. The communistic societies of the United States : from personal visit and observation, including detailed accounts of the Economists, Zoarites, Shakers, the Amana, Oneida, Bethel, Aurora, Icarian and other existing societies; their religious creeds, social practices, number, industries, and present condition. he-less he married, and had a family of children. When a young couple wish to marry, they consult the trustees,whose consent is required in this as in the other emergenciesof the community life; and the more so as they must providelodgings or a dwelling for the newly married, and furnitu
. The communistic societies of the United States : from personal visit and observation, including detailed accounts of the Economists, Zoarites, Shakers, the Amana, Oneida, Bethel, Aurora, Icarian and other existing societies; their religious creeds, social practices, number, industries, and present condition. he-less he married, and had a family of children. When a young couple wish to marry, they consult the trustees,whose consent is required in this as in the other emergenciesof the community life; and the more so as they must providelodgings or a dwelling for the newly married, and furniturefor their housekeeping. Weddings, however, are economical-ly managed, and the parents of the parties usually contributeof their superfluities for the young couples accommodation. When marriages began among them, a rule was adoptedthat the children should remain in the care of their parentsuntil they were three years old; at which time they wereplaced in large houses, the girls in one, boys in another, wherethey were brought up under the care of persons especially ap-pointed for that purpose; nor did they ever again come underthe exclusive control of their parents. This singular custom,which is practiced also by the Oneida communists, lasted atZuar until the year 1S-A5, when it was found CHURCH AT ZOAK.
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