Obtain Suitable Tents for the Camp-meetings.
We must learn by experience. It would be well to learn by the experience of others, that we may not pay too dearly for our instruction. We have just had an experience in our Michigan Camp-meetings which we would be glad to have our brethren elsewhere profit by. We have had our tents tested by severe rain. The army tents, made of 10-oz. duck, have stood the heavy rain admirably. But the common cotton cloth tents have amounted to almost nothing as protection from the rain. We therefore earnestly advise our friends to procure the army tent, and not to depend at all upon the common cotton cloth. The REVIEW has already given the terms of the Rochester tent maker. The army tents used by the Battle Creek church were made by Mr. Geo. F. Foster, No. 217 South Water St., Chicago, who will furnish his price list to any who wish it. A tent 16x18 ft., 8-oz. duck, costs about $55, without poles and stakes. One 18x22, 10-oz. duck, costs about $86. Poles and stakes for each tent cost about $5 extra, but they can be made on the ground, thus avoiding expense of transportation. These tents furnish complete protection, even against heavy rains.