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THE POTTER JOURNAL
A. A' D
HEWS ITEM.
jno. S. Mann,
'Propridvr,
tCLUWE XXIV, NO. 41.
7;: POTTER JOUmi
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mays item.
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COI'PERSPORT • PA.
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Mano. HamiltMfc
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Utm? at la* and District Attorney,
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JOHN S VANN 4 SON.
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Arthir3. Mann.
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SETH LEWIS.
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: KWISV'ALLE. PA.
A. M. REYNOLDS,
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A* tcj -tijai 'fjo detfis; ia lai tbaet
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Br>Ae tbnfl{h rli<- > <jt Pnvnicaer—
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Or. y hb iie." tVy sail
Samn-.r-r ircd ! st©r - *■ i -rlrtir.
I.i .io' t© ft ' ■-■' i "...str tx
IVrvnl thr .'gSi Ibe kacMhts Nwm3 o'frfrtd.
F*-w ' •* n ".* -'r w'*- n t'r -* mi •<
I JVe j-. ~*V fr"*v tU ©*>.-' 2:
!< t
~To-<tr im<t true.
['N : I*!!*>" —g nssL:l* ii.
Natx w tirfiL it m >.s-l no bkw.
I Fran Stoeiecti awr Bb-de U'ar.l vVrr.
A;! :V f A .3 I'wT's ■-! -so ! <ilL
A - *V-v t';-~©l in *'.<*tr t* '. -TJj.
, Has I *r -: •■ cherf."
(-• ' s'y ta*w
T©2d~ tra< tnje
GoM Iqi earfcr rssmc—4©at
—Bost // /to.
Fr :V T'.-anuL
The Moss Preacher.
Away uj>on 01.l earrit's ' i-i crown
bakal with ice {"caks and veiled
with fpnit. ni"ke and snow. !is _ e a
nation, or rather a race of sr-Nttercl
trills of dwarfol mow wen, at least
of men who burrow in HUT and
reitfn ver those <K-s.bte, wintry
wa.-:c-. with the |>ri te of r.'.c miut
kiu<l ever Ce-l> Then pss-d of
j<wer. tLouirh over brt a ltarreii
r> -k. a 'iesert san>i : rift or a field
• •f ice.
Am oner th%* strange people. Hitb
' ; t' - - •. : . ' • i.-at '. •
Ar tie zone, at the foot of a liis*h.
•ilari>. moonlain *t'>wl a low
cabin built of great tough sttw* nd
tit trunks of j-iiic- trees driftt* to
tiiat coast ly the winds and waves.
Ont-ide if tias nik- frame * f w
and eCone the har 1 flinty m 3 of this
sterile region wa- j.-ilcl up and spuad
over t" keep oat far as pnssMc
{the dreadfol frosts of t'.ie long, ter
i riWe night of winter, which lowed to
-■.rv-..d dark, ai 1 stormy, an 1
{egn over t'ds its na'line land.
Tint "H t!ie dav of iilncfi I am jgS
! ing to >[-eak, the wfcflig iK>rth bi I
'was wondronsij beautilol in its
I short-lived summer jarb. The Imeuy.
mountain tops glittered an I flatbed .
like great TLbc j wel-crovns on ti:*
bende of a boot of Tflts king- stead
ing vast, grim and glorious above
the —rrn—rlilig plains anl water*
Their I -are. slopimr sides an>l sii the
brown rocks and ie t: nz cl: T- and
era it 4 were doAbg and goldt-n in
the slant veilow nnimhinf that gilded'
and glorified that nigged mountain
scene.
Hr>w lovingiv that long excluded
rev-ilel an<i nest.e s in every
• radling n>7k and -mnny and seemed
longing to make up for its long, long
absence.
T..e iamatea of t buricl cabin
were frt->-i at last fr iu t-..e.r 1- r g
winter ia j *" •"oo" ent. a: i that low.
heavv i- r "j>en . tlie 1< 1 light
and air •-f Heavers once more and out
f. :n it- cave like interior came a j >y
ful thaodtsgirmg song fr >m a full
heart. tl*ankiug the Ureat Source "f
light for the return of sunlight to the
outer world ami for a gunlight with
in that n ver knew any * -Tig. chili
shadowing, tiial warmed h.-tirt and
home tltere w- n < day—the
light of I'iviue and human love.
