The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-26
snhnrhnn Eesidences.

suburban residences are the necessary
appendagcs Of every large city, ana lOrtu-
! nate is that city whose yicinage can Oner
| 10 its industrious and OycrtaXed citizens a
retreat from the oppressive heat, dusty
and impure air, and foul. unwholesome
Od0rs inscparaDie from the crowded. NOISY,
, busy quarters to which their commercial
pursuits contine them during the day. Hap
DIV. thrice happy, the man that is blessed
with such il home, and with a beloved
| partner to give him welcome with
a healthiul and cheerful greeting.
on ms return to the family hearth, aud altar
of love and peace after the daily cares ana
tolls of active busy life. Has he a dog, has
he a little toddling child, above all, has he 4
trusting, loving mother to that chlldy LOOK
on his face how II brightens. what joyous
and grateful ,Omplaccncy beams from 1t,
and how his eye ghstcns as ne stretches
forth his hands % receive from nurses arms
the precious dependent creation OF his love,
and smother il with his kisses, while the
beloved sharer Of his JOY impaticntly waits
her turn of loving recognition. what an
atmosphere Of quiet happiness breathes
around what IN air OF comfort prevails
throughout all the domestic arrangements,
and how sweetly and TRANQUILITY does twl-
light settle down upon the surrounding
Landscape as the sun rttires behind the dis
tart hills, whose deep and lengtnenng
shadows are fast filling up and covering
over the intervening valleys. But the
first requisite for such home
is freedom from that treacherOus
malaria that haunts so many Of our subur-
ban localities. for ill-health mars all enjoy
ment in life. The most beaut ml and pic
turesque landscape offers us pleasure to
the languid. pale. emaciated Cenizen.of an
infected district. In selecting SUI
burban residence the first inquiry, there
| fore, should be with reference It's sanitary
condition, not for this year or last year, but
| through a long succession OF years. mere,
then reyerting to the practical question
before us) within eighteen miles of
Richmond can be found locality which
pre-eminently offers all the prerequisites of a
desirable suburb for our citizens, with their
families, TO repair 10, either for permanent
or temporary summer residences! l I'M
hesitatingly declare. rs my deliberate Opin-
ion. that il the incipient village eight miles
west of Richmond ON the line of the Rich
mOnd and Danyille railroad, IN Chesterfield
county, AT an elevation OF some two hum
dred feet or more above tidc-water, and
known by the name of Bon Air, a
name peculiarly appropriate, If that
locality does not oner all the inducements
requisito for such a suburban site, then
there is none that will answer. | own not
"A foot at Bon Air, nor am | IN any
way interested in IL; but for NIFTY years
and more I have been acquainted with all
the adjacent country, and can confirm the
opinion Of the late Or. samuel Royal, who
for half century enjoyed the unqualified
esteem and confidence as skilful prac-
titioner Of medicine Of that whole district
of country for circuit Of twenty miles,
that 1.-THE section OF country lying along the
ridge or elevated lands, forming what is
known as the Buckingham Ridge, is the
healthest country in the world" and II en-
Joys all the other requisites OF a desirable
suburb TO Richmond, and IN degree I'm
equalled in nature by any other.