Search results

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 034 (February 8, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-08
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: THE 0. 0. DAILY. VOL. 5. SAIURDAY. FEB. 8, 1868. N0. 34. EVENING MEETING‘. Mrs. Clark had invited criticism, and her case was taken 111). Not much was said. She was commended for meekness and htnnility, and exhorted to put on Christ in a way to eoniznaml the respect of Florence, and all with whom she comes in contact. Mr. Clark was invited to write out a history of his life. Mr. Cragin then mentioned Mr. Barron, and said he found him pleasant when he met him anywhere, but had been disappointed in not hearing from him in meeting. ‘ Mr. Barron responded that he was thankful for the criticism and advice he had received, and thought it was doing him good. He had thought of writing something, but found himself under too much pressure. He said the isolation criticised had often not been from alienation of feeling toward persons, but was caused by the impression, that was settling down over him, that he was getting to be an old man; that he had passed the meridian of life and was getting t...
Show moreTHE 0. 0. DAILY. VOL. 5. SAIURDAY. FEB. 8, 1868. N0. 34. EVENING MEETING‘. Mrs. Clark had invited criticism, and her case was taken 111). Not much was said. She was commended for meekness and htnnility, and exhorted to put on Christ in a way to eoniznaml the respect of Florence, and all with whom she comes in contact. Mr. Clark was invited to write out a history of his life. Mr. Cragin then mentioned Mr. Barron, and said he found him pleasant when he met him anywhere, but had been disappointed in not hearing from him in meeting. ‘ Mr. Barron responded that he was thankful for the criticism and advice he had received, and thought it was doing him good. He had thought of writing something, but found himself under too much pressure. He said the isolation criticised had often not been from alienation of feeling toward persons, but was caused by the impression, that was settling down over him, that he was getting to be an old man; that he had passed the meridian of life and was getting to be unattractive. A spirit of discouragement had settled down on him like midnight; yet he had never lost conﬁdence in God’s power to accomplish the work he has undertaken in him. What Mr; Barron needs is to come out of himself 134 ' THE 0. 0. DAILY. and testify. The Community has called on him to do that, and now let him prove his ()i)(¥(il<,'ll(i0. Homer said when he was a boy his father would request him to do a thing, and if he did not start promptly his father would say, “ Don’t let me have to speak to you twice.” That ended it. He thought his father better take his own precept to himself and not make the Community speak twice. This was highly com- mended. Q-<1>Oj—.._ Sometimes you ask a person Where a certain thing is, and are told to “ follow your nose.” Well, it‘ you want to know where most of the family concentrate after meeting, “ follow your nose" and it‘ will almost invariably lead you to our upper sitting-T room, where the men gather about the stove and the Women group around the register. ' Last evening there seemed to be unusual buoyancy and eiferveseence of spirit among the women and girls, who felt a great desire to give vent to it in some way. So games were proposed, and a circle formed, where “ Hunt the thimble” was played with a good deal of enthusiasm. Either the one that hunted it was unusually sharp and discerning, or her companions lacked the unpretending secrecy necessary, for the thimble was found pretty often. Then the circle broke up and formed a larger one on the floor, where “ What to do _with it’_’_ was play,e,d. THE 0. c. DAILY. 185 This was quite amusing. One was asked what was given her and she said, “ at gorilla, and she told me to wrap it in silk-tissue paper and send it to my husband.” Another had a hedge-hog given her which she Was told to dust carefully and place upon her whatnot. And to end with, the last one was presented with the mangle, which she was told to cook up in good style and give to Mr. Bolles and Miss N nu for supper. Rather indigestible, we thought! ——~-~~~<o@o9- Mr. Conant says since good sleighing commenced, they have drawn 230 cords of wood and 300 logs. He thinks We have had at remarkably favorable winter for this kind of work. _ ——————<-we->—————— _ Mr. Hawley says he and his men spent the day yesterday, in cutting hay and breaking roads. This morning he is going to Hoboken for feed, as the mill at Oneida is out of repair. —-————'-€o¢0>-'——-—-—- .Mr. Bristol remarks, “ This is a ﬁne morning—-A11 I a lovely morning—this is like Connecticut.” 8. W. N. reports that the mercury is thirteen cle- grees below zero. A ————~<b«a»o——~— Among the letters received in yesterday’s mail was one from Dover, Pa., with the following superseription : “ Mr. Samuel Steelhouse, Idaho Community, N. Y.” ’ ‘ ~——~—--~--¢o®o9——~—-~—~~-- Traps ordered during" the Week, ‘ 48 doz. 136 THE‘. 0. c. DAILY. STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1867. 175 tons of Hay valued at $2,800.00 1,000 bush. ,, Barley ,, ,, 1,260.00 1,000 ,, ,, Potatoes ,, ,, 750.00 1,000 ,, ,, Beets ,, ,, 375.00 27 ,, ,, Clover-seed ,, ,, 324.00 Live Stock: 113 Head 7,215.00 Estimated value of teaming 5,800.00 Value of produce from Horticultural Dept. 5,587.54 This includes, among others, the following items : 794 bush. Tomatoes; 183 bush. Stringbeans; 152 bush. Raspberries; 253 bush. Strawberries; 820 bush. Potatoes: 40 bush, Pears ; 110 bbls. Apples; 16,139 lbs. Grapes ; 250 gals. Wine; 480 gals. Cider. VVOrk at Shoe Shop for O. C. $2,140.71 in n n 1: n n n n n n B‘: ., .. ., .. ., Employees 271-22 Cash Receipts at Shoe Shop 1,640.32 Cash sales of O. C. Store 11,277.96 Silk M’n’t’d., 2,9507% lbs. valued at 40,652.49 Bags ,, 10,423 ,, ,, 34,361.36 Tailoring——this merely includes value of stock and Work for men’s clothing——— 2.793.37 Principal articles purchased for family use, Flour $2,956.76 Sugar 2,130.92 Butter 4,459.69 Eggs 449,09 Beef 654.53 Fish 154.15 Apples 711.94 Potatoes 328.12 (To be continued.)
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-034-1868-02-08
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-034-1868-02-08
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 035 (February 10, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-10
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: THE 0 0. DAILY. VOL. 5. MONDAY'.PEB.10,1868. 0 so. 35. BUSINESS MEETING. G. W. Hamilton said the Fire Co. at the Depot were urgent that we should buy their old engine, for which they ask $150.00 and he zigreetl to present it to the family. Left to G. W. H. and D. M. Kelly. Mr. Woolworth said at the present rate we are us- ing coal, it is estimated that we shall require about one hundred tons more to last through the season. It was thought there were some ﬁres that might be dispens- ed with ; and in cases where but one occupies a room a portion of the time, wood could be used to advantage. Messrs. Kinsley, Hamilton, Clark, Thacker and Nash, Mrs. A. S. Burnham and M. F. Barron, were ap- pointed a committee, to take immediate measures to curtail expense in this direction. Mr. Kinsley thought it desirable to have a new saw put in at the Saw-mill, for the purpose of working up waste pieces into box stuff. Estimated cost, $35.00. Messrs. Kinsley, Kelly, Inslee, Woolwortli and Hamil- ...
Show moreTHE 0 0. DAILY. VOL. 5. MONDAY'.PEB.10,1868. 0 so. 35. BUSINESS MEETING. G. W. Hamilton said the Fire Co. at the Depot were urgent that we should buy their old engine, for which they ask $150.00 and he zigreetl to present it to the family. Left to G. W. H. and D. M. Kelly. Mr. Woolworth said at the present rate we are us- ing coal, it is estimated that we shall require about one hundred tons more to last through the season. It was thought there were some ﬁres that might be dispens- ed with ; and in cases where but one occupies a room a portion of the time, wood could be used to advantage. Messrs. Kinsley, Hamilton, Clark, Thacker and Nash, Mrs. A. S. Burnham and M. F. Barron, were ap- pointed a committee, to take immediate measures to curtail expense in this direction. Mr. Kinsley thought it desirable to have a new saw put in at the Saw-mill, for the purpose of working up waste pieces into box stuff. Estimated cost, $35.00. Messrs. Kinsley, Kelly, Inslee, Woolwortli and Hamil- ton were appointed as a committee with power to act. Mr. Thacker thought it would be necessary to have a new boiler tor use in the Fruit Dept. the coming summer. G. W. Hamilton will look into the matter and see what can be done. "W. P., Feb. 6.—Cornelius reports that one of the boys in the shop, stooping for something, and rising coming. Soon the familiar tones of the dinner bell 188 THE 0. c. DAILY. suddenly, struck his head Violently against the horn of‘ an anvil, cutting quite a severe gash in his l‘orche:s,«l. The race—way below the shop became so ﬁlled in with snow and ice, that the water was overﬂowing our neighbor’s hop-yard, so this morning four of our men, with as many hired men, went down there and Worked until noon; getting the race-way nearly clear. The snow blew about so furiously that some of the time they could not see each other when a rod or two apart. One of the colored men fell in, but the boys pulled him out in a hurry. They thought it indescriba- bly funny to see him with his head just appearing above the water; whether he thought so is a question, as the mercury was three degrees below zero. After dinner Alfred came in with a little fellow—a grandchild of our neighbor Adkins—who had caught his ﬁnger in the planing-machine and smashed it quite badly. It was bound up and he was taken home to his mother. The first drifts of the season between here and 0. C. The criticisms go on with increasing interest. C. A. Cragin was the subject this evening. —————<o®«>——————— I do not see as O. C. has lost any of her faculty to improvise entertainments. At the close of the Sunday evening meeting it was announced that the children had something to present to the family. Curiosity was of course, wide awake, and the uninitiated in- dulged in all sorts of speculations as to what was THE 0. C. DAILY. 189 rang out, and alimentiveness suggested something grout to val But no! Up went the curtain, and there steml on the stage a double quartette of boys and girls dressetl in costume. It was not a masquerade exactly, for their faces were uncovered, but otherwise the transformation was complete. Lorenzo Bolles (a. kind ot'Brobdignag among the rest) was dressed in long skirts and lace cap, and well represented as some one said, a great coarse Irish girl. Edith was a hand- some lrliglilander. Marion dressed in a “ swallow tail” Sllliftftl, looked like a veritable Toni Thumb; while Mabel her partner, dressed in enormous hoops, with a slight help of the imagination, passed for Tom Thumb’s wife. A gallant sailor was represented; and so on. Soon, with “Father Hatch” playing the violin (a thing in itself i'el‘i'esliing), a eotillion was formed, and the tun commenced. It was both unique and comi- cal and every body was entertained. At the close they sang a song, the words of which were in an un- known tongue. The charm about these “little ones” in such exhibi- tions is their siniplicity——an element which always did and always will go straight to the heart. Says George E. to the writer: “ This beats any thing you can ﬁnd in New York.” I admitted it and replied that it was worth coming from N. Y. to see. B. —~—»-——<w®o~a>——»-—~———— It was so stormy yesterday, and the snow so badly drifted that Mr. Hawley thought best not to go out with the teams; tlterelore, we did not have the usual addition to our fainily, that of the W. P. folks. We noticed their absence in the meetings, but hear they have been wishing for a blockade, and We are glad to congratulate them on having their fond hopes thus fully realized. 140 THE 0. 0. DAILY. STATISTICS CONTINUED. Amount of Freight received by Railroad, East, lbs. 470,837 West, “ 154,977 Charges, $1,636,233 Freight shipped, East, lbs. 132,808 West, “ 340,366 Charges East, $37633 “ West, $1,575,65 Freight received pr. Amer. Ex. lbs. 40,204 Charges, $441,713 Freight shipped pr. Amer. Ex. “ 58,722 Paid M. U. EX. on Fr’t. rec’d. $678.22 Amount estimated at lbs. 65,899 Fr’t. shipped “ “ “ 50‘000 173,929 lbs Castings from Foundry $10,125,537 Traveling expenses of agents $2,622,39 (This does not include 0. L. Aiken’s expenses.) Tin cans made 47,000 Lumber made at O. C. Saw-mill for O. C., Bass- wood 162,681 feet; Hemlock 34,213 feet; Proﬁts $918,05 Custom work, 207,400 feet, all kinds; proﬁts 407,25 NUMBER 01?‘ PERSONS ATTENDING CLASSES. Al ebra 21; Arithmetic 26; Geometry 4; Gram- mar 4; Philosophy 14; Chemistry 16; Composition 19; French 11; Phonography 5; Spelling 4; Geogra- phy 17; Girls school 7; Boy’s school 7; Primary school 17. AN ITEM FOR VANDERBILT Allowing ten tons to a car, the amount of freight ‘received and shipped by the O. C. for the year 1867 would requirea train of 65 cars,
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-035-1868-02-10
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-035-1868-02-10
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 036 (February 11, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-11
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: THE o. O. DAILY. VOL. 5. TUESDAY, FEB. 11;18¢s;*‘W6fise. John Freeman returned from Schenectady Saturday. » He reports that his father met him in a hard spirit, but that quarreling was avoided. The old man had received some money in advance for the board of the child that is living with them, and had used the money to pay his houserent. John paid his grocer’s bill amounting to between thirty and forty dollars. John asked the grocer to receipt to the Community, but he demurred, assigning as 9. reason that he feared that the old man would not like it, but he would receipt to John.‘ John asked his fatherlif he would accept the receipt, and he answered‘ that he would take what beneﬁted him more than it injured anybody else. Mrs. Freeman said she had a. plenty of friends whowould be glad to give her a home whenever she needed. Mr, F. had a quantity of papers in envelopes, containing articles against the O. C. ready to send to whatever point he thought they would do good, and “aid the gre...
