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J. J. TOON, EDITOR & PBOPRUSMB.
talks with our little gikls.
Chapter n.
What Grace and Helen found in the Bible.
We will look into this pleasant room where
Mrs. Howard sits sewing, with Grace And
Helen seated by her side. The noon sun shines
in at the south windows on the bright carpet of
green and white; the fire crackles and burns;
the sofa and easy chair—the sideboard, from
whence the decanters and glasses have long
since been banished, is covered with books,
papers, and magazines, and the room is a
home. The walU are papered with landscape
views—soft, grey and white—representing
scenes in Italy. Gondolas, gondoliers, water,
turretted dwellings, ladies and gentlemen,
and cathedrals in the distance, afforded daily
study for Grace, and employment for Mrs.
Howard, in lessons on the geography and
history of beautified Italy. The little girls
thought this a very pleasant room for their
“ Bible school so they named it.
“Now, mamma,” said Grace, “where shall
we begin ? I have read, but do not know
just which is the first.”
“ Turn to the thirteenth chapter of Gene
sis—read the whole chapter, you one verse,
and Helen the other.” (Little girls, readers
of the Index, will you not open your Bibles
and read this chapter, too? then you can keep
along with Grace and Helen, as if you were
in their class.) They read the chapter. “Do
you see any instance of politeness there ?”
asked Mrs. Howard.
“ Oh, yes, mother, I think Abram was
very polite to Lot to give him the choice
where to go. Don’t you think so, Helen ?”
“ Yes; it was very kind, for, you see, the
servants were quarrelling, and Abram didn’t
want them to do so,” replied Helen.
“ Which was the oldest man, Abram or
Lot?” asked Mrs. Howard.
“ I suppose Abram was ; for I think you
said he was Lot’s uncle. Then it is right to
be polite to persons who are not as old as
we,” said Helen.
Now you can imagine that scene; can you
not, little girls ? it was a very beautiful
land, perhaps somewhat like your own sunny
South. Vast herds of cattle grazing every
where, white tents in which men, women and
children lived, olive and palm trees and oth
ers, and numerous streams of water, gushing
here and there, which God had given to man
and beast. And the good Patriarch carried
his altar, too, everywhere, and you can find
pictures of such altars in some of your Sab
bath school books.
But beautiful as this land is, he sees that
two such large families cannot dwell in peace.
If it had not been for sin in the heart, they
might have lived without a word of unkind
ness, but all men are sinners; and while we
live in this world, men will always quarrel
and fight. Abram knew this, and new it was
best to separate, and he was not only polite,
but generovs to leave the choice to his nephew.
Your Sabbath teachers can tell you much
about this lesson, besides that which relates
to politeness. We must not make this ar
ticle too long, or the editor will clip it with his
scisors.
“ You have found the first instance of po
liteness recorded in the Old Testament; let
Helen turn to the New,” said Mrs. Howard.
She pointed to the twelfth chapter of- Ro
, mans. Helen and Grace read on silently,
then Mrs. Howard said: “Read aloud the
lentil verse— ‘ In honor preferring one an
other.’ Don't you see Paul was a gentleman
as well as Abram? Don’t you see they
wer polite because they loved God ? Now,
think it' sou have seen any behavior which
is not like this?”
Helen said, “ 1 suppose you mean we al
ways want the best ourselves ; iSn’f’it ?”
‘■Yes,’’ said Grace, “1 always like to have
the first place in school, and every where
else.”
“ Well, then, the Bible teaches you to give
up to others, if it is right to do so, and to
teel happy when others get higher than you.
But no one can feel this unless God gives
them grace to do so, for it is natural to our
sinful hearts to think of ourselves first. But
even if you do not feel it, try to do what is
right—and always give the best seat at the
tire, the best chair in the room, and the best
of your playthings to others.”
“ Which is the best seat at the fire, Mrs.
Howard,” asked Helen.
“At the side, my dear; and remember
when aged persons are by, the best seat is
theirs. Younger persons can take the front
of the fire, it will not annoy them so much —
and, even if it did, we must in honor prefer
the aged.”
“ Yes, mamma, and the big easy chair too';
and then when Miss Lynn comes, she is so
sickly, 1 always see you give her the best
chair, too,” said Grace. “And mother, that
is why you always ask folks who come to
our table what they prefer—isn’t it?”
“Why,” spoke up Helen, “Mrs. Black
don’t ask that, —she just tells us to help our
selves, or she puts on our plates what she
chooses, and often 1 don’t want what she gives
me.”
“And Ann Black always tries to get the
best place by the stove in recess, and so
do others, and we can’t get half warm for
them,” said Grace.
