Show A t deold athold Th Old world liaa im furnished 40 few of the I 1 ira rious religious swu existing in the kew new world A majority of them have sprung from humble and lowly origin and have developed into communistic societies in imitation ef of the alleged oua of the primitive church of C brist several of these religious importations from europe with a socialistic 0 character h meter ori originated in germit germany ny ea mug Shat moravian Brothers who fam extensive exten sire settlements and prosperous proe communities especially in the grain producing regions of the northwest but there are several reveral minor sects of which the general public klows little more be ond the very name if even that although there are various interesting interconnected features co connected r with ith their social institutions amori among r them thew we have the zoar commune in cadawas co eastern obio A german new york exchange gibes authentic infrA information tiou concerning this peculiar set of peculiar people which MO wo believe to be little known to tho the read reading ing public wherefore where fure wo we take the trouble to eleun a few of the sali salient eit t guint of their modus ar the bt e fit of our reader 8 the colony of zoar wan founded in 1817 by two south german pt p a sant auber of and ackermann Acker maun of if bavaria af lie dwelling houte of these two founders are still in a good elate state of preservation communism prevails at zoar all ofton wealth wealthy Y colony flow into one ono co chmillon millon trea treasury aury administered by officials elected from the I 1 1 n bers these coms cornu iii pi Y i li 1 alt who belong to flit settle settlement sett ement with dwelling food clothes and all the necessaries of life this board of administrators con consists ests of three and a committee of five citizens iti any ono can a a member of the colony upon pasing pas ing a year yeara probation at the end of winch which he becomes a voter viter in tn american pali lioe the majority nt rif boari ts arc republicans though of late there thre are found a aprin sprinkling kling of democrate democrats no definite denomination of fuith ie is preached in zoar but the mcm men bera bers declare that they believe in the old and shenew the testament they have no appointed preacher nor any regular religious services ices on a sunday anyone of the senior inhabitants I 1 reads a chapter from the bible connecting therewith a it few moral observation and re matics marriages are celebrated by the squire the colo niete are advocates of temperance but not tec tee F tot alera as they have their own brecely awl make their own w mo tee the colony produces almost all au life not only agricultural ri products of all kinds but also of manufacture there ar are a tanney tau nery a shoe factory a 11 a straw hat factory and establishments fur the mau manufacture u of other articie arti cl cit of dress until a few yeara yean ago there exist 44 od in the style etyle ef of drwol uie at firment in alti siW wl enre are tj them I 1 in lathe the c exterior tirier appearance f 7 11 amt flourie flouris hinging a garnah with W aa t ina il of which yields e balits a I 1 beitt and the aa duj the ie eu ig t hs a o 0 well appointed ID vow vis via haitow partly part by ii ou arin COTO conr in ra atlon A lit mareit rier tho super w ef of wu wurt rt mt leuter abo bo W I 1 he r raises of also mi ats orange A faits abet in il vii ili h xii iraci iiii till i engla r dillih ia is taught i reiman ii nut only the official language of the community but the parents insist siron strongly gly on their families retaining and asting the guttural of P path ath erli briand kud and anti all the thi children chil dreo speak the lania sc of their fathers anti another for a long time past there have been no accessions to the colony from froin tile outside world with few fl ew exceptions the zobrist Zo arist of to day nrc to the manor buro boru as me neil I 1 as to the manner there they live happy and contented MI t ly blessed mith the gooda goods of this world to he lie above envying the outside world fur for its glittering tinsel and bud gaudy display they almost recall to our mind goldsmiths ideal of sweet Ati auburn burn loveliest vil late of the plain where health abild I 1 lekity cliber the laborin la hrin the bechet of the bucce uc cesa gs and bap happiness pilim of if colony lies in ill it its very seclusion and in the tile limitation of the gumbei number of its bembera there thre being only abort now or practically the same number as there was shortly after the establishment of the commune I 1 anu NovEm NOVEMBER mm ibue of dio lewisa monthly is much increased in size and arid superior to any previous number jt it is admirable as a whole and in detail inebriety among woman by dr lucy hall physician of the great wo mans prison at sherborn mass is a thoughtful of the causes and rui tilts af intemperance among woman elihu barbour of kan sus discusses the outcome of obe didace to mr greel arcelea Ur celea leys injun tion young wall go wet em iem and employed b by y mrs srah sarah K boiton is a happy and instructive dic dicksion cf of this im pol taut relation iu life as acin europe an and our i 10 11 uti tv fland iv fain lion holl V faill ill d it light fight nil all iho vre umbilicus of f personal pe charms cli arros the tile old fa fashioned komu by rev dr Fult fulton ii a hearty plea for fir genuine love and honest lionet life lit e helen M lo 10 loder if r na iiii spirits and pluck our I 1 I 1 1 youn amii by iv dr howard ci osby illicit appeared in in si a pro vioet i windber niini of this mun magazine Li r sir by president ice of the agricultural college mise w is an tin 1 attack upon or an in old fashioned absurdity 1 lillie devereux Dever cux blake gives N us one of her charming eto rie iu itt one thank thanksgiving L 11 eve ou the highly and wrongs of doubting by rev rcy dr 11 hopkins Prep president ident of auburn theological seminary will surprise ur prise many people who know the reputation for olid I 1 lid orthodoxy of dr hopkin und liis his institutions dera dora darmore Darna ore a writer well known on the pacific coast gives un tin a new now remedy fo for r polygamy big jack small is one of the best stories which has o 0 appeared in an american maga gnp in in many rn any years it givert a vivid v description of an all ox drivers or life in Ne yRda fashions Fas hiona arc are discussed and finely illustrated by aunt bonnabell Bon Boa our cooking school under unde r the mana management gemont of julia colman grow botier and better book notices arp art well done and what everybody oti ought otilit lit to know by arthur Cheo chester i both interesting and useful FR ak SAMA publisher 09 69 71 bible house new york |