l Mrs Y. w. Randall DanDury. | 10:45A Model Junior Meeting; Miss NJ. A. Simmons. Hartford and Mrs. J T. Langlois, Thomaston. l II :10-Question Drawer; Rev. F. A. Dent, New Haven.
 2:00-Twenty Minute Promise Meeting.
 2:20-Epworth League Facts and Pointers, | from the Laymen. 1. The Bashfu Ones; Dr. A. J. Cut. 1 ting, SouthingtOn. ?. The Good Samaritan; J. H. Fair child, Middetown. | 8. Spiritual Energy; c. G. Symonds. l New Britain.
 4, Dollars, Dimes and Sense; F. & | piSYn SWift; stN1w. MGw hayenGi GG ser,vror Hartford.
 G. About Conservation; F. L. Mills | Miadietown.
 l 6:30-EpwOrth League Meeting, G. l.. Bur rows, Essex. Subject: The Christ | ian Service.
 | 7:30-Half hour Conservation Service.
 S:0o-Address: The Laws and Labor of
 Love; Rev F. C. lglehart, D. D.
 Brooklyn
 The Swedish camp meeting, which opened Saturday, closed Sunday nigh amid great enthusiasm and many con versions were announced. Presiding Elder North received $250, which will bt a nucleus for a new Swedish taberna cle which will be erected on the grounds next year. Two lots have al ready been secured for the building which will be three stories high ant one of the largest buildings on the grounds. Considerable adjoining prop erty has also been secured, which vii be opened up into lots for Swedish cot tagers.
 | FOURTEEN MEN BADLY BURNED