“ Well, then, you see what it is not to be
polite. And do you think it was polite to
interrupt me just now, Helen ? But it is not
right to speak of the faults of others, only
do not as they do, but think of great and
good Abram. . Now, children, you may go,
and tomorrow we will read more about this
politeness.” So Mrs. Howard folded up her
sewing, and the little ladies went off to their
play-house. Not long after, Mrs. Howard,
in passing, heard Grace instructing her doll,
and Helen assisting. “ Now, Dolly you must
sit here, and leave this seat for Mrs. liowe.
She will come by and by, and then you must
not sit still, but get up and give her the big
chair. I am going to get a plate of nice
things from mamma, Dolly, and you must
give Mr. Love some of the best when he
comes. Oh, and l want to hand some to
Susie, too; she will play with us this after
noon.” Then Miss Helen got up and made
a courtesy, and drew out a chair for some
imaginary person, and then asked if she
might not take her bonnet and shawl. “So
the little girls are practicing thought Mrs.
Howard, and she was well pleased.
The morrow afternoon came, and when
Grace saw her mother seated at her sewing,
she ran for Helen to come in to her lesson
on manners.
Little girls, did yon ever see a man go into
a house with his hat on, and sit down without
removing it ? Did you ever see a man give
a little short nod instead of a bow—and per
haps not even a nod—and that too when
meeting ladies, or men who ought to be re
spected ? Did you ever see them hurry on
their hats before they were out of the house
of God ? When you see such men, you may
know they have never learned good man
ners. They may be good men, but if they
are, they ought to imitate that good man,
Abram,* and show respect, to others; and,
especially to keep their heads uncovered while
in the Lord's house.
“ Now, mother, dear, give U3 our lesson,”
said eager little Grace.
“ Read the eighteenth chapter of Genesis,
an! the second verse: ‘ When he saw them
he ran to meet them front the tent door and
bowed himself toward the ground.”
Then, Helen read the third, fourth and
fifth verses.
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1871.
“ Now, Children” said Mrs. Howard, “ we
must talk only in our lessons,
or we shall hardly know where to end.—
This chapter show's what is called hospitality
in a very lovely manner; but it is Abra
ham’s politeness we are to notice. ‘He ran
to meet them, and bowed himself.’ He did
not sit still and wait till they spoke first,
and give them a short, curtly nod. His
bow was of the kind made use of in that
Eastern country, and is still practiced by
many of the inhabitants, Arabians, and others.
In Turkey, they call it a aalom .”
“ Please, mamma, we are little girls, we
cannot bow like men,” said Grace. Mrs.
Howard smiled. “ But, little girls can cour-
and when persons enter the room they
can rise, and make room for them, can they
not ? 1 was once on a visit to the house of a
lady. Her daughter was absent at school, and
when she returned, she looked at me, brushed
bv, and not even a courtesy or a “ good after
noon, madam.” I felt ashamed for her, and
for her parents. 1 think she never studied
any Behaviour book. This was her way to
all. Another time 1 called on a friend, and
found her absent. Her daughters were at
home. They drew out the arm chair, asked
for my bonnet and shawl, and expressed much
regret that their mother was absent. As 1
had a long walk, they insisted on my remain
ing, as she would soon be home. I hen one
of them asked me to excuse her for a few
moments, and the other brought
and pictures, trying to entertain iticas she
could. In a short time my friend arrived,
and in a few minutes invited me into the
other room. There stood the tea-table nicely
spread with every tempting delicacy, which
this polite young'lady had prepared for her
mother’s friend. Don’t you see, young girls
can be polite, even if they cannot bow !
“ But, Mrs. Howard,” said Helen, “ some
body said it was old-fashiohed to courtesy
now-a-days.”
“Some kinds of courtesys are old-fash
ioned. In old times they need to occupy
several minutes; but now a slight step back
wards, and a dropping of the knee, and it is
sufficient to show your respect. And if you
practice so as to do it gracefully, you can do
it easily everywhere, even in the street.”
“ Mamma, ’wouldn’t it be proper to cour
tesy to our little girl acquaintances?” inquired
Grace.
“ I think you can reserve the courtesy for
older persons ; and when you enter a room
—when you meet your minister, your teacher,
or some friend whom your parents respect—
and for your parents themselves. Give your
little playmates your hand when you meet
them. That will be as well.”
“ I know you always told me these things,
and l always do courtesy to papa, and our
minister, and teacher; but I did not know
there was anything about politeness in the
Bible,” said Helen.
“ I only wish you to remember that if such
a rich, wise, and g<?bd man could treat every
body politely, we should make him our pat
tern. But we will read one more verse about
this man, who was the most perfect gentle
man that ever lived. Read the twenty-third
chapter, each of you a verse. (Little girls of
the Index, will you do so, too?)
“ Oh, mamma, how beautiful!” exclaimed
little Grtice. Oh, how Ido love that good
man!”
