Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-12-05
TIE z0AR COMMUNITY.
A VISIT TO oHlo's SETTLEMENT
or mYsTIcs AND COMMUNISTS.

communists " cohpttte Htltc hiheooh AZ
itself, aud not such very little kingdom.
either The Zoarites own 1900 acres Of land
| In one tract OF which half Is under cultiva-
ton while tho remainder Is heavily tim
bered with valuable walnut, oak and pine
trees Their original purchase here was TO-
900 acres, but 1900 have been sold from tins
10 time at a great advance over first cost.
Every article, implement or machine that
| IL used, wrought with, eaten, drank or worn
1 By the Zoarites Is produced in Zoar, ~ ara
| also the materials Of which IL Ii composed.
/ The only exceptions 20 this rule are coffee,
tea, sugar and spices. The shoes the Zoarites /
wear arc made by their own shoemakers /
| from leather prepared by their own tanners |
| from hides taken from their own cattle. The |
coal that warns them and cooks their food 10 /
dug In their own mines and is burned Ina /
stoves cast in their own foundry from iron /
! smelted IN their own furnaces from ore found /
i la abundance ON their own lands. The cloth /
ing that covers them is made by their own |
| taiiors from cloth woven in their own mill /
| from wool sheared from their own sheep. |
| Tho beer they drink Is brewed in their own |
brewery from malt made by their own malt
sters and hops grown on their own lands.
All manufacturing IN Zoar is done by
water power Steam is scarcely used at all
made to How with sufficient swiftness and
volume To supply thirty OF forty horse power
TO each OF the Zuarite manufactures Nearly
all Che machinery used made In Zoar by
Zoarite mechanics. One of their principal
products is -four, Of which, after supplying
their own wants, they ship large quantities
to Pittsburg. Cleveland, Washington and
Baltimore.
THE cow STABLES
One Of the chief places OF interest In zoar
| IL the great collection OF immense barns, in
which the mich cattle are kept A consid-
cradle portion Of the Zoarites' wealth Is In
vested In their live stock. and they have de-
voted much attention 20 determining what
are really the best breeds They have ex-
, perimented largely with the Holstein. the
Jersey the Aiderney and the Durham. and
are now inclined 10 favor the last named,
, though all four varieties well represented
in their herds
Every sanitary and convenient device that
. modern ingenuity has been able 10 suggest Is
utilized In the construction Of these cow sta
bles The stalls extend in long rows on either
side of a bread aisle, and the conditions for
light and ventilation are of the most favorable
:, kind Already the out at pasture.
: and il Is a rare sight TO SEQ the mild faced,
patient creatures come ding In at eventids
:. one knowing her accustomed place and going
voluntarily TO it without the slightest dis
{, turbance or confusion
. On the morning aud evening of each day
all the young women in Zoar repair In merry
l. procession Ia thsse barns and milk the cows
, As members OF congress sometimes are for q
> mnch less useful purpose. the girls ar,
= paired and each two assigned eight
p cows which they must always milk. Fancy
= more than thirty buxom young milk
e maids with the good looks which are tn,
| offspring of good health, outdoor exercis'
= and good diet sparkling In their eyes. lip
and cheeks. Each one Is tastefully dresse,
"A In well fitting chintz calico, and wears
white apron, which, like everything els
ID about these most attractive young women,
~ scrupulously neat and clean
- Another place IN which to see the Zoarit
young women 10 advantage is the bakery
where all the bread and pies for the entir
use community are baked fresh ever. morning
!, From - to 100 loayes comprise tt, sverag
4 daily consumption of the town. ehe haISin
Is done by men, but each household sends II
young women to the bakery To procure |,
supply OF daily bread and carry IL hom,
wrapped in a large spotless white clotl
which each danlsel carries with her
AIRING" THE LITTLE ONES.
Besides these quaint professions Of your
women to the cow stables and the baker
there Is another similar one 20 he seen In Zos
- on every pleasant day That is, a processic
of girls ranging from to i3 years, eat
drawing In an old fashioned baby carriage
younger brother or sister Tor an airing.
all property In znar il held In common.
"a. the zoarites share equally aud participa
nc together in all their pleasures and dutis
-. Thus even the babies of the society a
al.s a.
M procession.
to For the pleasure OF the members OF tho 8
De- ciety and their visitors public garden and
,ca greenhouse are maintained in Zoar Bo
= ara OF considerable extent and would
az highly creiitable to any large city. II
lie garden Ii tasteIuily laid out and cuntai
lid some noble tres and elegant shrubbery
th. large and delightfully."- cool arbor in the &C
,as ter Is entirely concealed by the latter r
- greenhouse boasts fine collection OF choi
au plants aud flowers. There is no prohibito
ng mo admittancen or Hands orr on an
led thing, and every ono Is free TO enter at /
es times and roam about at will.
-, From the garden and greenhouse II Is bui
- few steps 10 the picnic ground, a grove
aSS grand old forest trees. IN which the Zuarli
ter nave placed swings and covered danci
Ills platform for tine njoym.nt of their young
iii visitors, who IN summer time come In lar
-. numbers from surrounding cities and tow
II as well as from the ad jaeent country and q
5ot mic here on two or three days of almost eve
yer week. But swinging and dancing are 4
me the only amnsements provided for tn,
mo young people by their good friends the zoa
&c who lind their chief happiness in MAXI
others happy Many beautiful pleasure bo.
+. are maintained here. and no stream could
VI. better adapted for boating than the Tuscai
river
II any people In the world practically
dorse, In every possible way. old John W
leys saying that cleanliness is next to goe
ness that people are the Zoarites In
~ brewing Of their beer. the making Of tn
III wine, the milking of their cows, the haki
/ of their bread. and the slanghtering Of th
| cattle their chief object seems 10 be- the
| tainment Of tho highest possible degree
/ cleanliness Their slaughter house. VIII
| 1 some magnificent beeyes are killed daily,
| model In that particular. They ara "
| | fond of the pleasures of the table, and th
are few city hotels whose bill Of fare p
4 m SCENTS greater variety than that of
IL Zoarite village inn while none snrpass il
excellence Of cookery - nar lu.l Cor. c
cago Times
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