The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-10

straight Jacketed. Where the young
folks gathered at the close Of the meet
ings you c.ild find him in the midst
Of them fling part in{the conversa-
ltion
In the early days of the present as
ISOLATION boarding tents on q large
scale were quite feature At the be-
4 ginning Of the meeting the privilege to
run the boarding tent was EARNED
out" and many viii remember the
boarding tent OF Aunt aIus,y" Holm
gert a colored woman residing in
Wheeling for a number OF years., and
the meals that she prepared. On Sum
day at dinner time there was a rush
for the tent, and II you succeeded in
Getting seat at the table. you might
smile at your unfortunate nelghbor,
who had to walt aud go in with the
next rush. q n n X ( Il y =
Frank Fallwren. Of Wheeling, had
charge of the boarding tent for num-
Der of years. But as the old fire stands
and gasoline lamps have been super
seeded by the electric light, so has the
old boarding tent gave way to the no.
tel. Old things have passed away and
new things have supplanted them.
The electric car service every twenty
minutes between Benwood and Mounds,
Vile provide rapid transit from Wheel
Ing to this place. How different from
the days Of yore
Bodley's Generosity.
For II number OF years the "lnslde
circle" as 1t was called, wtien the pub
lie services were held, was without any
protection from the elements. When
rain fell the services were concluded.
and everybody sought shelter in the
tents, and until "old sol'' appeared,
drying the ground and the primitive
seats, no services could be held. In
Mr.. James W. Bodley, OF staunton,
Va. the people found a friend and at
no little cost he had erected substan-
tial structure that has seating ca
pacity of about $500 people, and gave
1t to the association, as a memorial to
his father and mother, who were
amonng the earlier tenters on these
grounds. James Bodley, while resi-
dent Of Stanton, Va, still retains his
interest in these grounds, having
cottage here that cost about $500,
which. with his family, he occupies ev-
cry summer.
Shortly after the present orgnniza-
tion was formed eleven acres OF the
ground was enclosed with paling
fence, and entrance to the ground dur
Ing the meetings could only be had by
paying n fee at the gate. Many there
are that enter that cometh not through
the gate. This action met with some
objections on the part of some OF the
cottage holders and preachers, and the
question of open or closed gates on the
Sabbath was the Gibraltar that came
near stranding the association. The
ministers commended that IL the gates
be charged, or else they should be
closed the entire day. so that the desc
Grafton Of the Sabbath by the running
of excursion trains would be stopped.
For number of years. as n comprim-
Use, the gates were kept open at inter-
walls during the day, but at no time
while services were being held. ~.
One year the train on the Ohio River
road was late. and the crowd failed to
reach the grounds before the gate was
closed. The gate keepers had implicit
instructions that gates were not to be
opened until l? m. Mr. George Ed
wards, member of the association,
viewing the condition of things, went
to the gate. opened it, and the crowd
walked in. For this act, Mr.. Edwards
received the plaudits of the large crowd
that. usually gathered on 1.-THE point"
to watch the crowds coming into the
camp.
"The Point"
1.-THE point" was great place In
days gone by. How the people would
gather when the trains came In and as
you walked up the road you would be
stared at by at least one hundred peo-
pie. The advent of the electric car
service has practically destroyed the
'rubbering" business on the point"
On Sunday morning the crowd was al
ways larger, owing to the fact that. n
greater number OF people came to the
grounds at that time.
For q number Of years there was
stretched on this point, during the
meeting. n canvas tent or tabernacle,
where services were held ut $50 a. m.
and p. m, the latter young peoples
service. The service In the evening was
always well attended; the young people
could take In the meeting and at the
same time could see those arriving
from the trains. These were among
the most interesting meetings held on
the ground, and many to-day date their
conversion from meeting in the Old
Tabernacle on the point. While called
young peoples meetings, yet the older
ones were always present to bend an
oar or throw out a life line. ]. C.
KNOWLEDGE OF FOOD.