Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-26

Eoyes was ;ighiy educated. He graiu-
fted at Dart ,louth college and began the
study Of law. But In 1881 a great religious
revival broke .oot at Putney, VT. 1t drew
Young Noyes within its influence. He whom
press and peol as have hounded Is a monster
Of immoralit J and destroyer of Chris
tianity aband; ned all his worldly prospects
and began q stos.S for the sake Of religion
He popdere 1 deeply over religious quss.
tions and fir lily studied theology at Yale
college, He, considered that he had been
converted an was a Christian. In 1883 he
became a Congregational preacher. Soon
after this his peculiar ideas began to mani
fest tbemsels .ss. He pondered more and
more deeply q religious questions, till at last
the Perfection LIST doctrines began to be- clear
to him He rev these doctrines from Che
New Testame: II and the teachings OF Paul
Upon these b biased the whole social and IS
igioas syster which afterward resulted in
the founding :3f the Oneida community.
He became what he called n seeker after
truth. His ineditation and study brought
him to the decision that the teachings of
Paul nave b On misunderstood. Ho seems to
have beliey id devoutly in the second
coming of Christ but not that III was
TO be a mi. :srial appearance, with pomp
and q foul 18Th of trumpets, before the
physical eyeiof men. It was to be- rather
the quiet stef ling int and imprs ssing of the
inner spirit Il the Individual, without out
ward sign oa |r than the identifying changes
wrought in !lha character of the individual
Therefore, If s.yas Noyes called himssAf and
thoso who be seved with him 1Perfe ctiNniists r
strivsrs towa Ids perfection in all ' a ya-- mem
tai, moral, pi :sysiaaI and spiritua,.
Mingled VI sai] this were other gdpcaassrines OF
the equality Il all mankind, ard particularly
the equality sof men and women. IIet be-
feved that bose in whom the -plrHt truly
dwelt shouic separate themselves frl11 the
world and lte as one family, and iea.cn.n to
community e goods, as in the daYsof Eie
early Christ kns I4s
For such y cheese, also, there sihorlia Nbs
Christian L erty. The existing Iafrirs Ia We
gard + maj ;iaEse, as other matters, snCsld
not b bind sg on them. His doctrines Ia
regard to carriage were more trrioualy
criticised til n any oth,rs. And ,Eet tizsy
seem to hay meant directly the orpssite Of
what they !rs8 commonly supposed No do.
Noyes bSiie nd that ME and women should
live in a 81 lite Of celibacy ordinarily, and
that childrei should only be born from So
lected paren b IL Is a fact that few children
were born i sthe Oneida community. Such
as were wer }turned into a common nursery
and school, ocm.
The won An Of the organii aticn looked
very queer p the outside world Many OF
| them were ~;holesorne and heaithful looking,
but they VIC .e dltesseil made for convenience
rather than for adorInlnent-scant 8skIrte to
their knees, will trousers Of the same goods
below. tt y IiAir vas cut short, and they
wore no cor A&ss, but al dress in one pieea fit
ting the for: NJ a nd bixttorled close III, To the
throat. NNya balteyed TINT women v-ere
put into thu Feiid for something elsa than
merely to ! ok fascinating and enticiniaE. to
mem
Noyes' "a icningss were 10 opposed to the
Views Of Thu church that his license no preach
was speedil: ftaisttl from him. Then he com
menced to bniaa his p~n sect. He married
Harriet Hoi ton dnd with her obtained snfi-
cient land d III money on which toifound his
[cslony. 81 Wa All perfect sympathy with
his plans. The first colony WAS started at
Putney, VI EasUt The citizens OF Putney
thought thu 4 hha sorlathing tts say about the
Perfection. ts They broke up the settle
ment4
Then No, aN,rd bis band Of followers went
to a retired reeica, In Madison county, N. Y.
and set up housekeeping. That was in 1871.
The comp 1y bought 600 acres OF land in
course OF ii tne. They began to practice theft
doctrines AIworksd for the good Of the
community lswitliosS seeking gain for him.
sell In t rtyTHysars they had, without at all
attempting tnNdb sa, amassed q valuable proi
erty, worth s5B0,saf0O. Yhe aOneida trap,
known to Jun hunters the country over, was
the invent pn pf sa old Canadian trappcr
who hid ! Sfned thu community. They pros
persd gre sly and seemed to live in peacc
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