The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-22
EARLY INDIAN WARE.

Rough times those old settlers had. In
l75G and 1857 the town wa surrounded
by palisades as 4 defense against hostile
Indians, and watch towers OF logs were
also erected. Being tho frontier town,
both white people and Indians a into it
for protection, and at one time the settlers
had to provide for the needs Of seven hun
dred strangers.
In those early days the married brothers
and sisters had their own house, as had
the ministers and their wives. Young
people were under strict tutelagc. 4 sep
arate dwelling for Indians proved too
small, and the institution OF Main became
4 necessity. In l764 peace was finally
made with the Indians and Bethlehem
had rest from its troubles. Disposed to
DO friendly with both whites and Indians,
its Inhabitants had n hardtime during the
continuance Of hostilities, which engaged
the Christianized redmen in support Of tho
whites. Many Of these did not discrimi-
nate between friendly and hostile Indiuns
aud were offended at the Morayians ao-
cordingly.
WHAT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THOUGHT OF
THE M%oRAvlASs, AND MARRYING ny LOT.
Benjamin Franklin's is n spicy account
OF the Brethren at Bethlehem during the
war. lie visited them ut tho head OF a
considerable force, andthis lisa part Of his
account OF them:
"Some OF them had accompanied me,
and all OF them were very kind to me. I
found that they worked for a common
stock, eat at common tables, and slept in
common dormltories, great numbers to.
gether.
81 N ut their church, where | was en-
tertained with good music, the organs ac-
c%ompanied with ~violins. h~autboys, flutes
clarionets, etc. | understood that their. ser
mons were not usually preached 10 mixed
congregations Of men, women and chill
dren, rs Is our common practice, but that
they assembled sometimes tho married
men, ut other times their wives, then the
young men, the young women, and the
little children, each division by itsclf.
II cnqui1ed concerning the Morayian
marriages, whether the report was truo,
they were by Lot, and told that lots were
used only In particular cages; TINT gencr-
ally when a young man found himself dis.
posed to marry, he informed the Elders Of
his class, who consulted tho Elder ladies
that governed the young women. As these
Eldors OF the different sexes were well
acquainted with the tcmpers and differ.
ent dispositions Of their respective pu.
pills, they could best Judge what matches
were suitable, and their Judgments were
generally acquiescedin in, bnt il, for example,
it should happen that two or three young
women were found 10 he equally proper
for tho young man, tho lot WIS then rccsur-
red to. objected, that il these matches
are not made by natural choice Of the par,
ties, some Of them may change 10 be very
unhappy. And 30 they may answered
my informer, II you let the parties choose
for themselves, which, indeed, Icould not
deny"
%nErHLEiiRM IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Moravians were divided in opinion dur.
ing tho War Of the Revolution. Their
leader WIS u Wing and q friend Of George
Washington. Offensive warfare was
against their principles, but they did q
noble part in the way OF tending sick and
wounded patriotic soIdicra. The chiefAos-
pital of tho United Statcs Army was
located ut Dethlcham ut ono time, the
"Wrethr0n's House" having been seized
iorthat purpose, Other Inconvenience to
tho Brethren attended the war, including
the temporary loss Of "The Large Family
House, which was made tho home Of
British prisoners. Many visitors OF dis.
tinction wcrc at tho settlement while the
war lasted, including tho Marquis de La
Fayette, who had been wounded In the
foot. The settlers lived thcn, as before
and subsequently, by the pursuit Of man,
industries.
ITS INSTITUTIONS Of iHARSlSa.
From tho beginning the Moravians o
Bethlehem havo been d cultured people
giving due encouragement cleaning. II
1917, when it possessed about six hundred
inhabitants living in sixty dwellings, it
literary establishments were LIBERAL,
praised. Soon after the boarding,schoo
for young ladies' was added to its educa
tienal provision. Its college for the odu
cation OF ministers has about forty stu
dents.
WONDERFUL CARS OF TIE OLD TIME.
Few Of. the old Moravian customs O