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The men at once became interested, and
came running over to the carriage. They
closely, and seemed to suspect that the latter
possessed occult powers. They were very
Who would 30 a good man 70 see in, the
colony? ?" asked the reporter " Who could tell
:" Mr.. Bajuk, Mr. Lubirofr. or.A1r. steinb
When the carriage, started on they lifted
their hats and went back to the blacksmith
shop. little further on buggy came up the
road. which the driver recognized as coming
well fed animal, and the buggy would not
nave LOCKED f, out OF place IN the streets Of any
Jews sat In 1t. They nodded to the driver as
o,.I They 6ayo S9t A. 2 number Of good horses
apiece. They don't buy any poor horses"
the RST staon
In a little square at this point were tethered q
teams Of the Alliance coionists. Pied 'T up 1n on
the platform OF the station. 80 as to impede
9s S
INTO piles that could Be- easily put on to the
oney STRIP Of eopnsrS The Phsd hsd slms nHs
attention to the driver OF bis Companion. n''N ~
Some OF the crates. which were open, re-
Hso EsssG he SeN ns nz s So @
form was 80 jammed, and the road was filled
with teams and horses, the driver said that
this was a faint picture Of the scene during the
busy season.
1T is getting very near toward the end OF
the berry season" he said. and farmers have
almost got through shipping. In the height OF
the season II IL almost impossible to drive q
team through There isn't a place anywhere
around here then. not even In Vineland, that
looks as lively as this. They ship all their
things from here because 1t is nearer to their
farms than the Pennsylvania road. The Jews
do more shipping than any OF the other farmers
around here Most of their produce is sent 10
New York. but some of 1t goes to Philadelphia
From the station out the main road goes d.
rectly into the colony. The latter is a collec-
tion OF scattered houses. most OF them being
at least half an acre apart. The country is not
very much diversified the hills being very
low. The houses are spread out over the whole
farm.
Along the road in the direction IN which the
were being erected. They werelall OF modern
tlonally well built for:farmh honses., One large
brlcK house was In course Of erection, and the
workmen sm,2pped to look at the carriage as it
came up. The reporter, who had never seen o
Jewish mechanic before. although no had been
around a good deal in the Jewish quarter
In New York. was surprised TO see that all the
men engaged on this building we're Jews
Ihere were carpenters. bricklayers mRsons,
plasterers and glaciers. all with their impe-
ments and all industriously at work. The re-
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house which is one OF the most pretentlous on
any farm in that part of Jersey. 1t stands In
front OF the house, which was put up some
factory, for he has gone into the manufacture
OF shirts, boys waists. and summer clothing,
contracts from Baltimore, Philadelphia. and
New, York. When tho reporter. came over
Mr.. Lubiroff at once conducted him into tho
narlor OF his new house and called In n half
dozen members OF his family. The parlor was
very neatly furnished and looked bright and
and wide piazza in front. The farm looked
very well with its berry bushes. grape vines
MIR. Lubrofr soon slowed that he was a
his success. He thought that. It would assist
put up. Mr Lublrotr thought also that. mas nese
much rs the main business done at Bradway
would be only fair to change the name to Ali
ance. There is another station called Broadway.
SGh he sSd Gon
tage to prevent confusion to have tho one
rivals IN the colony; are among the Oldest peo-
ple in the colony. The Oldest of all is a man
In handsome new house. % He is SHY Is years EI old.
Most OF the colonists. however. are around 40.
Those who are older are parents who have been
brought over since the colony became success
full, while those who are younger are the chill
dren who havo been born there or who were
ment OF the colony. When the reporter started
to go away .Lubirotf pressed him very hard to
remain and take dinner with his family.