Show moreTHE o. O. DAILY. VOL. 5. TUESDAY, FEB. 11;18¢s;*‘W6fise. John Freeman returned from Schenectady Saturday. » He reports that his father met him in a hard spirit, but that quarreling was avoided. The old man had received some money in advance for the board of the child that is living with them, and had used the money to pay his houserent. John paid his grocer’s bill amounting to between thirty and forty dollars. John asked the grocer to receipt to the Community, but he demurred, assigning as 9. reason that he feared that the old man would not like it, but he would receipt to John.‘ John asked his fatherlif he would accept the receipt, and he answered‘ that he would take what beneﬁted him more than it injured anybody else. Mrs. Freeman said she had a. plenty of friends whowould be glad to give her a home whenever she needed. Mr, F. had a quantity of papers in envelopes, containing articles against the O. C. ready to send to whatever point he thought they would do good, and “aid the great work he has undertaken of breaking up the (}om11it111it.y. The declaration in the I)<1,l/.7l;2/ of Feb. 3d respecting Spiritualism and Methodism was too unqnalilietl to express the Community sentiment fairly; the lll()L1_£_,>'l1t was simply to exclude Metltodiszit Irom the O.’ 0., and not Methodists. 142 THE 0. 0. DAILY. Mr. Smith asked one of the young men to stay with Mr. Nash Saturday night, but he got the im- pression he was to stay there Sunday night, so went peacefully to bed and D. P. N. was left alone. In the night he wanted the ﬁre ﬁxed; ﬁnding him- self alone and feeling a little too independent to call on Mr. Hall, who was in the next room, he got up, put on his stockings and drawers, went across the room to the stove, ﬁxed the ﬁre and then made a safe journey back to bed. This is quite a discovery-—to ﬁnd he is capable of helping himself so much, but we don’t think he will be left alone intentionally and hope not accidentally again. ~——-<o<@»o4»—~—~~— George Kellogg says he makes regularly, two trips per day to Oneida, and sometimes three and four. At the present time he goes at 7%} A. M. and 1 P. M., carrying the mail, passengers, bags, traps, fruit and anything else there is to go—always has some- body or something to carry each way. The distance from our Oﬁice to the Depot is about four miles, making the distance traveled each day six- teen miles. At this rate in one year—365 days, less the 52 Sundays——he travels 5,008 miles. But we have made no account of his extra trips. Allowing ﬁfty extra ones, eight miles each, and we ﬁnd he passes over the entire distance of 5,408 miles. In the eight days including Christmas and New Years he made twenty journeys to and from Oneida. '- -- » ° ~ ' THE 0. C. DAILY. NEW HAVEN PROPERTY. We paid for the property : Cash, $1,483.49 Mortgages, 1,400.00 Paid for repairs, 635,28 Total, $3,518.77 The sale of the same : Two mortgages paid, 900,00 Rent of house till April 12th, 2000 Taxes for year ending in July, 35-00 Incidentals, stamps, &c, 5_00 Cash paid by Mr. Scott, 2,640.00 Total, $3,600.00 Amount paid for property, $3,518.77 Balance in our favor by the sale, ' $81.23 --———<»oo«>—————— W. P., Feb. 10—Going home Sunday is something which we all look torwurtl to during the week with :1 great deal of pleasure, so it was with much regret; that we found ourselves yesterday morning really “snow~bound.” But we made the best of it. Our noon-meeting was very free, there was a general raid agztittst the spirit of tent‘ and unbeliet”, and earnest testimony on the side of faith and the simple child- like spirit. We haul zt lively (lance alter supper. In the averting meeting the szmtc freetlom xv;-its triztttitestctl as at noon, especially among the young men. We all felt that our ltearts were stt'<:t1gtltet1etl and (ll‘2L\Vl1 togetliet'. After meeting we enjoyetl a Very soc-,i:tble time over some butternuts and wine. Altogether it was a 144 'mn_ o. c. Dixirlr. happy day, though we do not care to have it repeated. It is the ﬁrst time in all our ten months sojourn here, that we have not been able to turn our faces,.as well as our hearts, homeward. v Twenty-one men were engaged this morning, until ten o'clock, clearing out the race-way; the work is at last ﬁnished.——G. W. H. left this morning, taking‘ Mr. Ke1ly’s route. He is to be absent two weeks. Two members are added to our family; Mary Baker and Edward Inslee. Mary goes into the Silk-factory. <o®o>———— STATISTICS (CONCLUDED) ' Greatest number of employees at any one time. T rap Shop ' '84 Silk Department 51 Bag “ . 27 Horticulture 23 Farm 11 Fruit 9 Laundry 6 Foundry 4 Building , 4 Tailoring 4 Machine—Shop 3 Blacksmith “ 3 Saw-Mill 1 Total ‘I 230 Taxes (including School, Town, County and Reve- nue), ’ $412,321.22 Preserved Fruits and Vegetables. Fruit, 10,664 Bottles $8,204.90 “ 15,356 Cans ' 7,852.32 Jellies, 666 doz. tumblers 2,664.00 Vegetables, 31,796 Cans 9,205,755
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-036-1868-02-11
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-036-1868-02-11
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 037 (February 12, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-12
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: '1‘HE 0~0~DA11:Y~ VOL. 5. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12, 1868. No.le§. W. P., Feb. 11.——Mr. Higgins was criticised last even- ing. He was commended for the interest he took in the family last summer, taking care of the garden, 850. Then he was bright, improving and growing young; but lately he has been troubled with his old writing habits and imniifestecl some fzmatical tendencies. In this state he is unedifying to the family. He was ad- vised to tnrnnway from his writing, take up some study and seek to cultivate unity. This morning he expr_essecl_hiinsclt'as very tlinnl;t'ul for his criticism; said it had— taken a great load off from him. He certainly seemed a great deal ln'ig1it.er. Business is lively in the Sill: depztrtment. They have now all the machinery they intend getting, with the exception of one cleaner. Seine strict regulations have lately been made for the little girls in the shop. Ht.-.rent't,er they are not to leave their places in work hours without per...
Show more'1‘HE 0~0~DA11:Y~ VOL. 5. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12, 1868. No.le§. W. P., Feb. 11.——Mr. Higgins was criticised last even- ing. He was commended for the interest he took in the family last summer, taking care of the garden, 850. Then he was bright, improving and growing young; but lately he has been troubled with his old writing habits and imniifestecl some fzmatical tendencies. In this state he is unedifying to the family. He was ad- vised to tnrnnway from his writing, take up some study and seek to cultivate unity. This morning he expr_essecl_hiinsclt'as very tlinnl;t'ul for his criticism; said it had— taken a great load off from him. He certainly seemed a great deal ln'ig1it.er. Business is lively in the Sill: depztrtment. They have now all the machinery they intend getting, with the exception of one cleaner. Seine strict regulations have lately been made for the little girls in the shop. Ht.-.rent't,er they are not to leave their places in work hours without permission. 0. A. C. and John Freeinan have changed lodg- ings, John going to the shop to sleep and Charles tak- ing :1. room at the lionsc. Mrs. Robinson is with us this afternoon. _..- .____.,,,,..,,..,..,..__- ,, -.. An itinerimt lect.nrer and songster called here Monday. He lectures on the “ Pursuit of £iIztppii'iess,” and sings national songs with his audience. 146 ms: 0. 0. DAILY. We first ascertained that he was not a Spiritualist, and t.hen made the usual rounds with him, gave him his dinner, and let him go. His name was William A. Golden. One of the students of “Old Harva1'd” called on us yesterday. A bright and Very suave young man, Well up in Botany too, as well as in other things, we learned when showing him the ﬂowers. Talked some about our system of education. This led to an intro- duction, in the Reception—room. While the two congratulated, we queried standing near, whether Yale wasn’t more scientiﬁc and less literary than Harvard. Onr visitor bought a “ Salvation from Sin" and a “ Hand Book.” Name, J. L. Seward. Home, Keene, N. H. Charles Foster, of Messenger’s Law Oﬂice,a college friend, brought him here by way of W. P. 0. W. U. Yesterday, Mr. Guilford, Editor of The Oneida Dis- patch, called at the W. P. factory, and asked Myron it we were not going to publish some statistics in the CIRCULAR this year. Myron told him he thought We should. He said he should like to print some of them, but if he waited till they came out in the CIRCULAR The ])emoc7"rm'c Union would get them first, as they print Wednesday, and he doesn’t until Friday. Mrs. C. A. M. thought it might be promotive of good to accommodate this-man, and a. consultation THE 0. 0. DAILY. 147 with Mr. Vlfnnlwm-th nnrl Gnntisre E, resulted in lizz\"l1l§_§.Ui(‘I:lt;t‘ be lit ‘..:; . it-var‘-:?.‘».-;._., .;:t:l g'.;;‘i‘.'e Mr. Guilford such statistics as he thinks best. "-—©°%0£>-—— A few days since, the ehihlren’s school received an invitation to attend the exercises of the girls’ school. Hitherto in such enterta.inments, the children have been the pertoriners; and it was quite a treat for them to be for once spectators. Mrs. Sey1nour‘s scholars be- ing all girls, in the dialogue between Mrs. Credulous and the fortune teller, Charlotte Maria appeared as an astrologer. She talked in quite a professional style about consulting the stars 850., occasionally lifting her glasses and eyeing sharply her victim Flora, who acted the widow. This little old lady, apparently in deep sorrow, very gracefully performed her part. Frank rehearsed “A Solemn Triﬂe,” (from the CIRCULAR), reciting in an e:L*t7*e7nel3/ sa7'casta‘c manner, the passages descriptive of the world. Her utterance was so natu- ral, that you really felt she was giving you her opinion. The girls all did well, and the exercises though short, were quite pleasing. P. ~—-——~——¢oo-¢———-— We have lately received a letter from Charles H. Keith, Campello, Mass, a young man who has read the fl‘mpg)eI"s G/m'ci’(: and likes it very much. He writes for the prices of our traps, and says : “I have felt considerable curiosity to know about the,O. C. If you have no objections I wish you . 148 THE 0. 0. DAILY. would tell me about it. What. kin-Ll of a society is it ? Wliat are its objects? Are all the members hunters and trappers? If they are, I should like to join it.” Mr. Newhouse says he should tell him, that most of our leading men were either hunters, trappers or ﬁshermen. ——~—--<o$04>——————— One of Mr. Parson’s sons came Saturday evening, and wished to draw “Life of Fremont” from our library. Mr. Underwood allowed him to do so, telling him we wished to have good care taken of the book. —40@°>---——- Mr. Ilawley and one of the hired men, each with a double team, started for Utica yesterday morning, at about four o’cloek, the mercury standing ten degrees below zero. Their business was to bring home leather scraps for use in the trap-shop. _.._.__...w._¢.9.,__..__-_~ Yesterday, Mr. Conant, with his men and their teams, drew twenty-nine loads of muck from. the cheesefactory swamp. He says he intends drawing thirty-six loads to-day. ——-—-<0@0¢>-- Mrs. Julia Hyde spent a few hours here yesterday. She is improving in health, but not very stong yet. -------~~~<$°@OO———~———— Mrs. J oslyn has gone to Utiea on business, and will spend a day or two with her sister.
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-037-1868-02-12
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-037-1868-02-12
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 038 (February 13, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-13
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: THE 0. 0. DAILY. tot. 5. i‘amsesls:.FEB.1s. iée amiss. EVENING MEETING. A lengthy communication from Mr. Olds was read, in which he related his experience in the West and in- vited the criticism of the family. His communication was ﬁrst criticised, for being too long and seeking to make out as good a showing as possible for himself by special pleading. Mr. Cragin considered it quite a mixture of confessing and preaching. Mr. Woolworth was glad Mr. Olds had made his confessions, and thought this intimate relation that ex- isted between Mr. Olds and his customers explained his present weakness and sickness of soul and body. It will require earnestness on his part to clear himself, and there should be no shrinking from the truth for fear of injustice. It was suggested that he might have to go back and judge his family for lack of faith, Universalism &c. * Mr. Woolworth said that Harriet Olds was much surprised at the shortness of H. G. Allen’s late trip West. She thought it remarka...
Show moreTHE 0. 0. DAILY. tot. 5. i‘amsesls:.FEB.1s. iée amiss. EVENING MEETING. A lengthy communication from Mr. Olds was read, in which he related his experience in the West and in- vited the criticism of the family. His communication was ﬁrst criticised, for being too long and seeking to make out as good a showing as possible for himself by special pleading. Mr. Cragin considered it quite a mixture of confessing and preaching. Mr. Woolworth was glad Mr. Olds had made his confessions, and thought this intimate relation that ex- isted between Mr. Olds and his customers explained his present weakness and sickness of soul and body. It will require earnestness on his part to clear himself, and there should be no shrinking from the truth for fear of injustice. It was suggested that he might have to go back and judge his family for lack of faith, Universalism &c. * Mr. Woolworth said that Harriet Olds was much surprised at the shortness of H. G. Allen’s late trip West. She thought it remarkable, judging from her father’s experience. It was suggested that Mr. Olds had failed in this respect; that he had spun out his business as he did his communication just 1'ea(l. He may have spent a week or two during each trip in needless and unproﬁtable talk with his customers. 150 _ , TH__B1 o. _C.._ DAILY. , . _ Then when he comes home he is used up and disin- clined to take hold oi business as otlier {go :2 » Mr. Woolworth said Mr. Olds had been to the front and done good service, but had been wounded ; and he needs now to be cured and set free from his diﬂieulties. He may require considerable probing or surgery before he can fully recover. ...,,..____, ________ __ Mr. Bristo1’s slster, Margaret, writes to him of their brother Sherlock(the gentleman that called here a few years ago), who has again gone to California, and says: “They arrived in due time, after a most prosperous voyage ; as S. says, ‘scarcely a ripple on the water.’ ' T “ San Juan is a village of about twelve hundred in- habitants, boasting two hotels and several stores. The religion is chieﬂy Catholic. Here S. and family stopped awhile with a family who seemed to be so Wealthy, I've a mind to speak of it. “ The usual number at their table is twenty-ﬁVe,‘_ strangers and guests always ‘ on hand.’ They own. 200,000 acres of land‘, 80,000 sheep, 300 horses, 3,000 cattle, ﬁve quartz mines (gold and silver) in operaf.iori, one quicksilver mine, and a line of stages from San Josa to San Angelos, running two coaches each way daily for 300 miles. “ Job would have been a Very poor man in com- parison, wouldn’t he ? “S. is having a good time with his gun. He tells THE 0. 0. DAILY. 151 of killing thirteen wild geese at one shot and bringing 111)., ‘c lit, en , ztiso seeing thousands of quails in one ﬂock &c. _“ But he is the most enthusiastic about the Fruit. He went into a pear orchard 75 years old, where the fruit had been gathered, and after eating all he wished , brought home some weighing a pound each. Apples, all our Eastern varieties, grow ﬁnely and are sweeter. As for grapes they are marvelous ; he called at a store for two pounds and they gave him a bunch which weighed something over, and so delicious are they, he says, one does not know how to stop eating them. Whole loads ofall kinds ofplums, the smallest, the size of a hen’s egg. Figs, great nice ﬁgs, olives, nectarines, apricots, &c., &c. He speaks of beets weighing twenty-four pounds.” These stories would seem rather large, but Mr. Bris- tol assures us that his brother is just as honest as he is. ' ~——--<o¢>o>———~—~ P., Feb. 12.——A letter was received about ten days, ago from our old machine blacksmith, Mr. Prilchard, saying that he had reformed and was anx- ious to work for us again. Mr. ‘*5./’*:‘“<_ir.i7"“"(i.wr.‘t_.-‘L was con- sulted in regard to the 1.m,.>.t.S.«:2=:., t.l:-ere was some discussion of it in our "business meeting .5-Eaturtlay night. G. W. II. has since made inquiries at Utica, which satisﬁed him that Mr. P. has been doing well since leaving our employ. It was decided to discharge ourpresent blacksmith and again try Mr. Pritchard. 152“ THE 0. c.iDA1LY. ’ The Water-wheel at the Foundry has frozen up several times this winter, in consequence of not being put under water. Mr. Inslee, John Sears and Victor worked three hours this morning cutting away the ice from and around it. 7 Two iron columns were cast to-day for the new composing-room, which are to take the place of wood- en ones. A third will be ﬁnished to-morrow. —-<0&9>——*—- Among the noticeable things in the chi1dr.en’s house just now, is Master Ormond, who is reveling in the delight of his ﬁ7".$I5 pants. They are certainly becoming to him and he deports himself not ungraeefully. Little Eugene is at present making himself very in- teresting by his attempts at walking. Call at the greenhouse and you will see the.Aug.usta rose-bush, blossoming most magniﬁcently, it’sAslender vine almost burdened with superb beauties that till the air to density with their entrancing ‘perfume. We counted‘ twenty-three buds in one cluster and nineteen in another. The camelias too, are beautiful. ———~————~‘-<o8o>——-———— Passing through the lower sitting-room, We noticed quite a group of persons near the register, and began rallying them about having c2'7°cles: this charge they stoutly denied——-they didn’t deal in those things——but said they had been making an estimate of their years. The united age of the room-mates is 764 years, the average making each person to be 54% years. old.
