, 1876-05-27
FAMILIAR TALK.
A Sketch of the Brook.Farm As.
sociation.
An 0utgrowth Of the New.England
Transceudeutal Movement.
The 0r1gtuators and Principal Parttci
pants In the Enterprise.
Sale Of the Addingtou Collection Of
Autograph-Letters.


0oeosfapn-Aestefs'
BROOK FAM.
The history ~ tho i,rovI. 80. ,.,,.to,
H., e.. .,,a -. ~ ,s.s~",, s'.a Ans.e!nto"
~ INT tue most interesting Of the various Com
5tates--llaa never been fully written out. The
Incidental a]lusiont IL Il. or nj ,hc ,noat Tin
,ncoyrc ,,,t,,r., NJ -. nion t,,,, 49,. ,'iaa,
!"e"sic out''e" ~ IN F'"''' ttat a3c ooaa'ofal-
" INCL Win III VIKINGS tourhlhE ltnn tn: trail
tccndeI1tAl movement III New England, scrvo
rather to excite the curiosity than To sotsfy it,
Trnwtbornc has left. In his Notn.1loks. sutn.
.',,s .',.sus.,a 's'....,., -. ~ -. '' n''ts
'a'1" a.tlu' ~ l"s ~ ""m W ~. .@l"C'
ehce III the Asaoetathf a'1i, II, hla " 1illthcalc
| Romance" Inns rnatlc use, With the liberty a.
corded to the arti.t, Of his "reminiscences VI
events md characters eonnrctctl witt, II: Mar.
,..~.. r.,,,,.r roo,,,a, .,,ns t.,."....,.,, ...
9AFct fu''et 1ceosoea so'''o interesting coin-
ncn's @ upon The l.f9 '' Inc community, which
| Conway wrote, q few years ago, u brief sketch
f ,hc ,.,,,ar,,r1sc fnr 9,xr Sgtrdo,,. on,f ,,,nr
s,,,,,ar ~. "sv '"'"' T! a"u o'et
s,'n'.as 'raEfnenta1y accounts aliord home m
sustained: W vet w coherent ] and co,nprth.,. .
slvc ,,,m,',r - .ha ~ a..<.'.,,tan hos 'p.. ,.,t
Iau h"n .,'' trn,r,t -. inc Assocsa.'on nus M. yet
peeh tran6er1bet' There should be material
| cnhugll In the tnu1nury III any ono Of the snrvi-
vurs Of the fraternity to n.ake most entcrtaln~
inE and profitable work on the subject; but 1t Is
| scarcely TO be hoped fer now. Euc!I war adds
, ~ ,, 1iS ~ y, ~, mc~ ,,' cents t.ht - e.o"n
i ~, a'i ~ ny. H. ms u' r ses'1cs u tne pt,
ar.ta ~. ~ :. nts'k nnt ~ 'sscceeu uL
ah!s;'r., r. d,,iien,s eAe''t'eh' u eu1Feht a''o
"'9ofTE ~ n. 4sn,. sn,t",.s mi. ~
New EnsnH "rh rra,htnT,, IN r5nhseaenta',s ns . ~
he expected, devoted SOME yayrs to tlr brother
1loed ut Brtxk Farm, whirn .'wus projected IN
t tr ,,ir ~, ,s, @ e, "ose
nls,st favorable torsirlni,s nf the scan,y mate
rails 10 bc Procured and furnishes nn acr,,sss,t
wlItct1 il by ilo means as complete ~ c1ul,l tm
desarcd. Fron Ill. statcn,rnts, with thosr Of the
writer's before mentioned, we nuke up the nar-
rasivc which follows;
it WIS tn t''r curly part Of the Ycar 1s41 that
,irai shape III thc tstahsIlnlc,t u tic Bieook- e
Farm Association. ftc !rasltug ssririis ii. the
accomplished wife, Sophia Ripley, The niece Of
the poet Dana; Charles Anderson DAnh, since
distinguished ~ journalist; anu Sinnr Pratt,
All Intelligent farmer, WIN brought practical
knowledge OF huslatdry into tIiu combination,
and WIGS given the superintendent IL its agi-
cultural Interests. Mr.. Ripley, hul been fos
nearly fifteen ycars the pastur of the church On
Purchase street, Bustol,, which was .n its IN
fancy when lie assumed the Charge nf It. The
Society ad thriven under hts care, AMI reat!un
| Of mutual Fcspcct nnd friendship bud united
! iul Win lis MEMBERS. BuL Mf. NtFlef lIAl
caught the Infection Of Traukycndentalit,n whrl1
was at'oat in the atmosphere, an.l, uyowing the
Necessity of throwing 1f the trafn1ncis of creed,
severed Ills pastos1l rclatiorl with Ills church ttte
sstl, of March, 1871. The very next dny liz en-
tered upo,l Ills ministry Ut 'Bnn,k Farm. lie
had I,uscsl uf what property he possessed,
selling iIs valuable library ut public auction,
: and put the entire proceeds into tfe new enter
prise. But l,S sacrifice VIA Ereutcr in n socinl
Than tn pcruniary paint of view. His clerical
profession hull Of itac]f Secured lin high Is'-
| b[tiun; hut, When he resigned tt to btcutnc a
ruforn!cr, he encountered tue bitter opposition
! Of the order he had abandoncd and the prr1n-
, | dces Of nil but tho most enlightened Of the
: secular classcs.
,, ,, AS Ny. FTothngiam remarks, he "aesociated
. himself at oncc with people Of 10 worldly Gun
sjucEution, nv0Wcd principles that we're voted