Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-08-14
by AN OUTSIDER.
~ he Edilors Of 1Ne " Y. 7nInne !.


To he Editors Of The W T. Tribune.
have Just made visit to the "North
American Phalnnx," Monmouth County, M.
There are six hundred acres of lnud in the
domain of the Association, most OF il of the
ordinary quality OF "Jersey land" About
two hundred acres are under cultivation,
much improved within few years by dress
Ing with mari, two beds of which, oi superior
qu0lity, are on the property. stream of
water running through IL, gives u small uill-
Ing power The nearest Underwater is five
miles distant, where Steamboat colnmunico-
ton may be had daily, but Mt irregular hours,
with New York, poor sandy road to he
travelled over between. The land cost TWEEN
ty five dollars an acre, aud believe 1 have
stated all the material advantages of the To-
cation. The Association hnye grist and
q saw-mill driven with the aid Of steum-
engine that they hHve added to the small
water-power. No other branch of mechani-
cal or manufacturing industry is carried on,
and the lebor oftbe members is mainly given
TO farming aud market-g gardening; aud it is
from the sale of agricultural products almost
entirely that they must get their living and
their profit.
The PhdicnSiery is much like the large ho-
made to accommodate $50 persons. There
are chambers for single persons, and suites
of rooms for families. There nrc also teuo-
ments detached from the main building, but
having covered wny, that the members
may reach It dry-shod in rainy weather.
These are each occupied 10y family. There
0re certain common apartments also in the
phnlanstery, such MS Il reception room for
visitors, reading room, n dining hall the
kitchen, dairy and other domestic Offices A
small steam engine is employed for washing,
mangling, churnimg, &c, aud the arrange
Snents OF the domestic department nrc all adj
mirably contriyed for saving labor. should
guess roughly that one woman could do the
work of ten, with the ordinary farmhouse
kitchen conveniences-in other words, MS
far as this goes, farmers would save their
wives aud tcomen folk all hut about one-tcnllI
oitheir now necessary drudgery by living on
the associated plan.
There is some pretty natural wood and n
picturesque ravine near the house, but no
garden or pleasure ground; indeed the
grounds about the house are wholly neglect
cd, and linve n shabby and uninviting mp
pearancc. 1t is evident that the Association
have neglected everything else in their en-
deayor TO make the experiment successful
financially. They have worked hard aud
constantly for this, and though, from entile
inoxpcrience AT the business Of market gar
dening, 10 which their attention was chiefly
directed, they at first made numerous mis-
takes, similar TO those plnyinlly alluded TO by
Hawthorne at Blythcdule, and though they
had great many peculiar difficulties, they
have boen rewarded in finding il pan. Inst
gear, after paying the mombers at rate of
wages for labor, higher than TINT ordinarily
given by farmers in this vincinity, the Asso.
ciaiion divided five per cent. OF the capital
invested in the undertaking among the share
holders. When we consider how hard il is
for farmers in general TO make decent liv-
Ing, we must acknowledge that they have
proved great advantage in the cooperative
principle as applied to agriculture.
That the financial success of the commu-
nifty is the legitimate result of the association
of labor and capital, ! am satisfied, md
should judge the peculinr description of hus.
bandry TO which its attention has been di-
rected, was that in which it wns least likely
TO hive been proiitably employed, because it
is that in which lnbor-saving implements and
machinery can be employed with the least
advantage. In addition 10 the profits divided
last yenr, II should Inc mentioned that extern
sve orchards, ns yet making scarcely
any return, are growing.
The Reiectory is a fine, spacious hall, with
perhaps twenty tables, each long enough for
dozen persons to dine of. There nre bills
of fare changed every day, in which the
dishes provided for encll meal arc mentioned,
with their cost-ns nj nn eating liuusc. by
buying at wholesale, and nsiug all possible
contrivances to lessen labor in preparing and
cooking food, of course The cost of living is
very low; hut every little item counts
4 I II
ronst beef cents aud ice-cream Ia large ru.
iion of the richest "rhlladelphinn) cents.
During drouth and short pasture the butter
cakes are graduated by the stamp irhe
Hmnller, which mention as an indication of
the systematic eXHciness to which the domcs-
tic economy Of the establishment is brought.
There are several summer or transient board
crs at the eatahlishment,and these are charged
In addition TO the cost of the food they choose
and small rent for their bed chamber, 80 a
week for the profit OF the Association. The
waiters nre mainly from among the most re.
fined and pleasing young ladies of the Asso-
citation. On taking seat you are introduced
70 the lady who attends your table, and you
feel yourself TO be in the relation Of guest,
not of superior, to her. Sho takes part in
The general conversation of the table, but
comes and goes MS there is need--is a very
good waiter indeed, doing her duty with
tact, sweetness aud grace. "W,Iy do so
many oflhe best of your young people choose
to I've waters, aud so deprive themselves in a
great measure of the social enjoyment Of din
Ing with their friends7" "lhey all dine to-
gethcr allerward; aud, as they are among
the best Of u.s. il is privilege TO dine with
them-of course 10 icai with them.'
One great point they have succeeded in
perfectly; in making labor honorable. Mere
physical labor they have too much elevated
! think, but at any rate the tolged and most
menial and dsagreeable duties Oft civilized
community are mnhn renllv renutnIlln nnh