The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-14
A Model city.

Vineland is situated in Cumberland
county, on the Southern New Jersey Rail
way, between New York and Philadelphia
only "a miles from the latter city.
We might say, that this flourishing town
nov covers lands that nine years since,
comparatively, was a wilderness of oaks
and pines, of the lesser growth, and not
only the hunter, but the citizens of larger
settlements will be surprised when they
come and behold this fine fourishing set
Element of industrious and intelligent in
habitants of to-day, comprised, mostly of
the middle classes of middle age in life,
the beautiful roads, streets, avenues, walks
gardens, orchards, and fields, as they are
artiicially laid out and worked at present.
No Macadamized road in Europe or
America, that l have ever passed over ex-
eel the roads of Vineland.
This is not only the model-but ''pre-
MUM City" of the world, in the order of
its arrangements, and the manner and force
of its bylaws, as they are laid and carried
out by its people.
Embracing several denominations and
sects of the Christian Religion, who preach
and claim to follow the teachings of the
Nazarene, not less than nine churches have
been built and occupied where 'the word
of Cod is claimed to be preached on the
Sabbath, schools and other appendages SUI
perior to many of the older towns,-Vine-
land is quiet place, where one can find
spiritual rest and spiritual food. Alcoholic
drinks are not, nor cannot be dealt out
here, according to the usages and bylaws
of the place, from its organization. You
find none here Keeling in the streets, as
though their hats, which they carry, were
top heavy. The climate is pure and mag
netic, and the people, who have settled
here, have been quietly moved to come,
more by electrical force and attractions than
they have by necessity. The machine shops
or anything that needs Tariff to protect
them,-or Bank to build them up.
The Central avenue is 100 feet in width,
and no house can stand within twenty feet
of the outside line of any avenue or street
The latter are laid out rs feet aside. Lands
avenue is ten miles in length, dotted with
villas and dwellings the whole length, in one
direct straight shoot. The same engineer
ing over the whole town. There is already
numbered 5000 inhabitants of the American
stock. A settlement of the better class of
Italians one now coming on every train,
daily from N. Y, who have selected farm
lands in the south westerly part of this town
ship, of ten miles square.
Purchasers of a portion of these lands
must build and settle them. In some points,
about one-fourth acre covered the lot, in
other localities, ten acres comprises one
farm, where fruits and vegetables are easily
grown. Vineyards of grapes are quite COM
mon; the vines are quite vigorous and
healthy, as well as the larger fruits grown,
Cranberries are also grown here, as well as
elsewhere in the state, with profit to the
cultivation, exceeding many other kinds of
crops. The growth of tobacco, and twin
brother of whiskey-is not encouraged, and
but few of its inhabitants are using the weed,
In my next, will speak of its social system
&C., briefly. have given you some gem
eral details of the town that has come up,
like magic, in the wilderness of New Jer-
sey.
Thine as ever,