Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-10-13

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Ths immigration ot Rus.l,n Jews into
the Cunncticut valley !. CREATING con
shi.rabl. comment among the farmer. Ia
that lo,ality. Asybd,Ai 90 .ympsihls.
ers ~ith three outcAsts from Ru.sis has
purchaseia q large tract u land near Hart
ford upon which colony ~iil ts located.
aud about Que hundrvi AMI fifty farms,
scattered throughout the valley from the
shofr q Long Island >oani IA q point
a. Tar north - Hartford. have h-sn set
tl.d uIron bV jewish families.
The fu~ that the Nc~ England farmer
has had to h"s ths pasi twenty five years
has hevu a very hard one Indeed, aud u
vas only hv the hardest lsbor aud the
closest sitsntion "a the inCome from his
fsrm aud the eNpsnse 20 carrying u on
that he hts hc,n able to keep his h.sd
ahoys water. aud the fac; that a com
Isetitof has ben planted almost sithin
~. shadow 90 hls humble dsrlllng, whs
l. only d-siroas 20 accumulating money /.
who i guVvrns,i ~ uo cote 20 moral
ethics, Who gives his t-',iy aud IT. cloth.
lug bat an ocCasloual uoagh, Who al
lows hi. house. Nj. barn, his sh~i aud
hi fenc-s On iall into rgln ani deCay
ahout him. While he slts conientedly on
l-rnch Ia The shadow ~ hls home
munchiug Onion tops and drawing saN.
AZ cnusolstion thruagh the stem 10 a
monstruus pip. has ~. effect ot hliing
m. ho.om 20 thi. frugal aborcr With
Disgust.
4. succ-s.fui tillers "a the soll the
Rus.isu le~s Who live in the Conncyti-
cut valley have proScn thsmsslNr. an
absolute tallurv. They have no cUnCep-
tion - the sci~ncc of farming, and they
apIat,utly I-uss.ss no ambition that
.purs them forward in the dir-Ction 20
lmprpV-m-ni. lhey arr Couirut With
Planting an acrv or two of potatoes, -
many acrc. 20 onions, q small plat of
corn aul irw Vegetables. Goats take
~. place % coss sith them, snd lard u
uss,i ln.tssd 20 butter. Hut very little
bread 0. CONSUMED hy thsm. They at =
gryai many .o-ls crackers. \ hsrrrl oi
cracker, quart 20 salt aud ir~
I-punds n Lard bos snd thcu l. at'out all
ths patronage that the country grover
can count ga frum them the year rouni.
The heavy Work % ths farm Il gvn-
orally psrformoi hy q single horss that
i. never mnr, than half tci. In plosine
q fsld bat little care l. taken la turning
= furru~ NJ the top crust u broken
The ploamtn s.yms O. D. sAiish~,i. The
harfuu iag l. done with q Coupl" ~ small
trvs. cut down And chalnci tosvthrr a.
ths butt Their fslds are never hss'l
more than onC~. N S-ssis spring up
thlskl, amous ths I.utato vln~s, th"y ar
rh.sffuiIy agsorlei a.. right of nay
after ths frst hnsiug l. fini.h-d.
Ills NlNes 20 the mrn uaanifcsi mnrc
susrgv by hf than \. shosn hy their
hushands while the man 30 tlIs hoase
b. dling about la th- shade he u often
tu d. fuuui sisiding . hDc. 90 truiging
lioug after tn hsrrpS. t. her u l'ii
ih- uork of preparing ~ood ior The iif,-
plac-. AMI a. ~ wost i. bf,,aghi 10 The
hauss fr,m the hill. sh- g,scs to the
near,si rail frncr Zoe her sspply.
Tils Eu..i.n Je~ mtnlfvsts ~" disi-'-
sitinu to adopt the eusiom. aui meii'ods
q %. m-n in The mldst 20 whom b" ha'
at III lut. ll- learn. nuthlng from OBJ
.sr,aiiun. fof b. never obs"rves. Hr
make. uo yfi1ft a. scgslfv q knos le'ige
20 The English language. lie live. in
hIth and travels sbuut Ia rags, snd u"
arnlV r,.i.ts ~ efforts that tend In ilIr
.iifvstiun 20 BIZ reformation. Almosi
sithuut sNc~ptiou every family the nrsi
yesr ~ their r,-.iisnc- hsVv bccomr a
rublic chsrgv They have h~"n Car'-i
fnr during ~ winter hy The tosn au-
thoutie. Tbsy slc-p on ,all'ts of straw
90 haV ou the fuut. ani one room an.
.Wers Tor diniug-ruom, BEDROOM aud
kitsh-u. Th- bou.suif~ nsglccts her
especial domain for the hcld. and 80
r,lu. .s,lusncy the liVing apartments ~
th- families hcComs uOthing les than
lI-.mslliug. hlthv d-ns. The children,
eu,,rus,i % no sanitary rule. afc N~fY
su.cvpiihIe 90 disease. and hardly a sss-
.au f,as.ss that SCARLET fewer, diphihsris,
m~a. .lrs and other conis giou. di.sssr. 10
not hfvak Out among them In the m".i
malignant form. ani the adult membrrs
~ thr family shos a. little concern ~ a
,a,.s q smallpox a. they would Al hari
cold.
The impression prevails that thsss iui-
migrants are b-ine imposed upon. \
movement l. ou fout among the farmers
afthr valley Sith a Nl~W o. preventing
further Immigration 20 Russian Jess tn-
o. that .sstiau by urging property hold
rr. o. ryiuss to Ill land for the purIsos"
~ making hom~s for this class 20 i'cr-
sons. American Agriculiurisi.
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