The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-03-15

markets, which were indeed like agri,
cultural fairs. There was a lack of rusl
and anxious hurry. which we felt very
perceptiby. People had more time tC
bp courteous and human, and the little
civililies of life which we noticed con
stantly about us reminded us pleasantly
of the fatherland.
Philadelphia, despite its reputation al
the Hub for intellectual stagnation, is
one of the most advanced medical CEN
ters in our country, and this was to us
a great point in its favor: but the homes
the dear, cheap little hOmes-were its
chief attraction. When we got out into
the suburbs, so numerous and beautiful,
we fairly lost our heads over the tempt.
ing prospects of peaceful family life we
found in them.
l will not tell you how many places
we visited, bu: at length we discovered
a very pretty. attractive new suburb,
located on high ground, and with every
possible convenience for reaching the
heart Of the city in fifteen minutes. This
place was as yet provided with only one
physician
Pretty houses of so stories, with bath
room, and very nicely furnished within
and without, rented $lS, $40 and $50 a
month. according to location. For S22
very nice houses with trim gardens, and
| for $25 and S2S three story and still
nicer houses could be found. When YOU
reached $50 you had quite fine dwell
| WI, :, rongs ,his gor., We boS neyar
s,.an onyrbiS, Iil,e f. uore or Iost ,ya.
,,iaoa y,h' 70 ran,ia Of ,,odara,a q me
ware cons,dsrad and had tbeir rights
and nr,riI,ao, oe raII no ,ba varv 20
| uayirg f9nnd tb.t oil tho Iiyipg ex-
,a,,,a, in ,hio nor, oF mo u,orId yara
sonewhat mora moderate ,han aIse-
uharo wo soIected q bouoo avoctIv suit
a1 IN our nurse and nurnose and return-
cd IN our resneclive homes and onr as
tonisbad raIatives anI friepds
Thay nod noyer boord of tho suhurh
wa nod cbosan ord yrara eura II could
mo-, he Iocatsd oni,e 90 ,,e descrihed ,or
had thav mot ali visited at soma time mr.
nthar in PhiIadaInhia mr. Garmantown ,
Rnt the doctor HING ont his shingle
amono The zines of the Iittle niazza ON
The small house in the face of the onno-
sitinn and rid,cule which ra,ned down
lunon our deyotrd heads and now az
| the veor's lease draws to a close has M
| pu n Tho Or
Ro,top dnctors consider il nrofassionaI
n,Iicv to live in a certain stvle said The
raIatives
Thav also consider if professionaI mil
icr not to marry mill late in life mr.
Sben ,bev do 80 tn consider the dot
caraFriIy baforeh,nd was NV ranIv :.
onI ,ba dnc,or said il was. yery 6nsn
n,,a,,;or ,,hatbartbo nbvoic;on oot a
fo,,''r I9 a'or, ,r n,odoe, or a fashienobIa
;ol,h,rhood and cjted a nn,nher of
;,,ata,,cos in ,,hicb he rriords in ,ha
- ,;,io, had ,ha ,,Iaas,,ra ~ snandin,,
tbair Goys in their fasbionahIe mart
,,o,,.s H,h;Ia ba wos attondino ,p tba
nn,d.' ., - ,,nod horest nonnio u,6o coIlaJ
hir,, IN heca,,sa bo Iiye5 naar tban,
hf,ar raw nontbs tha doctor came
IN Ros,on and soTeLo,v-no ono could
| ,o,i how Ia ,,,onac,od it.tnoL urifo
hoo,. r,;,,, hin, Whar Tho foa, ,,os aoo
con,nI,sbod ,ha reiatiya0 conne for,yard
h. ndson,oI,, u,i, h s,iyor ond cold china
nad r,I,ns ,;,oro ,ou,arJ ,,,n erS,on honea'
i.re,,a, 49," 80
NJ Tho roi,t of ,,,u latte, 10 20 ON
oo,,ra,,a as n,,r,, ,.o,,n,, nanrIo 10 n,orry
o,,d ,,o ~, honsai, ,Son,nS, pno,, ,,bot thar
Rnst0n relatives toll tbem ia imnossihIe
to exist mon Thnv need not pxnect a
smooth road hefore or after thev decide
to taka their avn beads abont their own
.fF.ir. but If thav are sure tbay nrefar a
banry, home end ,ba raoI ioys IF l;fe IN
a yain s,rmgyIing after their naiyhhors'
standards fhev will never reoret having
Iripd our expeTiment. Yon will he toId
that your honse ia too small. that Won
are uncomfortable. hot and unhealthy .
that your neigbborhood is common vour
street a poor one and the view from
your front window obnoxious. But Won,
being sunremelv hapnv and contented
can afford to smile and 20 on your own
wav as before. You will find there is
nothing like a small house for bringing
ingenuity and contriyinp faculty in both
men and women. and nothing like living
in an unfashionable nejphborhood for
sitting out the genuine from the sham
among your friends aud acouaintances
and il turns out in the end that the peo