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-038-1868-02-13
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-038-1868-02-13
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 039 (February 14, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-14
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: TEFTFJ O. C. E No.39, . . , ._.._._._.__.__ EVENING MEETING. George Kellogg invited criticism. He was thought by all those most associated with him to have im- proved a great deal within the last tow months. He has learned an important lesson in the control of his tongue. His course during the moral war was par- ticularly commentle<.l. He was not frightened 1101' led into unnecessary talk with outsiders. On the one hand he was bold and fearless, on the other manly and respectful. His general course as Agent was commended. He lacks yet in softness of heart and true humility. If we can do anything to help equip him with a chronic soft heart, we shall do him the greatest favor, and he will be a grand representative of the Community. There was some talk on the tobacco question, and a desire expressed that all might be faithful and prompt in c'a.rrying out Mr. Noyes’s wishes in the way of writing out experiences. A beginning has been made. Our freedom from that tobacco princ...
Show moreTEFTFJ O. C. E No.39, . . , ._.._._._.__.__ EVENING MEETING. George Kellogg invited criticism. He was thought by all those most associated with him to have im- proved a great deal within the last tow months. He has learned an important lesson in the control of his tongue. His course during the moral war was par- ticularly commentle<.l. He was not frightened 1101' led into unnecessary talk with outsiders. On the one hand he was bold and fearless, on the other manly and respectful. His general course as Agent was commended. He lacks yet in softness of heart and true humility. If we can do anything to help equip him with a chronic soft heart, we shall do him the greatest favor, and he will be a grand representative of the Community. There was some talk on the tobacco question, and a desire expressed that all might be faithful and prompt in c'a.rrying out Mr. Noyes’s wishes in the way of writing out experiences. A beginning has been made. Our freedom from that tobacco principality is a great victo1'y——a great deliverance. an <a>voIn-————._—-—-.~--«—. 0. C. has no new bread-knife, but we can boast a potato-washer. This isa somewhat ingenious eon- trivance, gotten up by Mr. John Leonard with the 154 Tim: 0. 0. DAILY. help of some others. It is similar to the machines used in starcli~tactories lot‘ the s:trnt- l)tll"lH):~‘t*, ::H L. consists of a wooden, slatted cylinder, about three feet in length and sixteen inches in diameter, revolving by a crank, in a water-box, three feet long by two and -.1 half Wide. The water-box supports the cylinder at a convenient height to put in the potatoes, and allows a basket to be placed beneath it. By removing three slats of the cylinder‘, that have been arranged for the purpose, you can pour in your potatoes——any qnantity not exceeding two bushels—— replace the slats, give it few turns of the crank, draw off the water, open a small trap—door in the bottom of the water-box, again remove the slats from the cylinder, turn it round so that the opening is brought directly over that in the water—box, and there are your potatoes in the baslcet, very nicely washed in much less time, and a great deal easier than by the old method. Turnips, beets, parsnips and clams (if you have them) can be washed in this way equally as well. In the morning we frequently hold meetings with the children, in which all their little complaints and tribulations are brought up, discussed, and satisfac- torily settled. Sometimes Father Hatch reads to them from the Bible, which they seem interested in; at the close of‘ THE 0. c. DAILY-. 155 the 1‘ea(lim1' they often start the confession of Christ. When ‘\7iz';;ini:1‘.~«' turn ("Mlle this inorning her first attempt Io s‘])(‘2tl~: was not loud enough; she was told to speak louder, and repeated it, but no louder than before. She made a third trial and sobbed out, “ I tonfess Christ a dood spirit, dat will pease God.” This confession, with the many others, so simple and earnest, touched our hearts and strengthened them. What a blessed thing it is that these little ones are taught so young to fear the Lord and trust in him. As truly as we believe God is, do we believe these little petitions, so conﬁdingly offered, are heard and attended to by him. E. & H. -----—<0$O>— It appears that Mr. Kellogg has been having some trouble with a sick cow. Mrs. Langstaff reports a conversation she heard between Mr. K. and Mr. Worden on the subject: K.——To-day, I’ve had more rejoicing over the one sick cow, than I have over the forty-and-ﬁve well ones. She is convalescent—up, walking about her room. You ought to see her room and the bed Billy has made for her. W—I suppose it is equal to any feather bed, is’nt it? K.-—-I guess she thinks so. Billy says, he thinks it was the beets he led her that made her sick. He thinks he shall know better next time, and not do the like again. We had a pretty anxious time until she commenced VVt1ll{_ll1_9,‘;__Sll0 couldn’t stand on her feet. . for several days. 159 THE 0. 0. DAILY. ,_ Mrs. Howard writes to Ilarrietz “I have tlmuqht much of the condition of outsitlers-, as they are called in the paper, and while thinking of Mr. Noyes’s article to applicants, it seemed to me there was a way to come much nearer being an insider, than outsiders have generally gained. My thought is this: let out- siders take hold and work for and with the Commu- nity; and, whilst they praise and think so much of the CIRCULAR, let them reuse themselves and see it they cannot sujaport it. I think this would show their appreciation and love for the truth it contains, more than whining, making excuses of being sick or poor, &c., &c. Poor souls! why‘, it would be the most effectual way to get rich, and rid them of the spirit of selﬁshness. “ I have felt like writing a short communication to G. (he wrote on this subject, you know) to know if he would not ask outsiders, to try and support the CIRCULAR one gem‘, and see if it would not result in good to them; but I do not know as it is my placeto do so, and so I wait.” .__.,.¢,.,,___. __...._ A ﬁne morning. Mercury, eight degrees above zero. The busy folk hurrying to their work, smile and congratulate the passers, “Nice morning this 1” “Aye, truly! such exhileration in the air." Small boys go whizzing past you on their hand-I sleds, while the older ones must e’en convert their shoe-soles into runners, and slide on them.
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-039-1868-02-14
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-039-1868-02-14
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 040 (February 15, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-15
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: VOL. 5. SATURDAY, FEB. 15, 1868. NO. 40. W. P., Feb. 13——The other day as our sawyer, Mr. Dings, was crossing the pond he saw a wild duck on the ice. He caught it and carried it into the shop; where the boys tried to feed it, but it snapped at them ﬁercely. Victor ﬁnnll y put it into the raceway, where it swims about in apparent content. He feeds it and thinks that in time it will become do1nestica.ted———( if he clips its wings.) Mr. Campbell went with Mr. Kinsley to Clinton to-day for the purpose of getting iron for the Foundry. They brought home with them :1 ton of pig-iron, the ‘cost of which amounted to forty dollars. A gentleman from O. 0., who shall be nameless, came over here yesterday afternoon bringing two young ladies with him. They remained to supper. As they were starting for home some of us heard a great laughter outside the door, and on going out there we ‘found the three tipped into #1. huge snow drift. It wz1sn’t very soft, so the girl who chanced to be at the bottom...
Show moreVOL. 5. SATURDAY, FEB. 15, 1868. NO. 40. W. P., Feb. 13——The other day as our sawyer, Mr. Dings, was crossing the pond he saw a wild duck on the ice. He caught it and carried it into the shop; where the boys tried to feed it, but it snapped at them ﬁercely. Victor ﬁnnll y put it into the raceway, where it swims about in apparent content. He feeds it and thinks that in time it will become do1nestica.ted———( if he clips its wings.) Mr. Campbell went with Mr. Kinsley to Clinton to-day for the purpose of getting iron for the Foundry. They brought home with them :1 ton of pig-iron, the ‘cost of which amounted to forty dollars. A gentleman from O. 0., who shall be nameless, came over here yesterday afternoon bringing two young ladies with him. They remained to supper. As they were starting for home some of us heard a great laughter outside the door, and on going out there we ‘found the three tipped into #1. huge snow drift. It wz1sn’t very soft, so the girl who chanced to be at the bottom did’nt seem to think it as funny as it might have been. But this morning the gentleman came over saying the girls were all right. {ind that he hftd come with the firm resolve to shovel away that snow bank, to spare any one else it like adventure. - 158 ~ ~ run: 0. '0. DAILY. Alter the reading of the journals and reports, last evening, Mr. ‘Woolworth said he liked the si1_njgtssti<>1i in the N. Y. Journal, to have all of our rooms provided with suitable furniture that shall belong to the room and not to persons, thus avoiding; so much transporta- tion of property. He thought the furniture and houses were worn and injured more by this, than in any other way. There has been an improvement in this respect, but it should be avoided altogether. _ Mr. Oragin said he noticed the ice was already be- ing used from the ice-house, and as we are to have an addition to our family thus requiring more than the usual supply, he proposed to have ice drawn from the pond for present use, and not draw on the summer _store. _ ‘A communication from Mr. Abbott, was read ex: horting to economy in the use of water, and propos- ing for consideration, the idea of conducting the water from one or two more springs, in addition to those now used. “ It is something to think of” as Mr. Franks would say. ~——~—~~——<m<a:.1>oe-— ————— ---— John Freeman ﬁshed up while at home, some old newspapers published at Albany in 1845. One of these papers containsa long article of four columns, from the pen of Mr. Freeman, which is a bitter attack on the trustees and superintendent ot' the common schools of Albany. Mr. F. had been teaching there. Another paper published in few days subseqiienttoi Iran 0. 0. DAILY. 159 the one containing Mr. F.’s attack, has an editorial making a humble apology for publishing the article, saying that he (the Editor) was imposed upon by Mr. F. and his friends, and made to believe that the statements were just and true, when, as he had become convinced, they were a tissue of falsehoods. When at home John read to his mother the article in the Berean entitled “ Regeneration.” After the reading, his father took up the subject and declared his disbelief in the doctrine of the article. He said that folks who lived before Christ were just as well off in respect to regeneration, as those living al"ter—— that the former were regenerated by looking forward to Christ, and the latter by looking back to him. ‘ V ' ———-—<ooo>—-——— , MY TRIP AND 1'r’s SEQUEL. Tuesday morning was bright, but very cold, yet as Iliad previously made my arrangements, I started‘ for Uticato transact a little business, which only a woman could well do, and in which I was personally interested. I had fair success in accomplishing my business and a good time with my sisters, particularly Mrs. Wright, who seemed open and receptive to the truth, and anxious to follow it, though it should cut her off from all her friends. I returned home the next afternoon, happy and thankful that the truth was working in the heart of at least one member of my l'ather’s family. It was nearly dark when I reached home, and after returning borrowed articles of clothing, I put my hand into my dress-pocket and took my porte-monnaie ( which contained about ten dollars,) thinking I would return that also,’ but it was late__and_ I concluded to wait till 160 THE 0. 0. DAILY. morning. After going in to meeting I put my hand into my pocket and missed my porte—monnaie. VVi.l(.‘i‘t3 was it? I must have dropped it on the way. I was not long in retracing my steps—~searched diligently for the lost treasure—ransackecl drawers and desks where I should have been tl1e most likely to have placed it had I taken it from my pocket, but it was nowhere to be found. What could it mean ? Was I crazed? Had I not had it in my hand? S. says “ Oh, mother! you have had your pocket picked, no mis- take.” But I did not believe that, though he was continually repeating it. I passed an almost sleepless night, and came to the conclusion that I had either dropped the money at the tavern where I stopped, after leaving the cars, or when on the cars had put my hand outside my pocket instead of into it, and that the idea that I felt it or took it from my pocket after my return, was a delusion. Early in the morning I started for Oneida, went to the tavern where I had stopped and enlisted the land- lady to assist 1n the search——-had G. R. K. inquire of the conductor if he had found the missing article+but all in vain. I made a great fuss. I confess, considerin there was only ten dollars at stake, but I thought should not feel justiﬁed in doing less. Last night after meeting, I went to the cupboard or desk to get my portfolio and on returning it, judge of my surprise to see my lost treasure lying on the shelf in plain sight. I could scarcely believe my senses, but it was even so. Comments are unnecessary. I took it imme- diately to Mr. W. though it was ten o’clock. I would not trust myself again with it lest it should be hid- den from my sight. There were many to rejoice with me over its recovery, ( for I did not lack for sympathy 111 my trouble), though there were some hints that I might be suﬁering from dementia. E. Y. J.
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-040-1868-02-15
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-040-1868-02-15
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 041 (February 17, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-17
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: 'F.HE--0~-C.: PAILY. voL. 5. E Moms. mg 17. my EVENING MEETING. L Mr. Qragin offered the Boarding-house for criticism, All concurred in the opinion that the“ experiment 01 introducing a Community family there had proved a perfectsuceess. But little was said by way of eriticismof the organization. _ Alittle too much effort‘ is made to entertain our own people when invited there to dinner. The stew"- ard thought the organization was better now than formerly. Still he had the impression that Mrs. Thayer and Mrs. Bradley might meet on some con- yenient halt‘-Way ground, in respect to cooking, in a. Way to beneﬁt both. He had thought there was some tendency in Mrs. Bradley to be extravagzint. . Mr. Woolworth thought the presence of Mrs. Story there was the point that principally needed investiga- tion. ‘She seems to be a. good woman and is liked to acertain extent; but she has been deeply involved in Spiritualism and is not now free, though she is struggling hard to l.=rea.k it...
