Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-09-26
Caxat south Union. Ky.

+. axat south Union. Ky.
In Lcrsn county. Ky, on the Memphis
rroncb II Tie Louisville and Nashville H'l-
Il ff.ca u,:g,s s,atl-w--t Of Bowling
Green. lil- rl.c quiet and pretty F'iiase %
s,,tb Union. sometimes called 0h"keri""h.
wall. =. she Kentucky Stale Eait iH-t week,
y. went down III company with MI. VII
,f,,,s Of The S5uth7r iEHlGsisaa. AMI spent =
,I,v very pleasantly among tie hihd and nos
uifafle neor,le there, and We ProPo='; I" "lite
:. I,rieF -ksfch Of the village To- The ch'tr-
,,fnmer.t Of such Of our T..A'ieiS a. nave N.Y.
o. had tin. pleasure of ~. ting H.
Co,,I, I-r;,u i situated ia la ieV,l SC
tiou Of country. and crntains. We siio'''u ~
ar,,ut Two huus:red iauahit'niS- WI" OWL
-. five. or SIX thousand acr,-- q" iH''d, urge
r.,.Ifoz IF ,rhfch are in "a high state OF Guilt
ystfou. producing all the "sriculinr@i pro
duc;s of the climate in great Perfection he
I,sd Is Of that description known III men
,,,Ev and Tennessee as "barTcn@, anu the
s,fi : Generally thin and naturally not very
p1oIuetfy.: but under the JudIcicGS y SEN
- cultivation pracliced among the Shakers
It has been made capable Of growing the most
abundant crops. From the vast quantities u
..vr-.i-st garden seeds which the Sh'Al'= AZ
nr,lly supply to the Southern country 1t II
-,,,.lz.J I.v some that th- Inhabitants o.
ec..r;, T-nfa.. are aImost exclusively eAS'sSt'
= r.,.-oa -..t-. But such IL u"t the case
III 49,. I,rzc quantities Of wheat, corn'
and other grain; they have eNtensi'' apPl'
and peach orchards. herds Of Dui ham e"tIf.'
and aackz Of fne-wOoi sheep, all o. when
demand Their attention. and are s"ui'T@ Oh
revenue To the community
The Eouscs in South Union arr n"t hid-
5Ied togethsr a. in most Villages, but stand
mari - MAGNIFICENT distances, giving the III
bsbitan:s ample room aud verge enough i'r
..xsr-i-, and fresh air. Their are not more
than half ii dozen dwelling houses IN 'hf VII
lao. Int these are ali lurge and roomE' al
tor,iiDr plenty accommodation for the ootie-
~ with -rnething to spIre for the * fei'e
=, +,,... ,,rcstentatious and liberal hosPiiaiI-
" to stranger visitors foF which the SHAKERS
are progerF,jaI The dwelling, Wild one tA-
,aptio1. are of brick, two ana three st"iie
higb. and are constructed OF the best 'io'e-i-
ale and IN the NEST substantial manner some
of them, though erected more than quarter
Of a century ago, looking quite as eood as
new The last ono erected, tine EAsl hou6e,
"a it Is called, cost the snug little sum "a
teen thousand dollars, every csne oil "h'cn
was paid by the time the last do" Vi tn'
vvorl-men was given. The Shakers go IN
doh, for nothing whatever. When they want
ANYTHING. they buy it if they have the mo-
rov-if they haven't the money, they quietly
wait till they get it. But under their system
of labor and economy, which neither permi's
idleness and Incidence, nor t"lerates eXtr"'a-
gance IL any shape, there can OF cours@ ne
no such thing rs bankrupt treasury shiohS
them. And hence, the Shakers are among
the mos: Independent people in the world
Their own untiring industry supplies all their
wants, and many of the wants OF their less
frugal and energetic neighbors. They are
miniature world within themselves WIN
consciences void OF oitense toward COB and |
man. for honesty aud fair-deaiing 10 all |
things constitute one of their chief char"c
teristics, living as they do,
HAfar from tho worlds iguuh!e strIc"
abundantIy able to indulge in every luxury. |
vet seeking only every comfort. looking |
abroad upon bright, green fields waving with |
abundant harvests, and dotted with innnmrr- |
able herds,
ssAlong the cool. scquestcrct vale cf lii1- |
80 They keep the uoIsc.css Icn1T 81 theI way
Some of the houses in tn village are quite |
old. one Of them bearing The date OF 1911, |
another that of 1918, while 4 ;lird, built o.
hewn logs. witnessed the iuc".n'ns Of the
present century. having been Iuiit IL 1923 |
Many large barns are to b. seen in the differ I
ent fields. Yeas ago, when the Shakers |
were yet poor, and when the Society Was not |
as large as at present, their barii containing
all their supplies Of grain for the winter, was
destroyed by fire. This was severe blow, |
and fell upon them heavily. They borrowed 1
money. however, at ten per cent, purchased /
fresh supply of provisions. rcbuilt their
barn, and Icy the exercise of industry aud
economy, continued to prosper. long years
afterward, when they had more than recOv-
cred their loss, and had ceased 10 inoura the |
calamity, s. man in Illinois confessed upon
diving bed, that he IL was who bad sci fire to
the Shakers barn. The deed was done with
ont proyocation, bnt If Heaven forgave tue
perpetratOr Of tue crime Is readily "a did |
the Shakers, the Recording Angel long since
cancelled the page in ,he Book Of Lie oh
which the deed was recorded.
The Shakers are extremely neat aud tidy |
in their habits aud dress. Dast and dirt ere 1
permitted TO find no lodgment in their dwell
lings, the floors o: which are generally paint
ed OF an amber color, and are rs glossy as il /
waved. Strips of homt made woOllen carpet
Ing are placed along the balls, which are al
ways broad and airy. and across the centre
of each room. The Shakers have no dry /
goods stores among them aud as they manu-
facture nearly all their wearing apparel, in
GLIDING their shoes, gloves and pocket-hand-
serchiefs, they make but few purchases at the |
stores In the neighboring town. On a small |
tream near the village. they have saw
Mill which supplies them with lumber, gris;- |
mill where they make excellent flour, and q
ullin 1.nill at which they fall their cloths 1
ss winter clothing. Near the centre of the