And while thus the missionary
ni' ther sang away tire hour- •? labor
before the return of the father, one
of the children walked quite away,
as: 1 and thankless. He
fouti 1 no pleasure in thejojs of doing
good, he km w not. though he had often
l?i told, why bis parents had left
their pleasant bther-land. and come
to this inhospitable sh re to live in
poverty for other-, when tsn-y
have live> in affluence f-r t hems* Ives,
uudc-r t.,e sin Lies of a more ger<sa.
sky, where he might iiave Teen afford
ed tu*re of plea-ure than he coui
find her*. Alas! poor Ernest' He
wa- selfish, selfish a- Others are. and
the daily and hourly example- of uo
ses£sbm>- ins jsrents -et l*-f ■ e him
[,y*..,ny be had n"'t h.arned t •
COUDERSPORT, PA., FRIDAY. MAY 9. 1873.
understand. He murmured an 1 re
tine-1 at his hard lot and wished that
his parents had flayer been Moravians
or missionaries, an 1 never had put
impnssi: le ice at. I ocean <arrkr- be
tween 1 im and tae rest of the civil
ized world. He preferred that he
should be pleased, rather 'ian that
the ign.-rani aioiimt uirn should be
taught.
Full of murmuring an i <liscontent.
he wslkei along r.nt 1 he came to a
siie!ter*-j shelf of r>"<-k overgrown
wth lichens and in w'.ere he lav
down an i thongat.
Ju-t (efore bis eves where be lav,
D/ew a cluster of j-aie \
lichens cnp<. lined with scarlet.
danke<t ojon either side by tnfhs of
moss. One of these h:vi s shicH
crowning its stem, while the other
seemed to be headed orespj-ed on
tlie top. reminding Enn -t :; : © pic
tures o* :a'-jk- an i friar- Lt had
•eea in some old book of legend*.
es. here is goblet, and table and
pr;et." ma-el t'ue dLs>- mtented Kv.
"but never a soul to keep <me g i
'■ •?!>]any. suppose YOU give nie siine
gbusllj c-iftn-el g>1 FatberMoso,
t benefit my lone- uiene-*!"
-I will couns. 1 the !" w 1.1r^,1
t e -pint of the M so ,w t! t
only his spirit and not his ear <vul i
ht-ar. -Thou who Last a aool im
ir. >rfal -eareuiug eagerly :U thought
••v er the Lu-e of the earth for the tst>
i-fs,*t: -I! fit*' iman r -tie--;.
hit-ling some human mating gdae&for
its loves and b>>fei and vu;-
jat;.iv-. Tfe 't w;.oiia-t rn- k- f.-r: .
;n t;.e jeith <*f thy desire*. ? - tro
1 >w]y LoUi -stead, and ail the goo i
ne-s, au.l lieaiity, and love in . c!i
thon haat been crow.le; out
unknown ones who <-arc not f-r
thee—thou -halt n->t c iinc in vain
for companionship to the Mow of a
lon rock. TL u art 1 'iging f r
a in-.iv genial ..iiiiie than am! Look
up. dear Ernest, and sec i tw gbri
otllv U-.utiful the foir. deep sky
9 hi-s 00 v- now. There lano other
.. 1 where toe son lingers til tfie ifa
t!tn ugh toe mcdsummer i:ghi>. re
rolvitig in one great wheel of light
through east, and south, and Tut,
and north and east again, marking
the difference let ween night an-i bay
nly by the chan-jrius pluee of it#
lipfceta of lieht. Only here k>es a
"is. :ni_"ht sun" ever smile on tlie
silence fa si,epiug world, trnstingly
-ilecA and dreaming in hb l-nnis.
And only h-re in the lontr. l"Rg win
ter right ?o the aflMifto of tbe air
i 1 :-.*-ir wild rt-v\l> by a light
visible to mortal eyes. Ha-.st thou
never been blikien under an un tii
-now-"rii"t, perhaps tboil i#t
never have seeu ti c n n em lights
leap out from their polar caves atiii
blaze across the sky to light the
fairy's air dance al-.J the no t..-uc-.u's
winter night-* work. A . Ernest!
ti.ere is beauty and s ctrv. even :n
this nigged land of storm-! Tp .u
se-eket c-< mpanionship t-roi' Aye
-e.-k it. child, as every cui-d of earth
has II U'Ofglit it before thee, then wiit
never t-e able to find, or t-: j y it, un
til thou cau.-t find it in tbyadf! Her
mits have alwaj s becu happier than
reveller . lecausc they Coui i use tbe
jov oflftrtd tbem by all things, and
were depsunlent on none for inward
e;:j \roent, thev I.ad it themselves.