“ H?len, dear, select the verses which
show the manners.” “And Abraham stood
up and bowed himself to the people of the
land.” “And yet he was a ffiighty Prince, and
they were but common people,” remarked
Mrs. Howard. Again Helen read, —“And
Abraham bowed down himself before the
people of the land.”
“ l see, mother, Che Bible Joes teach po
liteness.”
“ Now, good afternoon, little girls, we are
done.” As they left the room, they turned,
and each made a nice little courtesy, saying,
“ Good afternoon.”
Dear little girls, it there are any words in
these “Talks” you do not understand, con
sult your good friend, the dictionary, and it
will tell you all about them. Aunt Ethel.
A Word to Southern Women.
A goodly number of the ladies of Lipton,
lowa, it is said, lately assembled and passed
something like the following: “That we
will not accompany any youug man to church,
or places of amusement, who uses tobacco in
any form ; that we will discard all young
men who play billiards, or cards, or indulge
in profane language; and that we will not by
hook, look, or crook, notice any young man
who is addicted to the use of ardent spirits,
or who keeps late hours.”
All honor to the ladies of Lipton, say we.
May their example be felt, and these resol us
tions adopted by their sisters all over the
land. Here is the sphere for the exercise of the
true “ woman’s rights.” We trust that these
noblewomen will never ftlteror turn back from
their position till the profanity and drunken
ness, and crime attendant on the use of liquor,
and games of chance of whatever name, shall
be numbered with the things that were.]
Ladies of the South, are you doing all that
you might do by your practice and example
to stay the progress of sin, misery, and crime
that is yearly sweeping thousands of our
young men on to an eternity of woe ? Do
you resolutely enough place your emphatic
veto upon profanity, profligacy, and intem
perance by refusing to associate with young
men whose character is blurred and blackened
with these foul and loathsome sins ? Are
you trying to reclaim your brothers, your
cousins, and friends, by denying them your
company until they shall return to the path
of decency and honor? If not, you are not
discharging the full measure of your duty.
If not, you are not doing all that you can
and should do for yourselves, for society, or
for the church. Ladies, you have a mighty
influence. In your hands, under God, rests
the distiny of the race—the future weal or
woe of the country. Will you use this in
fluence for good, for bettering the the moral
and intellectual condition of mankind, and
for the spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ;
or will you use it to aid the cause of sin and
misery that shall sweep on and on over our fair
earth, destroying thousands and tens of thou
sands, the victims of an intemperance and a
profligacy that you might easily have frown
ed down by a single* exercise of your impe
rial will ? We implore you, ladies, with all
earnestness, let your influence henceforth and
forever be thrown in the scale of virtue and
religion. Compel the young men (you can
do it,) to be temperate, honest, decent, and
virtuous, by refusing them your society as
long as they remain addicted to tobacco, whis
key, cards, and their accompanying vices. Set
a high standard for the young men, and oblige
them to adopt it, or else to withdraw from all
respectable society. Do this, and you will
be discharging faithfully your tcoman s mis
sion—will be' placing a crown upon yonr
forehead raidiant with the lustre of immortal
souls saved from ruin.
It is too much to hope that we shall soon
hear of many such women’s meetings, and
for the same purpose as that at Lipton. God,
speed the dav. Ladies, your faithful friend,
B. W. J.
St. Louis. —Something of the progress of
St. Louis may be gleaned from the following
statistics, taken from an annual compendium,
entitled, “St. Louis, the Future Great City of
the World,” derived from a census just taken :
“St. Louis erected 1,336 buildings during
1870, at a cost of $5,627,106. One of them
cost $300,000; several others more than
$50,000 each. She owns 209 steamers and
229 barges, of a total value of $6,844,200.
Her receipts of wheat ia 1870 were 23,115,-
022 bushels; of coal, 23,921,475 bushels.”
Our Schools—Shall we Have One or Two Ses
sions per Day *
sory element was the condition of the roads.
Who would compel little feet to sink over
shoe top twice a day, when once could be'
made to suffice? The other time was from
an “ unpleasant” condition of affairs, (it was
shortly after the surrender) that could not
otherwise be avoided.
These instances were sufficient for the ex
periment. Indeed, it was now a foregone
conclusion, for I have always been in favor
of two sessions a day. The effect upon the
schools was apparent. The average percen
tum of merit for good recitations, was con
siderably lower than when the customary
morning and evening sessons were held.
Were I called upon to] assign the cause of
this falling off, I would attribute it, partly,
to .the exhausted condition of both teacher
and pupil in the latter portion of the pro
traded session, and partly to the habit of
gossipping idleness which a whole afternoon,
with nothing to do, is so well calculated to
foster.
Perhaps my school-room may not be ac
cepted as a standard, by other teachers. —
We do a large amount of drilling, the object
being the development of the faculty of at
attentlon to its highest degree of perfection.
