The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-09-27

q the universe exists }H harmony 50
by establishing 3 agid system 6
order having 4 place ler every thing
sad keeping every thing il s. place
making known Is each oae BIS duties
and each one religiously performing
those duties, they are enabled g. en-
nance the results II their labors and
preserve the stietcst harmony within
borders # pcrehaace they have
any discords they wisely keep them
the world.
Their idea IL truth IS profound
They hold il to DC a normal principal
an element deep and divine. That
fJsehooj rs opposite, Is 5 positive
etil Hence their truth excludes am
fraud all deception, And hence the
celebrity Of their productions Would.
that their idea 81 truth was more prev
alent and their observance sc il univer-
sal. Their government approaches
nearer the patriarcbal than any other
form. All are subject % d superior
AN, save the Elders, are within a never
ending minority all are heirs and joint
heirs Of their common estate, without
ever expecting 60 receive their indiyid.
ual shares.
They have existed a long time long
enough to test the permancncy Of their
institution. Their growth has not been
rapid though fast enough TO be health
ful
They are a colony manufacturing
their own necessaries, and living prin-
cipally within themselves showing
little desire TO mingle with other peo.
pie, except for purposes Of business or
commerce. Yet in their eSclusiyeness
they do not object to visitors, who gen.
orally receive here more attention than
at the ordinary manufacturing estab.
lishments throughout the country They
are the authors Of their own styles.
They do not send to Paris for then
fashions. No ornaments, no gew gawsi
no useless fnery q be seen Fol
chains and walking sticks, chignons
and fitting hoops find no place in Shak.
erdom. Yet they are among the first
to adopt the latest improvements ~
machinery, and the first patrons o
the most approved labor saving I'M
plemonts. Their display Of agricul
tural tools, all neatly arranged and put
away for the season, was fully equal tC
that Of Chatham Fair the day before
The proportion Of males to females
we did not learn, nor indeed did We in
quire. We saw several females, som'
at work about the different houses, anC
some gathering grapes.
Dickens found fault that they did MOI
show him their females, but consoleC
himseIfby saying that if they all lookeC
like the one he did see, keeping then
out of sight was a benevolent operation
We did not request to see them, and |
we had and had been refused, we SHOULD
not have attributed the refusal to thu
~benevolence he indicated. While WI
do not discover any improperly in ex
hibiting their females if they see fiji I,
do so, we think we can discover som'
good reasons for their neglect, or ever
refusal. First, our desire to see then
is prompted by sheer curiosity "a curl
osity by no mea reciprocal. The mel
have no curiosity TO exhibit their wo
men, while the relation ofthe sisters t,
the world being that Of nuns, they have
have no curiosity to see us, much les
to be placed on exhibition. Again w
might disagree with friend Dickens a
to the merits of their charms. In tina
case the sisters themselves would be
come the subjects Of discussion for al
the Diekenses who might chance t
see them. The sisters, certainly, hay.
no design TO raise the Dickens" j
any such manner
The Shakers arc a sort Of mind-theil
o~wn-buiness society, and by obseryin.
that virtue they avoid becoming en-
tangIed with the thousand and one di
fculties which constantly surroun
them. They are a forcible ilIustratio
that industry and prudence are sur
roads to thrift and independence
Notwithstanding their ability to SUI
ply themselves with all the %necessarie
for home consemption-in winch abilit
consists, in a great measure their indC
pendence-thcr is u product absC
lutcly necessary TO their existeace fo
which they are entirely dependent upo
the outer world to furnish children
They dpend upon the world to ropler
ish their ranks.
AS the full and complete uniting wit
them requires a formal announcement {
the world, a plighted faith in their creeC
a promised obedience u their rules an
regulations, and throwing ones sui
stance in the common stock, the caI
didate must Of course have attained th
age Of majority.