The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-09-03
BROTHERHOOD,

There is little town in Ohio named
Zoar, which in these bustllny days OF
progress and change is i veritable won
der. n correspondent who recently
visited it says that the inhabitants,
who have no desire to a,nHss wealth,
work for one common end-that is for
the coed of the community, wliic!,
owns ard controls the entire village.
including thousands OF acres OF the
richest land in the Buckeye State.
The money goes into one common
treasury, the necessaries of life, inclu.
ding food and provisions, are furnish.
ed by the village officials, consisting of
three trustees and Il committee OF five.
who are annually elected by ballot.
The village contains about 500 i,lI.ahit-
ants, which number has be. II the s:*:..v
since 1917, and never increases or de-
creaSes to amy noticeable cE.e!:t.
There are no preachers, bnt al the pee
pie are devout. worshippin. after TIE
manner Of the Friends The marriage
VOW is held sacred and tie laws are
rarely broken.
The above is from The Ralica|, q
paper published at Litchlield, Minn..
IN both tho English and Swedish. Ian.
guages. 1t is announced us Il temper
ancc anti monopoly labor journal and
is always worth reading.
AS to the above community, it is
one CT q number of brotherhocds, every
one success, which have been formed
in various parts Of the world on the
plan OF all property in common. These
people are known as the ''Znar:cs' il:
Ohio, and are located in Tuscaraw"s
county. We visited them when Il boy,
in 1851, and the noticeable things were
the cleanness of their buildings and
the garden.like appearance of their
lands.
That the world will in due time be
organized into brotherhoods many pre-
dict, That the communal relation, or
some form of cooperative brotherhood,
is the only way out of our industrial
and social difficulties, we have long
held. The one -shadowing curse
of tho earth, the root of all evil, is the
grasping selfishness of man. Until he
gives that up, and works for others
while others work for him, crime, dis
ease, war and hell will continue on
earth.
1t is slow in coming in, and so is the
Millennium, but there can be 10 MilleD-
ium without it.. Christ and his early
Christians introduced and practiced it
/ q nd fhn l,i.r1,or r~o1S k1
ing it and sending out communities to
establish it.
No idea is more active and vigorous
to-day than the idea of Brotherhood.
1t is stirring Europe through all the
under or basalar stratas Of society, and
breaking out into Socialism, Commun-
ism, ETC., and in America taking form
in all kinds of societies, orders, and as
sociations for aiding each other and re-
dressing wrongs. That it must 60 On
until each community will be family,
supported from one fund, aud all con-
tributing to one fund, is not only prob
able, but necessary to the redemption
of society.
The Worthington Advance passed
it's thirteenth mile-post last week. The
Gazette congratulates Bro. Miller and
hopes that he may continue to WELD
his pen against fanaticism, intolerance
and bigotry, and for the welfare of the
people of WOrthingt0n and Mobiles
county. as he has done in the past, for
another thirteen years at least.-Slay.
ton Gazette.
The sturdy old Advance has entered