The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-10

oabinet- maker. caro- snters., coopsrs, masons
mschinists, printers, Z rop>> makers, wesvers
matchmaker, and tanner, 50 'nrs ~ .v wen pro
vided in respect to mechanics. The taiiors ant
shoemskers not only make clothes ana shoes for the
Community and its neighbors, but send their pro-
ducts to be sold at St Louis, wher.N the Commu-
nifty keeps store and where the whiskey OF the dst-
lery and other surplus articles also T. The ma
chniss also work blacksmiths and the uen OF the
other trades find more less employment in repairs
&c, for the people of the vicinity.
The domestic arrangements far from con Nplete,
though, as in the with every other deparL aent
they are constantly improving. The commu. atty
occupy one large house with 40 apartments, in WIN ch
10 persons married and single have their lodgings.
There are also some twenty smaller houses, four Of
which are occupied by the schools. A large edifce
doo feet by go, is now nearly completed, the ground
moor OF which will serve as the kitchen and dining
room, with apartments above. Thiy dining room I
table.
The whole body now eat together except the |
children at school, who are served in seIarate
building, where they are also lodged, at some
distance from the common dining room, whittier
their meals are carried from the kitchen. The
carrying Of these meals being a comparatively
difficult and unattractve duty, owing to the distance
and to the fact that in bad weather the way is
muddy, it is done by the leading of the co n
munity The same persons also serve the ia oles in
A. M, and and O.. p. M. Meat is served at all,
that necessary. The beverages used are water, tea
and coffee. There is excellent fishing by seine in
the river, which often supplies the table of the
society, For single meal 25O lbs of fish are
required,
formed regularly by four men and three women.
After tea, four other women come in to help and
in this latter function all the women of the commu
nifty take turns, week at time. On Sunday tn,
cooks have two other men to aid them. There is
no cooking at private Kitchens except for nurses
and the sick-all the meals being prepared and Ia
ken in common
The washing is done at half mile distance, on
little creek which flows into the Missouri. The
clothes are received by two women charged with
that duty; they are carried in wagon to the wash
house, where the labor of washing IS done by four
teen women, with the assistance ofone man. After
being dried, they are handed to the members,
and finally to the ironers; from whom they are
again taken by the two oyerseers and distributed
to their owners.
The schools are far from complete, and in con-
sequence, the Community has been obliged to de-
cline many applications which it has received for
the admission Of pupils from abroad. From this
source, as soon as the proper arrangements are
completed, the institution may derive large in
come.
The affairs of the Community are discussed and
decided In weekly meetings, held on Saturday even
ings, when all the mem bers, men and women, are
expected to be present. The majority decides.
Women take part in the deliberations, but not in
the votes.
The Community publishes a weekly paper, called
The Popular Tribune, of whose merits we have be-
fore spoken 1t has some three or four hun ired sub
scrbers Most of the original articles are written
in French by M. CADET and the other editors, and
translated into English before going to the COM
positors.
Sunday is devoted to recreation is the habit of
tie French at home. The Community has among
its members fifteen instrumental musicians, and the
young people, and indeed the greater part of the
otte members, are trained to sing in chorus
There dances in tho open air, and the theatre
within doors temporary stage is erected and
arranged in the large dining hall, and there como
dies and yaudevies are performed for the amuse- {
ment Of both actors and audience. The children !:
take part in the performances and exclusion from
the stage the chorus on Sunday is the severest
punishment that be inflicted on the disorderly /:
at school.
No religious ceremonies are obsrrei in the conn,4-
nifty M. Cabd regards his doctrine as being purely
that of the Founder Of Christianity In has rieU,
,cork and happiness are the best and truest ,rorship,
and .Soc,dy based on and bring in equality and
fraternity neods 40 other ritual This, with the
mode of spending Sunday, has scandalzed some of
the neighbors but none who have visited the lea
rians that day have been able to deny that they
seemed happier than people in the common world
without.