This is more laborious than ]the toil of any
drill master of an army. He drills mechan
ically ; we drill the minds of our which
can be successfully done only by consrdera
ble mental effort and great enthusiasm on
the part of the teacher. In schools whete
drawling answers are given to sleepy ques
tions there may be bodily littleness, but no
mental fatigue to either pupil or teacher. It
will make no difference to such, whether the
session be four or six hours long. But where
accurate analytical preparation is made, where
the thoughts, and not the mere words of anau
thor are memorized, there is labor and con
sequent exhaustion. In such schools two ses
sions a day are preferable to one.
Teacher.
A Systematic Plan for 1871.
I, Thomas Thinkwell, by occupation a
farmer, convinced that l have lost many hun
dred dollars in the course of my life by the
loose, hazzard way in which I have conduct-*
ed my affairs, do now, this 2d day of Janus
ary, 1871, draw up and subscribe to the sols
lowing:
1. That I will cultivate no more land this
year than I can cultivate thoroughly.
2. That I will put upon this land all the
manure that I can make at home, and all
that I pan buy without goinig into debt.
3. That I will my land a thorough
preparation before planting any seed.
4. That I will have no ppof fences, or
broken-down gates; but all my Props shall
be enclosed by strong, high, and close fences.
5. That I will devote enough land to corn,
wheat, and potatoes to supply, without Skint,
all the wants of my family in this line; that
1 will raise my own bacon; and that the
making at home a sufficiency of food for
home wants, shall be made the main object,
or speciality of the year, instead of cotton.
6. That one acre of the best land that 1
have, shall be devoted to vegetables of divers
sorts for family use; and that this acre shall
receive constant and thorough attention
throughout the season, even to the exclusion
of everything else if necessary,
7. That I will then devote as much time sr.d
attention to cotton, as a money crop, as 1
can. I must have money to pay my way
along ; besides, I want to add some improve
ments to my farm ; and should also be lay
ing up something for a rainy day ; so I am
going to see what brag cotton 1 can make on
a few acres.
8. That l will pot keep any bad or scrubby
stock, that I will kill or s,e|J oyt the surplus,
and devote better attention to a few; that j
will not turn any out upon the commons this
year, but will try the plan, just for once, in
order to test the matter, of keeping all up
at home, and to save all the manure.
9. That, as the spring opens, 1 will repair
all my buildings that need it, and give
everything a dressing of paint; and that I
will erect such other buildings and shelters
as I may need to preserve my crops, and shel
ter all my stock in comfort.
10. That all stock shall be driven to pen
and shelter every night, and that the pens
shall be kept dry and warm by constant ad
ditions of forest leaves, or straw ; this for
the purpose ot making and saving manures
for future crops.
11. That 1 will dress up, trim, and ma
nure that old orchard that my grandfather
planted; and that I will set aside one or
two acres for an orchard-garden to be stock
ed with a variety of select fruit for family
use ; and that I will put that land in potatoes
this year, in order to place it in good tilth
and condition for setting out the trees next
fall; but, mark ye, Thomas Thinkwell, you
do solemnly swear before God and conscience
never to be guilty of that great wrong to
your fellow-men —the manufacture and sale
of ardent spirits.
12. That, as my lands are now poor, I
shall be compelled to plant a larger area this
year than I think best, but that I will here
after make it a primary object so to improve
my lands as to be able to make a sufficiency
on a smaller area, that I may have more
time allowed me for mental and moral cul
ture, and for fostering some of the sweets
and esthetics of life.
13. That I will begin this year to keep a
farm Account Book, and charge each crop,
etc., with every item of expense—as labor,
manures, seeds, etc., —and afterwards credit
it with the proceeds at market price ; that
I will charge the farm with such permanent
improvements as 1 may be able to place upon
it, and give it an annual credit for rent, wa
ter, quiet, pure air, freedom from intrusion,
associations, and scenery.
14. That 1 will take and read the fops?
and Baptist, and the Rural Carolinian, and
other good papers if I can ; that I will study
more the science of my vocation myself, aud
aim to create a great interest in the noble
art and science of agriculture among my
brother farmers ; and that I will endeavor
to instill into the minds of my children a
love of nature,and attachment to rural scenes;
and shall aim to make my sons thorough
farmers, and my daughters notable house
keepers. v JM...'.r'J
15. That a full tithe of all the proceeds of
my farm shall be set apart to benevolent and
religious purposes —for ameliorating the con
dition of the poor, the suffering, and the out
casts of society, and for the extension of the
gospel of Jesus Christ in all parts of the
world. . >
16. That 1 will endeavor to increase the
number of those who produce bread by urg
ing the idle or non-productive residents of
our cities to come to the country; that 1 will
especially endeavor to aid the widows and
fatherless who are willing to work to earn a
living for themselves; and finally that 1 will
aim by all honest and honorable means in
my power to do something for the world,
and leave it better off for having lived ia it.
