Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-06

Hendricks ~ Thousands 81 Acres of un-
developed rauiinry.
II is perhaps needless to remind the
reader that thore are some fi1,OU0 acres
Of waste lands Ia Suffolk county. Long
Island. They arc now covered with
fiuntcd pines. scrub oak and underbrush.
II tillablc these barren acres are advan.
tageously situated Tor the experiment of
colonization. The question as 10 their
possible fertility hau bscn answered 10th
ways, and it rs rapidly appearing. " not
already demonstrated. that those who
denied their produciiyoncss under proper
cultivation have been IN error Years
ago Governor John a. Dix called the
attention u the New York State Agn
cultural society TO these lands.
Since Governor Dis wrote many sue
ccsful experiments Ia cultivation Of
these lands have confirmed his judy
mont None OF these can have more in
t0rosi Tor the sOciologist than that q
the Bohemian colony. situated midway
between Ronkunkumn aud sayyillc. w
what is now u fertile garden spot that
bursts Unexpectedly on the yiow--nn
oasis Ia dense and drcary wilderness Of
dwarfed oaks aud prolific undcrbrush.
This community was formed q score VI
years ngo under circumstances the most
uupromising. Near the picturesque NJ.
tie round lake called Ronsonkuma. 80
deep that local legend pronounces y un.
tathomnblo aud Whose outlet has never
been discovered. lies Lakeland. hithor.
TO wild tract Of scrub and furze. on
which It was proposed 20 establish a
colony Among those who were Ia.
duccd 20 purchase land there IN the days
when dramatically worded advertise
mcnis dcdcribcd It as an Eden. wcro
three Bohemian families WIN had ar
rived IN this country but a short time
before.
The heads Of these families were John
Koriochyil, Joshua Wayra aud Joseph
Houla. Thcy were honest, crodulols
folk. unfamiliar with tho wiles of the
"boomer." and they purchased their
lind unseen on his representations. But
whom In the waning autumn thoy and
their wivca and little ONES beheld Lake
Land, It's only harvest frost tinted, sun
dried. crnkling leaves, their hopes sick.
enod aud they would have returned 10
New York u they could. But they were
without means 10 support themselves In
the city. Hence. indifferent where It
mi; ht be- found. they sought more prum.
ising territory toward the south. and
after wandering distance Of three miles
they l,nclt In the woods 10 implorc di.
vine direction. BY common impulse
thoy wore moved to choose the sp.t
whore they thus knolt ~ the center u
their settlement.
The men ploddcd back 10 Lakeland.
and thence lab0ri0usly brought their
personal effects. the more important Of
which were canvus tent and a cooking
stove. When shelter was thus secured
and an attempt made 20 lgindlc u fire II
was sorrowfully discovered that there
was not u match Ia tho colony and all
Bohemia laughs to tlis day when tho
story Is told Of John Kortochyil scizing
bis nuskct and firing the charge into
tho grato, thus providcnhally kindling
tho tire while running the risk of blow.
ing the precious stove 10 pieces.
The mon found work on. the Great
EhAAA iNN hNNA ~ " WI AN' AtAAAlH "
the sou,hsido gentry; aud before long
each family dwolt In its primitive hut.
aud men aud women unitediY laborcd to
clear the land and prepare 1t for crop.
The narrative Of their struggle would be
mono,onous. Enough TINT II was sue.
ccssful Gradually their numbers wcro
rc.onforced uy other families Of thoii
countrymen, until there arc now fifty.
two houses and $50 settlers In the colony.
Pretty little dwellings thoy are, too, sur.
rounded by trim gardens and patches OF
land yielding crops Of corn, potatoes aud
other vegetables as bountiful rs can b.
found anywhere.
The area Of Boheininville q | 800 acres
800 Of which ARE under cultivation. A
commodious school building aud publ,
hall evidence the progressive spirit Of III,
villagers, some Of whom are old Catho
lies and others Hussitcs, Both scots hay,
neat chapclj, tho llusslto element os
pousing the forms of episcopacy under
the superintendent Of the Roy. John II
Prescott, rector Of ST. AIMS Episcopal
church, Sayyillc. Although English 1.
alone taught IN their school. they cling
to their mother tongue and 10 the Gus,
toms OF fathorlnnd, while all arlcntly
cherish tho memory OF John uuss.--
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