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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

, common, besides a church, dozen or
more large and splendidly built brick
houses, great barns, dairy, mill
and shops of various kinds. A thrift
tier or more Industrious class of peo-
pie never inhabited the earth. Nor
can this singular sect be surpassed in
exquisite cleanliness. The interior of
their homes: like the exterior, is Sc
verely plain, but clean and orderly to
the last degree.
The world of fashion gives them no
concern, for their dress is the same
year in and year out. In former years
they had distinctive form of dress
for both men and women, and this
| dress was very similar to that worn
| by the old-time Quakers, and, while
this distinctive style of dress is no
longer adhered to rigidly, the Shakers
always dress simply, and their Sunday
garb is plainest of all.
Elder John Whitley, now an old
man of sc, and paralyzed, has been
for a great many years at the head
OF the community of Shakers in Shir-
years ago, and has been one of the
Shakers of Shirley about sixty years.
He is a patriarchal looking old man.
with an unblenished record of char
acter. Father john" as they call
him now, can no longer direct the af-
fairs of the community because of the
lntlrnllty ef years, but his faith is un-
shaken, and he still believes in all of
the claims of Mother" Ann Lee.
The Shirley community has dwin-
died to little community of but ten
members, three men and seven wom-
en-, and several of them have been
members of the community for more
than fifty years. There has been but
one addition to the community in the
past six years, and the youngest mem
Der must be nearly fifty years of age.
One OF the most interesting build
ings at the Shaker settlement in Shir-
ley is the church, now more than 100
years old, and entirely unchanged in
all that time.
The main audience room is low-stud-
ded and entirely without ornamental
ton of any kind. There are the four
bare white walls with the woodwork
painted dark green. Above are a
number OF rooms in which the min
lister once lived, and the nearest
house is small brick structure which
was the minister's shop, for he worked
just as his flock worked. Indeed,
every one works in Shaker COM
munity.
In the year 1910 there were as
many as 5000 Shakers in the United
States, and it is doubtful if there are
one-fifth of that number now. One
Of the largest communities is at Can
terbury, N. H., where there are about
100 Shakers.
The Shakers of to-day are an hon
est, Industrious and God-fearing peo-
pie, who regard purity of character
and life of usefulness and sobriety
as of greater consequence than any
worldly honor and glory. They are
extremely hospitable and charitable.
and very gentle in spirit They are
at peace with each other and with the
world. They believe in the life eter-l
nal and the necessity of preparing for
that life here below. A picturesque
and interesting sect, their numbers
are. dwindling, but this does not Ge-
press them, for they seem to live in
an atmosphere into (which none of
the cares, and vexations Of this earthly
life can enter. r. ;s:% i ~ IL w.. s
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17
A Ballade of Gardens

And closes never blossomed to excel
My summer garden in it's poppyhood.
Each crimson rose a Tuileries terrace
bears
Gapes like wound. I hear the
bursting shell
At red Sedan, and see in spectral airs
Her pale. hosts camped on fields Of
asphodel.
Then, weariful and sad, I come to
dwell
Where no profaning foot has ever stood
Beneath the grooming elms that sentt-
mel
My summer garden in its poppyhood.
For rest and pleasant dreams, dear Isa-
bel, ~,
Seek not the hills nor sea. nor voice.
full wood; 5<e oI~'s, : -:
Your bourne is here, where love, too.
tl1rlveth we'll s...ss ~. H., - j.. =, =.
Ny summer garden in its poppyhood.
i4A:. 4. #.TNEdward W.. Barnard. il.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17
I;FE OLD cHJR GIL

