The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-12-08
ONL Y:REMEDY FOR HARD TIMES.
CHANGE YOUR SURROUNDINGS.

A LII wanting FRUIT FARMS, espe-
~ cially adapted TO the growth OF the
Vine, where IL is an established success
and pays large profit. The land is also
adapted TO the growth Of Peaches, Pears,
Apples aud small fruits also grain, grass
and vegetables
Many hundreds Of excellent Vineyards,
Orchards and Farms, can now be seen.
The location is only "a miles south
Philadelphia, by Railroad. in a mild de-
lightful climate. and at the very doors OF
the New York aud Philadelphia markets.
! Another Railroad runs direct TO New
York
The place Is already large, successful
and prosperous. Churches, Schools, aud
other privileges are already established.
Also, manufactures Of Shoes Clothing.
Glass Straw Goods and other things. at
which different members Of family can
procure employment
1t has been "a health resort for some
years past for people suffering from pull
monary affections, Asthma, Catarrh,
Ague, and debility; many thousands have
entirely recovered.
A new brick Hotel has just been COM
pleted, 100 feet front. with a back build
ings, four stories high, including French
roof, and all modern improvements for
The accom- IN odation Of visitors.
Price Of Farm land $40 per acre paya-
BILE by installments. within the T@riaa e
four years. IA this climate, planted out
! to vines, 20 acres OF land will count full
| ly as much as 90 acres further north.
Persons unacquainteh it'll Fruit Grow
ing, can become familiar with IL in q
short time on account Of surroundings
Five acre. one acre and town lots, In
/ the towns OF Landisville and Vineland,
also for sale
Whilst visiting the Centennial Exhibit
ton. Vineiand can be visited at small ex-
pense.
A paper containing full information,
will be sent upon application to CHARLES
X. Lands. Vineland, j., free OF cost.
The following is an extract from de-
scriptoD Of Yineland, published in the
New York Tribune, by the we'll known
Agriculturist 5olou Robinson.
All the farmers were Of he "well 20
10 sort and some of them, who have
turned their attention TO fruits aud mar
ket gardening, have grown rich. The
soil is loan, varying from sandy to clay
ey, and surface gently undulatinR, inter-
sected with small streams and occasional
wet meadows. in which deposits Of peat
or muck are stored, sufficient TO fertiliEe
the whole upland surface, after IL has
been exhausted Of it's natural fertility.
1t is certainly one Of the most extern
sive tracts, in an almost level position.
and suitable condition for pleasant farm
ing that we know OF this side OF the
Western prairies. We found some Of the
oldest farms apparently jus As proftabiy
productive as when first cleared OF forest
nifty or n hundred years ago.
The geolOgist would soon discover the
cause of this continued fertility. The
whole country is marine deposit, anil
All through the soil we found evidences
OF calcareOus substances, generally in the
form Of indurated calcareous mari, show
ing many distinct forms OF ancient shells,
Of the tertiary formation; and this marty
substance Is scattered all through the sill,
In very comminufed form. and a. the
exact condition most easily assimilaisd
by such plAnts as the farmer desires -
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