New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-31
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4 lady would nave laiitH ih lo'D WIZ" wv ''
some face Of my Shaker host, who is single man
r. this hoor, If he lives. put BIN down at about
tirty.fye But not TO raise expectations the
first condition OF the right 70 a free way 70 gen
teman Shaker heart is that the fair applicant
have used tie charm to unshaker HIM. regret
the steruness Of the fact and offer any advantage
,e may, be in beholding our friend at full length
lie had on long brown vest, the spirit OF 20 hang
ino about it: pair OF pantalo0ns.-Thesc our host
s,ood in. and they matched in color and substance
% the antique vest that oyeriapped them. loose
blouse. or gown Of gray, open il 'front.' covered all.
Hair oil black TO end where should have begun
was oombed over his forehead, and cropped short
enough to show a Development Of that part intel
lectually fine.
such was our Elders appearance when left
the reader TO imagine him conducting me to
nv lodgings. ia my last With due degree Of
sohriety. ] return TO that occasion. We had
s.cended a fI.ht of stars, and passed through
a LONG hall; aud / bad received candle
from DIS hands, and returned good night when
] was gazing about me iu a room such ms can be
IMAGINED would take ITS plan ana arr and outht
rom f,e hands of such people The world sich
poet bad needed not TO nope for lodge beyond
Tins: and tw Give hour. Of shade out of twenty four
were enough for him IVA ms right mind-wlich B
believe hc was ia. can still recall the silence
which was gathered inthatroOm. How often had my
mother kept me n-dOors, mt evening when boy OF
siN lived bali a hundred miles from there, by
the Aladdin words, "The Shakers will catch you.
Don't blame her for 10. Not always known are a
mothers necessities with her dlstractng chill
lren Two beds, Of low, unseen posts with wool
coyerlets of hght blue mix their corners Hhah-
erly turned under, occupied each corner SIX or
cightwOodeu chars, of "a rab color, were bestowed
about. A washstaud with a touchdown basin
and tonbler but no pitcher d looking glass, plain
audsmall, with acOmb case made yellow snuii box
paper, containing combs hanging under 1t aud a
table and a shining TIN spitt0on, filled with clean
saw-dust constituted, with the aforementioned, the
inner paraphernala The floor had caught the
spirt ol the outside show, aud was painted a
certain red the window frames and bhads were
stained yell0W-the latter were solid and con-
tanned inside moving vertically, and kept IA posi-
ton by screw-pegs. The curiosity Of gazing
about this room over, / disposed my person Ia
a line with the horizon, relatively to one OF
the beds and passed into state OF mcon-
sciousncss from which | did not recover
all morning. | was lying IN my bed, feeling the
extra covering OF perspration ON me, and but 1t
lie refreshed by my night sleep-iOr my too long
stretch the night beforehand percelvmg objects
IN the room through new medium when wO-
man. a Shakeress put her head IN al the door and
esped me. 1t was instant. She pulled 1t back
and / got up. Ny landlord was sitting IN his Of
fec when went below, and lac politely asked me
If had rested well. At the sound Of bell was
shown 10 a flight of steps winch led to a clean,
oomy basement, where was my breakfast !
had purposed breakiasting with the family, but
had risen too late-thoueh might not have sue
ceeded-a larg family 10 consist OF sixty persons
of both sexes aud all ages. Their act OF devotion
vi table is silently to kneel both before and after
eating. The variety OF fare set before me IS wor
tby of nm enumeration. There were minced hsh,
minced potato. lseparstc dlshesl pOached eggs
wheat bread ditto toasted and MIXED, dough-nuts
literally Hpf-sze, aud purposeiy nearly nut'hard
"A moral for the world pie, Strawberries cheese
butter and cOilee-the last as good as IS drank
anywhere For all tins outlay, could make but
little demonstration OF trcnchcman apprecla
don: nv appetite had gone; | had walked 1t OF
A wholesome aud girlish looking Shakeress at
tended me. who first broke the silence by asking
. me how | liked my coffee. She was dressed DO
the high-waisted, close-sittlng gown customary
worn by the fraternity. II l may venture on mi
lnerV pariance there could not be more than thrtt
breadths In the skirt--breadths of three-quarter:
of a ward width which is about one quarter or one
third of the peripheral contents OF that section q
the gown worn by ladies' this side OF Canterbury
hood of q cool, cotton material was on her head
returned TO headquarters, and spent hall houl
with tho Elder, in conversation respecting hl'
L
arose in Eng and about the decline oithe last cen
fury. Ann Lee was their lounder-the dehvere
oil tine first testimony OF salvation and eterna
life " which an injunction OF cehbacy as
communicating the perfection OF Human Nature Sc
far as 70 be accomplished. She was varously
STYLED or variously styled herself, "Ann the Word
Mother Ann &c. To escape persecution she
sailed shortly thereafter, with several or all OF hei
followers 10 America, and settled at Watcrvliet
near ALBANY. in New York. Thence were Sent
| forth bearing the testimony the now existing
| colonies, numbering IN population probably some
eight or ten thousands. Their government Is vest
] ed in a ministry and in orders called Elders anC
Trustees, OF which the Ministry composed of boil
1 sexes is the leading authority. \ community Is
| divided into three classes nOvitiate, junior anC
| senior according 70 the relation with il into which
| the individuals come. Independent OF these dis
| uuctlOns, each Community IS divided INTO families
on account of local situation. %c. AT Canterbury
| the number OF families is three, each nmnbern.
l about sixty, without respect to sex or age. They
| I've a life OF cehbacy, multiplying their number
4 only by accessions from around, and hold thei
(propertv ia common Members are not hiudcre,
from Withdrawing, and those so dong or ar,
. not. accordng 10 the discretion OF the Trustees
Reimbursed Each family has its Office" an,
l sash IT was was Qusrtered iu Shaker whom
laterward saw protested his creed to be takin.
1 IN the Cross against the world IN all its shapes
Il Aaother believed Ann bee as much inspired a
| o., Saviour. aud saw a fitness in the person O
he Second Coming being woman II yo
aA how the world is 10 be peopled they tell yo
God will provide for that, that Christs King
En- must come out from the world They seem
0perfectlv happy and contented, aud our couciu
sa is that there are a great many worse commu
dies than those of the Shakers, absurd rs thei
nth is. in the opinion OF all bat themselves IN IN
| dsinitv OF Ann Lee. IL was from this communE
tat the party seeded who were eXmoitin
tmsekes about the country year or two ag'
| y having seen them at Baruum Museum d
-w-YOrk had been n matter OF remark IN
csDine before though they iorbore much inquiry
Old Elder, WHO'S represented on thatoccasioi
Stressed sudibly bis thought that DR. Tnpur
q better be here hOelng potatoes.
\ lpsid two and-ihreepcnce New England 70
gentcr.ainment, aud departed irom this tidy vi
I g. meeting numerous OF the brotherhood on then
yto the fields some with rakeS some wit
aes etc. and overiakipg others An intelligen
tpious young Shaker, with pale oountenance
chad a set OF remarkably white aud regula
n, engaged much of nay conversation. W
sed with mutual Christian wishes, TO remen
zone another many ayear. Oh the ccntriiugs
| edom Of a pedestrian dress. One seems 10 elias
i sworid ia his yest-pocket and walk On-whil
s. Med or coied busted and smothered, you Sc
s tnan in the stage-coach, making his pluDg
eQgh aud asking no questions and when he gCt