-TLev must have- La i it b>n. in tLein
then." sai-l Ernest, uuconscioui-iy
-for if everybody could do it everv
body would.**
"Yes," r- -umrd the Mos-, "every
body would if they could, but then
they could if they km-w how-."
"0 tell me- how! Iear little Moss,
tell me* how to find coutentment and
esjovment in myself, and you will
le a gTe-ater preacher in my eye>
than all the sages and divines I ever
hear-1 of!"
-Lwk then around tbev and try
to count all the sources of happiness
in thv resch at t':i= m :oent.*
"1 sec." said Ernc-t -what you
have told me of. the shy. and sun
shine. and home."
"The -kv and -unsnine and home
-repeated tl;e M.-*-"ai:d if y. u ki.e-w
what those werd- im-a!!*. you would
woU'lerattheal nndai.-e- fy-. rf :——
You e*an see the sky. an-! there
v u can 1 -<k through space fn/m *-ne
world to a million, for stars are -r.n#
and worlds. There i* no lim;t to
what you rnn) ate, exc- pt tku which
;o jour ws—nrshi ne—then
you can 1-hoM the world shout you.
car. you tell me anything of that?"
"Ye-. I see the ocean and the land,
the mountains and the valleys, an t
the native tents.**
"Au : is not the ocean full of TOB-
Ivr- a; 1 the land full of strength?
Di n : tho in -untalna point thee to
wan! Heaven, and the valleys shelter
tiit-c from tl.e stonas. and are not
th *e t.-ut* a tlv-ssed assurance tliat
even in this black solitude other hu
man souls are performing their life
pilgrimage, so that art not
forced to Ik* atone. But the and
'•lgl ---t of these g ><xl rliing- in thv
reacli is the one thou eallest home."
"Home is not Nest to all. 'tis a
pris n hou-*e of Ml and sorr.-w to
-me of earth's children, but 'ti- a
ne-t ol love anl j>eace f r thte. if
thou willt carry ti.t—e pure - fit
ever safely in thy own heait. u ]](-.
tit—:' it is iu thee and not in tie
world aViut thee that thou art no*
overflowing with a great aud p-rjvt
nal joy!"
The sweet voice- of bis mother from
the cottage door, called him. and he
nse tvi go. but ere he did so he
ki-s. 1 i e lowly Mus- tuft that L . i
tang :t i a 1.-->ii < f 1:f -.
He was vert gentle a;><l kin-i that
day a:. 1 at the hour of even Tg
prayer his eyes were full of grateful
tear-—and then be t -11 t' e simple
story of his lesson in gratitude and
happiness, ami ended with a whisjier
in his mother's ear: "Om-ther! why
are we no* all good and happy al*
*A t n when wen the link- ?!u-*s will
preach to us and tell us how. if wv
will only hesr T"
A P;.la f.,?. TIIK I.ITT;.T FOLK-.
Don't exjH-i-t too much of t.. m; i
La- Lik.u f rty Vcirs. it . y !© . t<
make you what you arc. wl.i all the
!c-- ,-.is of exjicrieno -; and I vili
dare ry yon are a fioiS y f vit / a*
li-st. A'*re all. don't c\* c- -t ;c
ment in a child, or : otiesfe nn*lei
triaD. Sympathize in tji ir mistakew
mid troul <lou*i ruTTciaE ikm.
Rememlier no! to arasnr a c'liklV
trials by y ;ir -luniatd. "A- on
wLoin bis Mother*camfmte4h,** amd
t!*?e ucpired writ-.-r. aid beautiftillv
he does he convey to u- 'l©,.* deep,|
hful l'vc that ought Co */e found
in every woman's heart, the wnfiiiliag
cyiiD athv w-;:h all her hii iren"-
gr! fs. Whm 1 een g j;;g
to t'.eir father tor comfort 1 am
t .ere i- sonivUiing v r *:;g ' ::h *. -.r
me ther.
