, 1876-05-27

institution; hut his death occurred soon after
ttr enterprise lptctl only about six montils;
hut, during Tint tfmr, he tabnrcsl manfully with
the rhhf"rk o'ns the hoe, mud occupied such
ni''H Of trust n. thusc Of Trustee Of the Brook
Finance. The atarcisll Of tho rurnaneer for tho
labora of tir hlsl,amlnnn /. cordially stated In
1inc; :, 'ikc these, tnken from his journal: "Jses
hurie'! nndpcr'sh under dung heap, Just a. xcll
aa 1n,ler a pile Of money, Axg. fR-EYcn my
C,ston'. .tion'c experience was int such thralf.
dom and wcarin.zs aa this. Oh! labor Is tia
wgith It without being rroportfonahly brutIhcdl
+ II pralseworthy matter that | have spent
Ave golden months In providing food for t,,ws
The real No was never An aasoedatc Of the Com
nHntty; there lad been spectral appearances
there, sounding the horn atdaybrcakv and milk.
ing tile COVE, and hocinE tho potatoes, and ra!t.
Ing hay, tpillng In tue hun, md doing inc tho
hon honor to ass.'ns my name. But this npectre
In October, lsts the Directors Of the Assoc1a-
tfon published a Abatement declaring that tho
fundamental aims Of the enterprise Ind s,,c-
ceeticd beyond their original hope, and that, In
all Its departments, itwas In satisfactory work.
fS abot d. II %r va n9ssta xs II ~
stock Of the Company and IN gosM loans At 9
per rent. considerable aseesston Of sklllful
lat'rcrs hal Increased tle efficiency Of It's ecv-
CThl HCIJMIkHCIGet MIL AHSik RIHUlD IHl DCyu
added 70 its cap!ta1 by subscription: "a work
shop G0 feet by o hatl been erected; n Pta1an-
stcry-<'r untary dwelling on Il large scale
was tn prGcess Of erection, until succcss
| *tcEy with tito magnilrcncc and per-
maneuce proper to such Il structure.
THE rE"spcct was, or looked, encouraging.
Thc experiment had bccH tested by the hard
t]ltlIcnltfrs had apparently been conquered; tho
arrangements hats attained systematic furm, as
fur a' the limited nu'nhcrs pcrnittcl; the Idea
was respectfully entertained: Socialism was
spreading; 1t embraced persons of every station
ii life; aud, 1t, It's vSi.nt and influence on q,,cs-
ttons of ltnr,rtunet, It seemed to cnthlisiastic
believers to ln last assuming In the United
stn,cs q national cllaractcr.'
:, But to t!!fs. It's nmst prosperous hour, tho
Brook -Fnrin Community un!tcd with the New
York Socialists, disciples of Fourier, anil tho
clfnc,l. In The spring II 1877, thc Phaanstory
was burned, and, In the autumn Of tho same
p@rot,.,ncnt @ chi mc,nbrrs renewed to NV York, and md
inr y.Ar longer contnnch the publication nf
the IKIrtingcr, q weekly Journal started III 1916
hy tl,c Brook-Far,n PhAlanx, fur the purpose Of
propagating their ideas Ut social and political
Mr Conway states TINT most Of those who
marie Investments in Brock Farm lost them
wholly. ilnwtiorne put ali tlat ile s,ad INTO ths
fur "Tllc I,litln,lalc Romance" Yet he could
mt tain of venture wlslcl, Yielded him the
GERMS nf this exquisite sfctlnt The rest Of she
says Mr. Conway, ''corcludctl to regard them
selves as amply rewarded by the rcturns they
received in other tl'an pcsuniary forms" Dsook
Farm wnR aoll To tho Tuwn Of Hnxbury, md
eventually passed into private hnisls, It wna
used hy the Government during tic War, aud
the main building has sincc bccn occupied us a
hukpital:
| ,ntIt in nf1 f,f II ttf1t ,ulhtrri 1ty II
To the last. The obligations which he incurred
IN settling Its final arcounss were discharged by
The fruit of totlson'e years f., f,o''"wing
nuys the following tribute: t+Mr. and Mrs.
Ripley were the l!fr Of the Brook-FaFm Asso-
chiffon. Their unfuItertng energy, unfaillng
cheer, inexllausttble sweetness aud Eayety,
avai1cd 10 keep up the tone "f thr institution,
to prevent its becoming cdTnmonplacc, and to
retain there thc pcrsons OH whose character thu
| moral nInl intellectual standard depended. 1t
WAS due to them TINT tile experiment. was tried
us long rs It was,-sfx years; TINT, while It
went OH, It avoided, as II did, the usual scandal
aud rerruacl that bring ruin on schemes OF that
| description; md that, when finally It cn'1ch In
disaster, II commanded sympathy rather than
contempt, anil left a sweet memory behind"
The Brook-Farm Association was regarded by
those who knew Its experience ana ,.ympathizct'
with its n{, Us SUCCESS, albeit Its lie was CON.
tileted In six years. That 1t could survive SC
long upon ttH liberal bas!s TIL which II had hccn
founded, WIS t!GENel conclusive evidence OK tie
vitality u tic principle Of Communism.
AUTOGRAPH LETTERS.
| The collection Of Rutograph-lctters formed b.,
!. Mr.. Samuel AddIngton WIS recently sold II
. London, scattering among multifaftous pur
cl,ascrs some ruost interesting memorials OF his
toricnl characters. Conspicuous In tho cata
log1ie enumerated was letter from Sir Waite
Raleigh To Sir Walter Cope, begging that III
| wife might be suffered to be with him In hi
. confinement. The touching relic was sold 70
!. 95 :s. A letter from George Washington, Of
the political condition Of America, brought coz
letter from Charles l. to the Marquis q
Orinoud, concerning the Irish Rebellion, all.
con. ainlntng the following pazsagc referring +
. the Battle of Nascby: II will rather chuse t.
! suffer all c1trcn.!t!cS than ever to abandon m
religion, Or give my consent 70 any such allow
uncr Of P0pcry III must bring destruction t
/, tl,ut Profession which, by the Grace Ut God,
s1lnll ever ulaintain through all extrefnities,
was bid III tor fG9 A letter from Olfvt
, Cromwell, "To my beloved sonuc, Kichar
u Cromwell, Esq.," anu resttn1nen,ltng tho stud
9 Of tSir Walter I,aughlcye's IItstorit,'' lrougl
l. E4D; a letter from Tlonus Wentworth, Earl {
StrntTort to his wife, with two signatures un
J various portraits, 40; q letter frnm QHcc
;, Elizabeth tp Henri Quatrc, 4sN; a,h one fEoi
u Queen Mary uf Southland to the Curtiina! {
u Lurrlilr, I49 los. A letter Of Alexander Pop
!, brought ZIG It's; one of Edmund VALE
. | E1O III; o,,r of Thompson, E19; one of kcat
| RIO r., ,,,,l. .,ff fti,orlau I Eu