Show more'F.HE--0~-C.: PAILY. voL. 5. E Moms. mg 17. my EVENING MEETING. L Mr. Qragin offered the Boarding-house for criticism, All concurred in the opinion that the“ experiment 01 introducing a Community family there had proved a perfectsuceess. But little was said by way of eriticismof the organization. _ Alittle too much effort‘ is made to entertain our own people when invited there to dinner. The stew"- ard thought the organization was better now than formerly. Still he had the impression that Mrs. Thayer and Mrs. Bradley might meet on some con- yenient halt‘-Way ground, in respect to cooking, in a. Way to beneﬁt both. He had thought there was some tendency in Mrs. Bradley to be extravagzint. . Mr. Woolworth thought the presence of Mrs. Story there was the point that principally needed investiga- tion. ‘She seems to be a. good woman and is liked to acertain extent; but she has been deeply involved in Spiritualism and is not now free, though she is struggling hard to l.=rea.k its meshes. Mr. VVOolwortli felt that she wasu good woman at 11ea1't,a11tlVlm«l tried to be reconciled to her residence there, tmcl frequent attendance of our nieetings; but there was a secret feeling all the while that she llttd better rc- twfn £9 -11¢!‘ triendS« 162 ' ‘THE 0'. "C. DAILY. Mrs. Thayer said Mrs. Story had volunteered to withdraw or do anything the Community should think best. We are bound by no promises to her. This does not seem to be the time to attempt to digest a Spiritualist. The mind of the family was ascer- tained by a vote and Mr. Cragin and Mrs. Thayer were appointed to pay Mrs. Story liberally for her services, and invite her to retire for the reasons men- tioned. It was hoped nothing would be said or clone to hurt her feelings unnecessarily, or offend one of God’s little ones. .._____...__.. ._.....,..___ ._,._...__ The W. P. family had a j‘allz'ng out yesterday ; not with mother 0. C. exactly, though it came under her observation, excited her fears and awakened her most motherly solieitude for the beloved offspring. It hap- pened on this wise :—'I‘hc superincumbent mass, making in the aggregate twenty-eight souls and an avoirdupois of about 4000 lbs., was packed into one sleigh behind four spirited steeds for the usual Sunday turn-out and reunion with O. C. All went merry as a marriage-bell, and as the fates would have it, the unlucky ( or lucky) spot was not reached till a grand spectacle could be made before numerous spectators, and an immense sensation cre- ated. At the critical point the road was narrow and drifted. The snow yielded to the concentrated bulk, first one way, giving the mass a lurch to the larboard side; there was an involuntary shitting of the ballast‘, . THE 0. c. DAILY. 163 when down went the runners on the starboard side, and hefor<.: the btllltllctj could he rc(‘:m‘ei'e(l, the center of gravity had fallen without the base, and-—reader, you can imagine what followed better than it can be described. Such a confused, motley, topsy-turvey mass, with assorted sizes and very little attention paid to the arrangement of “heads and points” was not only illCi(‘SC1'lb2l.l)l0, but irre.sist:thle. The twenty-eight lied no sooner emerged from their snow-bath, and struggled from under buffalo-1'obes, cushions, and other more substantial weights, than a chorus of shouts and laughter rang out, which was takenup by the lookers on; laughter and hand- clapping echoed and re-echoed, and the hilarity did not subside entirely for a halt’ hour, during which time the scratched and bruised were cared for, and their wounds pronounced insigniﬁcant. P. S. The “Canadian trapper” facetiously, re- marked to the Jehu of this occasion that he should have had his lcmzfems on, and thus avoided the catas- trophe. W. II. w. In the noon~meeting yesterday George E. related his experience respecting the measles. When Theo- dore and he visited Carlton Rice, they found two of the children down with the measles. They had been in the room some time before George knew what ailed them, and when he learned he tliouglit it best not to run. He and Theodore talked it over after- ward, and Theodore thought it 1)ossible_that Ge(>rge would take the disease and communicate it to the 164 'm1*. 0. e. DANA‘. children at home. George however felt a strong assurance that he should not take it; he could not feel that it was necessary. They returned home, and all went well. George then visited Mr. Rice in company with Mr. Kinsley, and found three children sick with measles. They were iii the same room with them two hours, and took supper there. The air was close and rather unpleasant. After being home a day or two George began to feel queer. In fact the symptoms of measles were well deﬁned. Still he felt that it was not necessary that; he should have them. After consultation it was de- cided that he better remain in his room and not ex- pose the children unnecessarily. He remained still Saturday, and did not attend the meeting in the even- ing. He really felt sick. Sunday he was better ; and in the evening he came to the Hall and played for a dance. A row of the little children sat on the stage in front of him, well exposed. None caught any disease. He felt nothing further of the attack. The impression prevails that he never had the measles, though no one is positive. I-Ie ascribes his escape from this attack, be it of what nature it may, to faith. His experience has served to strengthen his faith in the doctrine that disease may be resisted and overcome. He believes from this experience, that the resnrrec— tion spirit is growing strong in the Community and that it is not necessary that our children should have such diseases as measles, hooping-cough, chicken—pox etc. The power of Christ is suﬂicient prote<_3ti0n against such diseases. , These views were heartily indorsed, and thankful- ness was expressed for the excellent health of the Com- munity. Several had obtained victories in answer to prayer.
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-041-1868-02-17
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-041-1868-02-17
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 042 (February 18, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-18
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: VOL. 5. TUESDAY. FEB. 18,» tag" @742. An unusual number of visitors the past three days. A West-Hartford Conn. farmer walked up from the village to see us Friday evening, arriving just as the “tintinnabulation of the bell” had evoked the usual muster and connnotion. He wanted “to connect” with the evening train, and so staid only an hour, took supper, and then walked “back again.” He was on his way home from Topeka, Kan., and from “ seeing to the fences and things,” on a farm of his, of several hundred acres in Ia.-had land enough for a Community at West- Hartford——went down to W. C. three years ago to learn what good, it any, we derived from the use of ﬁsh guano; saw Mr. Noyes there, and became inter- ested in us, because we were practical and progressive. He was not a Spiritualist, but instead a Baptist in good standing, and apparently as honest an old farmer as was he “of Tippecanoe.” His name was Joseph Davenport. A sle_igh—riding party, four couples from Vienna - Saturday ...
Show moreVOL. 5. TUESDAY. FEB. 18,» tag" @742. An unusual number of visitors the past three days. A West-Hartford Conn. farmer walked up from the village to see us Friday evening, arriving just as the “tintinnabulation of the bell” had evoked the usual muster and connnotion. He wanted “to connect” with the evening train, and so staid only an hour, took supper, and then walked “back again.” He was on his way home from Topeka, Kan., and from “ seeing to the fences and things,” on a farm of his, of several hundred acres in Ia.-had land enough for a Community at West- Hartford——went down to W. C. three years ago to learn what good, it any, we derived from the use of ﬁsh guano; saw Mr. Noyes there, and became inter- ested in us, because we were practical and progressive. He was not a Spiritualist, but instead a Baptist in good standing, and apparently as honest an old farmer as was he “of Tippecanoe.” His name was Joseph Davenport. A sle_igh—riding party, four couples from Vienna - Saturday evening reaching here at six o’clock. They came to see the Community, and expected to be enter- tained, and had ridden so far, and were so hungry withal, that we took compassion upon them, and fed them, and their horses, notwithstanding the lateness 166 "'rr'Ia3o.-c. DAILY. of the hour. .Two of the party were a married pair from Ill. All were remarlrably well-behaved and re~ spectful. They set out on their return-ride of three hours, a few minutes before meeting closed. U. The Internal Revenue tax collector‘, R. H. Avery of Canastota, called here Saturday, and took dinner. His ﬁrst business was to inquire what the prospects were of having the N. Y. C. R. R. staightened. It appears he is interested in the project, and said he was going from here to Vernon to see the Cases about it. Oanastota, for the past ﬁve or six years, has been quite ambitious, apparently in some rivalry with the Depot, and this may account for their willingness to have the Central taken away from Oneida. Mr. A_very’s second object in calling,‘ was to borrow some ancient costumes for Mrs. A. who is to take part in an entertainment they are getting up, in which a New England kitchen and tea-party will be represen- ted. In this we accommodated him as best we could. ‘ VVe have long desired to make our tax returns at Oneida, and so get rid of the odious visits of lisping assessor Williams ; or, as his fellow officials sometimes say, “ Tommy.” Wliile in conversation, Mr. Avery volunteered to bring the proper U. Agent up here on his next round; when, he says, the transfer can be made, if we have a map ready showing our exact i position. B; THEO. 0. DAILY. 167‘ Mrs. Baker is improving some ; she wears a common shoe now, but does not walk, so of course she has to be waited on. A few days since she had her dinner brought to her as usual, and on preparing her coﬂee and attempting to drink it, she discovered that there was an astonishingly strange taste about it. She said she was at a loss to fancy what could have befallen it, it was so overwhelmingly nauseous. Sud- (lenly the thought occurred to her to investigate the sugar, and fortunately, for those white and glistening crystals possessed no saccharine qualities, they were pure salt. ———-—-———¢0€o>———-—~—— Mr. Clark informs us that the stove to our large, portable oven has been unsatisfactory for some time past. In the ﬁrst place, it was too small and in the second place, it ﬁlled up with coals which had to be shoveled out. This proved an expense of fuel. We have introduced a new stove——one of our own make—- with grates and an ash-pit, that works satisfactorily. Mr. Bristol says he can now bake bread in one half or three fourths of the time it took with the other stove and he thinks with much less fuel. . —~—~——-»--——<>o®o«r-—-——~— Mr. Olds has again taken his place in the kitchen.—— Mr. VV. G. Kelly has taken Mr. Smith’s place in waiting on Mr. Nash, and Mr. Smith will work at the trap—shop for the present.——Mrs. Stor_y’s departure creates a. vacancy which Phebe goes to ﬁll for a. season. 168 . - ’l‘HIg.‘.- o. c. DAILY. nWe noticed Mrs. Higgins washing dishes this morn- ing, and that reminds us how smart and bright she is. She takes care of several bedrooms, attends the bag- bee, does all the shoe binding and an immense amount of sewing for dilferent members of the family. The old piano———poor, wretched, crazy thing—has lately been moved from the Tontine to the South- Grarret, because it had a benumbing eﬂect on the minds of the school boys. Mrs. Hatch suggests that this piano is to O. 0., what the hen is to the different Express Oﬂices of the U. S. ' ——-—--r-——r-———<o§o}—-~-~---~-- Mrs. Conant says they have dried the clothes in the dry-room for the last time. They will begin work there now, to convert it into an acceptable com posing room. This is rather electrifying-—it seems so near that it makes one’s heart beat l'aster——a few short weeks and you will all be here. Come quickly. T ..______._4..,.,,._._..,_ We havejust made a short tour through the different houses to see if peradventure we might haply light on some news, but alack ! t’is the scarcest thing at O. C. The only thing we saw was Mr. Woolworth vigor- ously hrandishing a broom over a large drift near his door; he paused from his arduous engagement, looked up and said, “This is a gal-orious morning !” and then fell at his work again most lustily.
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-042-1868-02-18
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-042-1868-02-18
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 043 (February 20, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-20
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: THE o. o. DAeILY.t VOL. 5. ’1’HU‘RSDAY. FEB. 20, 186a tibia W. P., Feb.l18.—Llt’Iessrs. Case and Hills called at the Office, yesterday afternoon. Mr. C. had with him it letter from Mr. Ilamilton, stating that he had seen Mr. Clarlc, who said that the connnittee were in favor of having the Central st.raigl1tem;-ll, but if they were going to have to fight for the right of way, they did not want to have anything to do with it-. We have already signiﬁed our willingness to give the right of way across our land and Mr. Case wishes- us to inﬂuence our neighbors, as far as possible, to do the same. He inquired how much freight we shipped during the year, and was answered, that last year the freight shipped and received amounted to six-hundred and ﬁfty tons. Mr. Wilson was present and remarked that we had better petition fora passenger depot—~said that Oneida and Vernon would probably quarrel as to which should get it, and in the meantimewe could put in our claim. The other gentlemen assente...
Show moreTHE o. o. DAeILY.t VOL. 5. ’1’HU‘RSDAY. FEB. 20, 186a tibia W. P., Feb.l18.—Llt’Iessrs. Case and Hills called at the Office, yesterday afternoon. Mr. C. had with him it letter from Mr. Ilamilton, stating that he had seen Mr. Clarlc, who said that the connnittee were in favor of having the Central st.raigl1tem;-ll, but if they were going to have to fight for the right of way, they did not want to have anything to do with it-. We have already signiﬁed our willingness to give the right of way across our land and Mr. Case wishes- us to inﬂuence our neighbors, as far as possible, to do the same. He inquired how much freight we shipped during the year, and was answered, that last year the freight shipped and received amounted to six-hundred and ﬁfty tons. Mr. Wilson was present and remarked that we had better petition fora passenger depot—~said that Oneida and Vernon would probably quarrel as to which should get it, and in the meantimewe could put in our claim. The other gentlemen assented to this; said they should like it much better than going to Oneida or Vernon as they have done. Two of the Wightman girls commenced work in the Silk-factory to-day. ‘Another molder has been hired to work in the Foundry. Feb. 19.—-Al few days ago, Mr. Newhouse and 170 = rma: 0-. 0. DAILY. Myron went to Vernon to see a man who had a boat for sale. They offered him tliroe and ti. h-tilt‘ doz. No. 1 traps for it, but he said he had sold it to his brother. Yesterday, he called at the shop and said that his brother could not pay him until spring, and as he wanted pay now, We might have the boat, at the terms offered. Mr. Newhouse went over this morning and brought it home. It is larger than the old one and is to be nicely painted and put in order for Summer use. But it's name, what shall it be? We leave the subject open, hoping for suggestions. A class was formed last night for the study of Phi- losophy. Pupils, Jane Abbott, Georgia and Mary Baker. Teacher, J. F. Sears. I Wallingford boasts a. patent bread-slicer, ‘O. C. a potato-washer, and we———well, we have a patent egg- beater and cake-mixer. It’s merits have not been very thoroughly tested yet, but it promises to “ be handy to have.” We notice Mr. Higgins these days busy with Arith- metic and Geography. From his countenance we judge he ﬁnds in them all the charm and more, than he has found heretofore in writing. V You may remember how your mother, on washing day, used to go to the trouble and expense of boiling her clothes—all the white clothes must be boiled—— it would not do to omit boiling. “ Wy-eel they would_ be strea.ked _and_ yellow if not bot'ted,”__, THE 0. 0‘. DAILY. 171 We lsunderers of the O. C. have broken from this thrztlldom of nn<‘.estrztl eu.sst.o'n1, and learned a. better way. At ﬁrst we ventured not to boil the sheets and pillow-cases; they looked very well. Next the women’s clothes were tried; looked very well indeed. The old habit was so strong that we thought shirts must be boiled still; the shirts looked yellow, and in con~ trust with the other clothes, quite yellow. Despite our pztins-taking, they did not improve, so at last we stopped boiling them, and now folks say they are brightening up every week. .The large amount of fruit used by us is the occasion of a great many stains on table and pocket linen ; new boots and shoes stain white hose; we often want to use new cotton in the winter, etc. etc. All this bleacliing to be done at {L season when there is neither grass nor dew to do it for us, led us to look about for some method of accomplishing it. This winter we have substituted chloride of lime. It costs us eight cts. per 1b., and we use it at the rate of two oz. for ﬁve yds. of cloth. By its aid we are able to do the work of our clepztrtment. quite s:tttisfztcto1'il_y to ourselves and our nmny patrons. B. ‘Mr. Kelly and his corps wrought quite ayclntnge in the dry-room yesterd-uy—-—piteh‘ed all the benohes,. posts, bars and braces out the front windows—took outthe two‘stoves‘——ﬁxecl the base-boarcls—‘put up the iron columns~—swept“’aud cleared the floor; and 172,- THE. 0. c-. I)A1‘L,Y.. now the room is ready for paint and White-wash. Everybody is interested in this Work, and all go at it with smiling faces, Willing hands and happy hearts. ~—~———<«:»>—~——-—- . We noticed two gentlemen at dinner yesterday, and. asked Mr. Underwood who they were; h.e replied, “ Oh! Nobodies. One was from Bath, b.ut he didn't, know our folks that came from there.” —--<«I>o>——————-—— . Mr. Leete says there isn't any news to be had at the store. Most of his customers, the squaws, say it is, “ hard times” with them, because they are no longer allowed to sell bead-work on the cars. —-—-——<oc»>~———~—~ If we were called on to say why it is so quiet out‘ here, we should tell you we suspected it was owingrto the fact, that the boys of Mr. Perry’s school are im- proving this lovely, spring-like morning by‘ taking a hunting‘ excursion’. They have not strayed‘ so far from home however, that we cannot'l1earthe~occa- sional report of their guns.- ’ —~—---—-—-ooooo-»~———— Mr. Leete returned as usual, yesterday, but accom- panied by Mary. Since she Wears a short dress and short hair she seems quite like one of us. ~————-ooqpov-———————— Mrs. Deborah Hale has been spending two days with us, and left thismorning. ,
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-043-1868-02-20
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-043-1868-02-20
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 044 (February 21, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-21
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: o. 0. DAILY. VOL. 5. FRIDAY. rEB.i2ii,iis'e8. N0. 41.1; DEAR 'DAILY.——Mrs Deborah. Hale of Genoa, Five Corners, gave some account of her experience in private conversation, which may interest some of your readers. She has been a believer in Mr. Noyes and in the truth he advocates from the ﬁrst I believe. Several years ago she parted from her husband without a penny for l1er support, and has since lived alone. Her son who died in the army willed his bounty and pension money to his mother, which very" much enraged Mr. Hale; and when an additional bounty of one hundred dollars was ofl‘"ered, Mr. Hale entered 9. claim for it, but on being told that it must go to Mrs. Hale, the receiver of the previous payments, unless he could give good reasons why she was not Worthy, he convicted her on the ground of her connec- tion with a body of Perfectionists, who believed and practiced very bad things. This crushed her to the earth for a time, when she rallied and felt stronger...