So help me, beloved Jesus.
Thomas Thinkwkll.
Administrator’s and Executive’s Deeds and
Bonds, for sale at the Franklin Steam Print-
House, Nos. 4 & 0 Broad street, Atlanta^
Ga.
The Shakers.—What we Saw and Heard at
Soath Union, the Shaker Settlement, in Lo
gan County, Kentucky.
(Prom the Bowling Green Democrat, Jan 21.
Monday afternoon, the. 16th inst., accom
panied by our friend Robert E. Dulanet, of
this city, we visited South Union, the widely
known Shaker Village n Logan, aur neigh
boring county; and we propose to give our
readers some account of what we heard and
saw in that very notable place.
SOUTH UNION.
The village is located just midway between
Russellville and this cit/7 about sixty rods
northwest of the Memphis Branch Railroad.
It is an exceedingly neat and well-built place,
its houses being built CTiefly of brick, from
two to three stories in height, and erected on
either side of a broad street which passes di
rectly through the town, and being located
with an evidently systematic view to conven
ience in carrying out the established regula
tions of the Shakers. "From the depot to
South Union, we rode in a comfortable spring
wagon, provided forth® occasion, in company
with Solomon Rankin and T. J. Shannon,
two prominent Shakers who gave us a cordial
welcome to the hospitalities of the village
which has an exclusively' Shaker population
embracing three hundred souls.
Monday evening, after enjoying at the
“ Office ” an elegant supper, the preparation
of which illustrated me culinary skill for
which the Shakers are famous —we found our
selves in a social cirefc of which Solomon
Rankin, U. E. Johns,u. J. Shannon and L
p —"*• figures. These
men, to whose numob«f| should add Jack
son McGown, are noaethe must conspicuous
members of the South! Union settTßfnrnt. In
compliance with ourofvn request, Solomon
Rankin, the oldest present, he having
been born in RoberYtop County, Tenn., in
1797, undet took to gwe us an account of the
ORIGIN Os EGCTH UNION.
We learned from Salomon that his father
John Rankin, who was born in Guilford
County, North Oarorwr, and was a Presbyte
rian preacher, came t< Logan county in 1798,
and was one Os the leading spirits in organiz
ing this settlemnet, iin 1810. John Rankin
was a strong preacher n those days. He rode
a circuit, and talked-earnestly and eloquently
of the Savior, in humble dwellings and under
the shade of deep woodlands where big camp
meetings were held. Just twenty-four years
before Rankin settled in Logan county, viz:
in 1774, Ann Lee, of Manchester, England,
to whom the Shakw%ascribe their origin
came to America under the guidance of strong
Religious convictions. The Shakers believe
that 4nn kee, who. made sundry prophecies
and bore many pei*«*utions, was divinely in
spired, and that, upon her, the spirit of Christ
was shed as it had been upon no other person
since the coming of Christ himself. Sne was
a zealous teacher of-religiop, and, under her
inspired influence, th#>seeds of the Society of
Shakers were planted and developed. Her
followers sprung up in Kentucky, and about
the beginning of this century,produced an ex«.
traordinary revivntiauf religion, known as
the Kentucky Jteßkivl commenced in the
Wesjtern States. John Rankin was drawn
into this great movement, and, in 1810, in
connection with othei’3, laid Jtlje foundation of
the South Union Society of Shakers. The
most active and conspicuous members of the
new Society were .fbhn Shannon. Thomas
McClean, Jesse McComb, Samuel G, Eads,
Charles Eads, Francis A. White, Samuel G,
White, Samuel Shannon, Samuel Robinson,
Joseph Small, G?srge Rankin, Benjamin S.
Youngs and William Johns. Benj. S. Youngs,
who was the fore mo t Shaker for twenty-five
years; Joseph Allertj Mollie Goodrich and
Mercy Picket original Minis
try under whichjnnPjlO, the Society was
formed. From this, beginning, the present
Society at South rJifiqn has grown and main
tained a prosperous existence soy ha|f a centu
ry. There were secured, to start with, about
1200 acres of which the settlement
was established,and that number has been in
creased to five thousand acres which lie main
ly in one body, embracing some of the best
land for cultivation in the Green River Secs
tion. Two thousand acres of this land are un
der cultivation in torn, wheat, oats meadows,
etc., and two thoqsfnd five hundred acres are
under substantial fencing.
THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION.
This Society of Shakers is divided into four
families, styled, respectively, the Centre, the
North, the East, and, the West family ; and
each of these family is presided oyer by two
male »nd two female members, William B.