Let the no morle- oftheirchil-dc o.i
be as l*right as y<m -.in mnkv them.
l.!a> t ti • !ii ev y i-,*, k .-
ny r - uer. Yl" L.-.r :> i
nr tesnper rise see bow candkwsljr |
their phn.- were tiiw3rtei by older
iier*iis. when a little trouble on their
{•art would have given the child
pleasure, the memory of which would
hist a life-tiiiic.
L —tly.: .i: k a cl.il iL- . * --
liecause it betrays s uk- vera- Imd
habits. W't- Inve kn wn children
that seemed to have been born thieves
and liar 4, so early did they lisp-lay
Y *r>e i!iid-nialde traits; yd *c have
lived t se<. those Miiut eLiiiiren ln--
corae noble men and women an I or
r. nieiits to societY*. Y*'e mu-' i n
fess they had wise. ilflctioßate ja-
And whateverd# youroy
t>e c j;.j- ilt d t> deny your eL.i by
your cwouowtaoma in life, give it
what it m<—! valu' pl< nty of love.
tt. Er :as Ko-t. 1
FGF.EST3.
"We can scarcely estimate." say*
a recent agricultural rep rt in one of
the western states. " the value of for
e-t- and wind break- to the groai; g
- •, -of grain and fru't. Many of the
present generation remember when
the lowlands and valleys ot the Mi
ami and it.-; tributaries produced an
nually large crops of all kinds of
fruit, sofwrior in every respect to a; v
produced at jiresent even in the ir r-t
favored localities. The little rivulets
an-l -trearns then aff-rded a constant
supply of pure running water an i t'r.-.
Miami fvrrr-hed a rev. r-faiiing -uj
jdy for manuUM/ttiring } A
rude stone-dam. the work of a few
days, wa# *uft?c!*-nt to hold water
ei. i'gh to drive t . eic d wh*! during
the summer month-. The increasing
demand for the bnd fir agricultural
purpose- requin-d tb removal of tbe
fi.r. !. which h*S ■r- 'i g t g rviT f.r
ye .rs tmti! lvanyt ; :: g remains
cf the majestic forest tit once ad >m
e-1 the hi!! t' * and made boautlf::!
the valleys. Evetfthc steep lullsldcs,
tr.ai are of little value fi.r agrieulta
ral purposes, have lieen denuded of
t: e Yjr. st tris* tha ? - >ul i have " r -e- is
preserved tojwotevt i'iegrowiiigrTO|s
frctt. the wintry Hirit tliat jour nn
resi-tel over the hill-tops, nipping
t-ie tench-r fruit bnds an i injur the
growing grain crops. The climate is
-ensi!4y affected by cvtting awav tbe
forest. The c nntry Is more
t<- extrc-mesofdrought at. i *et weatii
t-r. Small streams are dried up or
fumish a less quantity of wntor dur
ing the suiniuer season. Crnks and
rivulets rise ru re sud ienly after a
iivy rain s: nn a:. ! f - Is are tc?rf
''•oma nan I lestructive. T'.e c. •;-
city •-f 11.. r"\ ers for carry i: _ off the
iaoumd volume of water boa be. n
diminished by the annual flepeoto of
i-arth. gravrl an*! -* -m- that are car
ried i:;to them !>y their tributaries.
The water in the Ohio and other nav
igable streams in the older sections
fth luitry has ie-c-n greatly di
inirii-ht-1 of late years from the same
cause. It is said that t'.e water up
l iy • I t: e wlv I Er.gl n I ;-
gradv.aliy failing au*l t I- p;r-di *te.i
that tie (' nnecti it River will eease
to be nav jg !!e ' liar.for! in a few
years. Streams rrlsdi fpraeriy fiowe-1 j
into that river year in and year out.
arc- now actually dry ■;.<• mouths in
'he y ar."
S. L. Goodale. Sceidur of the
F o*of.\g r c e f M .
say&i "Fr m all parts of state
M s up the same e mplaiut "f th>
liminisL d v>.>iume *• wa'er in the
oeemflowed lv eie .rlng off
Ye f* res? and d n-- Frg the 1 ill- of
Y c-. Many :f the :--M
oftwentyy nr- sgo arc now m;F*tc
'y dry. The |v?.ch i:a 4 retire! fnuh
Mrinr-.qr.it southern New Hamirshire.
