The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-01-01

water IN the Spring we cannot trust past Indications
Our next extract shows avAat lad been done at the
end of October:
g. BY THE SETTLERS. Since the 2,d of Septem-
Der, ult they have Enough at present few in number)
recognized, in conjunction with the officers of the
Board, the before referred to Rugby Commissary;'
founded the church of Rugby under the name of
Christ Church, and come to such an understanding
among themselves as will render easy the fixing OF
the different times at which the services of the
various denominations of Christians here represented
shall be held in the building now in course of
erection; and formed the Rugby Library and
Reading-room Society, which has already had pre-
sented to it by the publishers of Boston, New York,
and Philadelphia, some twelve hundred volumes;
and which intends, as funds allow of it, to build
substantial sandstone library near the hotel and over
looking the slope, towards Clear Fork of the English
garden, .the plan for which, capable of being ex
tended as occasion may require, has been already
supplied"
With regard to what has been done by our settlers
whether from the DID, or different sections Of the
New, country, we may say emphatically that they
have proved themselves to belong to the good old
stock which has taken in hand the best part of this
little planet. They have gone quietly about their
business amidst the rattle of criticism, some friendly
to their enterprise has excited and we most heartily
congratulate them on the energy, perseverance, and
good humor, with which they have faced the difficult
ties already indicated and Others peculiar to a new
settlement, and on the liberal intelligence, without
which they might have had to wait many months for
this, the " Organ of" their Public Opinion''!
The Commissary has been doing daily ncreas-
ing business and its balance sheet for the first three
months working, which is now in preparation, is
expected to show a good return Of profit to its
purchasing shareholders It>was hardly, however, to
be expected that the principle Of cooperation would
be accepted as panacea for all the ills Of trade
among people, many of whom believe in compet-
ton as the whole duty of man; and accordingly we
have already in Rugby store of that persuasion
also, and any of us "pay money and take our
choice
The announcement that the publishers Of Boston,
New York, and Philadelphia had presented the
"Rugby Library and Reading Room Society with
twelve hundred volumes, was followed in few days
by the almost bewildering news that the twelve
hundred had grown to five thousand (oh, for the
leisure which so few of us will have for many day
to come y, on the condition that the building which
waste be their home should be free to ALL and be called
"Tbe Hughes Public Library" condition which,
it is needless to say, had only to be made to meet
With cordial acceptance. Immediately subscription
Ito building fund was set on foot, headed by $500
from one of Rugby's best friends, and it is con-
fidently anticipated that the required amount will be
| ready for the building soon the weather.
One settler has managed, in spite of the lumber
4. .z1f
family, the other let to an eager tenant before it was
well begun. Another has discovered and bought
one, and leased another, clay tract 1.-THE latter with
coal Immediately underlying) and leased sand stone
quarry, and will be ready early in spring to supply
us with all we can require in the way of durable
building materials. A third has introduced first