We have nothing but eggs and berries" he
said. and good milk. but your are most well
come to what we have"
From Lubiroff's the reporter went over to one
OF the barracks, which is still standing at the
top OF the hill on the main road. He found II
an ugly building, every inch OF Its interior space
occupied by families. The rooms were very
small and cheapy finished A horde OF infants
OF varying ages and a lot Of curious women
came out to gaze at the reporter and the driver
They talked together In Jargon. and watched
them all the time they were there. In one
room In which the reporter looked the shochet
was seated at a table with about a dozen little
children around him. He had n Hebrew book,
OF which they had copies. and was teaching
them Hebrew prayers AS the reporter looked
in the old man was reading or:
Boruch Rrto adonai blessed be Thou. oh
Lord"
The children repeated each word after him
In chorus Some Of them could not have been
over six years old. and the Oldest was probably
not twelve. The old man was typical east
side Polish jew In appearance. He had q long
gray beard, unkemrt hair, and slovenly dress
His house. a little bit OF frame structure, was
q short distance from the barracks Ho could
German fairly well. He was the first person
that the reporter had met In the settlement
who had that air OF suspicion which ia char
acteristic OF tho east side New York Jew
He wanted to know what the reporter was
there for. aud when he was told. no wanted TO
any good. He consented very readily to have
his portrait taken when be was assured that it
wouldn't cost him anything but was dlsap-
pointed Mt not getting cony right AWAY. lie
insisted upon posing and could not be induced
to get into natural position. He eyed the
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porter stopred to observe them for time and
hotlced that each one worked INDEPENDENTLY.
have his own idea OF how his work should be
done and worked according to that. Neverthe;,
In the result. and tho building looked solid and
supstantial IN every part OF it.
hn fIongasIde aIi were TT9yefal wooden houses Just
the Queen Anne style. The ownors or builders
had evidently desired to make them ornate but
tered them, when they were half finished.
There was light blue and a Pompeiian red
house. but tho others were plain.
From this Point the farms began to stretch
out in every dlrection. They were all under
put to some good, purpose. Grape vines. peach
trees. berry bushes. and sweet-po;ato fields
reporter could see. All the farms appeared to
tion than others; Several OF the farms looked
as though somebody had gono over them every
morning TO pick up stray stones pull off dead
leaves. and clear up tho place generally. All
Tho vines were loaded down with green
grapes but tho peach trees and the berry
seasHn wSs %sTs al T9e
crop In southern New Jersey has been failure
this year. While looking over the farms, a
the reporter as Moses BaJuk, one OF the lead
ing colonists,. MIR, ,Bajuk was u rather kindly
had brown hair and brown beard and brown
eyes he was about 40 years old. The reporter
had q letter OF Introduction TO him from Judge
Isaaes OF New York. ono Of the members of tho
Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society.
Mr., Bajuk greeted the .reporter cordially.
and invited him up to his house. On the way
n number Of farmhonses were pissed, and the
reporter loft Mr.; Baluk to look at these, before
going further. Here no came across the flrst
settlers at work In the field Two young Jews
wero wedding IN et-potato field. There
were number OF weeds. but none OF them es-
capped their attention. They looked up as the
reporter came along and gave him chance 10
get snap shot At tLem with his camera When
they looked amused. but didn't seem 10 have
any curiosity to see them. Possibly they
doubted the statement.
Mr.. Bajuk's house stood back some distance
from the road, and there was quite q patch OF
ground, covered with berry bushes and trO0S,
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at this time. Tho Post ofIlce is a very unioue
affair. " is rough. unDainted wooden struc-
Q. United States mall box also on the ontsIde'
Mr.. Seldes, besides being tho Postmaster. is
district CLERK OF the school funds and has
charge OF the money loaned from the state for
school purposes. There are two religious
teachers In the colony, tho shochet. Woif Te.
another one man named Randol oh, who had %
reputation for considerable learning. but ho
wasn't one OF the settlers and had been in the
country q long time before he came here. He
lives in Philadelphia aud only goes to the col.
ony occasionally. During, the regular school
catechism in the evenings at the houses OF the
telchers.
I he cemetery Of the colony Is one Of It's most
tho colony has been opndsd aud there Ts Is only only
has not been single child born alive that did
has been increasing very steadily. this is a
colony, and when one is needed he is sent for
from Iinelnnd or some other town. The cem-
email bit OF land, enclosed by a picket fence.
bushes M and shrnbbery grow at will. and tho
fey graves are almost hidden.