1 ngercl for a tim a in MmsKbirette
and has finally driven from New.
t England, except some Lvorol *p ,ts
wLvre shelter *ua pr. -. idel."
Dr. S2rfR.T, Seer tan State Agri
- kurai > *.y f I w., *]-'.r
ests f.r timber rnd for proteetum
fr in i : win '- of ~ i:. ;.*- nrv r allv
thc great want of the -:.*.*,.**
The committee ap-n>iiit> 1 by t!;c-
National Agrieultnml CoMgrua, tlot
met at St. Louis last May to re*|K>rt
■u F"orw*t Cohan*. ?a\s: "It is vita)
to tbe future welfare* of -nr j-eople
the repr>iiu*tior. of the forest shook]
at once legit'' They recommend
fanners to plant their wjsre lands
with ti'aVr r.n I a-k the Congress of
the United >taH- l<- fC-lilire all jH-r
--sor.s or companies recehrug ! >i3t ione
ofbsib fr- in the government to plant
mt tenth of the lands -lonatrsl with
r. Tl'.c 1". p. Cdsunaafoaer of
Agricnlture #lo srdt - toe satne r* 1 -
CousMndatioo. The President of the
UriU 1 "t •-. ir. ; i-I'-t 2y; nal iuc
v:gf, call* the attention of Congress
to above rc-ommendr tions.
Psbbafs the moot impressive pas
sage in Emily Kaithfull's fereweii
st!dre-- -.1 rbiuw .y Hail was that
in which -lie referred to a eonversa
tion which -lie held with Horace Grot*-1
ley n<>, oaf mdu before hi- death.
Mr. Gredey express I surprise that
such a man as J. c >b Bright should
be so active In the House of Com
n.ons on behalf of w .man suffrage,
since it did "t ap|war that there
were a: v practical Wiivfit# to irotue
to English women from their having
toot privilege. Totbia Mi-.- F;.i'a
full repliel that the latter a—unqs
tion wa- a mi-take: an i there was a:
least three practical lieneuts which
English women rc ght derive fr- m
the p"-* -si*>n of the vote. First, in
rectify ing the injustice done by the
per\ rsion of the greatciucation.:' cn
duwineiits of Flngiand which, though
origijjjuily made tor the leuelit of
Ih.\* and girl-, have been applied te
the use of loys only. Second, ir
rectify hg the injusY e f t'te pr |x.-r
--t\ law- in relation to mnrrit I women.
Third, in givii g women ,* fair chance
wirh men in gett.ng p- -.-v-ss.oii ■ f
valuable koaobolfor at present
iiiro.v lamllor U refij=c to have ■* -
iiiCn for tvHr.TJt- they wsi.s
t- rn n's who i iM' v. te-s. Mr. Gre.-ley
a 'mitt-<l f:he c-uM never again
deny that the ©uffr.g.- w*onI I-.- of
pcac:ic.-ii -.©*/ v ' i- ~* r.*.: "f he -
ba Now. if Mr. Greeley's opposi
tion t-s woman suffrage rv}>r.— nt
the mental pvstu.e of iu- -t ii :-!e
minded o:>jw>ncntx of that measure.
Miss F'aithfull's icniperatc. logical
and practical wr.v of meeting fOCb
opposition certainly indicates tae
saccessful way of doing it.
A srrtp.ioß WASH :• a WAI ls ASP
roofs.—Slake lime in a c!c-e L-cx to
prevent the tsrepe of st. an l , ai l
when iakel. paas it tbrooygb a sitve.
To every six quart- cf liuic add
one quart of reck *a}t and one g. Hon
of water. Aft r this Svl ai. i -kini
clean. To every five g1! of th:-.
add. by slow degrees, three-quarters
of a pound <>f p- \v-h and four q ; rt
of f: e -a:;'. C< •'••ring matter rev
added, if detiiel. ijtply with a
print or wiate-wask ' na>h.
This wash Ix-k- r- w v ll as p.tint
and is aim out a- durable ns s ate. It
will st.p flwH lr: ; ks in a re*.f. p>rcx
\Hit t;.i .*s -1.. o '. v - b_* •••.: :Y d
render it be :r " H'-th A fr-mi -park*
tailing on it. When applied to brick
work.it rc*"i'ers the bricks utterly
impcrvioCß to rain, it endures a> long
...- ( hut and t'ue expense i- a mere
trifle.
r'. it cms-.- i.Y;
The 'iifcenozers' —their new licrae
In the year 1-42 tbrre c/iyc t •
this section of c-untry a eoloay or
i eofile wh had emigrated from Gds
en. :ii the duchy of Hcto Dirmtadt,
Gennmy,numbering about 5M - •!-.
