News from The Berea Advertiser / August 30, 1877

OLMSTED

Those who attended church on the two last Sundays, had a chance to listen to a tirade against dancing. On the first Sunday, Mr. Burlison went so far as to call those ladies who attended dances, "Things", and on last Sunday, Mr. Grogan nearly matched him. Perhaps those men have made friends by their remarks but we would like to ask them which is the greater sin: to go to a dance properly conducted and while away few hours in "tripping the light fantastic" or for a crowd to go off into the woods where the temptations to sin are many times greater, and make night hideous until hours when most dancing would be over, and call it a camp-meeting? We wait with patience for the explanation.

Uncle Chancy Mead** is quite low, and fears are entertained for his recovery. Old age and general debility are the cause.

The dance at Shueron's Grove, was not very well patronized by the young people of this place.

Mrs. Mary Moyer, of Oak Shade, Fulton county, is visiting at her father's, Mr. W.W. Meads*.

Mr. Busby is still looking for his mare and buggy, and would probably like to interview ye barefoot tramp for a short time.

The Sunday School will picnic at the lake on Thursday of this week.

Submitted by W.D.B.

NOTES BY TRANSCRIBER, on 4-1-2008.
*According to the 1870 census, this Mary is the daughter of Wm. W. Mead, who is the son of above-mentioned Chauncy Mead.
** According to the 1870 census, born c. 1790 in Vermont