The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-09-27
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people 81 Lsbauoa They are Dos IN
accustomed 10 receive visitors iar thoa
sands 81 summer tourists are Tea IS
earnestly q take Lebanon Is TIE route
II their pleasure tr3P
Many abie writer's have written up
their ssil and given an account q tins
singular Sect which Is an evidence q
The iateres, and curiosity they have
created in the world around them.
After proceeding a short distance
from ouf hotol We came 70 the road
fork. where ~ the Shaker Village
was rather dimly displayed on a guide
board which las been rendered immor
tai by Dickens ia bis American Notes
and which convinced rs that we were.
on che same road pursued many years
since nv that distinguished author
Nc confess w dill not discover that.
grimness, nor meet with that grim re-
ception, described BY our foreign friend.
Although We were deprived Of the
company Of Elder Evans, the master
spirit Of one Of the families, who was
injured ~ the fail 81 a derrick just as
we were usherad il his presence we
were taken ia charge by friend Carpen-
ter, who very kindly showed us around
IT the Elder might have added to the
interest Of our ,isit by his presence, he
certainly could not have added 10 the
courtesy and kindness we received in
his absence.
1t will be impossible in the short
space of this article to describe in de-
tail al we saw, or the various indus.
trles by them pursued We visited sew
eral Of their important establishments,
their gerdens and graperies. 1t is i'm
possible to obtain a birds eye view Of
the amount Of land devoted to the rails
ing Of medicinal and culinary herbs.
But as we trace the stalks from the
time they leave the sicle, through the
various curing processes, until at last
they are gathered at the great factory
where they are ether pressed or
ground, and neatly put up in suitable
packages for market, we discover the
amount OF labor bestowed TO be inn
mense, and this branch Of business to
be indeed gigantic. But the garden
seed branch is still greater, and more
extensive, Nearly every hamlet in the
land has its country store, and every
village its places of business. Who
ever travelled in New England or New
York in early spring but were greeted
with the notice Of shaker Garden
Seeds" and who ever had them
decried2 Who has not heard o.
Shaker brooms, Shaker yarn, and
Shaker wares? Nearly all the various
branches of industry are carried on in 9
greater or less degree, and every arti
Gle by them raised or manufactured
when thrown upon the market is rank
ed as the best"
Their business is not confined to gar
dening and the various manufacture
mentioned, but they are agriculturist'
on a large scale and keep and breed
many fine cattle. In this department
their large stone cattle barn is not
merely an object Of curiosity, but ono
Of grandeur and when viewed in thu
light of adaptation, it is truly marvel
Gus. Its dimensions we did not learn
but Of its capacity WI should judge tina
il will conveniently stable one hundred
head of cattle, and contain the forage
to keep them. And under its greai
sheds adjoining can be sheltered as
many mere. Its appliances for feeding
and watering are convenient and al
that can be desired its ventilation
complete-it III manurial economy philo
sophical and perfect. Although som'
sixty cows are daily MIXED and fec
within its stables, not a particle of barr
scent was observable. 4 bounteoui
supply Of running water, the manure
railroad and dumping cars are not want
ing, while its deep bays are filled from
above without the aid Of the powe
fork. In its construction and finish n,
unnecessary expense has been incur
red every thing is substantial anc
plain, yet its original cost was SOM
$25. 900. Ii is well worth the visit 0
every farmer, Of every person for tina
matter, to view this stupcndous cattl,
palace. II is not expected that any OF
binary farmer will build a $25, 600 barn
or sink a artcsian well al an expense 0
$40, 900 to provide it with running wa
ter, as did the Shakers. But if abou
70 build or repair, the plan and arrang
ment Of this noble structure woult
surely suggest many practical hints.
The Shaker Village, 50 called, ]
upon d single street, nearly one mile j
) length and contains one hundred am
E ten ouild ngs, many Of them very large
aud some from three TO six stories high
The village is the abode Of three scr
arate branches or families. who are di,