Ware, Samuel Smith, Nancy E. Moore and
Malisa Milter, are at the head of the Centre
family ; Jesse Rankin , Dana Campbell and
Jane Wing are the fieads of the West fam
ily ; Jackson McGown, Lorenza Pearcefield,
Susan Smith and Harriet Breedlove are heads
of the East family; and Rev. J. R. Eads,
Asa Ware, Jane (Jovian and Mary Wann are
heads of the North family. The male and fe
male members of these families are under the
immediate guidance, fespectively, of the male
and female superintendents. From time to
time, these families hive accessions of persons
who desire to forsijic the out-side world and
join the Shakers. Such persons, in order to
admission, are required to pledge them
selves in responses to a series of interro
gations relative to their moral character and
the sincerity of the.r purposes in seeking
admission into the Society of Shakers.
They won’t admit any one who has com
mitted a crime urder the laws of the
country, and using the language of the vener
able Solomon Rankip, “ they don’t believe
in lazy Shakers Occasionally they are im
posed on by persons who join this Society as
a temporary method ; f securing lodging, cloth
ing etc. or, again Solomon Rankin’s lan
guage,they are often gardened with “ Wiuter
Shakers.” We the remark
able cheerfulness and contentment which char
acterized every Shaker, male and female,whom
we met; and one of *he causes which we at
tribute bo this fact is the industry which they
daily practice, and thtrSbrupulous order and
neatness observable among and about them on
every side. All their property is held in
common; and , though there is no compulso
ry labor, every member of the Society finds
it necessary £0 encourage habits of energy and
industry.
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT.
U. E. Johns, who was born in Logan coun
ty, near Russellville, Ky., is, and has been for
about seven years, the chief finance of the
Society. He is a tall, strongly-built man,
rather round-shouldered,.partially deaf, with
hazel eyes, and features that indicate great de
termination and firmness of character. He
is now in his sixty-eighth year, and is distin
guished for hjs sagacity, activity and integrity
as a business man.
Lorenza Pearcefield, a stout, healthy, simply
dressed and practical man, and Jackson Me-
Gown a man of delicate organization, tall and
slim, with an exceedingly benevolent and in
telligent countenance, are the agents of the
Society for transacting business abroad for the
East family. They have charge of the seed
department and manage it with great energy
and effect. Jackson McGown and T. J. Shan
non do most of the travelling for the Society.
,T. J. Shannon, who is one of the most intelli
gent men we have met for a long while, and
a gentleman of highly attractive manners,
has travelled through me Southern States in
the interest of the Society for thirty-six years.
He is known far and wide among business
men, from Louisville dfown to New Orleans,
and at many intermediate points at which he
has negotiated large »*jd numerous sales of
seeds and preserved fruits prepared by the
Shakers. He is looking man, though
about sixty-eight years of age.
Jesse Rankin and Logan Johns are the
prinoipal stock men and have been acting in
that capacity for many years. The present
Ministry, charged with the government of the
whole Society, is composed of James M. Ran
kin, successor to John Rankin; Harvy L.
Eads, Paulina Bryant and Betsy Smith. Rev.
John Eads born in Logan county and aged 66
years; and Harvy L. Eads, also of Logan
and aged 61 years, are the preachers for the
Society. They are meu who have led most
exemplary lives and are zealously devoted to
their spiritual work. Their sermons are not
based upon distinct texts, but consist mainly
of general exhortations and pious counsels.
The religious services which they direct em
brace preaching, praying, singing and dancing,
and are conducted publicly in the big church
during the summer months.
THE SOHOOLS.
There are three schools at South Union,
and in all combined there are now about
seventy male and female pupils. The
males and females occupy separate apart
ments and are instructed with great care in all
the duties of practical life and in all the doc
trines which are peculiar to the Shakers. They
are taught to turn their hands to any occupa
tion in which they may be required by circum
stances from time to time.
DISTINGUISHED SHAKERS.
Death has lately taken away some of -the
most prominent men who for years were iden
tified with this settlement. Among the dis
tinguished dead, whose memories are deeply
revered, we may mention Eli McClean, who
was born in North Carolina, lived seventy
six years, and died Jan. 12th, 1870 ; John
Rankin jr., also of North Carolina, who liv
ed to the age of 76 years, and died Nov. 29th
1870, after having served as a principal mem
ber of the Ministry for 30 years; and Benj.
S. Youngs, a New Yorker by birth, who won
much reputation as a writer and teacher of
Shakerism. These men were robust in statue,
sterling in character, vigorous in intellect,
and were spared to old age in their useful
work.
agricultural features.
