Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-05-31

the washing and drying houses; in the
education Tin parD of the children, and
other occupations suited to the female
character. BY the proposed domestic
arrangements, enc female will, with
great ease and comfort, perform as much
as fzventy mental servants can do at pre-
sent, and instead OF the wife of work
ing man, with family, being drudge
and slave, she will be engaged only IN
healthy and Clearly employments, ac-
quire better manners; and have sufi-
cient leisure for mental improvement
and rational enjoyment.
XXI. That it be general rule, that
every part OF the establishment be kept
in the highest state of order and neat
ness, and that The utmost persona !
cleaness be observed.
XIII. The following objects and re-
gulations, connected with the depart
ment of health, be attended to and adopt
ed:
/. That on the First appearance Of indis-
position in any of Il e members, i'm
mediate attention be given to it, and
every possible care b taken Of the pa.
tient till complete recovery; the pre-
vention of serious complaints being
always far more easy than to effect a
cure alter the disease has fixed itself
in the constitution.
.. The complaint of indisposiiion by
any individual, shall place him or her
on the invalid list, OIL which the pa
tent will remain until the medical at
tendant pronounce complete recovery.
3. The arrangements of the apartments
Tor the sick shall be such as to afford
every possible comfort to patients, and
provide much more etfec,ual means Of
recovery than their private dwellings
could admit Of.
4. Removal to The apartments for the
sick, shall be at the option of the in
dividua..
5. As the health of the community may
be materially improved or injured by
The interior plan of tie dwelling
houses, by their s,ustion with respect
to other buildings, by dress, food, en-
ployment, the temper and general
state OF the mind, and by various other
circumstances--the attention of the
subcommittee OF this department,
shall be constantly directed to this
important consideration.
XIV. That as the RICH, education OF
'he rising generation is, under Divine Pro-
violence, the base upon which the future
prosperity and happiness Of the commu-
niiy must be founded, the commnsc
SHAFT regard this as the most impo,ton,
OF all the departments committed 10 their
direction, and employ IN its superlDten-
dance those individuals whose talents,
auainments and dispositions, render
'bem hes, qualified for SUI h charge.
The children Of the community shall
be educated together, and as one family,
in the schools and exercise grounds pro-
vided for them in the centre OF the
square: where they will at all times BIT
under the eye and inspection of their pa
rents.
BY properly conducting their educa-
ton, it will be easy to give each child
good tempers and habits with as sound
a constitution as air, exercise, and TEN.
perance, can bestow;
A facility in reading, writing, and &C
counts;
The elements of the most useful sci.
enccs, including geography and natural
,Istory;
A practical knowledge of agriculture
and dom este economy, with a know
edge of some ONE useful manufacture,
rade, or occupation, so that his employ
neht may be varied, for the improve
nent OF his mental and physical pow
ers;
And, lastly, knowledge Of himself
and OF human nature, to form him into
a rational being, and render him charila-
BILE, kind, and benevolent, to all his fel-
low creatures.
XIV. That when the youth Of the com.
muniiy shall have attained their SIX.
eenth year, they be permitted either to
become members, or to 60 out into &C.
ueral society, with every advantage
which the community can afford them.
XVI. That intelligent and expert
enced natrons. be appointed to instruct
the young mothers in the best mode OF
treating and training children IRON birth
until they are two years old (the age at
which it is proposed to send them to the
schools, and dormitories) thai their con-
s,itutions, habits, and dispositions, may
no, be injured during that period.
XVII. That 10 winter and unfavora-
BILE " ca her, sufficient variety OF amuse-
men,s and recrea,ions, proper for he