The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-04-28

erS 70 the consumers, without the enor
nous profits of spectators and retailers
coming between these respective paities
Nv. The dissemination of practiea
Vegetarian information in connection
with the supply of the articles of vege.
tartan diet.
V. The calling public attention to the
/ subject of Vegetarian diet in way no
more theoretic movement in the form oil
lectures or publications ever can be ex-
! pected to accomplish.
The articles most needed for the suc-
sess of Vegetarianism are the various
kinds of fruits, ripe, dried or preserved;
farinaceous productions, such as homi-
ny, cracked wheat, Indian meal, Graham
flour and Graham crackers, farina, DC.
Now these, if produced in abundance,
and supplied at moderate prices. would
be sure to command sale, all over the
United States, and company of persons
associated on principle would soon be es-
tablshed in public estimation for supply
ing genuine articles, just as the Shakers
are established as packers of genuine
herbs, dc.
Here. then, we consider, is an enter
prise worthy. the exertions of young and
enterprising Vegetarians. By going to
Kansas in such a company. they would
be preserved from all temptation 10 de.
part from the principles they SO highly
value. and by united effort they may be-
come the means of inducing thousands
to adopt system of diet SO highly con-
ducive to their happiness and well-being.
There are other ideas which some
members of the Company desire to work
out, such as the commencement of a
thorough dietetic and physiological
school, where at low price, or in return
for labor performed, the young man or
woman withoutmoney and withoutfriends
may become educated in physiological
knowledge, and learn to preserve them
selves and those who may become de-
pendent on them in health and the enjoy
ment of life. Also, the establishment of
a Water Cure on the Vegetarian princi-
Piles, and at such a cheap rate that inya-
lids of small means can avail themselves
of its advantages,
With regard to the form of settlement,
it is proposed to locale in such a manner
as that each member shall have pre-emp-
ton right to 100 acres, so situated around
an Octagon park or public grounds. as
to ultimately form city lots. The octa-
gon form to be preserved in all thestreets
around the central park, from each angle
of which avenues are to extend, dividing,
in the first instance, the farms of the set
tiers, and in the after working out of the
plan, the various blocks of the city, and
intersecting the streets running from
avenue to avenue. When such city is
constructed. it is proposed to call it "Oe-
tagon City The first houses would be
built in a neighborhood around an octa-
gon park of about $40 acres, or one mile,
and as the City becomes populated. the
front portions of the farms on which the
first houses are built. could be sold as
building lots, and the settlers could re-
move further back to make way for the
same.
Such is briefly the plan of the Vegeta-
rian Kansas Emigration Company, and at
is for Vegetarians residing in various
parts of the country to say how Ear they
viii join in carrying out the project.
We have already received from differ
ent sections of the Union expressions of
cordial sympathy in the work, and in
some instances such expressions have
been accompanied with the most substan-
tial proof of sincerity and earnestness.-.
We shall be most happy to afford further
information to inquirers as the plan pro-
gresses.- Woter-gCure Journal.