The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-27
RUSSIAN jews IN ooxxrcr1cU-
A nusy ssA Thsivsse Colony night Miles
from Norwich.

A Busy oao ThS1veo9 sosonS 1SSss
from Norwich.
NoswrcH, April 25.--The colony Of Russian
Hebrews at Chesterfield hamlet. In this coun-
ty. tho largest md most Important one thst
has boon established by means Of the Baron
Uirsch fund, has nearly completed q $4,000
tabernacle thore. and will dedicate 1t soon.
with novel and interesting ceremonies. The
ceremonies will continue two days. and thou
sands Of country people and prominent He-
brews Of New York and Connecticut will attend
them. The Chesterfield colony. which Is only
about two years old. Is a curious social ana
industrial experiment among tho bleak and
sterile hills OF the Nutmeg state. and Is stiil
Ms great curiosity to the Puritan society that
environs It rs whom tho strange foreigners
first appeared horo.
Chesterfield 10 a typical Connecticut rural
hamlet. 1t is In the pleasant valley among lofty
hills In the town Of Montvl!c.eight or nine miles
southwest Of this city. and equally distant
from other important towns and railroads.
There are nfteen or twenty white. painted. old
fashioned farmhouscs along tho margin OF
rollicking trout brook. n Crist and snwmill.
one or two stores. p It ONCE. and q M Oldest
white church with n square tower on the VII
lnge green. Bcglrt with distant. sweeping
hills. and remote from the nRdding crowd.
the hamlet is as seQuestered az 1t 10 pretty and
attractive: md for the past $50 years the
stream OF lie has ebbed and flowed as serenely
and uneventfully there as in the story Of the
Happy Valley" OF Easselas.
But since the advent Of the thrifty and stir
ring Russian Hebrews two years ago a wonder
full change has bcfallen tho social and indus
trial character OF Chesterfield. In place OF tho
easy-going. self-indulgent and In many In
stances thri!tless Yankee farmers. the former
owneSs OF the wide Chesterfield acres. there
arsfAow tall gaunt, black-visaged. and be-
whislcred foreigners. who stride about the
village with restless. almost hungry looks; In
place Of the doing old grist mil! is brand
new and busting hat factory: In tho old-tims
Chi dt en- toll sixteen hours q day at hat. coat.
and ,pocketbo2k making. and not far from the
s4 psr IT *, eh1ys IL the new strange syna
prospered wonderfully since they took posses
sys q san"y R Ssn sf
AID az Ss Via s s1a q 5 ssss %s s.
Wilmington !. ana the Devils HGE Yard district:
already Owl, cost thom Just sSs. 90. ss7.ss66
they have already paid while the
a Tks f9Sest farm IN the Colony
Esn s9ss hin 25 and hsSs
long t. W Hindin and %eissbers f eaeh o Of
t TsS% s ana sa sst
n1;aIiIy fertile; but so9d deal q ne land =
re Tx sfe% fssa' sss
ter end a.
The secret ot the success that has attended
iarnia noted is in their marvellous thrift and
economy. perseyerancc. long hours Of labor.
snns fhs DOZEN Sesde
economy; Everybody. male end female. young
handle or over hi, hat block while he discusses
Salem farmer told Ire story Of the Colony Il
eE s s sed 5 essy o wpfS dsv
The1 are are ali rsht Thcy 70 NINA lima tbeir !n own
10y arc nos seqy
som bSt 4 hs 70 faSs svs RoR x
som sthinE among them. In one house, you
out oothing..cheap goods-for tho New York
children, perhaps dozen hands. are making
hss spece n
poeketbook s.the cheap wallets 10 which peo-
day. e The s seat
the main colony isMs is the same stery evesy
body Is doing something. and doing 1t all day.
Another house makes suspenders another
The ceionists have also turned their stten-
ton to the dairy business. and sold fine butter
and New London Trey sompeted % cr NS1q
this week. about 30x4O feet In size. and here
susr T Kilt to &c s5d Re Ss
host Of fowls. which proauce hundreds ' q
Ing conneeticut cities. 'o For :. several nonths
hsS nat Was IN
than double that 81 the former works. Within
IN ss@s tShSoa tho shap
" aas sRe n ns
Spacious Raymond farm in Salem. VIZ ''''
The tabernacle. which is a plain and unpre-
It is near the, old Latmer grist mill. not far
from the village cemetery in the outskirts
MI. IuSSo OF tho I1eDreW JnutlLl6S OF NOW
York has furnished 1t with a handsome carpet,
and Louis Hahn OF this city gave hanging
stove, and chairs,
At the dedication Of tho tabernacle Coroner
Ferdinand Levy Of New York will deliver the
opening address and the rabbi Of New Haven
the dedicatory sermon. Other addresses will
Bachart Of the same city. and other influential
Hebrews Of this State and New York. A choir
led BY Israel Mackloysky Of the Congregation
Birth lsrae! OF New York. Hundreds Of guests
prominent Hebrews from New York and other
Dr.. 8. s. Kohns OF New York has Just been
appointed to be MEDICAL director OF the col
oi,y. and he arrived in New London this week
and orened An office there, He is a graduate
from Harvard and q diploma from Yale. He
It Ia lew project OF the colony to establish o
New England Hebrew Benefit Association.
with an Office at Chesterfield. The colony has
also lust compile u colony store. which does
q thriving business. An evening school is soon
to 10 established in the village. Agents Of the
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