Show moreo. 0. DAILY. VOL. 5. FRIDAY. rEB.i2ii,iis'e8. N0. 41.1; DEAR 'DAILY.——Mrs Deborah. Hale of Genoa, Five Corners, gave some account of her experience in private conversation, which may interest some of your readers. She has been a believer in Mr. Noyes and in the truth he advocates from the ﬁrst I believe. Several years ago she parted from her husband without a penny for l1er support, and has since lived alone. Her son who died in the army willed his bounty and pension money to his mother, which very" much enraged Mr. Hale; and when an additional bounty of one hundred dollars was ofl‘"ered, Mr. Hale entered 9. claim for it, but on being told that it must go to Mrs. Hale, the receiver of the previous payments, unless he could give good reasons why she was not Worthy, he convicted her on the ground of her connec- tion with a body of Perfectionists, who believed and practiced very bad things. This crushed her to the earth for a time, when she rallied and felt stronger than ever to face the great men of this world, deﬁning her relations to the Community and the doctrines they hold, so far as she understood them. Their respect for her increased from this time. Mr. Lyon, ChieflJustice, and the ﬁrst man of Genoa, drew up a paper, testifying to the good character of Mrs. Hale, and the dishonest, untruthful character of t 174 THE 0. 0. DAILY. ‘Mr. Hale, which was forwarded to Wasliiiigtoii. Mr. _ E. H. H. to Mr. Woolworth, concerning hired help—~ Hale's Attorney told Mrs. ll:-ule that he tried his best to dissuade Mr. ll. from 1.41:-.~;i. l V . ‘ was very bitter and tlUlt.‘l'llllm’(l mm zit‘ umal; gt: o t. “Then” said the AtL()1‘n(:_y, “ I must be well pztit .” And, as he was well paid, he must now do his best to aid what he knew was an unjust demand. Mr. Hale cannot now pass through the streets of Genoa with- out being hooted at, so that he is seldom seen there. What interested me was that all this trying experi- ence had led Mrs. Hale to a more earnest and intelli- gent knowledge of God. She felt that the truth was more precious to her than a good name, and had she a million dollars at stake she would not sacriﬁce one iota of what she believed to be truth to retain it. She expressed a high appreciation of the CIRCULAR, and considers it a letter from the O. C. to her. s. B. C. 1,,. In the meeting last evening, a letter was read from suggesting that we retain some of our best hands, for the present at least. This was sympathized with, and it was thought we should feel tree to reconsider the‘ decision of the business meeting on this point. Mr. Woolworth then said, “I hear that some of our folks have been having rather emotzenal experi- ence this afternoon owing to the clams We had for dinner. How is this, where is the trouble? Shall We THE 0. C. mumf. 175 have to condemn the clams? Perhaps some one has some experience they would like to relate.” Here €'ollr>wr-<l n gmw2':1l l>nz:r., and oonsi<lera.l)le merrinient. in... til <-:.».«n:+ w.-re e.\’celle:1l, was the general opin-, ion, but they are more apt to make folks sick than round ones, and particularly if persons are unused to eating them. Mr. Hatch thought a meal of oysters would be a good antiemetic, and serve to settle the clams satisfactorily all round. The Talk “ Remarks on the Second Coming” was re-read and very generally endorsed. Many said they had found it true that Christ responded to every act of theirs to please him. No niatter how small the action if only perforined in I'ait.h. VVO can all seek to please God in our every-day life, and in the smallest things that go to make up our experience. Several of our elderly brothers and sisters have of late testiﬁed to feeling young and strong. Uncle Elias Hall, who takes care of the calves at the barn near the Boarding-house, says he never endured the cold as well as he has this winter. Mr. Donant thinks that both Mr. Hall and Mr. Kellogg are renewing their youth. Mrs. M. Hall says she .l.1_as nsv.-:.:l' in her life been as well asshe is th..is seaso_n—.- fl.-il. T. '.l;‘l,az's.yei.“ amt‘ others joined Mrs. Hall in testifying to excellent health. Aunt Sarah Nash is “ as smart as 9. cricket” and is growing young and sparkling. ‘ .176 THE 0. c. DAILY. Mr. Knox, of the ﬁrm Keefer, Knox, Arms and Co., in company with Theodore Hand look .~:upp<.-r here last evening. Mr. Knox brought samples of woolen goods for which he wished to take orders. Mr. Aiken did not want anything at present, and therefore gave him no orders. Mr. Leete says he has bought of this man for twelve or fourteen years, and has always found him reliable and honest. -~———-<ooo>——————— Mr. Kinsley and Homer have gone to North Bay“ Mr. K. to take Mr. Clarl<’s place in delivering, and getting orders for castings from our customers in that region, and Homer will try and ﬁnd good butter for our table. ———~———<o<po>——-—--— Messrs. Hawley and Hall have gone to Clinton, the former to sell castings, and the latter, silk. ————-—<oo->---- It has been quite warm for two or three days-a south wind blowing——which has caused the snow to disappear very rapidly. It is cooler again this morning. —~———--<oo«>—--- Mr. Conant reports that they have ﬁnished drawing muck. Whole amount drawn, 340 loads.
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-044-1868-02-21
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-044-1868-02-21
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 045 (February 22, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-22
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: a 0- D¥A¥:c[_tLY' VOL. 5. SATURDAY, FEB. 22, 1868. NO. 45. Mrs. Langstatf sends it special dispatch to state, that from the beginning, the business of quilting has been carried on in a most unsnlis;faetory way. From our remotest. grandmothers downward to us, all women that have quilted have been content to rest the frame on which the quilt was stretched on the backs of chairs. This was kt most uncertain support; hit the chair but slightly, it would fall hztckward, down would go the frnnie at one corner tilting up at the other, likely as any wzty hitting some unsuspect- ing person on the head; while amidst at tumult of small seremns and terrified shrieks from the women, away went the spools of thread, scissors, papers of pins, chalk, twine and everything else on the quilt in 9. shower of confusion, to hide themselves under beds, bureaus, stands, or any other un-get-:.tt—ab1e place. Things were gathered up and put in their places, order restored and quiet reigned again, until ano...
Show morea 0- D¥A¥:c[_tLY' VOL. 5. SATURDAY, FEB. 22, 1868. NO. 45. Mrs. Langstatf sends it special dispatch to state, that from the beginning, the business of quilting has been carried on in a most unsnlis;faetory way. From our remotest. grandmothers downward to us, all women that have quilted have been content to rest the frame on which the quilt was stretched on the backs of chairs. This was kt most uncertain support; hit the chair but slightly, it would fall hztckward, down would go the frnnie at one corner tilting up at the other, likely as any wzty hitting some unsuspect- ing person on the head; while amidst at tumult of small seremns and terrified shrieks from the women, away went the spools of thread, scissors, papers of pins, chalk, twine and everything else on the quilt in 9. shower of confusion, to hide themselves under beds, bureaus, stands, or any other un-get-:.tt—ab1e place. Things were gathered up and put in their places, order restored and quiet reigned again, until another chair was overturned and it like scene enacted. Well, thanks to a man's ingenuity and kindness, the quilters of O. 0. need be no longer subjected to such dire disasters. Mr. Ellis has quite recently made for them four “ beautiful white horses” with nicks in their bucks for the frame to ﬁt into and hold it ﬁrmly. 178 THE 0. 0. DAILY. These are vastly appreciated by Mrs. L. who has labored long under the chair dispensation. The parties mentioned as being gone on business, have returned and report a prosperous and pleasant time, with the exception that the westward party ( Mr. Kinsley and Homer) in crossing the Lake to reach Cleveland, found several ontcks and ﬁssures in the ice and had the rather uncommon experience of getting their team and sleigh into the water. When within about ﬁfty rods oi the north shore, they were suddenly immersed to the depth of about two and 8. half feet. They were obliged to take off the team, get boards to walk on while carrying the load forward to ﬁrm ice, and then by the aid of long chains the sleigh was drawn forwztrd and re-loztded. The most serious part of it was the wetting of one pair of feet (on a very cold day) and Mr. Vander- burgh's plow—points. B. The O. 0. Store is embellished with one of the “ Oneidzt business directories.” The following descrip- tion of them is taken from the Dtlmcctclt : “ The frames, which are composed of black-walnut and gilt molding, are three feet and six inches square, and are divided into seventeen spaces. The central space at the top contains a clock, the oblong lowerone contains three dials under the magical Words,» ‘ Break‘- THE 0. 0. DAILY. 179 fast’ ‘ Dinner‘ and ‘ Supper,’ set so as to indicate the hour at which the guests of the respective Hotels at which the ‘Directories’ are displayed, indulge in the am using pastime of eating their meals.” On the Directory may be seen handsomely printed cards of t.he principal business ﬁrms of Oneida. It was some question with the people of Oneida in which place to put; this advertisement‘, in our store or at the Castle; but concluding this would be the most; conspicuous place, they asked G. R. K. to bring it up. ——~--~——-———<o®09-——»—————— The remarks in the W. C. journal, about a daily paper, were received with cheers. Mr. Woolworth said“ We shall have rather lively times here then, sl1an’t We ?” George E. thought the Democratz'c Union would stand a rather poor chance. “Yes” says Mr. W. “ It will be something like having a new revolver against an old musket.” -———————<o$o7>-——~—~~— After meeting last night some of our folks seemed to be seized with a desire to sing, and sing they did. “ Tappan,” “ Portuguese I>Iymn,” “ Devizes,” “ When I can read my title clear" and “ Sherburne” were all sung most zealously and with “ untiring eﬁ°ects.” At len rth one oun r woman exclaimed “ Sat Father is L, ; , Hatch, don’t you think “ America” would be a. good thing to go to bed on ?” All agreed it would, and accordingly the company arose and“ America” was 180 THE 0. 0. DAILY. sung with great gusto ; then the merry group dispersed. Mother Burnham seems to be missed on such occa- sions; we heard it quite often said, “ If Mother Burn- ham was only here I” We expect she soon will be, and we are as patient as good children in the meantime. ~--——~——-<ooo>— ~~~~~ »-- The steward says, “Our stock of butter is nearly exhausted; so is the supply in the country about here, making it almost impossible to procure more. The price is high, and advancing. In view of these things can we not, for the next forty days, be con- contented with a little thinner ‘spread’ ?” —~~—'~~v—-4080»-—-—~—-— The Bag Dept. has lately had a re-enforcement. Mr. James Van Velzer has left the kitchen to assist in this work, and George E. intends spending his fore- noons there {or the present. We suspect they know it is about to breathe its last, and want to make sure of having the doctor on the spot, when the time arrives. --—————<-oo>——-—-—~ Oh ! there comes Mr. Leete along the walk with a paint-pail. He, with Mrs. Conant as an assistant, is going to do the painting in the composing-room.
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-045-1868-02-22
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-045-1868-02-22
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 046 (February 24, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-24
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: ,,_C- ,DsA1LY:- creamy; 1:23. 24, iiéisisfw ‘ms. BUSINESS MEETING. Several of the hired men had been notiﬁed that we should not want them another year, but i_n re—consider- ing; the matter, in accordance with Mr. Hami_lton’s letter on this subject, it was decided to keep the team» sters if a sati.st'2:et;ory bargain can be made with them. It was thought the etl"ect of." this move on the hired men had been good. Messrs. Tliaeker, Conant, Woolworth, Marks and Hawley were appointed a com- mittee for hiring help on the farm :11: d 1'<:~.gi1lzttiiig Wages. Mr. Thaeker proposed, for a preserving-house, to move one or two old barns from NV. .1". ; for a dairy- house, the basement of the Tontine now used for fruit preserving; for storing vinegar, cider, &c., the present fruit-house; and for storing fruit, the north room of the Tontine over the proposed dairy—room. This last place had been spoken of for a school-room, therefore a committee was appointed to con...