strange to say, in this Jewish community
there is no rabbi or cantor. As was explained
10 the reporter there are about a dozen OF the
vices at any time. and these take turn at acting
rahoi; rats Every one Of the colonists. when he
around his arm and tnrpinS 70 the eSs, S9p Sowp
repe9tedly in, the direction Of Jerusalem and
says his morning prayers. The strap is wound
and unwound good many times. each wind
Ing haying its own Significance. Every day
some OF the colonists go into town. and they
can be met In almost any OF the villages around
the colony. Most OF them. however, go to
Nineland. and here is where they buy their
supplies. All through the farms may be seen
little places where arbors have been built
under the shade OF which tho berries and other
fruit are packed IN crates before they are tax on
70 the station. When the reporter got back TO
Nineland he was told by the Leach brothers
that the children who have boen attending the
public schools at Lower Neck have stood very
high in all the classes. almost Invariably
higher than children OF the came ages from the
other villages. There has been good deal OF
prejudice on this account 1t having been
averred that the jewish children were not so
neat and clean as the Others but the trustees,
who were not partial. put the objeotors to, the
test. and there was no evidence adduced to
show that the children OF the colonists wero
not as we'll behaved and rs cleanly as the
others. The Messrs. Leach said that while
some prejudice still existed 1t was only in the
minds Of those who would not be convinced
under any circumstances. The industry OF the
coionists was the marvel OF the whole country
side.
:" 1t Is wonderful" said one OF tho brothers.
. to observe the change that has been wrought
In them since they came here. 1t Is almost I'M
possible for us to believe that they are the
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snee from persons outside of the country. and
not few were caught and transported for life.
and established means Of communication with
saf saS outside werld. not unlike the underground
ne war. subterfuGe and disGuises were
eSsn eaSSn Paris and Berlin. and Icy the facts before
was was promised but the problem arose as to
were not desirous Of opening their doors to
thousands OF begGared, ignorant Russians,
Whose traits and characteristics had gotten
'nYEtn into trouble In their own country.
uIhe Spanish Government through its Primo
Minisler, offered an asylum and assistance to
these Jews might put new yigor into the dying
commerce OF the country But the pride OF tho
Se%s 1t London and Paris would not brook the
We shall never forget" they said proudly
fnraSo fIe prosecutions and crnelties 70 which our
ssPain., The horrors OF the InGusition OF Fer
Hinand and Isabella will never fade from our
tb1sm1S6ies bemH1S ~ The land where the most precions
u9h can never shelter us again"
tIhG Russian jews themseve wanted to go to
bsaFts n, tSd fqndy turned as the Land Of Promise.
S'ts Is Iho Paris Jews again nteriered. Previous
siSmnis t,n,t t. eYoonize poor Jews ip palest!pe
ssHut,oms' the climate. nor the land were
JJsSso,e JsNs to this class Of jews. The Paris
ssnaIhnG to do with the RussiSHs il the they PER- per-
bbsIea In their determination. and would only
SSS'p them II they would do as they were direct
come 10 America.
ihe members OF the Paris Hebrew .flianca
communicated with the Hebrew EmigrAnt Aid
ciSSs,iiety OF Now York and with other jewish So
Soodes %,de IN his country and arrangements were
IN piqbe ,bee i0r the establishment in New Jersey and
WSSaly families started on their way to the New
I""0a1d, but not all got here. Many who did
tbsSS never got so far as the farms TO which
VWsy Voly mad been sent Many remained in New
foi ~ik and ntheE cities. All the ARRANGEMENTS
HSTprew Emigrant Aid Society
hnnIeS purchased LOO acres OF wild brush
hsyei from all the villages and towns and
isa iIvie tle Immigrants were taken. OF the 100
issnnInes nat were led out into the wild tract Of
a foh fIS On May 10. 1882. not one had ever handled
iroTrpp u lmplomeht, and not one knew one berry
ioy another. When they saw the spot selected
tlelr new home they were greatly disap-
tkimI1iisd. and sot up hoWls and lamentations
''At 70 those described In various parts OF
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the olden times. and some OF the ideas and
thoughts expressed bore u remarkable resem-
offered by their ancestors when they were
being led out OF the wilderness
from west Russia, but nearly all had lived in
cities; The land to which they were now taken
mSer Gr som ro om Leach
structures which they cailed barracEs. Which
BECAME the nrst homes oi the settlers.