a wonderful tale of how Christ had
appeared to her in the prison cell, and
that he had become one with her in
form and spirit. This went the
Wardleys one better, and Ann was
now regarded as the head or mother
of the Shaker church. Ann main
tanned that it was made clear to her
in her vision that as there was neither
marrying nor giving in marriage in
heaven. so should there be none
among the true members of the house
hold of faith on earth, and celibacy
became from that time a very impor-
tant part of the Shaker faith.
Finding that her claims as the
bride of the Lamb" were meeting
with a good deal of ridicule, Ann had
another revelation" in which it was
made plain to her that it was in
America that the foundations of the
church were to be laid. So it was
that in the year 1774 Mother Ann and
seven of her followers, five men and
two women, came to America. One of
the men was AIMS husband, but when
she insisted on introducing celibacy
into the church he rebelled and was
no longer one of the faithful. 1t is
said that he in time took unto himself
another wife.
Ann and her followers remained in
the vicinity of New York for some
time, and finally they purchased land
at Watervliet, N. Y, and settled upon
it, and there is to this day in Water
vliet a settlement of the believers in
Mother Ann as the second Christ. ,Ad-
ditions came slowly to the little COM
munity at Watervliet.
In 1879 a remarkable religious re-
vival began in the nearby town of
Lebanon and in other places. The
converts. claimed to have had visions,
and they went into frances. Some of
them, notably Joseph Meacham and
Lucy Wright, went to confer with the
members of the little settlement of
Shakers regarding their visions The
result was that Joseph and Lucy and
many others became firm believers in
Mother" Ann Lee, and society of
Shakers was established in New Leb-
anon, and this society also exists unto
this day.
Within mile of the town of Shir-
ley, in Massachusetts, forty miles
from Boston: is little remnant of a
once flourishing society of Shakers
established in the year 1893 with a
membership OF forty-four adults and
twenty-five youths and children.
Mother" Ann had visited this neigh
borhood several times before the
church was finally established. She
was the guest OF prosperous farmer
named Elijah Wldes, who eventually
donated his farm as the nucleus of
the large possessi ons owned later by
the Shakers.
The Wildes house remained stand.
ing until two or three years ago, and
visitors to the Shaker settlement were
shown the room in which Mother"
Ann preached, and also the room in
which she was concealed one night
when a band of men from the village
appeared at the farm bent on mobbing
the heretical Ann, whose doctrines
were regarded by some of the shir-
leyites as little short of monstrous
and evil to the last desree.> &c..
But Elijah Wildes ind his wife
chung to the new faith, and the Shir-
ley settlement finally grew into
prosperous colony of m ore than 100.
owning above 800 acres Of land in:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

1t was a woman who founded in
America that peculiar religious So
clety known as Shakers, society
never very large in numbers, and now
so steadily declining that some of the
Shaker communities in our country
have almost passed out of existence,
and there are but ten or twelve mem
bers left in some communities in
which there were once several hun
dred
One cannot be long in a Shaker
community without hearing some
mention of mother Ann,'' the long
ago departed high priestess of Shak-
erdom, who had special revelations
from heaven" and who was the head
of the church in America until the
time of her death on the 9Th of Sep
TENDER, in the year 1854. Ann Lee
was the daughter of blacksmith in
Manchester, Eng. She was born in
the year 1876. Her father was a poor
man with a large family, and Ann
went to work in cotton mill when
she was but a child.
She. grew to womanhood with al
most no education, but with a liking
for power and authority. She had a
ready tongue and plenty of native
ability. She claimed to have had
heavenly VISIONS and was. in much
tribulation of soul over the degener-
acy of the world when she was but
IA years of age. At this time James
and Jane Wardley, the latter having
received CALI to '*go forth and tes-
tify for the TRUTH" were creating con-
siderable interest in the religion of
the Shakers. The Wardleys had been
Quakers before Jane Wardley be-
came a prophecies, who had it re-
vealed to her that the second coming
of Christ was at hand and that his
second appearance would be in the
form of a woman.
Ann Lee was % years of age when
she Joined the Shakers. She was at
this time married to man named
Abraham Stanley, blacksmith, and
had had three or four children, all of
whom had died. Even before her mar
riage Ann had been strongly inclined
toward belief in the necessity of
celibacy for those who would live a
truly spiritual life and receive the
highest divine blessing, and she it
was who finally made celibacy a re-
quirement of membership in the Shak-
er Church. Those who were already
married could unite with the church
by living apart.
A woman of greater force of char
acter, and more powerful as a preach
er, Ann Lee soon exceeded the Ward
legs in power and authority, and she
became the leader of the church. She
proclaimed the doctrines of the Shak-
ers boldly and loudly on the streets
of Manchester, and was finally ar
rested and sent to the Old Bailey pris-
On for obstructing the highway in
Manchester. She was thrust into a
cell so small she could not lie down
In it. Here she was kept without food
for two weeks, and it was expected
that she would be dead when the door
was opened, but young fellow of
10, named James Whitaker, to whom
Ann had been kind for many years.
in some way gained access to- the
Bailey, and supplied Ann with a mix
ture Of wine and milk by inserting
the stem of a tobacco pipe through
the. keyhole, of the door, so that she
was very much alive. when released.
When she came forth it was with
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