Show more,,_C- ,DsA1LY:- creamy; 1:23. 24, iiéisisfw ‘ms. BUSINESS MEETING. Several of the hired men had been notiﬁed that we should not want them another year, but i_n re—consider- ing; the matter, in accordance with Mr. Hami_lton’s letter on this subject, it was decided to keep the team» sters if a sati.st'2:et;ory bargain can be made with them. It was thought the etl"ect of." this move on the hired men had been good. Messrs. Tliaeker, Conant, Woolworth, Marks and Hawley were appointed a com- mittee for hiring help on the farm :11: d 1'<:~.gi1lzttiiig Wages. Mr. Thaeker proposed, for a preserving-house, to move one or two old barns from NV. .1". ; for a dairy- house, the basement of the Tontine now used for fruit preserving; for storing vinegar, cider, &c., the present fruit-house; and for storing fruit, the north room of the Tontine over the proposed dairy—room. This last place had been spoken of for a school-room, therefore a committee was appointed to consider this part of the proposition. Committee, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Thaeker, George E. and Portia. Messrs. Kelly, Burt, Kinsley and Knowles were appointed at committee to see what can be done about the planing-machine at the mill, as the water-wheel with which it is connected is out of order. It was proposed that John Leonard make W. P. his abiding place, and devote his time to patte1'11-making. 182 THE 0. 0. DAILY. Last evening we had an entertainment in the Hall, and we were lamenting our inability to do justice to the subject, when we chanced to see the following note which we immediately intercepted and appropriated : 0. C’. Mab. 23, 1868. DEAR 1I.:~—If you tliouglit the entertainment two weeks a,<ro worth a journey from New—York here, I do not know what you would say were you here to-ni;g;ht. We have just had a repetition of that same with a great addition, mostly for the beneﬁt of the TW. P. family, as they were not here when the children danced before. I cannot give you a full account now, but will let you have some idea of it tlirougli my eyes. The family met in the Hall at a quarter before seven, expecting, they knew not what. At the ﬂrst rising of the curtain, C. Oragin appeared with a manuscript book in hand and pantomimed C. J. Guiteau to per- fection, delivering his noted lecture, in the middle of which he took oil’ his coat and walked back to the stand in a most pompous manner. Next Charles and Milford, representing the same personage and Williaiii Vaill, rooming together, with the chalk mark on the ﬂoor~—Mi1ford sitting as near the boundary line as possible playing: the ﬂap,'eolet, while Charles was walking back and forth in his part of the room, reading in the most earnest manner, and as he could not make Williztin cease his noise, he rubbed out the chalk mark in disgust. ran 0. 0. DAILY. 183 'I‘hon Mr. Wri_.<.>;ht‘, ( Gzaorgo E.) appeared to us in ronlpany with llnir “ l.\o_y;~'." ( it‘1‘<=<l. and Charles Marks, Dan. Abbott and Ernest) ll<)(2ing;,‘ st1'awbc1'ries. Alter moping along awhile, stopping now and then to Wipe the water from his eyes with the corner of his great silk l1:1ndlacrcl1ieI", he succeeded in getti11g' ahead of the boys, when he stopped, and leaning‘ on his hoe handle, narrat.<-d to them the story 01' his lady love appearing to him &c.; and the last pantomime gave us the very thing itself ~ }e(). E. in the character of Mr. Wright, serving as Mill~watch. After seeing that all was sate he sat down to study Astronomy by the light of’ his lantern. He soon tell asleep, and was awakened by his angel bride (Ellen Nash) gliding about the room. At ‘first, he started back, but on discovering the star in her forehead, and learning that it meant himself, he invited her to his arms, and as she sat on his knee, happy in his embrace, the cur- tain dropped. Better justice could not have been done to those celebrated men, and the family were not slow in manifesting their pleasure. But do not il11%1}J,‘ill(3 thiswas all. The curtain was again raised, and there stood Fatlxer IIatch with his M company, consisting not only of the boys and girls that entertained you so much, but. eight of the smaller ones, with their Aunt (Emma) whom they were visiting; and I~Iarriet Olds, acting the part ol" :1 p1'ofessional dancing—master and dressed to correspond. They 184 formed two sets of cotillions, and danced the Ro- manoff through without making a mistake. The little ones danced by themselves ; George Easton re- presented a little Turk, with Rose for partner, Temple, a soldier, grave as a deacon, with spszrkling little Fanny, Willie, an old gentleman, wearing swallow- tailed coat, a standing collar, and spectacles, with the once timid Dora, and Harold, to all intents and pur- poses, a live “Dancing Jack,” and dressed like one, with sober Anna. The little girls all dressed in white. The older ones danced as before, and did well; but the little ones and the dancing-master were too much for us—especially Harold, whose peculiar jump, diddle, or whatever it might be called, made the scene an overwhelming one. They seemed so uncon- scious withal, so intent on their business, and kept ex- cellent time. Yours truly, s. B. C. _._.____..,.q,,...._.__._._. My oldest daughter, usually called Nelly, proposes, with the consent and approbation of her friends, to discard this name, having out-grown it, and assume her original name Helen; substituting Emma for her "1-‘HE o. 0. DAILY. . middle name thereby giving Helen Emma Woolworth. “ For short” she may be called Helen E. W. H. W. It grew very cold toward night Saturday, and yes- terday morning the mercury stood at ﬁfteen degrees below zero. This morning the air bites your ears and nose and is ﬁlled with little shivering snowﬂakes struggling downward.
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-046-1868-02-24
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-046-1868-02-24
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 047 (February 25, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-25
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: THE 00. DAILY» voL.l 5.W TUESDAY, res. 25,l1868;“ H rtetiiiér. EVENING MEE'I‘ING. Mr. D. P. Nash invited criticism. He was spoken of as a man of faith, and one who loves God. Yet at [)l'(‘S(‘1ll there seems to he a spirit, over him that should be looked into and jutlgecl. He makes trouble for his attendants, especially for his night. watchers. He has manifested but little interest in spiritual things of late, but has heen given to novvl—reading. This he has tll‘()ppC(l, however, and seems to be taking a new turn of e:rrm-stness. Mr. Nash was exhorted to give up his own will and trust. to the _jl,l(lg(:lllCllL oi‘ others. It was thought; there was an un(ler~enrrent of grumbling in his spirit. Mr. Kelly felt there was an nnwholesonie atmos- phere in his room. He questioned whether there was not something in Mr. N-ash‘s past life that needed cleansing. He felt there was sometliing impure in his spirit respecting social matters. Others had sim- ilar thongzhts. Every time Mr. N...
Show moreTHE 00. DAILY» voL.l 5.W TUESDAY, res. 25,l1868;“ H rtetiiiér. EVENING MEE'I‘ING. Mr. D. P. Nash invited criticism. He was spoken of as a man of faith, and one who loves God. Yet at [)l'(‘S(‘1ll there seems to he a spirit, over him that should be looked into and jutlgecl. He makes trouble for his attendants, especially for his night. watchers. He has manifested but little interest in spiritual things of late, but has heen given to novvl—reading. This he has tll‘()ppC(l, however, and seems to be taking a new turn of e:rrm-stness. Mr. Nash was exhorted to give up his own will and trust. to the _jl,l(lg(:lllCllL oi‘ others. It was thought; there was an un(ler~enrrent of grumbling in his spirit. Mr. Kelly felt there was an nnwholesonie atmos- phere in his room. He questioned whether there was not something in Mr. N-ash‘s past life that needed cleansing. He felt there was sometliing impure in his spirit respecting social matters. Others had sim- ilar thongzhts. Every time Mr. Nash has heen criticised he has im- proved. Christ has power over the palsy, and it Mr. Nash gives himself’ wholly to his spirit there is no reason why he cannot recover. Mr Campbell Writes to us from W. P. : “ Assessor Williams called on us Friday afternoon 186 to settle a question about our silk tax that has been somewhat in abeyance for the last. three Inonths. The occasion, was a letter just published from the Revenue Connnissioner, explaining in detail a decision he made in i'eg:11‘tl to it last fall, and about which the assessor had been waiting for inforrnation. That decision allowed the deduction of the cost of the raw stock in making up the silk tax returns, and reduced the ta:~: on silk about one half. “ Mr Assessor came here full of the idea that he had discovered a rat hole, or something of that km, in the letter of explanation that would prevent us from getting the beneﬁt of that deduction. Raw silk was deﬁned to be silk that ‘ had been reeled from the cocoon’ and the astute oﬂicial bethought hinisell" that the raw stock we used was not in that state, as he was conﬁdent he had seen it being put through that process. .Iﬂrgo, we could not be entitled to the beneﬁt of that decision. “The absurdity of such an idea is apparent at a glance to any one at all familial‘ with the subject, though perhaps it was natural enough for the assessor to be caught with it, with his iniperfeet knowledge of the business and ollicial predisposition to look out for any ‘smart. chances’ to increase the tax returns. “ C. A. 0. however, succeeded in convincing him by actual demonstration that we did not‘ ‘reel silk from the cocoon,’ so he patronizingly gave up the point, TIIE 0." C. DAILY. THE 0. 0. DAILY: 187 and concluded he Ftllﬁlllti lmve to allow us the deduc- tion, titmte.-t1lin;,;‘ laisum at will: ;.:;§\»ia:;1; .~4<nnv.: <.lit'«:.~eti<)11s about zn11e1nling_; the n~t:im.'»'.” ___...,,. ..,,,,,..,,.,A._..._.c, ’VV'. 1’., Feb. 24. Joel report.~3 some decided im- provements in his depart.n1ent,. Some complaints (:<nnin;.; to us Iroin trappers about the liability of_ our ll‘.:IHl'2l,i)i(‘ iron po:~:t:4 (‘or bear-traps.t to bre:1l<, it was decided to make them oi’ '\\'l‘()ll§;'ill. iron, and over two hundred were forged last year. The best blael<smith, with a boy to help him, was able to tinge only three in an hour, making the work only cost us ﬁfteen cents a piece. Lately a pair of dies have been made by which they can be forged in the drop, now it man and boy can make one hundred and thirty in ﬁve hours» doing them much better and easier than by the old way. Joel says the new method is not perfected yet, but he expects ere long to more than double on the present speed. ~*-— ~~~~~ -~-<¢®o¢>———~—~——»— Victory! The potato—washer has been perfected! The skill of an inventive genius has triumphed over all obstacles that appeared to the unbelieving against it. Instead of picking the potatoes out by hand from the cold water, we now lift the washer from the box by] El handle and dump them into a basket, so quick! that one hardly believes it~—and so clean too, it truly i1Sl()lll:€illllg. ‘Ne can wash as many in ten minutes, as we could by banal in an hour, and -it’s 188 7 THE 0. e. DA1LY. nothing but sport. The inventor, and others concerned, certainly deserve great credit for their indomitable. perseverance and eIierg'_y in Ettltllllg‘ such an important machine to the number of useful inventions. -We can do but injustice with words, but people wishintg to See the machine work, or test its qualities themselves, can do so by calling‘ in the ba.el< kitchen any niorning at seven and a halt’ o’eloel<.. K1'roiIEN. _. M ., ._.__ Yesterday, some one made quite a sensation by posting this notice at the head of the broad stairs: “ Come and hear ‘ Spiritual ‘Wives’ at 6-45.” Classes that have usually met at this hour made diﬂ"erent airangeinents, the dish-washing and dining- room work were dispatched with great celerity, and at the appointed time there was a. full house (as full as our present family ever makes it), eager and expectant to hear what you have already heard, therefore no necessity for comment. e,_,,,.@,.,__s...__ In the afternoon yesterday, a little bird, perched on a twig near the window, kept triumphantly reiterating, “The snow ’ll be knee deep, the snow ’ll be knee deep.” Pcrehanee his prophesy may be true, for it snowed all day yesterday, it snowed all night we should judge, and it’s snowing still.
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-047-1868-02-25
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-047-1868-02-25
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 048 (February 26, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-26
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: 'i‘HE 0- G.-PAH? voIl..5l.i W DNFSDAY. FEB. 26, T1868‘. llNo.M4e. After listening to the account of Mr. Shelly, in the New-York journal, Mr. Woolworth said : “ We advised Mr. Shelly, when he was here last, as he was going to Newark to close up l1is business, to put himself in communication with Mr. Hamilton and the Agency brethren, and cultivate their fellowship and invite their criticism. The idea was, that it‘ he could join Mr. Hamilton and the Agency he could probably join the Community. It seems he neglected our advice altogether. I never understood that he made a regular application to join the Community, though he talked about it a good deal in a vague Way. He seemed very much preoccupied with his business, the whip-socket hobby.” —~——~»—~-<o¢>o>—~-- A Mrs. Langstaif reports that she has been in the quilting business just one year. Most of the time she has had an assistant and the hired girls engaged in the laundry have generally worked there a portion of the day...
Show more'i‘HE 0- G.-PAH? voIl..5l.i W DNFSDAY. FEB. 26, T1868‘. llNo.M4e. After listening to the account of Mr. Shelly, in the New-York journal, Mr. Woolworth said : “ We advised Mr. Shelly, when he was here last, as he was going to Newark to close up l1is business, to put himself in communication with Mr. Hamilton and the Agency brethren, and cultivate their fellowship and invite their criticism. The idea was, that it‘ he could join Mr. Hamilton and the Agency he could probably join the Community. It seems he neglected our advice altogether. I never understood that he made a regular application to join the Community, though he talked about it a good deal in a vague Way. He seemed very much preoccupied with his business, the whip-socket hobby.” —~——~»—~-<o¢>o>—~-- A Mrs. Langstaif reports that she has been in the quilting business just one year. Most of the time she has had an assistant and the hired girls engaged in the laundry have generally worked there a portion of the day every Saturday. During the year they have pieced and quilted thirty quilts, made ten eomfortables, twelve new cotton ticks for husk~beds, and five pair of pillows. They have also quilted six quilts that were pieced by different. members of the family. The material used for mak- 190 '1‘I-IE 0. c. DAILY. ing these, has been about an equal proportion of new and old calico. "We have sold to our employees, four se<:ond rate quilts, ﬁve pair of pillows, and four feather-beds. -—---————v————4ooo>—— Mr. Conant’s teamsters have been drawing stone tor two days. We asked him what they were drawing it for and he said, “We never Want a pile of brick without alot of stone. VVe thought likely as any way our folks would be wanting to build something, and we rather draw the stone when it’s good going, than wait till the mud comes.” ———~--—- --<o©ov— ——————— —~- Mr. D. M. Kelly says, they had been at work about an hour, Monday morning when suddenly all the machinery stopped. They went below and found that the new iron-bueketed water—wheel put in last fall, had become covered with ice, and in consequence, when they started, it tore off one bucket and ﬂattened all the rest. They at once went about repairing the wheel. This they did by 1'eplaeing iron buckets with wooden ones; they had good luck, and got everything ready to begin work again this morning. ——-—-~——«-moo» ————— ——~ The greatest objection we see to the Comn1odore’s scheme, of not allowing the squaws to sell bead-work on the cars, is, Our Sqjuavw C’/zLpb0m'd. It is ﬁlled with Squaw goodies, (brown~bread crusts, pudding, clam- pancakes, codﬁsh &c.) which, until Vanderbilt’s veto, we found no diﬂiculty in disposing of for cash. THE 0. C. DAILY. 191 VVh:1t sh.-ill ho /ll‘-11!‘ to open fmrle. in 1lllH(lll'("Cll()l1? 'l'h<-i .\(1ilil\\.‘~‘ nmsl vltl, lllll they lind hard work to get inmwy. ll’ 10. ll. ll. would only siig,g'(_-st to the Com- 1ll(>(.l()l'ULllL‘.\'ll:ll iinporlanee of this tmrllic, 21.n(l the important. revenue derived tmm it, would he not re-Consider. K ITCIIJCN. . —-——m—~—<zyo@o¢a--—— What a lu(li(.:rous “ hash oi’ t,liiiigs” we sometimes make by nlisunderstnndinggg the 1'e1n:u'l<s of others. A. said, “Blessed is l'reedo1‘n,” and liei'companio11 fancied she said son1ethin;_§ was as “placid rt.s*f?.t7'ma/.” M. 1'e1na1'l<ed to A. “ Ills a heautiliil 1norning‘,” but A.’s ears converted it into, “ z't’s ¢l/'e(L(m¢ll;// m2,7iog/mf/.” C. says, “ lIe wants to warm his back, I guess ;” B. understands her, “ he zoalvzts co s])m2//cm//, [‘g/mess.” ——————<»o@«>~—~———— A party of engineers engaged in suveying a route for the Midlancl Railroad are now working south from Oneida up the Valley of the creek toward Hamilton. There is some prospect that the road will pass near the western houiidary of the O. C. domain ; yesterday the party were to be seen taking their levels around the hill passing this side of neighbor Johnson’s and within half a mile of our oﬂice. ~ ~~~~~~ ~ «oomoaw» — ———-~--—~ Mr. Perry just stepped in to say that he and his boys have heen prommfccl; the colored Inan is sick, and they are all going to hang out clothes. A pleas— ant recreation from their books.
