, 1875-03-21

Vine1and is New Jersey town which has
been regarded as the fruit Of an attempt to
start private Garden OF Eden, with reserved
seats aud corner-lots, clothing adapted to q
colder climate and to prevailing prejudices,- -
in short, Eden with all the modern improve
ments. Among tho improvements Was the
serpent, in tho shape Of q newepaper. Until
this began to hiss venom, peace, joy, and
love reigned in Vineland, or were supposed
to do 90. The corner-lots sold at good
prices, aud the Father at Vineland and
owner Of the lots aforesaid, Mr. CHAn1rs
z. LANDS, beamed upon his children
and their cash, and subscribed @5 q
year to send missionaries to the rest Of the
world, amid the universal acclamahon Of SELF
conceited Vineland. The town had leanings
toward reform When whisly-seller opened
bis doors, tho men OF Vineland shut them up
again, and saved him the trouble of carrying
away his stock by pouring it on the ground
The women of Vineland have ideas On the
franchise, dress-refor1n, and other topics Of
equally fascinating interest. The frequent
"bloomer" strides along the street. Ncy,
panthoons and petticoats, the former long
and the latter short, are not unknown
The long haired man and the short-haired
woman meet in this Garden OF Eden, and
neither teInpts the other to eat Of tho for.
bidden truit. The mild-naunered vegetarian
abounds in Vineland AL is1ns feed fat and
grow rank and strong upon it's kindly soil
It Is region Of tea-partics, of singing.
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Ages with periodical violence, and the winner
receives WAT1s' hymns OF half-peck Of
apples as prize. It shuns dissipation.
The st7olling minstrel never strolls that w'ny.
No troupe rehearses the drama there. No
theatrical "star" shines. A biennial lecture
on "T The Holy Land at one end Of the town
aud an occasional spiritualist seanca 1T the
other fill up the sum of orthodox and hetero-
dox amusement. Such, at least, wss Vine
land few years since. We fear it is sadly
changed now. newspaper WAS started m
it. The editor--we must break through TIE
rule Of Nil d. n1ort,ns, etc.-is said to lave
been "indecent and Ibelous." His name
moment, Lands, the first man in the new
Eden, it's ADAM, woke to a consciousness Of
the old ADAM Within him, became angry at
the slanderous sheet, interviewed it's editor.
aud punctuated his remarks with bullet,
which put full stop to them and to
CARurHER at thu same moment. His
plea will probably be "The man tampted me,
and did shoot" His prototype tried to
shift the responsibility in much the sane
way,-on the afternoon Of March IS, 1923
B. c., rs the old Scriptural al1nanacs tell Us.
The .' Father Of Yineland now figures in
thu crime-columns Of the press, between
WILLIAM CusN1xoHAst, Of Newark, who
promised q man 81, GOO If he would remove
Mrs. CuSs1SGHAM from thu faoe OF the earth,
and JESSE PoIEnox, Of Boston, the boy With
a murderous mind and white eye. It's
not very good company which Mr. LANDS
has chosen, but there Is no disputing about
tastes. Perhaps ha wanted to complete
the parallel between ADAM L and An-
All II. There is every prospect OF his
doing SO. As there is no jail in yinelaud, he
will have to be removed from the modern
Garden Of Eden, and, if his sentence has a
elause about "labor tucked On to it. he vii