A Cleveland man who started six
years ago to trundle a wheelbarrow
around the world is nearing the end
of his journey. Probably he'll be
home in time to make an intelligent
bet on the election.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

More than half of the people of the
United States aged 10 years or more
are engaged in gainful occupations,
according to the census figures. and
most of them feel that they deserve
considerably more gain than they are
getting.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

Each of those women who is tell.
ing in a current periodical wha- she
would do could I Choose my Daugh.
ter-in-Law," may take it for granted,
however, that if she did, her son
would be even less satisfied than she
herself is under existing conditions.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

Prof. T. D. A. Cockrell thinks germs
are flying about by the million in in
terstellar space. If he'll devise a
means of keeping ''em there, we'll
give Professor T. D. A. Cockrell a
free trip to the worlds fair.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

A Boston girl is thinking seriously
of breaking her engagement to "a
young man in Indianapolis because
he addressed a letter to her which he
dated Lake Geo."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

When an American heiress is look
ing for title she does her shopping
in Europe.-Chicago Daily News.
And comes back here to repent Eth.
Miss Morton?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

A Connecticut Judge has given
Frank J. Gould's chauffeur thirty days
in Jail for scorching. And that's a
penalty his rich employer can not
pay for him.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

Peace treaties among military pow
ers are lovely and they are sure to
hold good until the next time the
signatory powers have occasion for
war.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

By all means let the hulk of the
Maine be raised from the mud of
Havana harbor, If possible, but do not
make show of her.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

The trouble with Grand Duke Boris
appears to have been that he mis-
took Gen. Kuropatkins camp for a
sort of Newport and imagined that
war is something Of a social func-
ton.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

1t is encouraging to learn that Mrs.
Maybrick is going into retirement
and not into writing for the yellow
press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

BY all means let us have torchlight
parades during the presidential cam
paign this fall. They are pretty to
look at, even if they don't win votes.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

Some of the Atlantic coast fisher.
men are now trying to tell bigger
whale stories than Jonah's. It's mean
to take advantage of the deceased.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

The fashion editor says the parasol
furnishes a subject which can never
run dry. Wherein it differs from the
bathing suit.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

Three-fourths Of the body is water,
according to scientific sharp. This
must be humiliating to sundry colonies
down in Georjah.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

The Galveston News adds two new
verbs to the language by remarking
to it's readers: Nov worm your to.
bacco and unweevil your cotton crop"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

William Waldorf Astor's daughter is
engaged to be married to an English
man who has no title. She must be
in love with the fellow.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

Canada is trying to entice immi-
grants from the United States. We
wouldn't care, if she'd give US the
privilege of picking 'em out.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

It is only natural that the editor
who has to pay an exorbitant price
for steak should feel like giving the
meat magnates who are responsible
a roast.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

