New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-30

and went 70 wor in INV fathers office He clerk of
the Circuit Court and recorded all the deeds III %
Q.-How long did you work therci Al worried there mere
against my fathers will All that time was hgltiihs i
my father because he opposed TO my getlS Nvcs
cation. He thoroughly bedeyilei WIN a-,I}n, ri
and he Oneida Community that he could see ho'-'De
outside OF them. ga, yes
and we had terrible noise about IT, ] wantcd an i
cation and he thought that his duty was to save n9 O
| He waH all the time sOu. ,-o,r
QWha argument did he usc In regard 10 sa,aI man
who ever lived aud was not saved 1t WOMB a. 'V' Thai
naught In the end; and he was correct III lHd'' 'A
| was his way Oi saving my soul.
THE ASSASSIN ATTACKS MORMoN1sN'
! o-TTowl Affirming me into the Oneida Community
as he did and keeping me there slave practicaiy 'o'
seven years. There the greatest sympchy pcl"''H
that Community and Mormonism, and hope tAat 'l'
United States Government viii wipe out ho'Hlon'''
| now that the Oneida Community is gone
| Odd you go 10 Ann ArbOr 20 SCHOOL, A--ne'' III
! September 1859, when was eighteen years Of age !
went there contrary 10 my fathers advice Ieinei"
distinctly that got $50 from him on saluraay a. 49, m
20 WITH and, ht or miss, was determined 10 ~ ~
He did he could to pre{egmt n G5o m %bh my
As my guardian he had control ot SIooV ".' m 90 ~
| grandfather left me, and he gave me gov 10 S' ~
Are Icftrrs AT ne lie used 70 write mo two thrco
letters week. each Of them three or four pages i.n-;
ellngm about Noyes and the Conmun v, ana n tna' @
education would not be any good for II dId MOI go
to the savior drank 1t all right In IL was 'hc hi''
| religion that had. 80 - -, - l.,,t,,,
with you at Ann Arbor A-lcs. Ny father sent ihc
| all the Community works. - , 3,
Q.--What were they A.-A book called the "Berean,,
written and published by Moves another Do3a 'Sb,T fbr
The Bible Argument" in which they adyGcted tber .Iv
social theory, and paper called me nTcmd ri,b
sent it to me regularly every week lie dosed INC VII"
Q.-Dd you 90 with your studies at Ann GT Ar6or
A-Ycs, went on with my studies ana kGPt Ii r',ni *
night There il where ruined my eyes and they have
Q-What was the result of your studying therci A.
The result was that went 10 the Oneida Community
LETT Ann Arbor III June, 1850 There was man named
| ,JOhu "A
at Niagara Falls We there few hours, and went
Q-You met him by appointment A-Yes; II was
allhEcd. lie had been IN, m6cr IRON ms boy h2Sa M
| Q.-Dd you go direct to the Community ATne SIT
| Q.-When did you pay in your money A shouiu
say in few months after went there. Ny father sent
5000, which he had held as my guardian ne & S'n, @
draft TO the Community, and that Is the way they got
hold oft ,..
! TO the Community. How sol Al my ihth'i ma
been out Of the way never would have gotten uhder
Q.Wnat was the fanatici,mi Al look upon the the
whole thing the distressing fauatic-n ever CON
! cOcIcd by the brain OF man. The whole thcory
was enable Moves to sleep with young girls The rest
! OF the members had nothing TO do with them Was
practically Shaker all the time WAS there. They held
the theory that II man let the Community be "ollG nc
damned made up my mind that was IN heII ANYWAY
dcstinely
| HAUNTED BY MOVES AND FASAIICIsM.
Q.-Did you believe that you would be damned II yon
left the Community A.-More than do that am alive
mad that belief all the there and after left
| the Community. / was haunted by that old Noycs and
his snking fauatc-n II had such AN influence on me
that It was all could do To keep from going back 80
| you may know the spiritual pressure upon me. Ie
haunted and depressed for that had lost my eternal
! salvation hy leaving the Community After "cnI 10
Christian Association and joined B,echcrs church, and
| came gradually under new Influence, VIZ Hha "'s
awakened 10 Of that hole and the scales
fen my eyes That Is the way sot out oi that
''0CDid Moves have the theory Of Inspiration A
! Most decidedly. lie cuimcd that his community Was
liz beginning of the Kingdom ~ God upon carthi that
he Wa Code partner, ana that there was uu way 10 lc
saved except through him. lie thought that ne was
greater man tran the Lord Jesus thIlrii ,..,g, -,
! Odd yOu believe ~ Al bcievedt decid'dY al
that time, and therein came h- power over those pyoe
by infusion u the !dcA thal there was one "oI anu
G-To come back 10 your hoyhood. was there river
| ncSr Frccpor A-Ihcrc "a little stream iu which
the boy used 10 20 swimming Idou'trecJl"ct whether
| IWcnt--Scy likely.
