The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-22
Esr Zae .4rkSntaH Tyz-eser.
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h many respects Edward Rawdoa was considered a peculiar man. He was yo.ng in years, yet study had given h,r., a dep,h of knowledge exceeding that of many old bookwo.rns, or = fossils as he was won, to call them. Though given son,ewha, to writing he rarely talked. and his vIews, whatever they might have been. were known only to himself Then why peculiar. Did no, other men have secre. thoughts as sell as he and did they not write as much as he. Yes, in- deed. for books on top of books. the pro- ducts of fools and sasants. tiled innum- erabie libraries ,hroughou, the world Ba: he had wealth of imagination. greater, perhaps. than that o; any man llv!ag, and would often soar Tn fancy to realms unheard of, seeing and feeling things which probably do no;. nor never wiil. exist.
 He&sd means sufficient ,o sa;isfy his taste foT travel and hls craving for books. bu; suddenly he surprised his friends by purchasing steamship. In answer 10 inquiries as 10 wha, he intended ,o do with the vessel. ne would say that he had rus: ;hougA; of place he had not pre- violsly visited and had adopted ,hls plan Of ,raveiing by his own conveyance Ai;er purchasing the vessel. he picked ou; competent crew. from cap:aln ;o middy, and under an suspicious SKY, he steamed forth into the broad Pacific
 \ week passed and land vas sighted = ID us, what latitude or loneltude wlll no; say, for seographers would probably say that the land was a little to thesnorth.
 
 However, the island was near the equa- ;o! Tn climate which IS forever mild, a long continued summer. Approaching as near the lard as possible, boat was iosered and strong seamen pulled for the shore. Rawdon leaped ou, upon the beach and looked abou, him.
 The island was abou, nifty miles long and probably ten miles m width The surface was undulating, and in some places hills rose 70 the height of a hun dred feet, while over all was a beautiful carpet of green. Mos. of the land was covered with timber. and iuN1rlant un- dergrowth made he iores; almost im- Penerabie. Much of the vegetation was peculiar tn this place alone, and was new and strange to this man who had travelled over the inhabited part of the globe. lie returned to the ship and made journey around the entire island. A good har- Dor was found on the eastern coast, a, the ou,le, of small stream, and here the discoverer determined to found oity.
 This was the oblec, Of his visit, To discover ne@ lana and establish an Ar caoian home was hls present fancy. The land in iron, of the harbor was high and suitable iof the building of city. and ate. clearing away some of the timber and brush he SC, out to hnd people who were willing to go there and live. He wanted to establish A colony upon plan al once original and unique, of which he was to be the head. bu, where 10 fad those whom he most desired to share his home waspa question, the answer ot which C c no, at once present itself. He must have farmers 10 i.ll the soil, and merch- ants to do the trading. h fac, he must have men of all occupations before he could make the colony self-suppor,ns
 sailing from port and advertising his wants, he soon found hls vessel To ,ded with passengers and cargo. ard once more he returned to his island The Jsopian prospec, was alluring to all classes of men, and Kawdon could nave stocked the little strip of land ln a shor, time so full tha, there would have been hardly standing room left, but his far sighted wisdom prevented this. As soon as the passengers landed, he gave the til- iers of the soil len acres of iand each and told them to make the bes, they could of |. Of the shopkeepers he had selected one man for each business that was to De represented on the island Large lac tories were to be established whereby a'- ucies of commerce could b- manufAc- ,ured. and men of various trades were added to the colony Each of the mercn- ants and mechanics were given a build Ing site Tn the city which was springiag up.
 There was still room on the island for more people and the ship was sen: out again to bring reinforcemenis. while kawdon rem ainec 10 superin,end ;he up- building of th!s new world Trees were GU, down ard adde. 10 the building ma ,erial brought by the ship. Stone was qaarried and brick made. and soon this emerald gem of the sea put on the az pearance of cIviliz a;lor. No savage men or beasts were there 10 frgh;en or hur; the eolonists. and ,he whole scene was one of peaceful thrift.
 In selecting men 10 inhabi, this mod ern paradise Rawdon had excluded all who frequented the flowing bowl, neither would he allow intoxicating beverages to be brought to or sold on the island. and sobriety was ,he consequence. The sec ond load of immigrants were pretty much the same as the frs,, there be- ing fewer merchants, bu. more farm- CTS, mechanics and literary men. These were assisted to build their homes and then Ra~don called them all together in large public square. When they had all assembled he said
 Gentlemen, you have here delight ful home if yoc wiii only keep is 90. You