Each had fourteen little rooms similar to
stalls, ana their appearance from the outside
painted then, but have since been coated with
ibrowpish yellow raint. When the settlers got
IN aeS shsy KE GGSed k five big hye ed
ties Of the, occasion divided the settlers into
nve big family parties, aud for. some time
Of Hebtew Emieran. Aid Society saw the@
settled SAFELY. gave thom plenty Of provisions
ture as was absolutely necessa They divided
the "a land SO that each settler had fifteen acres
9efs 0s as% 1sn and a building site cold
at . per cent. Tho interest payments have
An expert German farmer named Fred Schmitt
was employed the first year to instruct the
He had good deal OF difiouIty with his pupils i;
sa a1 afs5, 6 5eSGuse they We're thoroughly dissat
to n Th ahd hS neH S1pE
vasons we're dishearteninG.
Those Those % were very unpleasant times for the
them. The committee OF the New York society
frequently visited them: and invariably went
away dlsgusted and DISCOURAGED. The people
whom they were wasting valuable time. for all
the members OF the committee were busy mon.
were anything but grateful. They threatened
to develop into the most abject beggars. and
they besieged the members OF the committee
with demands for assistance. Some went away
and the others remained and grumbled.
This state OF affairs lasted several years
The first and second seasons showed
n
event the most sagutne friends Of the
colony as though its history would be but a
repetition of that OF many other colonies start
ed In similar way and for similar purposes.
But there came change finally. The old hard
home to the settlers with startling vivdness.
Their continued and ceaseess requests for aid
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WILL THEY MAKE FARMERSH
yrssIiN JEWS TRYING 4 NEW oC-
CUPATION IN NEW JERSEY.

IN. story Of mn Interesting Experiment.
,.OJ.wirh Families, Escaping from Per-
..cut,on. Form n Farming COlony-Irh-
.ou, at FIrst, bat Great Progress Made
They Live In Happy Anarchy and Have
o.iv Once Invoked the LRw-wln the
other Hussian Jews DO ne wemt-
oth.r Colonies Not so Successful
Gable dispatches from apparently trust
,-orthy sources Indicate that thous ands OF Rus
alan Jews will be on their way to this country
,hortly. Banshod from tho dominlons OF the
Gar aud In many instances deprived OF their
rroperty these pereeouted wanderers will be
hroueht to America as the only country In
-hIeh they will be received. OF course, the
0raat m ajority will bo assisted by tho various
Hebrew societios formed for tho protection OF
,hs down -trodden race the world over. That
r,sAns. 10 state the case frankly that many OF
,hsss immigrants will be assisted paupers.
Their passage money. baggage. and means Of
subslstence after landing must be provided by
these societies.
Before tho United States Government will
allow these immigrants to enter its ports. the
Immigrants will have to furnish ample proof
that they will not become burdens on the
American people. The only way in which that
can BE- satisfactorily done will be by securing
from tho New York Hebrew societies interest
sd in this immigration bonds that will be prac-
teAl guarantees against pauperlsm. The
Baron Hirsch Committee on the Relief OF
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Russian Jews IN New York. with its income Of
$4,000 q month can do q great deal for such
ot the immigrants as get into the country; but
1t has frequently been asserted by officers Of
the committee thst this fund is not intended
to be used TO assist immigration. but only to
eimeliorate the condition OF Russian Jews In
The only society that can be relied on to help
iRratlon Protective Society. The immferants
aES Likely 70 their chief tan from the
Prev Alliance. 1t is the purpose OF the promi-
nent Hebrews here to prevent the immigrants
1.-the Y they do get in. from settling in the large
and misery Of the east side jewish quarter. is
great enough now, and would be much In
6epesRs assians HsFe added to BY the
The only hope OF the latter is to become
pe ss so 9 RagsS h eS%
pave been compelled to devote themselves to
F.dd TF.de NN other source Of income was open to
Way and they dont know 5 how Z to 'do Do
6avenS the fslntest idea Of farming. Sthey are
Inuaed to manual labor and last, but not least,
Their own mode Of living is I not Of bound @ E up
with luxury. but yet 1t is NOT 80 rough and con-
bts ee %sde ssnbs
See1 Sn IN hs So1 few
establish them: OF the others only two or three
can he considered real successes.
OF the latter. the settlement at Alliance, in
New Jersey. is an excellent type. In its his
tery are revealed much of the nature and the
IDEAS OF these Russian Jews, and In their pres
ient condition are manifested the results OF q
lew years OF freedom from persecution.