Q.-Do you remember getting a blow ON your head
! wien q boYi A.-lct, have tIc scar now.
street when Little fellow struck me on THE head with
! stone thought Was dead and made noise abou, it
have acar %n ny head III "hlch can put Ny '''''
ODD any other person beside your ta'hcr 'Nrrcise
| over y0u the care OF guafdiini A-No' 'Fi re u"h
imu m ND y"n bavc counsel or advice from any person
else A-No sir; my stcpnoihcr nud lne'rr tot ai"hf
wen together -e NJ, cared much for me, and never
O-When do sou first remember your fathers pcclli-
| arrs about Religions Al remember ~ boy he
used 70 think " wicked {" 20 10 church ana sunday
school lie thought he was 10 boy ANA good that II Was
Odd he think that Of youi Al gresum" 20. |
remember distinctly that used 10 20 20 Methodist and
Presbyterian churches being naturally OF "a iehsioG'
| ed 10 run me right into the Community.
ibid he hay" family prlyer5i A.-No lie u''a TO
| think u WICEed 20 pray III The ordinary way.
| Q.-What did hr suusutntc for u thcni A-When we
to91 ] y ya We c"ps %@" sngI ,aSs cSst ' in I'm. oo @
thank God for John II. Noyes and the Oneida ON
inuuity" making Noyes substtuie for the Lord Jesus
| Carist. That IA The short oft. ~
o DO You recoect any Of his expressions oi faith IN
his work mechanical sort oI way. The rest oi Tie
time his mind was On religion and the Community lie
q. DID You ,yer near him say anything about joining
Here me woIld have nr there except ir h wife
NY mother would not allow her daughter {" :" there
rather offended I'D Noycs ana hc WOald not al
| Ow my father 10 come.
| Qllis wife would not 20 NO.
Avery decidedly. lhcy were at loSgerarads an the
time, Tor my fathers heart was IN the Community Tor
| twcni y-hvo years. and his body was In Frceport
GuHEAU GAYS MS FATHER WAS "CRANKY.'
O-Had y0ur father any peculiar ideas about healing
d.seascsi A.Oh, yes. IIc cranky terribly cranky
upon that
| Q-Whit makes you call him crankI A.-That is a
short way to say man IL very badly insane ,.,
Q.-W'at was there about his IDEAS or conduct that
was pcculITl Ale Gscd to say thdt nc was IN Such
perfect accord with the Saviour ana me me
| Oneida Community that diseases were something en-
was sIcr il vas because the had got the start Of
hm, and me prepared To resist the dty by Jesus Cn
II member OF nis family WAS sick he would go to the
bed cAconmuuicatc the devil by talk, prayer and 80
| forth ,. IN
|
| the cases stated bN Nj. North ...,
Q-liOH, IL reference o. fathers cOndnct, dd ne
pui In practical lie AOh, yes; ne
hclieycd with the OIcida Community IN making every
! thing common property. Ihat IA thclf d"',
triuc a zoe. there with $tOOOUhc IL not counted
better than with ten cents Money docs not
| count any thing At all there.
| Q-Did your father carry out these notions OF NE
| Al think Ia 1899 He bought farm III ffrcpoIt ana
proposed establish branch Community al trccppil
aud ne wrote 10 NUycs aud NOycs and Burt went "uJ
there 90 the prOpricy OF establishing branch Com
muuity on my fathers farm.
GLOW was your father ~ TO sincerlyi Ale was
| a very conscientious man, and a very honest man.
QAH to intensity ol belief cUnylCtiuut A-llc was
very intense lie could bear any adverse talk about
| the Community.
| Odd you ever have any conversation with HIM on
that subccti Al did prior my becoming religious
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