New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-28
JOAQUiY NILLERS UToPLfY COMMUNITY
Lrom The Cniifnrninn.

From The Californian
once belonged to little association fo,,,
solely for this purposs Nearly ten Years a aga
o. kcd this over aud over in London The idea w
deep root there. We used to turn our faces rouasS
ciub. And then would fall 10 quoting . ,r rs
Ancient Mariner" For yOn know Coerdge ysr
nearly came over the sea tor this same puro1se Wy
Finally, when the King Of Italy conGscafod a.
property OF the Church and offered the mona.te,i
Tor sale on easy terms. all Of a sudden our ideanI
icct seemed aDout to become a fact. Some menbe9
oi Cur club CHANGED to 10 WlDicring in Rome. ana
one oi them bought large estate with a cIts
already huIil. down below naples. w
Wlai happy and hilarious party we were tho.
rode down to take possession OF the old haunIe5
convent and hali-dcscrted city on hill We wer
gong 10 invite all the Bohemian world Tb-rs
should be no hOHsoless wanderers any more Hen
were houses enough certainly To shelter all the
poets, painters and musicians out Of doors NJ
were going 10 lead q river from nrighJorjng
mountain down through the street, OF this dc,erc1
aui dirty oil cty, ana wash 1t clean for Tie nrst
time ia Thousand ycars.
But wr soon discovered that the place va,
stricken with fever And that was why II h,d
been 80 long deserted. 1 he people had died. Oplv
- lcw miserable monks IN brown. who rather nns
ie.rei ueath to life. and the hideous maIsh-buFsio
grOanluL and WallOwing through the mud.laE,s
under the hli-these seemed TO be- the only satisfied
inhabitants Of the whole region and finally with
the fever IN every one OF Us. We Went back to Rome
snd gave il up, satisfied that our only ft field Of
operation, was ia young and healthiul America
Bat our enterprise had created some stir in the
gave Us an audience. Hi7 Majesty was over Kind
and tried TO encourage Us 10 90 on. But our bright
Young leader was still very Ill and hardly able
to get out. and we had lut littie heart lett III
dicd soon alter. AMI The hot weather came on the
others OF our party scattered Ike binds gong
whittier each ones fancleS OI fortunes lei or al.
lowed, ia search OF health for were all snaer.
lnG more or less from the Inalaria-and never
met any more.
few yeas after. laid my plans before the
Emperor OF Brdzil. H. was at first enthusiastic,
and generously offered all the land reqnIred. At
a subsequent interview. while insisting OF gyinga
large tract of land he quietly limited that | had
better bring all the people | wished to embark in
the enterpIlS from my own country. / saw clearly
thar hc had little faith IN the work. And peThaDs
he quite right. far as his own people are con
rerned fhe Luxurious South American certainly
possesses but little OF that Spartan srf-denIa re.
luiTrd to establish community OF tins soit.
Ihe enterprise was abandoned this time. not al
ill because OF the Empcror's Indifference bgt
largely because Just about that time the British
Government had to send out "A ship % bring home
certain cOloniSts who had. from a failure Of crops
lnd other misfOrtunes. become destitute and dis.
atigiied. Clearly. the climate and fates were
against il here