The Shakers are noted throughout the coun
try for the great variety and fine quality of
the garden seeds which they furnish to the
markets of the South. They derive a large
revenue from this source, and under the direc
tion of Pearcefield & McGown, conduct the
seed business on a very extensive scale. In
addition to their seeds, they also sell thou
sands of dollars worth of preserved fruits to
dealers in ail portions of Kentucky, and the
South, and such preserves poor mortals are
seldom allowed to eat! We learned from U.
E. Johns that they raise annually, on an av
erage, two thousand bushels of wheat, eight
thoiisand bqshels of corn, sixty-five tons of
hay, two thousand five hundred bushels of
oats, eight hundred bushel of Irish potatoes
and fifteen hundred bushels of sweet potatoes.
From these crops a large income is annually
obtained.
cattle and stock.
The Shakers raise a great number of Dur
ham Cattle and exercise extraordinary care
over them. We observed during our visit
that Pearcefield A McGown were filling or
ders from Texas and Alabama for these cattle
and they remarked to us that they could now
§hfp cattje a? \yell as other stock to any part
of the United State vyjth pepfept safety. They
sell cows at from $75 to $l5O apiece, and
calves at from SSO to SIOO a piece, They
now have a hundred and seventy-five head of
fine cattle on hand and several beeves of extra
ordinary dimensions. We visited the cow
barn* in which the Centre fatwily of cows are
stalled over night fed, and milked. We no
■*Aed. -thirty.eight cows in their-stalls, and
while the animals were feeding on meal and
cut hay, and meal and bran several
neatly dressed Shaker women milked them
—-and richerinilk we had never seen, as
it flowed into t|ie clean pails of the milk
maids. • *
HOOS.
The hogs raised by the Shakers here, are the
Berkshire, Chester Whites and Poland China
breeds. Jefferson Shannon remarked to us
that they are not very favorably impressed
with the Chester Whites on account of their
inability to stand the winter’s cold, and owing
jto their liability to disease. They have great
faitfl jn the t|irkshire, and pride themselves on
the raising of then).
• poultry yarq.
We have often heard it said that the Shakers
could beat the \yorld on raising chickens, and
we were satisfied that the saying was true
when we were conducted to the poultry yard.
There we saw an immense drove of Brahma
Pootra Chickens of all sizes and ages, The
spectacle wa3 truly a grand one, The Brahma
rootras have purewhite feathers, and as they
congregated in response to a familiar call, they
looked like thousands of big snow balls assem
bled beforeus. The Skakers are constantly
receiving orders for pairs of these wonder
ful fowls from all parts of the country and
they receive as much attention as any other
branch of their business.
THE MILL.
September 1808, the Shakers sustained a
heavy loss in the destruction by fire of their
fine Flouring rnij.l Factory, located about
one quarter of a mile from the center qf the
village. The property was fired at night and
the loss sustained by the destruction of the
two buildings is estimated at about SIOO,OOO.
Since then the Shakers have erected on the
site of the old mill, anew onp at the expense
of $20,000. This mill is quite an imposing
structure and is run by both steam and water.
In packing the barrels with flour we observed
that Wolfs Patent Packer was used, with
which about twenty barrels can be packed in
a minute. G. F. J. Hildebrand, the millet,
is a very intelligent German, aged thirty-two
years. He was brought up to the business,
and is one of the best millers in the Western
country. He says he was a “rebel against
King William, and came to America to be
free.”
MISCELLANEOUS.
After looking around at cattle, hogs, the
mill, and other objects of interest, friend Shan
non carried us through the dairy, the wash
house, the Sisters shop, the sewing department
the kitchen, the church and to the reservoir.
AH of the departments named are sustained
in a very creditable manner, the work in them
being pferformed exclusively by the Shaker
ladies. W e met and conversed with Lucinda
M. Broomley, who was born in Wayne coun
ty, Tennessee, and who superintends the mak
ing of preserves and wine, and Mary MoComb
in the Sister’s shop, whose farther owned the
original track of land in the South Union set
tlement, and who is now hale and hearty in
her se?enty«»Bixth year. We met also in this
department, Prudence Houston, aged 6(5 years
whose father, a Presbyterian preacher, reach
ed tho age of 95, and who was a near relative
of the late Gen. Sam Houston, of Texas. She
is a remarkably well-preserved lady, with an
eye like an eagle’s. In the. Sisters shop beau
tiful bonnets are made, and sewing silk and
silk handkerchiefs are manufactured.
The dairy is the very perfection of a place
for keeping milk cool, and butter fresh. We
saw about one hundred vessels of rich milk
and a large supply of golden-hued butter—
enough to make au appetite for the dullest
taste.
The big well, located in the North JHouse
yard, is sixty-five feet deep, and from'it the
pure water is forced into the reservoir, from
which the' village abstains its general supply.
The Shakers have emphatically proscribed
the eating of swine meat, believing it to be
unhealthy. They eat but little meat of any
kind, indulging to a limited extent in mutton
—a Let which reminds us that they have a
flock of sheep which numbers now eight hun
dred.
