congregation which greets him is becoming piteously small, and looks grotesquely out of place in such a pretentious house of worship. The majority of the Jansonists have joined the Methodist communion, and even Jonas Olson no longer adheres to the old faith, but is now an independent Second Day Adventist.

The present town of Bishop Hill numbers only three hundred and thirty-three inhabitants. The shops and the mills and the manufactories are empty, and the very dwellinghouses are going to ruin. In the light of the past, it is truly a Deserted Village. But the spruce and the elm and the black walnut saplings that were planted in the days of the Colony have grown into magnificent shade trees, and speak of the glory of the past.

APPENDIX.

THE CHARTER OF THE BISHOP HILL COLONY.

An Act incorporating the Bishop Hill Colony at Bishop Hill, in Henry County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in General Assembly, that Olof Johnson, John Olson, James Ericson, Jacob Jacobson, Jonas Kron-swed berg, Swan Swanson, Peter Johnson, and their associates and successors be, and they are hereby constituted and appointed, a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "The Bishop Hill Colony," and by that name they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succession, shall be capable of suing and being sued, defending and being defended, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered, within all courts and places whatsoever, and they may have a common seal, to alter or change the same at pleasure; may purchase and hold or convey real and personal property necessary to promote and fully carry out the objects of said corporation.

The number of Trustees shall be seven, and the abovenamed persons are hereby appointed and constituted Trustees of said corporation.

SECTION 2. The real and personal estate held and owned by said Trustees, in their corporate capacity, shall be held and used for the benefit, support, and profit of the members of the Colony.

SECTION 3. The business of said corporation shall be manufacturing, milling, all kinds of mechanical business, agriculture and merchandising.

'Anglicized for Jonas.

SECTION 4. The said Trustees, above appointed, shall hold their office during good behavior, but are liable to be removed, for good reason, by a majority of the male members of said Colony.

SECTION 5. All vacancies in the office of Trustees, either by removal, death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled in such manner as shall be provided by the by-laws of such corporation.

SECTION 6. The said Trustees and their successors in office may make contracts, purchase real estate, and again convey the same, whenever they shall see proper so to do, for the benefit of the Colony.

SECTION 7. All the real estate heretofore conveyed by any person or persons to the Trustees of the Bishop Hill Society, shall be, and the titles to said lands are hereby invested in the said Trustees above appointed, for the uses and purposes above specified.

SECTION 8. The said Bishop Hill Colony may pass such by-laws concerning the government and management of the property and business of said Colony, and the admission, withdrawal and expulsion of its members, and regulating its internal policy and for other purposes, directly connected with the business and management of said Colony, as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with the Constitution and by-laws of the State.

SECTION 9. This act shall be deemed and taken as a public act, and shall be construed liberally for the benefit of said +Colony.

THE OLD BY-LAWS OF THE BISHOP HILL COLONY.

ARTICLE 1. Any person sustaining a good moral character may become a member of this Colony by transferring to the trustees thereof all his or her real and personal property, and subscribing to these by-laws. The Board of Trustees shall determine the question of moral character and admis

sion, and a majority of said trustees shall constitute a quorum for that purpose. The trustees may, in their discretion, refer the question of admission to a vote of the adult male members of the Colony.

ARTICLE 2. The property which any person on becoming a member of this Colony shall transfer to the trustees thereof, shall become forever thereafter the absolute property of the Colony; and on withdrawal or discontinuance of membership by any person, he shall not be entitled to compensation or pay for any services or labor he may have performed during the time he may have been a member; but it shall be at the option of the trustees to give to such person such things, whether money or property, as they, the trustees, shall deem right or proper.

ARTICLE 3. Any member who shall be guilty of disturbing the peace and harmony of this society, by vicious or wicked conduct, or by preaching and disseminating doctrines of a religious belief contrary to the doctrines of the Bible which are generally received and believed by this Colony, may be expelled.

ARTICLE 4. It shall be the duty of the trustees of said Colony to regulate and direct the various industrial pursuits and business of said Colony in person or by such agents or foremen as they may see fit to appoint from time to time, and to require such agents or foremen to account to them in such manner and at such time as they, the trustees, shall deem convenient and proper.

ARTICLE 5. There shall be held annually, on the second Monday of January in each year, a meeting of the adult male members of said Colony for the general transaction of business, at which time the Board of Trustees shall make a full and complete report of the financial condition and affairs of the Colony for the year ending on the Saturday next previous to such meeting. But the Board of Trustees, or a majority of them, may call special meetings of the adult male members of the Colony for the consideration and transaction