The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

munity was a religious association claim ing to derive It's example from the Bible: Moves himself was finely eancaiea man, being a graduate of Yale university and a deep student of the Bible. He when he announced his peculiar views on religious and social questions, he soon made a number of converts among Lne rugged farmers and mechanics or New England, where he first began his work, He encountersd great opposition, now, ever, and with hts followers determined to migrate to some distant region where greater freedom in the practice or tnelr iprecepts could be enjoyed. .
 About this time Jonathan Burt, wno owned few acres of land and fude saw mill on Oneida Creek. became inter- ested in. Moves and his doctrines and exs tended an invitation to him to come. to Oneida with his followers ana use tpe Burt nroperty as home Tor the new re, ligion. The invitation was accepted, ana leaving their snug New England homes the disciples of Moves followed him into a comparatively unknown country, opel- da Valley as they found II Tn leS was sparsely settled but very fertile, although hardly any of the land was unaer ontu- yation. Near by were the rude dwellings of the decayinR tribe Of Oneiea indians. lg From the start 1t was the tdea or Noyes and his followers composing tne & con th.. munity to make livelihood rom tne branches was undertaken, under the d. rection of Henry lIhacker, who had genius for fruit raising; New varieties varieties fully grown, but 1t was long way 70 the markets, and the venture, Wnich ap- sorbed most of the capital or the cum munity, was not money-maklhs sue- cess. When the financial affairs of the cem- munity were at their lowest ehp, denv, erance came in the person Of eewah l Newhouse, one of the prominent men bers. Newnouse was 2 natursi assad Sse hunter and trapper. and also possessee e ; lof great mechanical genius, There va | d blacksmith forge on the community | pl operty. and here NewhouSe hammereu | out steel traps for his own use m otion eaion | the traps "did the business and II Mss not long before the Indians ana nsisn- 2, | boring farmers came to MT. Newhouse t0 get him to make traps TOT @ them, srd S.1' of Keepers in adjacent places soon nearo oL the traps and began to keep Inem a | stock. The demand became so greet | that Mir. Newheuse could not make trap fast sn9,Sgh; asd assianed o5asr % te heip him l large order for traps from the Hudson | Bay Company which in some way nad | learned of MT, Newhouse's skiliful work' opened ths eEss a shf semssy ens mts9sspysmskns N m indsstry. and served te divert ths mem mem bers from horticulture to manufacture as { source of liyellheea' ,nt,u adt:s sss's On F . tt a.ss sssiSs s ssr. ss ssssa
 invsbtlea in asvlsInE new and lmnfqyfe forms ef social life as vas psEmlttsa, ,
 to S5nss ssssstaahbhIsssS ahhIssS sstssrS ssa iSrssr tsms, and ens that would hs both church ahe s a practical school for lmPFsysmegt 4, St chaFaetsTn No secret way mace aa,,ob,ps, gt ,n indeed, publicity vas openly s9a.Etsa ie5 .s, existence Of the social experiment., ana ciro.Se er9aasssat saasa Ss ss,y 9s a
 IF The eSfsSs ksynsts et the eempunLty eysr since It's ineeptieR sas hssI haFmens, harmony. an ;
 wa. this esSl.y espH ss sesgia'te to sdwsii ta
 setSer s'f a Che family for thirfy years, S to eat st. enc table, te held 2 eemm9e,P purse and ehaAlss she esxs wesff"sss sf a,y m m
 portaSss rhrsss' was as eSsy made without pfael
 cal uRsnlmIiy. If thls could not De sE, ,. cured at anee, the matter was hela lF abeEanes pntIG by careful h study SY eng sIani aIi' mind aineRa Haen, women and children
 The Canning Industry
 At first the members of the eaHmunlIs did aII Of the work on the EaFR agg l.i the shaHs and household uHaeF the alfee, tion of a Ruslness Board, which knhlslly assigned the members te al1efeht M esgagu ma.r T might wsFk n ans ef the shops the 2. ns5 sS
 or he chosen Es assist tas q r, weIafb hsusi ss .n 60S.1 nOS Yer .hfs s sssssen sss s ' ef nsny sfS | bor-saVjna devices, such ss dlsh Nash
 CTS, vegstabls washers, and Fsvetylns ta bles, which in modified t9rm are teNnn '
 nm hid tn fies iuRenuity of Oneida Com
 TIs second grsst industry 9t 9t the Hg.ID 9ne, di da SsRmsn erssIsai m lA1 that nrs'" tS S
 superb fruits and vegetables raised D.
 the eenmlnlty could not be maTkelen in their natural fern with pT9ht' ne eon; ceysa the lges ef EPregIssssins Isss Was .he% not a
 first received with favor by other menl, bers of the community, but Mr. ThacKci was finally allowed to put up lOoO Dot' ties of preserved fruits as sn experiment.
 The success of the undertaking was ln- stantaneous one dealer taking the wnoi
 lot and asking for more From tnl
 small beginning has grown the srea' canning industry which Is doing It's share to make the Oneida Community indus | trially famous. .,
 in is66 the manufacture of sewing and embroidery silk was undertaken, three ol the members of the community haylne previously been sent to New Englana |, learn the silk-spinnlng business Tn on,
 of the large factories there. A plant wa
 erected at sherrill, several miles iron
 the community grounds, on account o
 the water supply there, which furnlshet power, and for thirtv-nve years a thrlV
 ing huslness has been done. Within tn
 last wear a large new silk mill has beer erected on the community grounds ant
 the machinery in the Sherrill factory re
 moved to it. With its increased facii
 ties and enlarged plant the communit! expects to be able to keep up with it
 silk orders-a thing 1t has been unabi
 to do for some time past.
 The buildings vacated at Sherrill ar,
 now used for the manufacture of stee
 chains. which is another lucrative indu. try in which the community Is engaged