One thing that makes us forget the
big disasters is that another so swift
ly follows on the heels of each
one.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

Have had rheumatism for several
weeks advertises "Hannavas," in a
New York Herald personal" The
excuse is quite sufficient.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

Nevertheless, the people who bet
on elections are not the ones who
cast most of the votes.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

Latest quotations show that radium
is still little more expensive than
beefsteak, but the gap is narrowing
rapidly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

The intelligent public may now set
tie down for time to reading the
war news and the baseball reports.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

The bicycle is coming back to favor.
A Kansas City man has been jailed
for stealing one.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

How-de-do, Prince Yucca Yowah-Fu.
tel-Yola- Saba-Y onson- Mahomet. May
we call you by your first. name?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

Does this restriction of Newport's
smart set to 200 exclude the historic
dinner monkey?~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-17

In Boston the supply OF meat Is al
most exhausted. How about the
beans? -'5
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04
she WRITES EXPERT
LEGAL OPINIONS FOR
TREASURY DEPARTMENT

The most remarkable post held by
any woman under the United States
Government is occupied by Miss Clara
Graecen. who is the law clerk of the
treasury at Washington. a mere girl.
slight of figure. with fluffy blonde
hair. one would never imagine that
she could be an expert writer of legal
opinions for one Of the executive de-
partments. Yet such is her business
and she obtained her place purely
through merit and superior ability.
1t pays her $1,000 a year and is the
only position Of the kind under the
Government that was ever held by
woman. Miss Graecen went to Wash
ington from Kaskaskia. Mich, eight
years ago. Though still in her teens.
she was a proficient stenographer and
by passing highest in a competitive
examination secured employment in
the Treasury Department. Before
long she earned for herself the repu-
tation of the most rapid shorthand
writer in the department. Her even
ings were spent in studying law and
after a while some OF the cases that
came into the COmptroller's office
were referred to her for action. Two
years ago she was appointed to her
present important place by Secretary
of the Treasury Gage.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04
THE OAKLAND BONDS:

THE Oakland bond campaign should need further argument
than the admirable OF John l. Howard member of
the City Council chairman OF the which
wrought the bond proposition by long deberatjon
picuous ankless and spirit and
business Ii gird goads opposition but
states with eTce business proposition and great opportunity Too
much be said OF the good OF Oakland having the
Council business OF talent and integrity like Mr. Howard
When he leads the city afford follow.
IL dav that the California
nege proper and impressive public buildings good
beautiful parks pleasant
drop OF the BY with having
such California appears
dismal repusve anywhere Oakland
has possible natural advantage and that peculiar
her impossible any the
Merritt for park the proximity of possible
park
Not improve such advantages deliberately stick
in the mud and die smoered and Men like Mr. Howard
and Mayor Oney always be secured the ocav
and the opportunity they have brought within reach seized
by the bonds tell whether will
again under favorable Among the purposes
IS the needed dredgngo Lake Merritt depth the
material taken being required the foundation
immediately south OF the Twefthrect
When that done and the the
boats OF draugh ply upon the guests OF Oak
land public and the the beauties
the bonds viii provide the pleasure that
beautiful sheet of No other attraction
People where things beautiful pleasant the
ona leisure OF life be taken in satisfying
oundngs Oakland has the goods She display them
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04
SEEP LONG, DEFY WRINKLES.