Tiicy pur/..:*-.-' Z'. '■ ' I.A .ft
for £1" |Ser acre I ?: iT. I* <-:e -k, a
few unit-- from tbe cyv. and Yc i
Ibtwou. flwliuinui ill tj tbey added
1 00 •-r ;r.- e arre- tot. -ir originAi
pureliase- This was the eb-opetUlilre
commoniou knoww is the "Ebfri
zer-." the four little villages wbi
they planted healing *"_• i-aiuc <jt t.re
~Ebemzer sett! iuen:-." an I : ii K--
' in : _, withiu vight mil.- of Buffalo.
They were a frugal, i?u-tri'*us.
I moral \c- p!*. fo-in/ entirely free from
t . >s ji'eti r.:I featn a"Lh h fix
qncntly characterize wliat ire terme I
" ConuaUiikHi*" They went to work
: .i a right good will—even t..e w.s
-oeß ond cbihireo miiii g :-.t the
severest t?-ks—cleared tLeir lands,
and - :. the re- .it- fY - r !.•*• --
lecume ap psreut n the grefllj i:n
ponfl a-i>ect of the entire regiun.
Workiag -y-*.. mat u-a ily awl inielli-
D Rtlr, toehr far.ns brought fortii
abundant crops aud su*ccs.s stti wlcl
their efforts. Nor wer* their me
devoted entirely to agriculture'.—
They erected cotton and woolen foe
forte#, fif-nror :vi ssw IY 11-. *:.i;ey.
t*o tri-t nrill-. wr.g'Ui su- p-. '•!xt*k
-mith aflrapa, bakeries, etc.
The | r bi*t- f * • - f'!- an !
factories ; -iu t a ready market in
BurLi'i _. an : w ; - t c req ut-.'.i-.u
of toe n.viii": ■.-rs of ti*e community
that no cr r- . y...y.-y ' :i ju for a
c titmo-Ifty ws* ne- de.l by city pur
chasers than the assurance tliat 44 it
come from the EbeßtMM.'* If a cit
izen r t a crd •fi v - 1 u v.
sure to he a full, honest cord: ii'a
1 U-itei of* J -•Yi'ov- be * r<- t< get
cvety potato to which be was entitled
—and this principle woo observed
throughout nil their dcalii TLeir
relhjion was similar to t. at of tlu
F'vr re -ot - *s lii-.-n v. re #ati*facto
ry to them-rb .*■ Lut tn-ver fully u
derst'xxl by those outside, the coui
uauiiity resolved to dispose of flop
possessions iD tl. s vicinity '-i"l go
We-:; a;,d una ir,: sold cut iu differ
ent : rti- th v left tr> and 1-57
—guiiipr at different times iu detach
ment.-—and ei!l to lAt this
tin.*, the uumlx-r of the cciumunity
had increased to about .
Those of ocr cttizvus v. ;o know
and jr*iv-ehte tbe merits of tbe.-e
worthy people will be pleased to bear
hov they La\e been getting a]- ng in
their utw Luiue; ana re therefore
give iutere-ting facts concerning
thvui from an article recently rul
li#lie<i in the ML u *rtiri ll*pt 1 !/>/?.
Tbev now own .00.090 acre# of Fean
tifnl 1 .nh c r.*i-i:ng of woor'land and
prairie, mixed, situated on the bunk
u ts■.•* lowa river ah- tit seventy njiit-s
from t. c Mt-si--:ppi. Tiuy are known,
x- "Am ne-." an* fte c<<l •*;. h i- iti
|creased to it I:>• 0. As wa# the
ea.-v ale u Mv : z near n/, iv r,thing
u ib# wgy f qr. p■r~y u- I • in
S. F. Hamilton,
S 1.75 A YEAR
comi "on but each family has it- own
habitation. Those who join the com
cuunity c utribiite their property to
the c mniou stock and if they become
di-*ati>fied they receive back jut
what they put in. without wages or
inter**!, and leave. So property
car,not well b-cOßie a bone of con
tention. and no one csn regard him
self a prisoner ei Le is fret' to go
to co where he pies-*-.
