Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-25

Economy tl'euu.j Cor Now lur STAR
Thuo has always conferred about thr
sect ui liarmoalstHu halo oi interest, be-
cauac al tbglr prcullaritlcs aud scclusWe
tendencies. The founder ol thus rich
colony, located 40 this economically stu
atrd place, on the hank- of thc Beaver
river was George Buy Who was born IN
Wurtcmhorg la l770 believing ho had d
divine call, aud wa, charged with ti!r rcs-
loatun OF the Christian religion tp its
original purity, he organized q colony ON
thc model OF the primitive church, with
goods and chnltols IN common. This
soon Involved him and hts following IN
trouble with the government, and Cun-
PEELED him 10 transplant The community
IN 1903 % the United States. They set.
tied first on the CoHHcquencsslng creek,
lu Butler county, whore they founded the
village Of Harmony and employed them
selves IN agriculture and manufacture,
by industry mud thrift they acquired
considerable wealth, and IN 1913 they re-
moved IN body 60 Indiana, where they
purchased aud looted upon ~, 900 acres
of land along the banks Of the Wabash
ihrr The settlement OF New Harmony
Was oven moro prosperous chan the iirst
had beeu bui tho climate was not salts
iOitliNf anu ~ lNatt NlNNl NAiNNlNUH
councils, thcy sold out and returned TO
Pennsylvania, locating IN Beaver county,
ON the right bank 81 the Ohio nyer,
where they purchased $500 acre, Of beau
tiful and iculje farming lands, ana where
they aOou aiterward laid out the town OF
Economy Here rs whore they are 10.
Gated a present, surrounded by peace
aud plenty
M, ,tt i, tp,VtY, ,,,,,l, NOT baffa,rtU,f
In marriage, but an living together as
brothers and tisleR, aud practice the
.trctosl morality. In s91 the question
81 marriage was the leading one IN the
community, and about two huudrcdm MEM
bcr, Withdrew bccausc they favored mar
rinees. aad established The town oi Phil.
lipsbuig Bul thc new colony I'D not
ptOsueG and aler fcW years oi sirug-
diug hey old oui and dlsbandcd, dlYid-
lux Tho proceeds OF their sale equally
among all OF hemember IN thomcau.
time ihc liurmnnisis were gradually be-
coming more and more wealthy, until az
present lhcy own Jointly and Ia common
lands, stocks, bonds aud herda, Che
yaluu of which Is estimated at S75,o00.-
010 Bosidcs owning an Of Economy and
iaruc pHrl Of Beaver, they own Hn cll
NfNHNhNfANN
thc Rcd River OF the north.
Oui ~ their Surplus money they built
and equipped tliu pitlsburg s Lake Erie
railroad, running through o .lch and pro-
ling country from PHtsburg 90 founRs-
town, ohio ana owned thc controlling
interest in 10 until the rond WIS sold 70
the Vanderhilts. Il rs said that on THIS
dcal alone thcy realized - per cent on
their Investment, ~ the road turned ont
to be- illc best paying line Ia the country.
IL Is q matter of history that ~ the time
The war broke out, Ia 1861, they converted
an their bonds and available property
into money and buried II, using the treas
are Afterwards In paying for The bniidiDg
OF the railroad Tho payments thus
made put in circulation an Immense
amount Of silver, many Of the pieces dat
ing hack 60 1890
owing 70 ne law prohibiting marriage,
the sect Inns gaudnally diminished until
40 present N consists Oi only thirteen
men aud forty women all Of them Wei
advanced in years. they employ over
three hundred servants and farm bands,
aud These, with their families, make
quite q village Everything is owned ln
common The grocer the baker, the
butcher and the mllkinan 90 the rounds
every day aud supply the different iapd-
lies with the necessities and few ~ tho
Injuries 0f life Nothing can be par
chased III TIC village Of Economy, ana 4
n probably tie Only town ln The world
where lnan eaunot, even Il he desires,
spend money They ere extremely liberal
dad phllanthr0ple, and arc constgpily
performing acts ~ beneYolence Their
houses, which are exactly alike, ARE oi
eqnnl distanrc apart, ana are a. q uniform
distance from lhn village street, Ihf3
are painted pure while, ana laye 10 from
Tor. X brinr claimed that II lhvy bad