, 1877-08-27

tween aud 2 ycars; three, ycara; four, be-
tween and y years: one, between 4 and 4
YEARS; h'ts j years: o.Ic, q years. one, IL vcur.
anl On. " s s.l, II years Al ..lel young and
mpst II them before they were years pli
This Is sunicicnt fur \ general rlcw VI the cr-
per1ments. (lsktng out the two ms'st important
ia see what WAS atEom mplishrh:
NEW HARMONY.
The principal As.octatton Of the Owcnites ras
At .St Sew Harmony, Ind Shortly before settle:
by : soclely salle'l tho "Kappites" follow-
ist,, who came to America IN 1sa, settling
rd Ird,,nn m r@enpsylvaala; @ 'nostnR from there %
to Pennsylvania nea,n. Thc property ronststci
of nbont. p,0M aeros Of land; nearly 3,Oo
acres under cultivation br she society; nine
tsnI ise ,.r.aene" iasns; G acres OF improved
ifult, and regularly laid-out town, and puilIe
square, around w!,leh wcre Largo brick citttccs,
built hy the sappttcs for churches. schools, and
e otner PUBIC paftoses. e 'ls'ce not appear that
n anul.iona 70 TIE community: IN April. 49,, Mr.
frankly tnlormul them that he DID not suppp.c
so as nnse. 'ixs IT,
literature. drew np Constitution. appointed d
c1mmitteeto govern thctn for three years, which
ttsnc Was M regarded a. n probation to test tho
'@'''his5 - VIC CAREflduGuSs III 40-D O"EH
returned and the community was founded under
The uamo Of Tho "New Harmony Community of
Equality" Various disaereements occurred
during The year. Mr.. Owen wanted the gov
ernfn& power 70 be in tue hands Of au executive
committee. The people objected, aud said they
wanted Mr. Owen as the manager, and he con
senfcd to act. An attempt to divide tho town
INTO several societies Ravo r!so to angry Discus
sion; !aicr three separate communities were In
operation Further disschsious led To mass-
meeting OIL tic Whofc population att the foFma-
tt'n Of tbs Association Into four communities.
ee'sbrated declaration Of mental indcpcndencc,
ol WHICH the following ts specimen:
now declare 10 ron and 10 ths world that Nan,
Gpto th,s honF has been In al parts Of the earth
comld nc combined to infiet msntsi atsd physicai
EVIL oron hts whole race refer 10 private Or in.
tens 81 RELIGION and marriage founded On inIly'd.
si.5stems 81 fsison. t4 "'' ''''' - 'n'''"'A
at q meeting held a few months later all OIL
GERS thrn existing were uboltshcd and The COM
muhity governed by- thrcN snen as dIctators.
Finally Il, Jnne, 1877, abIut two years since tho
Ansovtatton was formed, Mr.. owen met tbs
ensfs so @nS S9e tsa faswe Tho pSg
boring country. This enterprise started with
plenty Of naoiey md man at It's head cxpor-
tsllye.l " community making. Why did it fall
Some say 1t was for Wnut OF the religious ele-
ment; others for tue reason that whisky was in-
ttudnSc1 by one ot The reforu.eFs. though con-
trary to Mf. Ovens principles; Others still think
IT. WIS due to 4 want OF supcrvlslon on the part
CotnnianistIc morality the following Incident ia
not uhintcrcsting: Owen and one Of his partners,
quaErellng, the latter refused to dissolve tho
paEtnershtp unleas q certain pfece Vt laul WAS
given to him, and all there wa on 4. Owen
finally agreed to this. During the night tho
quondaus partner hsl tnuvel on tho ground q
large number of eattlo anl farm implements,
and thus came Into possession u them.
TIE NORTE-AMbRlCAH FuAI.ANx
may be regarded rs the test experiment pt tho
Four!crites. It Was organized Aug. 12, 1873,
near Rcd Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey,
abont forty miles from New YUrk. Itlasted
III 1855 speaks ot tue several defects which uitl-
mntcly LED to It's failure. The capital, owned
mostly by non-resldents, yielded hut ~ per
cont interest. People lived from handto mouth,
va %ss: s9eaa ss saSf s ds seSs
q Lew philanthropIats at tls head oi II really
took adecp interest Iii tho movement. En-
graycrs, artists, literary men, ETC., werc con-
ing entorprislngi practical workmen crowl Of
visionary. unsuccessful drcamcrs came to the
new Eden, succeeded in shIrking as much Of tho
work as possible. md picking out tho best food
prospect. Of the Association, aud Tie grounds
Albert Dristane, n. G. Mseker, and Other veil
known Now.iOrkcfs, were interested In thls CO.
te1prlsc.
I1TEEATuRA or FouRtHR1BW
Tho attention OF hepoople In this country WAS
arss drayn to Fonrlersanl by Atbcrt Brlsbaue's
"soclal Destiny Of Man." Tie New York Trlon,s
lent its did lu the msuner alrcady Indicated. A
n1rc thun year. In Michigan there was a pa
per published cuilea the F1Aure, and tn New
York a14 Boston there wero the DIat, the i'ces-
az, tue I'hatanI, an1 the uaralager, all dcyottM
more or less zealously to Fourlsris!n. Among
tho contributors to these papers the names Of
some mem known in tho prescnt day appear.
Here are few with thu uumbcr Of tf!elr contri-
tut!ons: stepLsn J PssEl Au4roEs, !; J; Free.
Curtis, ID; Charles i. Dana, as;. 4, j. Il.
Dui:an,e, q; Parlm Goodwin, .l53; +. II. lodge,
i; j. ". Hlgyinson, ~: Henry james, o.:
yanss Rnssel LoW9l1 o as95Ee Ripley sia;
celebration of Fousian'a hlsth!ay In these TINES
Charlcs 4. Dam responlcdtotl tho toast, " "Frjcnd-
Blip,n At the close ot his speech a member
suggested that the toast bc repeated with clasped
" accepted, aud With q burst Of entiaatas,n
ove:Y tnau roso, aud locking hands IN round tho
tabs, tue toast VIE repeated by ths wholp coul-
pany, producing an eleGlrlc thrill Of emotion
In those tiays to tho adltpF Ut the Sun elaau
lug !Ianda Win, teF ~ say, Boss shephcrd and
cx-Pfcst9ent Grant, ln tho saereA bond Of friend.
shtp; i would certainly produce nm electric
aud Ripley wsrv both Horc particularly tdepttl!el
With tho fSrooK Farm experiment III Massaciu-
setts, which l!naily became Fourteralia In tts
character, They continued their Interest In tho
New York 7'rita,ie.
Communism, thus practically tried In n1mer-
puA instances, under tue moat favorable auspices,
With plenty OF bralna anl good supply OF
Al olia Of its tirncst defcudsrs hsSwrfttcn. at
ona time, sanguinu Iu anticipating brilliant re-
suits from Culntnun!sru, Imagined mankind
better than they arc. md that they would speed-
ily praetiup those priudplua conAtliarcd, so
true" Aud then liz goes on to state all the
experiments tried have been failures. With
both argument md practical trial against Il,
Commuulsn is tnleod dead.
uson0a ELLINGTON.
- HOMES IN TEXAS.
IN L. kttsior OF 11rtiains