Women who sleep a great deal and
comfortably. who are addicted TO
maps and regard nine hours of whole
some rest as absolutely requisite TO
their physical we'll being. are the
women who defy the frOsting hand of
time. These are the women whose
wrinkles are few and far between and
whose eyes remain the brightest and
cheeks the rosiest for the longest pc
riod after the bloom of youth has fed.
No less notable a beauty than Diana
de Poictiers. who retained her irresis-
tible loveliness until her SEVENTEEN
year. recognized the value of sleep as
preventive of wrinkles. Indeed so
fearful was she of losing moment of
perfect rest that. mistrusting the beds
of her friends. she carried her own,
with its splendid fittings, on all her
journe neys.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04
YOUNG IRISHMEN COM
ING TO LEARN AGRI-
CULTURE IN AMERICA
Special Correspondence.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE CALL,
5 HENRIETTA STREET, CONENI
GARDEN. LONDON. Aug 2O-Io
teach Irishmen to farm on Ameri-
can lines is the object Of an inter
esting scheme recently conceived oy
Sir Horace Plunkett. Sir Horace
is vice president Of the irish BOARD
OF Agriculture, but he Is OesI
known in the United States as the
owner of large ranches in Dakota
Wyoming and Montana An agent OF
his named Blair is now in the Onlteo
States for the purpose OF inducing
young Irishmen now in American cllles
10 go on Sir HOTace's ranches ana
get an insight into the system ne en-
pIoys there, in the hope that they may
be induced later on to return TO ire
land and become practical agricultuI-
lists in their sown country. He VIII also
send out direct a number OF young
men from Ireland next month. de VIII
pay their passages, and from the mo-
ment they commence work on the
ranches they will receive wages equiv
alent to what unskilled labor would
command in any city or town IN tne
United States. Sir Horace has COM
menced to recognize the evils OF emil
grafton as it affects Ireland, and ne -
prepared to make big sacrifices TO com
bat them. 1t is estimated that TINS
experiment Of his will cost him at least
$50 900. The Irish Board Of Agriculture
Of which he is practically the head, mas
nothing TO do with this scheme IL -
purely an idea OF his own He has re-
Gently taken much interest in the Work
of the Anti Emigration Society, anc ne
has succeeded in finding employment at
home for quite a number Of young men
and women whose passages had Oeeh
paid TO the United States Under MS
regime at the Board Of Agriculture
fruit growing, improvement IN forestry
and the peat industry are opening up
fresh avenues of employment
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04
FRESH WILD FLOWERS
PUT HER EMBROIDERY
INVITATIONS TO SHAME

We'll, I've learned one lesson" re-
marked the young housekeeper.
when we decided to begin home
making in a suburban cottage, of
course 1 planned all sorts of delight
full details and among other things
there was a notion of my own about
the embroidered pieces for my table.
1t struck me that it would be
rather odd and attractive TO have the
centerpiece and all the smaller pieces
in each luncheon set embroidered with
some wild flower and then use that
particular flower for the table decor
atoms with that particular set of dol
lies.
SO 1 put in a lot of my prettiest
work. There was one set worked with
buttercups, another with daisies,
third with red clover, one with wild
roses and one with bluets. They were
certainly beauties or at least they
seemed so when spread out for in
spection before they were really in
use.
But when l came to arrange them
on my table and put them TO the test
Of comparison with the real thing that
Mother Nature embroiders her sum-
mer gown with-well, [ found that L
had made a great mistake. The fresh
wild flowers in the center of the table
simply put to shame my attempt TO
initiate them-and / am supposed to
know the art of embroidering and
flower shading very perfectly too.
Which flowers did ! sacrifice? My
own OF course and without a regret.
The one little remnant of my orig
inal plan old 1 cling TO. l chose for
my napkins those woven in white with
the wild flower designs. But no more
rash attempts on my part to compete
with the perfection of nature in a
c,-lor scheme. New York Sun.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04
Push.

1T is not often" said broker, that
James r. Keene answers strangers let
ters. The other day, though, he broke
his rule of silence.
"A country lad out in Indiana wrote
to him. The lad wanted 10 come to
New York and make his fortune. and
he asked Mr.. Keene to tell him how to
go about the matter.
life said the boy, ! find so many
closed doors before me that I don't
know which of them TO open. How can
/ distinguish the door that will lead me
TO success?
There is only one door for you TO
take, Mr.. Keene answered. 1t is the
one labeled Push. Cincinnati En-
quirer.