The Portland daily press., 1878-10-03
THE bounding Banning and the soar
Carter Harrison have failed to secure rene
nations to Congress.
Vineland in New Jersey.


In the PRESS of the 30th. is a most interest
ing account of this charming little town; BY
rail, thirty miles from Philadelphia. 1t is the
prettiest town have seen in any country; the
stree's are broad and straight, laid out at right
angles with each other-all of them with strip
OF well kept turf, 6 feet wide on each side Of
the driveway in the centre of this is q row of
tonrishiEg shade trees, all well cared for-and
by the side of the well-kept footway, another
strip of green-then the hedge by which gar
dens and grounds aud orchards and fields are
separated from the highway.
The houses are all nice, aud well painted,
and most OF them are handsome; all standing
back from the street at an uniform distance
all separated from each other by broad gardens
and grounds, and surrounded by ornamental
trees and fruit trees, of every sort suitable to
the climate. When was there the trees ard
grape vines were laden with fruit, much of
which vas within easy reach of the hand of the
passer by on the sidewalk, but no one ever
touched it with pilfering fingers, Everywhere
the town presents unmistakable signs Of thrift.
and prosperity; and nowhere is seen any sign of
poverty, want, dilapidation or decay. The
streets, trees, grass houses, hedges grounds, are
all kept in excellent condition, no sign of sloy-
enliness anywhere. Tie cost of the Door for a
year is seventy-6ve dollars the town has no DO
licemen, and has need of none. There is cou-
stable ready to do any work in his line, il he
Can be found which is not easy to do, as he is
working at his trade. There is no quarreliDg
and fighting, and no work for police court.
The account given in the PRESS of the indus
tries OF tn town is not over.drawD; they are
very much diversified aud are all iourishing,
Notwithstanding the financial difficulties in the
outside world The founder of the town, Mr..
Charles *. lands, know very well have vis-
tied him in Vineland. and have met him often
in Europe. He gave me an account Of the
starting of the enterprise, aud it may possibly
interest your readers as il did me.
The land, large tract, oa which he located
the town, is nearly level plain of light, sandy
loan, and was covered with a dense growth of
small oaks. No town could flourish on such
soil, if indeed it could anywhere, without Indus
try, sobrety ard good management So Mr.
Lands sat down quietly. to block out his plau.
Broad, straight streets at right angles; settled,
put thet down. A regular system Of building,
and of keeping up the streets and sidewalks;
settled, nut that down. Land at so much an
acre, with regular pay ments on easy terms; set
tied, put that down. The town is to subsist by
industry by fruit and vegetables, mostly, for
the large cities in the neighborhood the income
cannot be large at first, so the thrift of the peo-
pie will depend as much on savings, as on earn
ings; now how shall we manage taat?
1uo Stohb WdSto VI tu6 pcUplo earnings and
the great drain to the public prosperity is the
liquor traffic; that is far, far greater source of
strife and waste than all the other sources of
unthrift combined; that is true beyond all dis
pute or doubt. Now what can be done about
IL? Grog shops are everywhere in New Jersey,
and drink" is omnipotent there; everybody
believes in whiskey and especially in beer, so 1t
will be hard thing to manage, and can 1t
possibly be done? Mr.. Lands was no temper
ance man; was never at a temperance meeting
in his 1ifp hut ha knaw ah0ut tha ltrifa and
waste. the poverty and pauperism aud ruin
coming from the grog shops and he wanted to
prevent all that in his new town, bat how
could he manageit?
This is what III do; I'll 90 to the Legislature
for special act by virtue of which-stringent
and severe-the grog shops can be kept out Of
my new town, where no axe had yet been
heard in the forest. II will be far easier to
keep the curse out from the start, than to put
it out v hen once introduced. The town was
on paper only, aud the enterprise yet in his
brain. So he went to Trenton for his act o.
obtained it, laying his claim tor it on this .-ia
he wanted to found a new town and :" :. .nSs
for its thrift aud prosperity by keer' . provide
from the start that terri <>1ng out of it
| table source of unthrift os aua iuev
pauperism and misery. the " uopor poverty saa
His town could only ,rosper bv i1dnstrv ao scon.
oS; ons a;e ~ az Enlargement, aud the lqaor
Iang 1 t 10 Tue '4eadhest enemy of ali that. Yes.
asn sau s1e legislature, that's true; here's your
| hOF ohoW Us WuAI Will come OF IL
And so Mr.. Lands laid out his town hg meetz
| and bounds through his forest, and had rrest
| quantities OF plans of il Autographed fer exten-
slve circulation; and advertisements in All tba
papers, far and wide, about his new town ar.
ung forth Its advantages in many things. ior
INDUSTRIOUS, sober, enterprstug men. and hs
didn't want any other. Excellent land for
early vegetables and fruits for the marks-s -
tue great cities, Philadelphia, Trenton. Newark.
Jersey Oity, New York-all within two bours'
rlde oy raw Land so much, very cheap: paw
| ment so anu so, very easy; and more than All
auu aooVe ail, no grog shops of whatever kind
l anyone wanted rum shops-let him mot an
ply, ne not wanted there. Aud so the town
was Ionaded seventeen years ago. without a
run soop, and there has never been one in IL
a lev years ago, there was a rumour that n
urosslst was selling drink on the sly; the alarm
9eii was rung; the citizens ran to the Town
Iall, where the case was stated; a committse
I was appointed to inquire of the druggist and
report forthwith to the waiting meeting. Tha
committee reported that the druggist denied the
truth OIL the story, and promised not to do 80
any more, aud the wrath of the people was an
Eeased Aud now this little town Of yinel.nd
Is the sweetest and prettiest and most prosper
Gus, IN small way, of any on this continent,
or In any other country-a tow wn in which there
mas been DO curse of grog shop from its orr
gin' no poverty, no pauperism, no crime.
ND