The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-16
TO SETTLE In LUXEMBOURG.
SiIis:n Hungarian Immigrants Fresh From
The Old Country.
GR. ALTER OH O1Ics EXPERIENCE,
Drink wife Frivolous in Curl
Japcrs-N Many Immigi ants Have
Purchased Farms in Iuncn-
burg, and Are building
Town.

very quccr-looking party Of individ-
uals loungcd about the waitlne-rooms OF
the Southern railway depot yesterday AZ
ternoon, and attracted any amount OF
attention and comment Everybody who
came that way viewed the delegation
with intense interest. and only glance
was necessary 10 see that they were not
typical Americans. or even inhabitants of
this country.
There were sixteen OF them, all told.
The fathers were a very roush-lookins
specimen and 80 we're the mothers, for
that matter. They were dressed in very
coarse clothes and had with them several
bundles of household goods. There were
two families aud twelve children from
three years old ~ lOungcd on the benches
aud looked very quaint lhe tiii9 hau on
boots above their knees, and their hcaos
and nccks were suugly wrapped up Al
long munic4s OF r0ndescript shades that
Woi nd about them hait dozen uln'S.
Not one .. the delegation couid SPEAK Il
word Of Enghsh. There they remalued d
and cor Evcrsed 10 themselves FOR several
hours. until the train pulled out al %
O'Clock.
HuNoARIAS INMIcrAN.
They were two families OF immigrants.
and fncv arrived in New YORK ohiy a
week ago. FROM New YORK they TOOK thg
old Dominion steamer for Richmond, anu
arrived iu this city yesterday az ! SiooH-.
They were accompanied by Joseph RANK
and brother. who are al the head OF q
southern Colonization and lmmiHfaNVl
Bureau. with headquarters at hoon ~
World building. New YORK ana -. Ni,,I'
who rs connected with the same concern.
These gentlemen have control or la'E.
tracks of land $50 Luncnburs county ana
at many other districts IN ihe @ @hiseu
states. and were D0lnd lot l-'ItilLi q
v here they had sold The Immigrants small
ssrms uuOn which 10 settle ire ltnu
agents through advertisements, get the
foreign settlers TO purchase lands upon
insialments. and form colonies lh l"dl
way.
had a talk with Mr. Frank yesterday
afternoon lust before The train pulled OUT
for Luncnnurg. tie said that the imml-
grants he then had in charge arrived IN
New York last Monday from HNhEatNs .
and were going down TO settle among a
foreign colony in Luncnhurg between Me
herriu and Double Bridge, about eleven
miles from Nattsboro. Ihey cdiIleu
TWENTY-FIVE Immigrants down TO tlai
nciehborhood about week ago and since
The 10Th OF last October had succeeded ia
locating nifty families of the tofeifneis'
one hundred and twelve families, sara ne'
had purchased lands uuOn WhiCn 10 Stiut,
and would locate before next spring
There are now about twonty-iour iami
lies living in fhp irHncnhure settlement.
q town. Mr. Frank thinks that WITHIN a
fcu Years Do viii have succeeded IN Dullu-
ing up 70 town of some three thousand
foreigners iu that locality. Ihe 'oiom
cation Bureau. said he. owned about SIX
thousand acres OF land In IunenbulR,
and We're having IL setticd as fast as pos
sihle. The immigrants produce great
1rany grapes among other things. They
will conduct several other immigrant
families there in a short while. MT.
Alter hhs the position OF interpreter
1uE CASE or OTTO.
When asked about the case of Peter
otto whose letter of complaint at ms
treatment ny i.nncnburg citizens Was pub
lished exclusively IN yesterdays Times
Mr.. Frank said.
.Ycs. We sold Otto some land, and ho
settled there ~ was not in The noishbof-
hood of Waftshoro. as stated hN Rtioi
hut between Mohcrrin ana Double Bridge
otto made a partial payment Tor The
farm and lcft his wife ana child there
and went back 10 New York. lie was not
au industrious man, and drank freely.
consequently De dii not sucCccd. Ills
wife was not like tho other thrifty set
Tiers there. hui pat her nair up ~ papers
and was quite lively. She lroiickcd Win
other men and got into trouble that way.
our company does not hold itself re
sronsIhie tor such affairs as that of which
otto COMPLAINS. lne trouble vas oue
LARGELY fo himself and ms wife. who were
careless with their tongues and made
themselves disaErccahlc To some oi tho
natives II "A man looks after BIS bust
ness down there. and does not interfere
with other people. u" viii have no traAD.e
whatever in getting along. II is a peace
able neighbofhood. and there IS no rca-
son for complaint on the part OF straight
forward honest working people The
families We located there are thoroughly
nieaeed with their surroundings. and
have gone To work and built up the set.
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