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-048-1868-02-26
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-048-1868-02-26
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 049 (February 27, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-27
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: VOL. 5. THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 186”E3(.V-ii‘i1\‘Tti)..'..¢ll=9. VV. P., Feb. 25.—Onr meeting hour is changed for the present to seven o’clock, in order that we may read “ Spiritual 'Wives,” which is sent to us from Oneida as soon as they ﬁnish reading. Last evening a sincere criticism was given to Edward Inslec. Near the close of the leading hour, G. 'W. Hamil- ton neat‘ e his appearance. among us. The culvert. through which the water escapes into the raceway was frozen up Sat'.n'd:ty night, and when the gate was hoisted Sunda.y, the water ﬁlled in to the depth of ﬁve feet—two feet above the ﬂoor of the tom~room. Some of the men have been engaged to- day in clearing out the race-way again. .,....,,,.m____t_~__ The Cases, of Vernon, are at work like beavers for the straightening of the Central. They are new at Work for the “right of way” i. 0. they have drawn up a paper for the signat,ures of the land holders on the proposed route, pletlging the lancl for $50.00 ...
Show moreVOL. 5. THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 186”E3(.V-ii‘i1\‘Tti)..'..¢ll=9. VV. P., Feb. 25.—Onr meeting hour is changed for the present to seven o’clock, in order that we may read “ Spiritual 'Wives,” which is sent to us from Oneida as soon as they ﬁnish reading. Last evening a sincere criticism was given to Edward Inslec. Near the close of the leading hour, G. 'W. Hamil- ton neat‘ e his appearance. among us. The culvert. through which the water escapes into the raceway was frozen up Sat'.n'd:ty night, and when the gate was hoisted Sunda.y, the water ﬁlled in to the depth of ﬁve feet—two feet above the ﬂoor of the tom~room. Some of the men have been engaged to- day in clearing out the race-way again. .,....,,,.m____t_~__ The Cases, of Vernon, are at work like beavers for the straightening of the Central. They are new at Work for the “right of way” i. 0. they have drawn up a paper for the signat,ures of the land holders on the proposed route, pletlging the lancl for $50.00 per acre. They hzxve alretuly ohtained a good many names, and aiitieipztte no difficulty in securing the right for the above price which one of them remarked was it mere bagatelle. Some will undoubtedly give their land. The Cases were here this week and exhibited 9. we gave, and sent two copies of M. C. to their relief. ‘bu‘i1ding—-near-the-Tontine; in his wake, Mr~.- Bristol, 194 THE: 0. e. DAILY. proﬁle drawing of the section thl'0‘.l£Z_,‘ll which the sur- vey was made by Jenning. This survey was made across our ﬂat between the Trap-factory and the Creek, running just north of the W. P. pond. ———«—<od:»c>—%- The “ Ma.rriage Fund Association” of Boston have sent us two circulars, addressed to J. H. Noyes. The avowed object of this association as set forth in the circular, is to provide “ some remedy that shall reach the wide spread and rapidly growing evil of abortion, and the growing tendency of our young men towards celibacy.” The society claims to have a fund of $10,000 “ and intend to devote their time, talent and money to promote these reforms, and now solicit sub- scriptions from all who are interested in this work.” Has it come to this that marriage requires such ex- traordinary efforts to perpetuate it? We had no money to subscribe, but such as we had —--~—-~-<o£o>-———-——~—-— You should look from our window just for one moment. You could not see Very far to be sure, ( for we are having not the “'I‘enderest snow in all the year,” but a most frantic, blinding storm) however, you might discern Mr. I-Iawley’s hale and hearty ﬁgure engaged in driving a span of horses that are attached to a sled on which are several barrels, from the back of the brick house round to the concrete Tm: 0. C. DAILY. -195 Mr. '.l‘ha_ver, iFre«lerin rmrl two hired men, each armed “in. it tin mil. ‘at./'r.,> \.a,x::»:: it l‘s:_:‘:o curious to know what was being done, and found on inquiry, they Were transporting‘ the Vinegar from the new-house cellar to the fruit-house. ——<omu>-——— The external life of the Connnunity is so unvaried just now that not much :i._ppeai‘s sui,t:,=.l.:le i'o.r our little Dmlg/; still we are conscious oi a steady p,'rowtli in our inner life. Not a day passes withoutunmistakable evidence that a good spirit is working wonders in individual character. Where once was coldness, hard- ness and discouragement, is now seen and felt the warm, genial inﬂuence of a soft, loving heart; and with it is a deep toned earnestness that insures continuous progress. ———-—-———<to80>————i- NEW YORK LEDQER ITEM. A dark ﬁgure prostrate on the snow—a low moan—— two stalwart men lift the form and bear it to a couch—— an errand-boy dispatched to the reading-room—a few hurried words with the M. D.—he leaves the apart- ment~—a dull dread, a dim foreboding oi shadowy ills, a chill of 11orror—terrible suspense! * * * * * The Dr. returns looking placid; “’twas notliing— —-———— slipped down the stair-way, bruised his knee slightly, butnothing scrious;" so we breathe agaiii and laugh to see how frigh«t.ened we had made our- selves. A SYLVANUS. 196 THE 0. c. 1).um'. fIacl<e1"s “ Pleasure Boat,” :1 little mp.ni' published in N. J., came to us a few (lays since with a h'iendly article of considerable length on “ The Oneida Com- munity.” It also contained “ The Twin Relics,” “ No Chance for Competition,” “ Appeal to all Lawyers, Justices, Judges, and Courts of Law,” copied from the CIRCULAR. —-———-~---%o®9>-“--~** Mr. Kelly very smilingly remarked to us last evening, “ If you had said those buckets ‘ doubled up’ instead of‘ ﬂattened,’ you would have been nearer right.” We asked him to pardon our ignorance, and prom- ised a correction to-day. So please consider that those buckets were not ﬂattened but doubled up. —-~—~~~—wo®o<>—— We heard a lady say, “ If i-t: is to remain a profound secret much longer, as to who the persons are that are coming here from 'W. C., they must not be surprised- when they come if the sleeping arrangements are just a little 7nz’rced.” J __-, ._........_._.4¢§,.>__..__.___-_. Uncle Heman had a mishap last evening. He lost his foothold and slipped down the steps near the dairy~ room, bruising his leg. Mrs. Kinsley says it pained him considerably during the night and is swollen some. George E. thinks it will be nothing serious. 0
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-049-1868-02-27
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-049-1868-02-27
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 050 (February 28, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-28
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: TTEIE o. C. %D}AI1;Y. VOL. 5. FRIDAY, FEB. 28, 1868i Hliiolso. CARLTON men ONCE MORE. The following letter speaks for itself: Utica, Feb. 27, 1868. ALBERT KINSLEY ESQ. DEAR SIR :-——Enelosed please ﬁnd hill of sheriff ( $550) for extra expense by atljournment, which as per na§i'ee111e11t you promised to pay./ It was much to my injury the sale was ad- journed as Mr. Rice took a(lvu.ntage of the time by causing to be cut and carried off the premises all the Wood he possibly could. Rice is a bad egg ! Yours truly, L. M. Thomson. ' We shall notify Mr. Thomson that we knew noth- ing about this last dodge of Mr. Rice’s, but supposed we were dealing with an honest man, which, it seems is not the case. He gave us to understand distinctly that if the sale of the farm could be adjourned one month he would do all he could to redeem it. We now find that he has used the time so obtained to clear the land of wood, and then allowed it to be sold without an effort to redeem either the land...
Show moreTTEIE o. C. %D}AI1;Y. VOL. 5. FRIDAY, FEB. 28, 1868i Hliiolso. CARLTON men ONCE MORE. The following letter speaks for itself: Utica, Feb. 27, 1868. ALBERT KINSLEY ESQ. DEAR SIR :-——Enelosed please ﬁnd hill of sheriff ( $550) for extra expense by atljournment, which as per na§i'ee111e11t you promised to pay./ It was much to my injury the sale was ad- journed as Mr. Rice took a(lvu.ntage of the time by causing to be cut and carried off the premises all the Wood he possibly could. Rice is a bad egg ! Yours truly, L. M. Thomson. ' We shall notify Mr. Thomson that we knew noth- ing about this last dodge of Mr. Rice’s, but supposed we were dealing with an honest man, which, it seems is not the case. He gave us to understand distinctly that if the sale of the farm could be adjourned one month he would do all he could to redeem it. We now find that he has used the time so obtained to clear the land of wood, and then allowed it to be sold without an effort to redeem either the land or his promises. After a.1l what more could we expect of a spiritualist. On commence pa/r etre dupe ; on jc'm't par etre. fripon. COMMI'1‘TEE. 198 ‘ ' THE 0; e.— DAILY. VV. 13., Feb. 27.—The other evening, during the reading of that part of“ Spiritual Wives” which nur~ rates the vision of the Rev. (l) Erasmus Stone, Mr. Burt suddenly burst forth with, “Well! Mr. Dixon does have the greatest. faculty for coloring things 1” Seine one said, “Did you furnish the original ‘?—” “-Yes” “Is it rendered word for word? “ Wordfor word !” echoed he in astonishment, “ Dixon has twimty words where I had one.” .. . ._ VVe have been so fortunate all this winter as. to have a good supply ot‘1'ain-water. As we are dependent upon our cisterns for drinking-water we have appreei-_ atedthis very much. Now, however, the cisterns are- empty, and Mr. Aekley may be. seen, armed with a washtub and great tindipper, making» war- onthe snow-banks which abound in our door-yard. The Finishing Dept. having _ﬁnished_three thousand N0. 3. traps are at present engaged in putting together 17,000 No 1's. A. says the No. 3's are the Very last of the traps begun in the summer. A , Mr. Higgins is anxious to raise lima beans in our garden next summer; He is sure it can be done, and he wishes to know if some one at VVallingford will send him some for seed. , . Alas for that duck! Scorning our attempts at civi- lization, it took to itself wi_ngs§—or ratli_er used those it had—and ﬂew away._ This morning while we were quietly at work" in the“ run .0. C. DAILY; 199 kitchen, the steam-pipe that is used for heating“ water i.?<'l,‘.‘I.l1l’f tii:s«..'omi-21:;~..:.l, unit lmi:1_!.}._' ~;.i:;:l:-,x' :1. |)ressm‘e of iorty«iiv(.- “)5. at the tiime, it <1:1'ent.::<.l quite at consterna- tion, the steam driving about ten feet and making a terr2_'ﬁc.n-oise. It was 21 good time to observe who had the most presence of mind. Some were seen making their way for the arched-way with a considerable de- gree . of enthusiasm. Two of the women however, did not seem to mind much about it, or else were too much frightened to know what to do———probably the latter——for they kept quietly at work and appeared undisturbed. We were all thanl{ful_tlmt nobody was injured. KITCHEN. —-—-—--<o<n:po>—~—— - Feb. 27,, Upper sitting—room, 9-30, P. M.———What is the cause of_all this chatter? Why are there so many folks here, and what causes so much enthusiasm? Look up, as the others are all doing, and you will see suspended from the corridor twelve different patterns of paper hangings. They are all pretty-—this would look nicely in a bed-room——that is just the thing for the sitting-room——l)ut lhat’s not the question. Which one is the most appropriate for the new composing- ro0m?V Ah! now you know what the discussion is._ We trust the concentrated taste of this larg;e group of interested friends will result in a pleasing selection to tliose for whom it is being made. y _ ——~~—-<m¢bo>——~-»—- _ A ' There‘ seems ﬁche Efsiight‘ '13ei'fui'béttionv in -1+‘zither 200 mm 0'. o. mum. Hatch’s ﬂock just at present. They are having a run of something, they do not know exactly what, but it seems to be an aggravated form of n cold. Eight of the children have already had it, and 9. number more show signs of coming down. You should see how jolly they are over it; notwithstanding they bark like so many little dogs, and are so hoarse they can hardly speak aloud, they are smiling and bright, and all seem to have a courageous, cheerful spirit. Mr. Hatch says, yesterday morning in their meeting he told them he should like to hear from the sick ones, but there was not ‘one that would acknowledge they were sick. ~~———»-<oooo——-~——-- Mr. ‘Woolworth thinks a portion of the family might indulge in a little earlier rising without any detriment to them. It has been customary for ‘the waiters to remain in attendance until 81} o’clock, but it was thought they should not be required to serve after 8' o’clock. Persons coming after this time should wait. on themselves. Carrie and Annie have lately taken the table-waiting in the morning; possibly their business habits and ideas of punctuality co-operated to bring about this exhortation. «--—~«-<o¢oo-——-- Mrs. L. A. Thaye-r’s uncle and his wife are here. They came yesterday, and intend leaving to~day.
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-050-1868-02-28
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-050-1868-02-28
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 051 (February 29, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-02-29
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: THE o. 0. DAILY. VOL. 5. SATUIRDAY. FEB. 2i9,ii15eeJ No. 51. New York, Feb. 27, 1868. SIR:——I have been requested to procure a circular issued by your society and send it to the Greek Minis- ter at VVashington. If you have such a circular please to forward a copy to me at No. 4 Wall St., Room No. 3, and anything of interest connected there- with, and oblige, Your obedient servant, GEO. Gr. MITCHELL. To the Chief of the Society of Pe7"fect'ionz'sts, Oneida Creek, N. Y. We sent our CIRCULAR that Mr. Noyes prepared last summer to send to correspondents, to the writer of the above and refered him to the Agency for further information if desired. Another consternation in the kitchen this afternoon. It had been decided to have some hulled-corn, so E. F. H. of W. P. was sent for to take charge of the business, in order we suppose, to have the worlv. done Scientiﬁcally. Mr. S. was applied to for lye ( m:r:t’:s~=;xzs.,ry' article in this line of business); it was l.>r«...
