, 1842-08-20
Rambles Through the Country.

+. w. C.
RambIes Through the Country.
No. TX.
NAzARETu.-This pretty village
lies in 4 rich limestone valley, ten
miles above Bethlehem. Like the
latter, it belongs to the Moravians.
These people have several settle
ments in this State. They are a re-
ligious community. Their peculiari-
ty consists in a certain limited COM
munity of interests;-the property OF
all belonging to the society, so that it
cannot be transferred. Each mem
Der, however, holds his estate under
these restrictions. and pays Il yearly
retail-the profits Of his labor being
his own Formerly. all property, and
the products Of industry were held in
commoa. This. of course, could not
last long. Some curious laws regu-
lated the selection Of partners in
matrimony. 1t was, in fact. a lottery,
involving a forfeiture OF the right 10
marry her some years after. if the
applicant should decline receiving the
partner God was supposed thus TO
have chosen. This unnatural scheme,
thwarted all along by the obStinacy
of Cupid and his strange iancics, that
brooks no laws restraint, soon ex-
ploded with a loud report, amid the
haileluiahs of all sensitive hearts.
There is Il capital house kept here
BY Mr.. Riegel, celebrated for cleanlI-
ness, good bread and butter. excel
lent coffee and every thing else COM
me i! taut, with a right jolly landlord
presiding over all.
The schoo! for bows ut Nazareth is
excrl.ently managed. and its fime is
beginning TO revive since It's removal
from Bethlehem. Here music is
taught just as reading and morals are.
1t is interviewer with every thing. \
beautiful and soui-moving custom pre-
walls here on the occasion OF Il death
in the community. The band as
ccnds the church spire. and from an
open chamber there, pours out upon
the air streams of sweet and plaIntive
music to enunciate the event. This
is perhaps intended to express in the
language Of music. the fight of the
soul to the bosom of that power
whose breath it is, the choir of Hea-
ven accompanying. When the body
ceases to breathe, and no longer con-
tains Il living soul, it may be given in
charge to the society, and placed in
a building adapted to the purpose,
where it is kept till the day of inter-
ment. The graveyard is 4 small
plain enclosure, on a hill overlooking
the town and the country for many
miles around. The graves are mark
ed by simple mounds, on which are
little loose slabs, mostly of marble,
about IS inches by 10, usually re-
cording merely the name, the age,
and the date of deceasc, and perhaps
the birth place. The usual doggrel
verses of church-yards have here,
however, a fair representation
Males are inferred to the left, and fe-
males TO the right of the central ave-
nue.. Some curious Christian names
appear, for instance in the male line.
"Wendell," "Beatus," "Reuatus':
among the females "Beata," very
common:) "Benigna." "SibiIIa,' spill
Iipina," "Jacombine,' Hcdwig,"
L" Herret," Among the surnames,
Christ" is very common. The is
pronounced in German as in mist
but the title Of Jesus of Nazareth is
pronounced the same way in German.
Here among the female tombstones
is one which, | will venture to say, is
without n PARALLEL in Christendom:
"a stiH-6orn daughter Of" &c.
AS the thing named was not a human
being, was the intention to record the
antecedent facts connected with the
event?
Among the many instances of Ion
gevity recorded here, is n of 80
years, 8 months and I days, a native
of Surinam, S. A.
The whole graveyard is overrun
with the fragrant wild thyme, which
gives it a soft and sombre air; a pecu-
liar appearance, unique and interest
ing. No trees shade the cemetery.
This is the defect Of all country