II.
Nestled among the rich fruit farms Of south
Hand, and half that distance from Norma on
the Central Railroad Of New Jersey, 10 the COL
Iony OF Alliance. the most strange. curious, and
lget quiet settlement in this part OF the United
states at least 1t was founded in the spring,
i ,Eht years ago. under circumstances very sim
lar to those which now obtain among tho
brethren OF the settlers In their native land.
Then. as now, persecution had burst forth
With great fury, and many scenes of violence
we're Witnessed before it's rigor had eased-
men rav1shed, and men murdered by biRoted
peasants and mechanics. Perhaps the Jews
were not altogether blameless for the out
burst, and perhaps the property DESTROYED was
not altoRether honorably won. but yet there was
hardly excuse for the cruel and bitter methods
edoRted by their prosecutors. Had II not been
tor the more honorable and enlightened Rus
sian CHRISTIANS. the numbers OF the Jews
you'd have been greatly depleted, These.
They secreted and protected the Jews until
NE storm had blown over and then assisted
them out OF the country. The Government
would not only not interfere IN the violent ac-
lions OF its people. but II attempted so far as it
could 10 prevent the escape OF the persecuted
ones from the country. It threatened with the
errors OF Siberia those who asked for assist
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they have remember when used to come
over here with the committee from New York
In the tlrst years OF the colony used TO think
that never saw such q lot OF dirty low-llved
people In all my days. They used to crowd
around the carriages begging. whining. and
making everybody sick. oh. Mr.. Henry
they would yell, or some other man, give mo
So or perhaps they would say $40. or s25.
over hero. They usod to live In the barracks
then, like a lot OF horses In n barn. They were
hSy tS4n that i Seemed u
SSogid SoGn Is, tax a word Of English eScept what
language, too. because they used &c jabber like
talking machines. It is no wonder that nobody
would have boon glad II they had picked up
beTrb sor dndS TSod SGd gSt out 1t m now
building all the time. too. They. know lots OF
people ip tl, the towns now and they get along
these, people, but they deal With Christians @
lnst a the hes same ss they do among themselves.
g. The horse s.9,,ws was getting out some, distance
came walking along the highway. whose cast
one o the sSsSers Walking nto @ Sneiand Sf Dc Tfs Hs
shoulders, and q rapid, swinging gait that de-
noted considera ole ,ph yslcal power. He had
set OF by pnir OF sparkling black eyes He
looked the driver and the reporter squarely In
the eyes and nodded to them In q tree. on
hand manner. lust as any other farmer might
II he were Of a friendly disposition.
He is going into Vineland." said the driver
tho farmers"
A little further up tho road there was a
DiacEsmlth shop where there were three more
thoy were having ground. Thev watched the
driver. waving their hands in recognition.
m ba aOln ho rtr
yelled 10 them. We are going to look 1t over
and take some pictures"
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succese and number OF children had received
prizes before the Close OF the term. Some OF
Lower Neck. but recently the state determined
TO erect school In the colony, which will be
known as Alliance Pioneer bchool, District
at the corner Of lsaAca and Honry ayennes
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tne Old Testament In fact, Il would have re-
CURED very little Imagination to make one
Ihe jews we're q stiiT-necked race ali by them
beiyes, and when. as now. they looked TO the
lehuors OF their raco to assist them out OF DIM
SnitleS leS THO faces and expressions were ex-
aetly ike those handed down by portraits Of
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In front OF t. II was q small house. not unlike
the ordinary farm house, and contained ak
rooms A carriage stood at the door waiting
for one OF Mr.. Bajuk's visltors. The reporter
vas shown into the parlor. which reminded
him very much, In some respects, OF the same
room in n New England farm house.
MIR. BaJuk had evidently obtained his ideas
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A FEDERAL INSTITUTION.

same persons who went shutting through our
streets. more abJect than any tramps. eight
paying off the morteaees on their farms and
are all eager to acquire more land In fact I
never saw n set OF mon 80 land hungry as these
York society was down here the settlers
crowded around them very anxtouo to, get
the settlers produced fat wallets. and one
offered to put up a forfeit Of $50 ut once In my
opinion the colony Is u great success"