Show moreTHE o. 0. DAILY. VOL. 5. SATUIRDAY. FEB. 2i9,ii15eeJ No. 51. New York, Feb. 27, 1868. SIR:——I have been requested to procure a circular issued by your society and send it to the Greek Minis- ter at VVashington. If you have such a circular please to forward a copy to me at No. 4 Wall St., Room No. 3, and anything of interest connected there- with, and oblige, Your obedient servant, GEO. Gr. MITCHELL. To the Chief of the Society of Pe7"fect'ionz'sts, Oneida Creek, N. Y. We sent our CIRCULAR that Mr. Noyes prepared last summer to send to correspondents, to the writer of the above and refered him to the Agency for further information if desired. Another consternation in the kitchen this afternoon. It had been decided to have some hulled-corn, so E. F. H. of W. P. was sent for to take charge of the business, in order we suppose, to have the worlv. done Scientiﬁcally. Mr. S. was applied to for lye ( m:r:t’:s~=;xzs.,ry' article in this line of business); it was l.>r«:w.;g;ltt. amt deposited in the steam boiler and a full liead of steam turned on. While waiting for‘ the lye to boil, each busy here and there, we were all suddenly surprised andﬁlled with terror to see the lye boiling over at a 202 v fr_HE 0. 0. DAILY. rapid rate. At thisjuncture, V. H. came to the rescue, but before we could stop it, nearly Ital," lnzul. r:s<ru;»(>»._l onto the ﬂoor. Seeing our hopes so q:;i<_:l«:l_y <la.~;~‘liet‘l, E. F. H. was heard to exclaim in a most lllgtll_)l’l()llS tone “Iam dead /” This remark produced no little merriment among the group. A fresh supply of lye _ was obtained and We were soon able to proceed with our work. The mothers thought it a good time to mop the ﬂoor, and so t.his job was done upaday in advance. The ﬂoor now presents a beautiful 3/ellozuislt-wloite ap- pearance. Good luck attended us the remainder of the afternoon. KITCHEN. A few days since, we received a very lackadaisical letter addressed to Mr. Noyes, from which the follow- ing is an extract: “ I suppose politics are ﬂung to the dogs with your. people, at any rate I should hope so. I am so sadly disgusted with the way things are conducted" at 'Washington, that I am as ever, silent. I never Voted in my life, and I am glad of it. I am a man loved wherever I go, and politics would be like religion with me, were I to enter the arena. My family consists of a handsome, lovely wife, a sweet little daughter three to-four years of age, gentle and interesting.’ I named her Evangeline, we call her little Eva, and sometimes little Evanga. My wife is about my own‘ age, twenty-~ six, -and romantic as myself. . .She is influenced’ by me mm 0. 0. DAILY.‘ 203 and has the same belief‘. I have mesmerized her and arr-::l~, Fwy‘ ‘?.';¢- utte:-I !I)V.V:k,:I.it‘u it could nev(.>r make it coi‘zveiiienl, in st-,e._3m1 yut, but this uniting week I shall proh_al>ly give you a. (tall. I am new at Albany disposing ofmy little paintings of Imko Gt-or‘gescem+1'y. So you can look for me about Saturday night. “ Yours in great haste and in the greatest affection, J. H. I{EI’1‘H. ARTIST.” This “ Lord V'e/rz'sop7u"’ arrived last evening. He looks just as his letter sounds, and Mr. Underwood says he talks in the same strain. Our folks tried hard to make him out a spiritualist, that they might have a good excuse for asking him to leave, but they did not succeed. -*--—--—-<O£o>-— ------- ~ Mrs. Bristol, with whom the cloudy weather of O. C. has become quite a hobby, Wishes to have it announced that since December ﬁrst, we have had sixteen days of sunshine; nine of these have been in the present month. Having carefully kept a record, she feels sure she hasgiven the entire number, and blandly remarks, “We have had an unusually pleasant winter; in fact, quite a remaﬂcable one!” . 3 . __<.t«D°>_;___*_ Mr. Kinsley, Mrs. Abbie Burnham and Mrs. Conant are engaged in papering the composing-room. The paint has the slightest tinge of pink, and the ground- work ofthe paper is of the same hue. H. C. N. 204 THE 0. c. "DAILY. tllilllis the visions of those working in this room will be rose-colored. ——~~~—<woooa>~———~ Called at the Oﬂice last evening for an item. Carrie said it was a poor place for news—-they do not have any. 'We noticed that the ledger account with Phelps, Dodge 635 Co. had been balanced, and a new account opened with another ﬁrm. Carrie very archly re- marked she “did not like their principles and could not deal with them any longer !" What would they say to her View of the case‘? ~—~—~~--«oo¢oc>—-~-»--~ Will you invite items of history, biography and statistics, and make room for a. few, daily? It‘ so, here is the ﬁrst : John Guttenberg, born near Mentz, Germany, A. D. 1400. Printing discovered and practiced by him in 1440. He died Feb. 24th. 1468. M. L. W. ._ ............ .,_4..,.,. ............ Mr. Hatch says we may report that Master Eugene has graduated ; he is no longer liampered with a CI'G8pll'l}2,’-SklI'l, for he has discarded that mode of get- ting about and assumed the perpendicular‘.
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-051-1868-02-29
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-051-1868-02-29
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 052 (March 2, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-03-02
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: THE 0- C-DA1LY- VOL. 5. MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1868. M NO. 52. BUSINESS MEETING. Messrs. Conant, Thacker and Kinsley constitute a committee to decide whether any more stone shall be drawn this winter. It was unaniiliously decided to close the boys’ school, and the classes which meet in the day time. Mr. George Hamilton is to go to Titusville to see about procuring a second-hand boiler for use in the preserving department. There are probably a good many in the market there, and no diﬂlculty is anticipa- ted in selecting a good one. The cost of a second- hand boiler will be from $450 to $600, while a new one would cost us $1,000. Several propositions were offered respecting the mode to be pursued in raising com the coming season. Shall We raise it all ourselves and do all the work, or engage our neighbors to raise a portion, while we decide the time for picking, and either pick it ourselves, or ever- see the work? Messrs. Kinsley, Conant, Thaeker, Thayer, J. II. Barron and Frederick Marks w...
Show moreTHE 0- C-DA1LY- VOL. 5. MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1868. M NO. 52. BUSINESS MEETING. Messrs. Conant, Thacker and Kinsley constitute a committee to decide whether any more stone shall be drawn this winter. It was unaniiliously decided to close the boys’ school, and the classes which meet in the day time. Mr. George Hamilton is to go to Titusville to see about procuring a second-hand boiler for use in the preserving department. There are probably a good many in the market there, and no diﬂlculty is anticipa- ted in selecting a good one. The cost of a second- hand boiler will be from $450 to $600, while a new one would cost us $1,000. Several propositions were offered respecting the mode to be pursued in raising com the coming season. Shall We raise it all ourselves and do all the work, or engage our neighbors to raise a portion, while we decide the time for picking, and either pick it ourselves, or ever- see the work? Messrs. Kinsley, Conant, Thaeker, Thayer, J. II. Barron and Frederick Marks were ap- pointed committee for deciding on some course. Decided to leave one of the old barns at W. ‘P. for a kind of store—house, and if Mr. Thaeker’s building needs more stuff, to have it bouglit. Also suggested that those who have the buying of timber attend to 206 THE 0. (1. DAILY. i.t soon, that it may be drawn while we have snow. Something has been said from time to time of things in the kitehen—of an increase of machinery, &c.; which lessens the labor there very much. These are of great Value; but there have also been improve- ments of a higher and more important character—an increase of unity, fellowship, and a feeling that it is a high and noble calling; to “ serve tables” in the church of God—a spirit of faith that we shall be helped to inspiration in preparing food as Well as in other things. Those of this department with the steward and stewardess, have a meeting once a week around the large Work-table, when each member has an opportu- nity to make any suggestions as to food, 1nanner of cooking, economy, the spiritual atmosphere, &c., 850. Such seasons are always edifying and enable us to go about our work again with lighter and merrier hearts. KITCHEN. ._.__Mﬁ____.,.._........,__._,_#._-,_ The “ Midland” will dart out of the woods into the open, and enter the gully between Mr. Johnson's two sugar-loaf hills, cross the ﬁeld by the old log house, separating the two springs, and then curving grace- fully over the level will make for the West-liills. So said one of the surveyors, yesterday, a young man of the name of Clark from Rochester, who called here for a few minutes to look around. '.t‘HE.0. C. DAILY. 207 The Philosophy class have been considering the beautiful working of the telegraph machine, and the question arose whether we could not have something practical for the illustration of its principles. It was mentioned that at. telegraph line might be made available in a paying sense between 0. C. and W. P. to operate in conveying messages that often re- quire a personal journey. Then all sludr.-nts of the science could be allowed chances of improvement by actual examinations. Shall the poles be got ready and the line established the coming Spring? The expense need be but triﬂing, as we could furnish poles and do the work ourselves. Very likely our machinists could construct all the apparatus, and the wire and cost of material would not probably ex- ceed $50 or $100. Shall we have it? ECONOMIST. Mr. Kelly tells us :—“ Mr. D. P. Nash seems to be steadily making progress. Saturday he began for the ﬁrst time moving his left arm back and forth on his lap. He also got up from his chair without any assist- ance and walked across the room. He has been a regular attendant at the 7 o’clock reading and evening meeting for the last week.” Quite tl. portion of the family visited the composing- room at ditierent times during the day yesterda.y. All are interested in it and desirous to“ have it look neat 208 THE 0. c. 1)./uLr. and attractive. At one time we saw there a group of laughing girls ( ranging from twenty-one to thirty years of age) making for themselves no little amuse- ment by trying that “ froggy” game mentioned in the W. O. journal. ————~<«au4>————— Sunday morning was very cold ; S. VV. N. states that the mercury was ﬁfteen degrees below zero. It was a clear, bright day, but this morning, nothing can be seen save through a misty veil of snow-flakes. The prediction of some one that we should have “ six weeks of sleighing in March” was not ill-founded, judging from the beginning this month has made. -~-——<»o->——————— The girls’ school stops now, and their help in the house—work will be sensibly felt. The boys are to be variously distributed in the different departments of Community industry. One enters a round of duties in the kitchen, two will go to the Bag-shop, and others to the Trap—factory. —————~—<00%0O-————~—— Mr. Clark and Miss Eliza Burt are engaged in clean- ing and preparing rooms for the W. C. delegation. They have begun on the one intended for Mrs. Skinner which produces not a few joyous heart-leaps. -—-<oo®o>——-—— Mr. Keith, alias Lord Verisopht, left Saturday noon. We do most humbly wish Dickens could see him, and in his inimitable style render him iznmortal.
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-052-1868-03-02
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-052-1868-03-02
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: O.C. daily, vol. 05, no. 053 (March 3, 1868)
Author: Oneida Community
Publisher: Oneida Community
Date: 1868-03-03
Place published: Oneida, New York, United States
Text: O. C. DAILY. me. 5. TmDlY.MiR¢H 3,18es;eiea*iia.3si. Mr. Woolworth said in the meeting last night: “ It may interest some to know that several of us have been over to Willow-Place, to assist at the cele- bration of Mrs. Miller’s birth-day. I believe she tried to keep the day a secret. This party was quite a sur- prise to her. She was presented with a handsome pyramid-cake and a fruit-knife. She appreciated the knife, as she had lost the one she had. “ Nothing of very special interest took place. We had considerable entertainment with this new game ot “ froggy" as they call it. It was with 'some re- luctance that the young folks entered into it, but when they got started they had considerable fun. The young women tried it, and then some of the men went through the performance, and rather carried off- the palm, I thought. Finally we had a mixed game of both men and women, which was a decided im- provement on anything we had had. We had some good laughs over it. “Then G. W. H...
Show moreO. C. DAILY. me. 5. TmDlY.MiR¢H 3,18es;eiea*iia.3si. Mr. Woolworth said in the meeting last night: “ It may interest some to know that several of us have been over to Willow-Place, to assist at the cele- bration of Mrs. Miller’s birth-day. I believe she tried to keep the day a secret. This party was quite a sur- prise to her. She was presented with a handsome pyramid-cake and a fruit-knife. She appreciated the knife, as she had lost the one she had. “ Nothing of very special interest took place. We had considerable entertainment with this new game ot “ froggy" as they call it. It was with 'some re- luctance that the young folks entered into it, but when they got started they had considerable fun. The young women tried it, and then some of the men went through the performance, and rather carried off- the palm, I thought. Finally we had a mixed game of both men and women, which was a decided im- provement on anything we had had. We had some good laughs over it. “Then G. W. Hamilton wound up with his frog song which was very amusing. “ I think there is a good home feeling over there at Willow-P-lace—free and genial. All seemed to be happy, so far as I could discover. It is a very pleas- ant place to visit.” (When they went, it snowed. When they came home, it was still snowing.) 21,0 ‘ THE_O. c. DAILY. We need only to mention the name Wm. Augustus Doolittle, to remind the Community of the lecturer who inﬂicted on us “ Reminiscenees of the War” a few months since. Well, it seems lrom a circular just re- ceived that W. A. Doolittle became discontented with his name for some reason (we think it was very ap- propriate, especially the surname) and 1121s had it changed to Augustus St. Clair, with Rev. prefixed. Furthermore, W111. A. Doolittle that was, solicits an invitation to lecture to us again on—what ‘B Why, “ Reminiscences of the War.” Can we endure it? Can we in consideration of his new name, Rev. Augustus St. Clair, consent to be bored again with his reininiscences? “ We pause for a reply.” ( If 1t continues to snow we may be spared this in- ﬂiction, without the trouble of answering his letter.) Mr. Hawley reports he has all the business he can attend to in bringing folks from, and carrying them to their work. The Silk-factory girls have to be carried to and from the Boarding-house; the Bag-shop hands cannot get to their work on foot, and the women that work in the washing must be brought in the morning and carried home at night. Last, night he had the extraordinary luck to over- turn his sleigh, containing fourteen hired girls, just before the front door of the Boarding-house. This was royal fun for the lookers-on, and nothing serious for the dumped ones. THE 0. C. DAILY. 211 This morning they have been breaking the road between here and W. P., and at ten o'clock Mr. Hawley, Mr. Kinsley and 21 load of hired men are _L,>'oing to Vernon to attend a town meeting. Mr. H. says they expect to shovel their way through the snow. ——————— ~—¢v@0>-—-~-— D. M. Kelly thinks those en2;:tg(:cl at the shop yes- terday had a Very narrow and providential escape. They were planing some boards for at Mr. Thomas ‘ that lives near the Foundry. One of the knives of the planer had become worn and thin, and the boards were frosty; suddenly there was a terriﬁc noise, and half of one knife was hurled to the fartlier side of the room with intense velocity. Mr. K. said he thought‘. by the noise that the whole cylinder had gone, but he soon discovered the facts in the case. He thinks this will teach them not to use the knives after they are Worn so much as this one was. But a moment before the knife broke, Mr. Thomas stepped from in front of the planer; Mr. K. says it would have been certain death to any one standing there, and he realized G0d’s care over them in this accident. (There is a little too much snow at the shop to have the boards work very satisfactorily.) . —-éwﬁob---———~—— . A copy of F. W. Smith’s letter to Charles Gruite-an was read in our meeting last evening. It was received with pcals of laughter and loud applause. VV. I-I. VV. 2312 Tim 0. 0. DAILY. thought the charge for use of our Hall was light enough, and said speaking of the letter, “ I should think it would be rather diiﬁcult to ‘ rebut’. that.” (It snowed during meeting.) —~—————<-90>---~ “ Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape, Fell the covering snow, and drifted Through the forest, round the village.” That is the way it does here. ——40@o>~——-——~ At the breakfast table Mr. Perkins said he had got to hang out clothes; says he, “ We don’t hang up clothes any more, we hang ’em down. Some .01‘ the Way theisnow is within a foot and a half of the line 1” —<»o«>————~——— COMMENT ON THE WEATHER. Blow 1 blow! Snow! snow! Bluster, ﬁuster, DRIFT t ———-————4oa>«>- If our friends do not hear from us again‘ for a few days, they must attribute it to the snow——consider us “ snow—bound.” It is a little stunning to hear the New Haven jour- nalist talk about Spring. Possibly we may, by—and-by, but it snows now !
Show less
Notes: Original digital object name: one-ocd-05-053-1868-03-03
Geography: Oneida (N.Y.)
Subjects: Oneida Community--Periodicals, Collective settlements--United States--Periodicals
Identifier: one-ocd-05-053-1868-03-03
Is part of: Oneida Community Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Main menu

Home Pages

Our other sites

You are here

Keyword search

Pages

Pages

Search Limits

Genre

Subgenre

Part of