The sun., 1890-08-17

were made to Understand that they must mus look look
value Of not ,pamperinG this class OF people. '
Driven 20 hard work. they, se!tled down to it
vineed that, they must work Tor their % living Wing
at the work laid before them. they accom-
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gan to grow on every bush. The settlers left
The barracks and put up individual houses
were purchased by the more frugal and in
and. instead OF certain ruin and degradation
the future began to appear bright and rosy,
SG6 bs dsS Of
ers and villagers In the vicinity This prejudice
was only natural at that time, for the settlers
around They had not yet been % able to to dTiys hiye
out Of their minds the fact that they were a
the villages OF !ineIand or BInRhamton they
never thought Of walking on the sidewalk, but
streets with their hats under their arms. bow.
Ing right and left in the most humble and alb
It was almost impossible to get them out of
this slaylsh habit No matter who it was they
met on the highway or in the villages whether
behaved the same. showing by their actions a
desire to apologize for being alive. or course.
them in the eyes Of the more ignorant Jersey
streets. gE and the old farmers and residents Of
ytneland showed by their manners that they
felt It Hardship that suoh an unprepossess-
inG lot should be settled among them
with pappers., The settlers knew no one out.
senpt to 6eSonns Wben aGS theS
went into store TO purchase something they
hasI IN the corner Until
rights of succession. For O long time they
could not understand how 1t was that they
hostility.
They would probably have fnlG!led the OK:
would have become settled inmates Of the
poorh2Muses M had not the New York committee
by them SO eSsSSiy The
sistentiy endeavored to drum into their heads
was the fact that they could oyercome any
bors by becoming honest. straightforward
American citizens
" II YOU dc expect to succeed. YOU must. like "s u.s.
become American citizens; must learn to ac-
eommodete yourselves to the manners and
your adopted country. These things you eau
Constant reIteration OF these sentiments
finally had effect. 1t grew upon tho settlers
nothing Very dc deo and By ess dSsress the9
learned TO walk on the sidewalk like other
them Covered unless Occasion called for 10 the The
contrary. They no longer crlnged to anybody.
perity which has since marked their history.
Among the persons vi ho assisted them were
the two brothers from whom tho land on which
they settled had been purchased, Tho Leach
brothors are known down in Nineland for
and charitable dispositions, and
from the first they felt that they must take an
interest IN the poor Russians. 1t was largely
sons. were correctly informed as to the settlers
and that consequently prejudice died out to q
latge extent Now only a small minority views
the colony with anything like distrust, and
many have positively friendly feelings fer e.
Tho New Yorker or average American who
thinks only OF the Russian Jew as q peddler
pawnbroker or cheap merchant. would be both
amazed and Eratified II he could ride over the
Iarms OF tho Alliance colony. as did SUN re-
porter one day last week. To get there from
Now York It is usual TO go TO PHILADELPHIA on
The Pennsylvania Railroad and thence TO Vine-
and on the Western Jersey Railroad. At Vine
and 1t is easy enough to got a good horse and
4 driver who knows considerable about the
settlement.
THE Sun reporter started from Vineland
,ary ono hot clear morning to drive over the
arm. On tho way the driver regaled him
With stories about tho colony and the settlers.
Ie WAS Jerseyman. and had had. as he
rnnkly owned. his preudices against the
colony whom 1t was first formed They had
disappeared. though, he said. in the changes
hat had como over the colonists.
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