The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-30
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ASociaIis tic Weaver Who Will
Join a New Colony.
A Cooperative "Nation" to be Estab-
Iished in the West.
The NEws BUREAU.
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Next Monday Henry Thibedeau, until
recently weaver In the Wanskuck mill,
will start for Ruskin, Tennessee, where
he will be joined by 20 others, and the
party will try and establish . co-opcra-
tive colony. Ruskin is little wilderness
OF 1000 acres and 10 named after the
great English aat critic. John Ruskin.
II Is one mile northwest Of Tennessee City.
The land was bought BY j. A. Wayland.
editor and proprietor OF q little paper
printed out In Greensburg, Ind, known
AZ The Coming Nation, q paper that
refuses to publish advertisements, and is
Thibedeau subscribed for this
paid his 80 cents for one year, and
since then no has received the paper every
week. lie became imbued with Socialistic
ideas about year ago. OF, ,as he says, when
Shortly after he heard Mrs. Martha Moon
Avery speak upon the difference between
Socialism and Anarchy, and becoming
SO much impressed with the woman's
eloquent description of life under .
Socialistic form OF government, he
decided to adopt thai party as the only
party that would be beneficial to the
papers but those which advocated So
cialism. Early last week he received .
letter from the editor of The Coming Ne-
tion, notifying him that he had been se-
lected as one CT the party to colonize the
new nation down In Tennessee. The in
formation was great surprise to him, so
much SO that he wrote to tho editor ask
ing him II there was not some mistake.
He received In reply. q letter describing
the new colony, the fertility Of the soil and
all the necessary information in regard to
it.. Last Saturday he quit work In the
mill and this morning purchased tickets
for for Tsn5ss;es CITY, she lsre being 100
Ruskin, he Is supposed to deposit $125
toward necessary expenses. The settle
ment, besides q bounteous supply of
hickory, walnut and chestnut woods con-
tains number of beds of potter's clay and
limestone. The new colonists with their
families will have to live in log cabins,
which are already built, until such time
as the brickmakers Of the party build
brick houses for them. Mr.. Thibedeau,
at his neat little home on Cottage Row,
was very enthusiastic today over his selec-
tion as one of the party to
colonize the promised land. He
had no objection to telling
his future plans. He said that "wealth
belongs to him who creates 1t and every
dollar taken from industry without an
equivalent Is robbery. The men who
really own the world are limited in num-
bers. They own the gold and have kings
and queens and governments at their
call. When a new loan Is wanted
they make their conditions; the minor
of themselves, and the people adjust them
selves to the conditions as they can.
terests Of the moneybags. They
are the arbiters of peace and
war and OF the fate Of nations. The
Rothschilds, are the kings of the
watch wstcSiul IN MU every iand." ThiSeSs.u was wa,
born on farm in Indiana, but moved tc
Canada when a little boy. His father wal
killed intheiate rebellion, having enlisted
in Vermont regiment. At s O'Clock
Monday morning Thibedeau, his wife are nc
South. At the end of go days when they
expect to have 100 members In the colony
They will form O club to be known as the
Ruskin Cooperative Association. Ths
object of the association will be to owr
and operate manufactures, to acquire
land, to build homes for its employees
to insure the employees against want OF
educational and recrestive facilities
of the highest order, and to promote anc
maintain harmonious social relations or
the basis of cooperation. The officers o
the association will consist ofo president
vice president, secretary, treasurer, {
board of directors consisting Of 15 mem
bers, and superintendent OF thu
following departments: Department
of finance, department OF public
department of education and recreation
department of manufactures, department
of agriculture, department OF distribu
tion, department OF sanitation. There i
q place called Switzerland, 200 miles from
Ruskin, whose people have worked on th'
cooperative plan for the past 30 years.
Locals.
Terence p. Oates of Wanskuck will
| represent Division 3, A. o. H., at th'
county convention tomorrow in Paw
| tucket.
Loyal Lily Lodge OF Odd Fellows and
| invited guests leaves Sprague's Wharf q
| 3 O'Clock this afternoon on the steame
| Wave. Thomas Rison Is chairman OF tn
| committee In charge and the party will b
honored by the presence OF Representative
| Charles H Smart.
| Miss Margaret A. Hart and Margaret e
| Hart, cousins, and Miss Kate Lynch gav
| a lawn party In front of the residence Q
| William Parker on Hawkins street, las
! evening. There was large attendance.
| A lawn party was held by st. Paul.
| Chapter, Kings Daughters, on Carol
| street last evening. The party was II
charge OF Mrs. Nicholson. Tn
entertainment consisted of an anus
| ing two-act comedy entitled DIR. Cure
ALL" The new orchestra OF the youn
| Peoples Society furnished the music an
the large audience fully appreciated thei
efforts. The grounds we're lighted up
not with Chinese lanterns, but locomo
4 Al hn dxy a.,