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a house on School Street in this city. They add, how- 

 ever, that those forward in opposing them have died 

 sudden or violent deaths. On the other hand, they are 

 prospering; they own a farm of two hundred and 

 ten acres, and Brother Asa Richards, their Temporal 

 head, raises stock, grain, fruits, etc., nearly sufficient to 

 support them. Brother Fuller, though their Spiritual 

 head, 1 does the marketing, principally in Athol. They 

 have decided to enlarge the house and build a chapel in 

 a short time, " if the Lord permits." Last winter, to 

 protect their property, they went to the secretary of the 

 Commonwealth and were organized under recent state 

 laws as a corporation, with all the powers of a chartered 

 body, under the name of " Adoni-shomo," Hebrew for 

 " the Lord is there ; " that name being found in Eze- 

 kiel xlviii. 35. All their property will now remain in 

 the Community while a single member of it is living. 



It may be added that the views which outsiders hold 

 of their Community do not always agree with their own. 

 A " brother " named Mann died, last fall, and, by their 

 own confession, they had some difficulty with his heirs, 

 but finally settled for a nominal sum. At first they re- 

 fused to pay over anything, but the heirs, four in num- 

 ber, threatening law, they finally concluded that the 

 Lord willed them to give up $800. The common belief 

 is that Mann was worth as many thousands ; at any 



1 Brother Fuller resigned in 1877, and was succeeded by Bro- 

 ther Richards as Spiritual head, or high priest of the Adoni- 

 shomo. 



