What to see in America . Pennsylvania 125. DetToU Photo House, Pittsburg its atmosphere, but bythe discovery that theaverage resident carriesin his lungs a quarter ofa pint of soot. As viewedfrom the uplands at night,when the furnace flamesleap and glow amid thegloom beside the water-ways, it has been likenedto hell with the lid has more mil-lionaires than any other city on the globe, and the finestresidences and grounds in America. Nineteen miles down the Ohio is the charming old com-munistic village of Economy, founded by a peculiar religioussect known as Harmonists or
What to see in America . Pennsylvania 125. DetToU Photo House, Pittsburg its atmosphere, but bythe discovery that theaverage resident carriesin his lungs a quarter ofa pint of soot. As viewedfrom the uplands at night,when the furnace flamesleap and glow amid thegloom beside the water-ways, it has been likenedto hell with the lid has more mil-lionaires than any other city on the globe, and the finestresidences and grounds in America. Nineteen miles down the Ohio is the charming old com-munistic village of Economy, founded by a peculiar religioussect known as Harmonists or Economites. About five hun-dred of these people moved here from New Harmony, Indiana,in 1824. They taught that the condition of celibacy is mostpleasing to God, that the coming of Christ and renovation ofthe world were near at hand, and that goods should be heldin common. As time went on they increased in wealth butdecreased in numbers, and at last they sold out, and thesociety came to an end. Many of their quaint buildingshave endured t
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