The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-11-27
which Ner Jer,ey 5 famons.

suburban retreats Of America. Not
yet seven years OF age, starting into
life in the midst Of the great REBEL
lion. with tho plans of her founder
not fully developed, she yet exhibits
so much thrift, enterprise, and
bcau,y; sueh II remarkable instance
of taste on n granI scsle; such mast
erly slntesmanship in (if that term
10 applicable 10 a township tho
su"eessful and total outlawry of tbs
great social vice of she ago; such n
contestibic evidences of dawnlng
beauty m the long and sometimes
dUuhle lines OF shade trees along
her avenues, and miles OF young
hedges, that hardly one in a thou
Sand visitors can restrain his admi-
ration ut the conquest over nature
already achieved. ami tho swacity
anJ energy which could venture
single handed on such an expert.
mGnt in the face of such obstac,eA
The.c wero many and powerful.
Quo was prejudice against New
Jersey tor her backwnrtne4s in en-
tcrprise; another her tyrannicul
railroad mouup1Iy; and still another
(especinlIy potent with New Rng-
landers.) her latoly inefficient school
system, now greatly improved. Be
sides, it was an innovation ia emf =
grafton TO gn to New Jcrsey--fash.
len pointed 10 tho West, whore land
was known 10 be cheap" (as re-
garded first cost, rich, and ready
for the pIow. IT, add.tun the g, cat
rebellion was looming up in awful
proportions. The young men must
goiO tho war, not TO New jersey
unleSs they went there to keep her
in the Union. But in spite OF all
these difficulties Vinelnnd rosc--not
from her ashes-bnt f,om out the
woods; acre after acre OF timber was
telled, and the land cleared for the
plow; young fruit trees took the
place OF forest trees; flower gardeus
leapt into bloom almost as IL by
magic. in fhct by tho only magic
there is-that OF Industry; Leat,
tasteful, and homelike structures
rose over all tho tract; q beautiful
villagO-sOon to be Ia elty-grew up
around tho railroad depot; and to.
day, far on the road to fame, this
young township, stands, not, rs was
ollen predicted, monument Of it's
projectors folly, but of signal wis
dom and enterprise, and II glorious
instance OF what New Jersey may
DO for herself IN redeemIng her
waste places as well as her intellect
ual and political character.
V:ueland largely owes her spIen .
dad success to the prohibition oi an
evil, tho presence of whicA else
where has crippled hundreds Of
promising settlements, ami aomc-
times destroyed them. That evi. ia
land speculation. Vineland farms
and village lots are originally sold
under restrictions which make pcr-
maDeht improvements necessary to
the acquisition of perfect title.
Each farm must have u dwelling
house erected upon il within one
year from the date OF purchase, and
i certain proportion OF the land,
varying according to tho size Of the
farm, brought under cultivation.
The roadside also must be seeded
down 10 grass, and shade trees
planted every two rods. Farm
houses must stand not less than "a
feet from the side Of the road, and
village houses twenty fset from the
sidewalk. Thus, 4, men will specu
latv in Vinoland properly, they
must do il in such way that all
adjoining prOperties share in the
benefit. A pieOO Uf wlld land can.
no, be held, year after year, in the
midst of handsome improvements
sharing their 5eneftsa and impartinp
none.
To all those in search of rural
homes, AMI who prize the social, in.
iellectual and moral, advantages Of
the older settled communities of the
East, such q setti ,monL as that OF
Vineland presents inmense advan-
tuges over the chaotic communities
Of the far Wott. The adventurous
spcculator may SOC golden charms
there, and she daring frontiersman
find that his paradise; but the man
Of social and cultured tastes, with
children to love, train and educate,
and who Goes no: care to cut on.
tIr.IV alOof from old associations.