As heretofore, the member* ure*s
plainly, build ptainlv but substan
tially, and are in no way ornament*].
They have extensive vineyard®; make
and drink wine and lager-beer. but
*. i":.k. g the::".
T: ey appear to have no vices what
ever. commit c crimes ar.d have no
use for couits. TL-.re i-. however, a
committee of arbitration to- writ mi<
nor hisj ".b- wh.p. they nr;e. a* they
s,-nietiines do. The government :s
r.duLni-toned and the whole bu-iiH-ss
• the c.-mnuinity i- -ujervi-ed by a
! >:\rd of fiih t-n tru-t't--. who ate
< iectetl hy the vote* of ill the adult
population, and hold the common
property. Each department of iu
<h:<ry Las its manager who is rc
-poti *sle to the board of true tecs 1 v
whom l:e is apj tinted.
The projwrrn they purchased was,
<>l course. wi. i lsml and they were
• bliged to e.-Tiim~iK*e where nature
ft off: but tbey haw done won lers.
Titey have bridged tin river, made
good r*-:ds, planted hedges of white
w II". w. bniit a canal nearly nine miles
in lei gtfe. nearly pnM with vhw
river, to supply their needed u&ur
power; set end flouring mill-*, wo -ten
fat tori s. R&e lii e >,,, su
gar au~. vinegar mnnrifactories, all
fitted out with uiuchinerv made by
their own machinist®. TUev Lav.
buhl five villages on the tract and
two of th.ni are stul >u for the
lb.- ic is! a 1 ui d P:t .fie n.ilroad-,
wl icu come to their ders. They
haye c-->i aritOßl hoosf® and ph.in
chuicLes r,i.d tw._, grain
the note ,r.d stations, each of a ca|,ac
for-*, ring - ..v l*u&r.els of grain,
i. c children are kept a: sc!i- -I until
y arc i >u.te.u a., i th. i: arc taught
a trade or agriculture and their edu
tk a is continue! in nigh! -chool>.
English i- taught Lut German is the
. 'ii.... j.".. .at. i,u-i t*ss
and social life.
It w*c-*.i. i seem, indeed, that this
colony Las couie n. aier to Use ue
monabation of the pr Aleiu of suc
cessful -association" than any of :ts
predeeeM ra. They ewtainly do
-- rve ail the success ax.d happiness
to* Licit r. worthy, Christian, exettt*
i jury jsojit .rt CLtiih-i.
i he mau who ate h.s dinner with
the ioik of a river has sprained his
while at ten pting to spin a moun
tain top.
A Pakkey WTTO T'M'EK-tands THE
Nat. he or AN UATH The other
evening a: a meeting of the Grand
A nny -evefai g,>oel stories were told
around the can t-tire. Captain Jc--e
T;;yl rt. I! the f -II >w ng of the times
when our forces weie stationed at
Beau for,, S nth < arolir.a: •• Theie
wa> :-n old tie.rkev b\ the name of
I.:gc Jack- o vbo, deserted by h"
uniste.. was k:t to *; ke cure of him
self as best i.e might. Lige was ex
ceeuiiiglv awkward in Lis attempt®
to play the servant. lie snia.-!.*-'l
ani destroyed ht. r'\ evtn thing he
laid his hands upon and,having wait
ed on nearly every oihcer at the post,
euch in turn, after giving hiur the
benefit of .-erne hard swearing for his
stup iuity. turned him adrift. 1; hap
pened that Lige vat a witness in a
case that came before a court-martial
aud being called to give testimony
was objected to or. the part of the
dcfeiidct-t, who stated thai Le didn't
believe the nigger was of sound mind.
'.Stand up. Lig-v *"d the court.
' Po you urdtrstaud the nature of an
oath?' Lige scratched hie woo! for
a moment and then, tunkng up the
white of hi* ts. replied: • L**-ok
a-yesre. rasr<e, nicrer h:s waited
or "l-out hrlf the since they
cum to -lis pl.icc. and if fee don't uu
derstnud t!;e nature ob sr c-af bt dis
time den dar s no wirtue in cussing."
A I AKTV hear,ng cf '*a d -g after
.it•. kr,u - Vv ue
u;:*r L.u: fat