The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-02-01
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To THE EDITOR OF "THE RUGBEIAN."

Dear &v:-Wise in your generation you have in
vted your critics of the press here and elsewhere to
keep firing away, and make no doubt you will use
your scissors and paste pot in favor of any of them
who may be saying things other than pretty about u.s.
But then you may not understand German. DON'T
but Fritz who is one of the ten who bunk down IN
our cabin, does-as his name implies. And found
Fritz this morning, at dinner doubled up with laugh
ing over cutting from German-American paper
which some anxious friend, evidently fearing that he
might become demoralized by contact with Rugbeian
kd-gloved Saxon-I ATTN Scholarship, had sent
him for his ed6cation. After he had given free
translation of the article for the benefit of the shany
and we had recovered the use Of our muscles took
down for him more faithful rendering of the same,
and here it Isl
ANGLO SAXON LATIN SCHOLARS.
The colonsts in the newly founded colony of New
Rugby don't seem to be SO well satisfied as they had
hoped to be- A correspondent of the London Meas
says as follows People complain that there are
too many trees on the land which has to be cleared
and the quality of the soil said to be not extraor
binary Very likely great many of the set
tiers came with the idea of finding sort of earthly
paradise in New Rugby, and expected to have little
work to do, and very slight hardships to endure.
The founders of the colony cannot be blamed if any
body INDUCED in the same flight of imagination as
Martin Chuzzelwt when he studied the plan of
Eden, and found all indications of 1ourishng
town" An American, Of English descent, who
came to the colony with the intention of settling
there, saw enoughto give up his intention. He saw
very poor soil-poor, indeed, in comparison with
that which could be had elsewhere. He saw land so
heavily timhered that only an European would sup
pose it to be fit for any thing; and of ALL he
saw coonists who lacked any knowledge of what
settling meant Instead of taking off their coats and
going work with good will, they sat around the
hotel as their headquarters, smoked their pipes,
made ridiculous remarks. about the g natives" and
praised Old England. In order to get exercise they
rode hill and dale, hunting and fishing and
played lawn.tennis Meanwhile hired men from the
neighborhood attended to the clearing planting,
&C., while the merry sons of John Bull in real
English style, satisfied with bossing." 1t is
very easy for Latin scholars and of gentlemen
to found settlement, but not so easy to carry it
through. 1t is to be feared that Mr.. Thos Hughes
is somewhat short of common sense He seems to
have chosen the site for his colony more on account
of its picturesque character than for any other reason
and to have chosen his colonists for good com
r9deshp than for any thing else in the world The
consequences not long to follow The country
around New Rugby is such that the best coloniss
cannot make much out of it, and the colonsts are
such that they could not do anything with the best
| lana. Mr. hughes, VINO gave Drth TO the colony,
instead Of giving his personal attention to it enjoys
the hospitality Of the cities in the East, makes nice
speeches, writes interesting letters and does some
what of everything except of that which he ought
to do. 1t is very likely that in ten perhaps in five
years, the sons of the farmers of Tennessee will
shoot squirrels in the Grand Park Of the New Rug
by, and camp in the houses OF the deserted town,
and the elder Latin scholars and sons of gentlemen
will abuse the "vertollete Aand in the London
clubs, whose atmosphere suits them better than ours
while Mr.. Hughes will write history of his colony,
which will be terrible warning for the whole Chuz-
zelwit tribe. We must confess that for settling, or
any other purpose, in America, one hundred horny
handed Germans Scotch or Irish, are worth more
than the whole Hughes company, not excepting their
chief
Now, my dear Mr.. Editor cannot, nor can any
one else here, as you well know, be suspected of
wanting to play lawn-tennis just now; but if were
"riding over hill and dale, hunting and fishing"
would gladly forego that amusement for the pleasure
of pitching into our Teutonic friend AS it is am