Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-09-29
TIE zOAR COMMUNITY.
= VISIT 70 oHiO's SETTLEMENT
or MysTIcs AND COMMUNISTS.

= village sarrounded " ! FsrtiIs Cou.-
try On the BankA ~ the Tuseasawas
Manufactures Cattle y sssing = To
Fair sx-Amnsements. Eta,
This settlement Of German mystics and
communists i complete little kingdrm h
itseE, and not such very little kingdom,
either. The Zoaritea own 1000 acre q land
In one tract. OF which half il under cuItfva-
ton, while the remainder i heavily tim-
bered with valuable walnut, oh ana pipe
trees Their original purchase here was TO-
900 acres, but 1000 have been sold from tim
to time at great advance over first cot.
Every article, implement Or machine fhaf
b used, wrought with, eaten, drank or worn
by the Zoarites il produced In Zoar, - ars
also the materials of which it is composed
Tho only exceptions to this rule are COLES.
tea, sugar and spices. The shoes the Zoarfteu
wear are made by their own shoemakery
from leather prepared By their own tanners
from hides taken from their own cattle. The
coal that warns them and cooks their food i
dug in their own mines and is burned in
stoves cast in their own foundry from iron
smelted in their own furnaces from ore found
in abundance on their own lands The CLOTH
ing that covers them in n,.de ~ t,,.;, -.
tailors from cloth woven n their ovr min
from wool sheared fron, their ovvn .h..,,
The beer they drink ia breved In tbeir owr
brewery from malt made by their own malt
sters and hops grown on their own ianda
All manufacturing in Zoar is done By
water power. Steam Is scarcely used at all
The Tuscarawas river. by means Of DAMS Il
made to flow with sufficient sp;ftnes. .nd
volume to supuly thirty IN. FORTY hor.a y,,,,.,
to each of the Zcarite n,anufactor;s. Na.-1v
all the machinerv need vvas ,n.da Il, Zr.- ~
Zoarire mechanics One Of their nrirr;n.I
prodI,c.s ia fo1r ,f which aft.,. .,,,,,,r,-;v<.
their own wants they shin larpa onartit;es
to Pittsbury. CLEVELAND Was6inotor .y,d
Baltimore.
ruv rovp
o., ~. 49, - 81 -
T. a. 80 - ess u zsoar
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- ....,. -. ~. sn1y nase oe-
- - ~, - - ue. e, in'nns "nas
'uo A11y nave e4-
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- c.e .'s' anu me DurIa"' ana
~" " .a'oi 'ue l1Se naneus
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~ H.. uo' =.
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-, =. ~. 20. - aois " sugses.
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- So, eAA ~ io,ie ro"s On eiIner
49, - : =. 60 anu .ne eonui1ions ior
lsns anu ven.lla.loi ale OF 1ne niosI favorable
Alisi .z..i 10y .ne Wv are ous AZ pasture.
~. - : : =. " &c lug n,iio iaceo'
+, ;-,.si-,-e - ~
voluntarily n II witbopt tba sl;.h+ast d;s'
turhanca q, confus;on
On the morning and EVENING" Of aacb dsv
all the young women in Zoar rena;, Il, ,,,a,-rv
n,,ocession TO these harms ana nile ~. ,,,,,.s
Az rnarnhars of e-,ngrass so,,,at;,,,as o., 80 :,
mncb less useful burmese +ba ,;-Is -
| ,'paired and each two are assiena5 s;rbt
cows. which they must always milf Fancv
more than thirty buxon, yonn, r,iIl,-
maids with the good IooLs which 90 ~,
ofTsnriner of good health o,,+dr,. s~s.,s;s.
and eood diet snarhIino, in tba;,. &C ia
and checks Each one i tastaf1IIv d,.essa5
in well f,tting chintz or c.lico a,d go
white apron which like evervtbinr Gle.
about these most attractive vo,,T, rvoy,,,, i
scr,n,lo,slv na.t and elaa,,
Another place in which 10 SOC the zoar;t.
vouny women To advant.ga i tha haI-a.,r
81 n nil flTsft has %rx%z
community arc bakad frash ayar, ,,,cr1;.,..
From T5 r. i'm, ,oavas co,ry,-,sa Il $500,
daily corr,,mr+ioy, ~ ~, to,rn -. $3.50
| Is 5ona nv men but each honsohold s.-,ds ;ts
| vorny vo,,er 70 the hal-a,.1 =, ,,,.,,,,,., -.
sunplv of daily bread and carry \ ho,,,,
wranned in a Iar-n snotlass wbita cIo+,,
| which each damseI CARRIES With har
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|
49, 80. - t'aHo plpoessions oi young
~, o4en " .-o s1eoiea anu 'ne paAery
= sii,iiii o,re 70 pe seen IN 1oar
"a eNe,y pieasiuO 10y nat L, procession
u SIS ion 70 10 years. eacn
~ ms - ~ o-1 ies.-Ionea osips carnage
svunsel o-oei " eisOE, III an airing. AS
a. a. 11;. =. ~ - ueiu u, eoiiiiiion' 70
.ne go i.es quo. eduaiy anu participate
g'ee' ~ az snen pieasu,es anu oulies-
anua =, e'en 1Ie papies VI 'ne soeieIy are
aueu iui1aieousiy III long ora"n OUT
piu :,
III .ne pleasule u 'ie ile,ipers Oh the So
icy anu 1nen 'ini1ois a puonc garuen anu a
e eenose "a uiain 'aineu IN Loar' DOM
&c y. siuN,' eA0enS anu "ouiu ue
ueiy - e .-lsi,, W any la'se SiIy- lne
e aiuen - I iaiu ou' anu contains
s s'nie nouie !, ees anu eieSah' snrupoery \
.al a-lu o1n noA uiy cooi a,oor IN the cen
y. - 80 ~ s7l " .ue ia''ei- Ane
seunose poas.s T III coilection OF cnoice
t,Mn ~ 4o Auee Is no pronioi1ory
~ ~ ILL 49, =, ilanus on on any,
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