, 1875-01-23

hare tl1lattd Eolely 10 ellf H&feSth N fhe1r re-
jjg,o1s coryictiona to prcporvs then, from acxu.
ii irragularticn; md ur llpteBt faitl, Iias beon
n sufficient protection. The Ha,ne practical yf-
,1tra displayed BY tho b1akera are strongly
developed BY t4ie lIarmonj.t-, and their
regulated paths. An,oSt without exception, tho
people atn stout, healthy, ant! lnns sliSed: Wills
ttemAelyca, their llouses, aud tlalr community
nro 1nndela or nentneE3 and prnErlely. they
read littla eayo their EIblcR Int they indulge IN
ricl,iIea In Elufic. IN !nHerH and IN tasec3Hi
domestic architecture ln treha tliov study Blnl-
rlIciLy and economy. They tAha chltron under
their clsro, g!yu taln at elalnctaIy etlucatioi'
toacl lotl. buys aud girls soma trade, anu train
them Rtrictly III Tho Religious doctrines Of tho 10.
cictY,
Tia ZoaritoA originated il, Wnrts1n''erg, and,
being tiisBenturs from the EstahA1hed Church,
we've ,lctonnated ''beparatists." Tl!ey wera
simplc heartol. nious people, hclon,;inf to tho
pcnszntry OF Southern Gernany. They came to
ts country in 1877. nhd purchased 1900 acres
of lnnl III the wldorncpH Of uIlio paying 50 an
acrc wltha credit Of fifteen years. They mum
borod, in tue beginning, about 925 poraonh-snHt,
about 500 mo,,ls,urs, own i t',man Of
over 7.(A3U acres. All! nre worth upwards Of
Sl,11o.0tn a. first they lad no intontion OF
eatahlsiling Community eut III la!9 they
Il! to hayo all things in conltnou. they aiB,
adopted cetibaey at tho Baino time; but, In 191t
or 1890. this rule VAS AhreEatea, a's1
they wl'o chose woro permitted to enter
n.atrimony. The HoariltB hava not nlaio
much aivance in n1os,lal cultuic. hut
tlloy hayo achieved comfort anl prosperity, and
III morn,a they arc far superior to this surronnd-
ing population. They prohibit dancing but
prncttce m:lsc. havo an organ in tnnir church
and pianos III their houson. and nutrort brass
band. Tiny are Eober orderly, Industrious,
frugal. ana successful.
Iho Alna,,a Community, situated In Iowa. II
miles wcsk Ut Davenport, Comprises 1,45U menu
t,nfa n rf Il
Clans, They came frum tho FatAerand 10 1912.
nua located nrar Buffalo: but. feeling the nced
Of more laul, removed to their prestht hnfpc III
1885 Yhev Now OWN rs tl4J acres OF land, Oh
which they tlaye built seven tawus. Their .pur-
suits nro agriculture. ana manufactures III va
rioua kinds, aud their condition is highly pros-
pesous. they wear $ plain, eco..oul.eal aseBa
live veil after tho hearty GormAn fashion, aud
permit tho usc Of homemade beer or vino and
tobacco. Tt1ey do nDt prohibit marriage. hl-
though colibacy ia couHidotod more cohlmenda-
bio. Families occupy eoparate residences, b'1t.
for convenience sake, cat IN coHMon, In eoRs-
in fchool from tho neo Of G to TO- and 4 part of
tho tine BOYS Gs vel! aH Sisla 1re etaFloYed III
knitting. Tho Communities lave no libraries
and few newhpa pers. continuing Their reading
principally to tho Bible nntl their lisspratibnll
writings. Tlioy forbid all Eames aud an,,lse.
menta, aud all fnuHicat iaBtrnuants except the
tlute. Neither nro Photographic and pictures nj
loved among them. Yet they aro contentel and
q H.
and thrifty.
The Aurora Commune. founded in 1911. and
living at Aurora, Orc, Binco 1866 il composed
entirely OF Germans mud in under tlis loadErsAll'
pooplo, mud owns Is, QUO acrcs OF laud. lii al
l1tion to agriculture it carries O., various aitnple
industries. Tho people dress md 1.-Two plainly,
but they have no peculiar rogons belief; donos
interfere wth NE nasr1afe ss'St.on' 1 ana Saops
their chdyeo but there IL notn5lo lack Ut III
tp1.eetnat ANIMATION in the pcoi,e. They nre i'll
,uytljons and thrIlty, and, in d moral and pcc,s-
mary point Of yicw, arc considerably in advance
Of tic average ao:t|otB in Oregon. Tho simple
creed of .l.oir leader, DR.. Ko il Expressed Ill
the xonlenco: '''ro bear all TINT comes upon lii
Ia silonce, in quiet, without noise, outtly. Or
excitement or useless replulng,- il. to ba u
man anil tl,at wo can do ouly with Gods help."
Tho Dettoi Commune. in Shelby County, Mis-
souri, il formed upon tho san10 principles as tho
Anrora Commune, md Ii tlnler tie ru1o Of DR..
Keil. 1t i,as about yu0 members, aud owns o.3uJ
acres Of land, besides shpps, mills, sud sna~1-
fnetories. Tho children brought up in tlloro two
Connunos generally romalu after they lluye A.
rived ut an adult age And marry young. The
Society han not bor, we'll MANAGED; still, alio
condition ot ils members il much boiler than
It would hayo been had they nos united mo
Communes.
Tho Icorian Commune, at Corning, H., Ia of
Fronoh origin, md hns suffered sorely from had
leadership. 1t was founded BY Etieuno Cabot,
from franco, to gettio in Toxas in 1918, Tno
Society endured good doai OF ill-fortnho
through tLe iucompate,icy OF CADET; but after
lis doath, it removed to It's present aile, sud il
now slowly conqucrng adycrsity. There arc in
all sixty-hyo momborB, who own 1,93J acres of
valuable laud, Euoy have an elaborate cousti-
sutton, Which dec'areA tho equality and brothor-
hood Of mankind, aboilahcB sergitule, commeuts
marriage, provides for education, ati,t roluirea
TINT tho majority shall rule. They have
school, but 10 religious obsoryanees, and live in
separate dwelliuRa.
Tha porfectionists we're founded by Joaeph
Humphrey Noyes, Of Vermont, i'll lsiti. Tiloy
aro divided into two Com1nunitios, s,-Iocated ut
Oneida, N. T., and Wa,Iingfottl, COMMAND a,e
almost exclusively Americans. Tho OnciLa COM
munity bel,asl lllo ln An unpainteu house on 10
acres Of neglected Iand, for which tloy wed
81, 600. Iu january, 1851 aley wero worth oyor
$C7 coo. Ten years later, the not profits Of tho
two Communities lad rcacllel 918J69o In
1874. they hnd near Oneida G5t acsos Of valuable
land, under high tillago and, at Wulliugiord,
2i0 acreY, devoted to graaing and small irnty,
At botll plsccs thaY have oonltnodona dwellings,
and shops, md Conduct nrobtablo iuiustrioa. IN
February, 1874, they numbered 2s3 persons, 1B1
of whom wero 1paIeA, ami l52 femsfeB. OF the
w1,oin number III wnro chillrou nnl ynnth undnr