The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-26

osllsnt eAlng-aA. expsdlent ~ WAlcA
The farmer secures all the benefits ef
socisty without sscri0cing any of tAs
utilities q Me In the couAtry. 4 coll
eny N Atnply. . farm village with
bones 4stabiished IN . cluseers WITH
shurches. schools. and storea jChicera
has 4 failroad. . sawmill. 1achin0
shops And q few other Industries. oper.
ated by col6nists, but Chicora y an ex-
ceptiop to the general rule. The build
ings az a rule are patterned after
Northern hemes and are. made the
Foundation instead Of the outcome Of
the struggle with nature Domestic
comfort and convenience are. In their
place the means. and not merely the
end Of life. Often the household goods
are attrectively enshrined = advance
Of the first fertilizers.
The spirit Of cooperation which iex-
lists in the well managed colony light
ems labor. saves money. and above all
leads to q sociability that can Be found
In no other communities In the world.
In a colony one plow will do the work
for a dozen of the ten acres enough
koi ~ u0ii Will = SOANiV6tOI GA
changes his work with another for the
labor OF saw. The man with q pig
exchanges a shoulder for q dozen chick
ems. The man who grows berries finds
a ready trader in the woman who has
more eggs than she can use. The man
who needs to dig ditch pays for the
labor of his neighbor by adding in the
shelling. of few bushels Of corn. When
a tool loses its edge II Is sharpened BY
the man who needs Ms owners ser
vices in fixing the kitchen clock. II
bricks fall out OF his chimney the car
penter devotes a few hours to the
bricklayer's roof in exchange for the
skill Of the mason. A coloRv. to my
mind. Is a vast clearing house. To the
more Industrious go the larger bal
ances.
The law Of the world Of lasiness has
Ms counterpart In the world Of labor.
Right minded and right thinking peo-
pie abandon the small. stuffy. half III
tenement house rooms for q colony
similar TO Chicora. The man who caa
prefer the seventh floor Of city tens-
ment to the healthful homes in . coli
Ony, 1t seems to me. Is filled with
Meanness of small conventionality In
which unconscious envy must e FOR
something Compare. ye who WILL the
dirty encased tenement Of the coal or
factory town. the black, crowded
streets. where the children swarm IN
darkness. and tsss s+S SAA6ss7BA ~
lamps Of the fskkTs .sszhsa Aara aAa
flicker. your breath cAo,se4 VIA ~
varied foulness OF sewer gaA ~ rook.
Ing swill tubs and the surroUaiinO q
a colony. with neat homes dottinS tAs
landscapes far and ear; houses mark
ing the lines of fresh roads, where ~
sunlight steals through the leaves q
the trees.
Colonization Is yet In the sunrise and
spring time Of its development. The
marvellous exhibit Of the past few years
II but the prologue to the swelling
theme. Only trihe Of the sarth's pas
lures are as yet under cultivation:
there are still thousands c! tt!!ssae
acres to be transformed into farms. aAk
the alert and potent influences that
have already done 30 much Are - ns
danger Of exhaustion. This sir1A1s. Ia.
tense life which has given q &uickeneA
impetus. an enlarged and propitious
meaning 70 the national talent for i'm
migration - - Q msre sSasm. II
comes nearer to marking an epoch Of
civilization. 1t h the new crowdins
cut the old: II = progress declaring
afresh that the earth 10 Ez=at> es4 IL
fullness thereof. And may neA ~
there Is destiny In it!' Or sAAn I sAiUoo
It by better name, And call II frovt.
Seocof
FRANZ A. HEYwOoD.