Among the notable men at South Union is
William Sangster, aged 22 years, who has
distinguished himself as ah inventor. He has
secured a number of patents, all of which he
has sold to capitalists at comparatively small
prices.
SHAKER HOSPITALITY.
And now, in conclusion, let us recur to the
hospitality which we enjoyed during the day
and a half we spent among the Shakers. That
hospitality was fresh, liberal and sincere;
and, while enjoying it, we were lastingly im
pressed with the many noble traits which char
acterized this peculiar people. They are free
from guile, straightforward, and earnest in all
they do and say. And the good humor that
seemed universally to prevail among them
convinced us that no people on earth are
guided by a purer sense of duty and principle
than the Shakers. May Heaven bless them
always, and prosperity ever brighten their lot-
We returned to Bowling Green on Monday
evening on the train, bearing with us hearts of
gratitude for many kindnesses that had been
bestowed upon us by Shaker hands.
Proceeding's of the Fulton County Agricul*
tural and Industrial Society.
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 15th, 1871.
Pursuant to adjournment, a meeting of the Ful
ton County Agricultural and Industrial Society
was this day held, at the office of the State Agri
cultural Society, in this city, Col. J. J. Toon in the
Chair, who briefly stated its objects.
Among the first matters of interest discussed,
was the practicability and propriety of holding
monthly Fairs. The discussion elicited was spir
ited and interesting, and participated in by a num
ber of gentlemen. The result was, the unanimous
adoption of resolutions providing for tire holding
of monthly Fajrs, in this city—the first to be
lioldcn on or about the 18th day of April next.
At these Fairs, the purpose will be to present the
best possible array of the products of the Gar
den, Farm, Dairy, Orchard and Flower Garden,
making an exhibition which will be both attrac
tive and instructive, insuring the success of each
Fair.
Intermediate topics were discussed, during which
some capital hints w r ere offered concerning the
Strawberry, the best varieties and the proper mode
of culture. In all/>f which the deepest interest
was manifested.
The chief matter before the Society, was the
importance of holding the next annual State Fair
in the city of Atlanta. The question Avas fully and
freely discussed. And in accordance with the
A-iew-s presented, the following preamble and reso
lution w-ere introduced and adopted, expressive
of the unanimous sentiment of the Society:
Whereas, The City of Atlanta has, at great
expense, fitted up and prepared elegant and com
modious Fair Grounds, near the city, to which
there is, in addition to the doubje track of the W.
& A. Railroad, a splendid carriage road construct
ed at the expense of the city, thus affording to
A'isitors and exhibitors accommodations and facili
ties as great as can lie offered by any other city in
the South; and
Whereas, The large expenditure of money
made by the late City Council for these and other
public improvements, which have
already W-ne so much to build up and beautify our
city, have been endorsed by a large majority of
our citizens and tax-payers; and
Whereas, The immediate benefits to be de
riyed from these improvements cannot be realized
fly our peqplo Ayjthqut the holding of
Fairs qpqfi these beautiful' grquqdsj aqfl
Whereas, The holding qf a State Fair for 187)
involves an expenditure of at least $15,000, in ad
dition to wdiat can he expected from the State
Agricultural Society ; and
Whereas, The City of Atlanta will derive a
large income from the rental of Ihese grounds, in
addition to all the benefits to be snared in common
by our citizens from the holdings of such a Fair:
therefore, be it
Resolved , That we, the members of the Fulton
Countp Agricultural and Industrial Society re
spectfully recommend to His Honor the Mayor
and City Council of Atlanta, the appropriation
qf the sum of SIO,OOO in cash, to be placed
aj the disposal of the State Agricultural Society,
payable at any time after October Ist, 1871, pro-
Added said Society Avill obligate itself to fioltl a
State Fair in Atlanta in the Fall of 1871.
On motion, the city papers were requested to
publishwfcse poceedings.
There being no further business before the So
ciety, the meeting was adjourned to the next reg
ular day in March. J. J. Toon, Chairman .
S. A. Echols, Secretary.
JusfT Twenty Years! —A late employee of tho
Western & Atlantic Ipiilj-oad, undef the old re
gime, and who hail often been discharged joy first
one offence and then another, to fie reinstated
shortly after and given a better position, and who
Was suspended when the new management took
hold of the road, thinking that fie had stayed sus
pended long enough, presented himself at the of
fice of tfie President, inquired for Goy. Brown, and
asked in the most polite and affable manner.
“ Governor, how long am I to he suspended ?'
The ex-Goyepnor, without the least hesitation or
reflection, answered in tfie most agreeable way,
“ Just twenty years!” Who is he V —Sun
Our new minister, Schenck, sails for England
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