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nei% Upon the whole I cannot complain either of an overloaded 
stomach, or a head-ache from the wine affecting it, in any way* 
The living was frugal in the strictest sense, and in nowise pleased 
the elegant ladies with whom I dined. In the evening I visited 
Mr. McClure and Madam Fretageot, living in the same house. 
She is a Frenchwoman, who formerly kept a boarding-school in 
Philadelphia, and is called mother by all the young girls here. 
The handsomest and most polished of the female world here, 
Miss Lucia Saistare and Miss Virginia, were under her care. The 
cows were milked this evening when I came in, and therefore 
we could hear their performance on the piano forte, and their 
charming voices in peace and quiet. Later in the evening we 
went to the kitchen of No. 3, where there was a ball. The young 
ladies of the better class, kept themselves in a corner under Ma¬ 
dam FretageoPs protection, and formed a little aristocratica! 
club. To prevent all possible partialities, the gentlemen as well 
as the ladies, drew numbers for the cotillions, and thus appor¬ 
tioned them equitably. Our young ladies turned up their noses 
apart at the democratic dancers, who often in this way fell to 
their lot. Although every one was pleased upon the whole, yet 
they separated at ten o’clock, as it is necessary to rise early here. 
I accompanied Madam Fretageot and her two pupils home, and 
passed some time in conversation with Mr. McClure on his tra¬ 
vels in Europe, which were undertaken with mineralogical views. 
The architect, Mr. Whitwell, besides showed me to-day the plan 
of this establishment. I admired particularly the judicious and 
economical arrangements for warming and ventilating the build¬ 
ings, as well as the kitchens and laundries. It would indeed be 
a desirable thing could a building on this plan once be completed, 
and Mr. Owen hopes that the whole of New Harmony will thus 
be arranged. 
On the following day I received a visit from one of the Ger¬ 
man patriots who had entered the society, of the name of Schmidt, 
who wished to have been considered as first lieutenant in the 
Prussian artillery, at Erfurt. He appeared to have engaged in 
one of the political conspiracies there, and to have deserted. Mr. 
Owen brought him from England last autumn as a servant. He 
was now a member of the society, and had charge of the cattle. 
His fine visions of freedom seemed to be very much lowered, for 
he presented himself to me, and his father to Mr. Huygens, to be 
employed as servants. 
Towards evening, an Englishman, a friend of Mr. Owen, 
Mr. Applegarth, arrived, who had presided over the school 
in New Lanark, and was to organize one here in all proba¬ 
bility. After dinner I went to walk with him in the vineyard 
and woods. We conversed much concerning the new system, 
