Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-05-15

| EaWmlllS in each settlement and make
great deal of their own lumber
lley have their own jewelers. and.
tnelf own aDothecary. As far as pos
sIble, they do their own work and at
tend to their own wants But the
thing for which they are noted is
their WcGlen mills. and for their
prints. You have no doubt heard of
tile Colony Prints The prints are
not made there, but are shipped in
from the East to be printed 1t is a
very interesting. and perhaps, compli-
Gated process, which must be seen to
be understood. Their wooden mills
are among the best in the world, and.
they have the finest machinery that is
known for doing the work Their
! goods are known throughout the world
and are sold everywhere. They make
it pay, because their labor does not
cost anything. All their vast machin-
cry is run by water power. In the be-
ginning. [ told you that they located
on the Iowa River; and that was with
a purpose. They We're figuring on
dug canal seven miles long. 1t is
what is called a mill race. and it winds
round through two or three Of their
| settlements, and being damned up
and relea sed, furnishes them immense
water power, which costs them prac-
tically nothing. Every kitchen and
hotel has water piped into it from
the canal. When the settlement is
lot accessible from the canal, they
have put down deep wells and built
reservoirs, from which water Is piped
to all parts OF the settlement. The
drinking water comes from wells.
| have told you that they are strict
| utilitarians, and do not believe in any
thing except the useful and needful,
SO they do not believe in carpet for
their homes. There is probably not
a yard of carpet in the colony, for
their own USE. They do not use
paint. There is not a pint Of paint
in the whole colony. The houses
and barns all have gloomy, wood
color, and a good many houses being
built of brick, the woodwork has NO
paint, whatever. There is some little
attempt at interior decoration, but the
paint is cheap and gloomier looking.
than none at all.
And when a couple of young folks
makeup their mind that they are in
love with each other, they waste no
time in courtship as that is not neces-
ca1 Jfl.l l-rs .po0 -ooo
each other awhile, and then they tell
the elder of the church about it.
Then if it is all satisfactory, in due.
time they are married, and if there is
room in the fathers house, the young
couple go to live with his parents. and
If not they build a house and live by
themselves. There is no housekeep-
ing to do, for they eat at the kitchens,
and everything they need is brought
to their door.
And because they have little or
10 counting among the young folks.
the sidewalks through town are just
two feet wide. Two plank are laid
side by side, and the walk is just wide
enough for one person, and for NC
more. 1t wouldn't be much fun to go
out walking for a little moonlight
stroll with your best girl, and find
that you had to walk single file all
the way. So everything has a pur-
pose. They say they are happy. Maybe
they are. But it doesn't seem as if
| there would be much in life for them
They have no poor and no rich, but
it seems to me they are all mighty
poor. even if the colony is worth its
millions. No individual can get
enough money to get a hundred miles
away from home. Many Of them
have never been outside of the town
ship; indeed, very few have ever been
as far as Iowa City. They have no
business anywhere. hence do not care.
to go. It seems to me a good deal
most peculiar, indescribable feeling
there. but it is not my purpose to pass
Judgment upon these queer people.
I l merely thought it might prove of a
little interest to you to know more
about them OF at least a little about
them. They are in every way ex-
emplary citizens. No crimes are
known among them. They have no
jails and no lock-ups. They attend
strictly to their own business. None
of them have ever been in court for
any misdemeanor. If they are happy,
according to their own light, It is
their own affair.