Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1895-05-15


! and four girls. Mr.. Bennett came from
Wayne County, Pa. He left snow on tn,
ground. He found trailing arbutus il
bloom the next day at Estelle. His
property on Cumberland avenue, and q
visit to bis parlor shows him to be a
man of literary tastes, having collected
quite a library, including a complete en-
cyclopedia. Mr.. Bennett will conduct a
grocery store and sell to his neighbors at
Philadelphia prices. The result Of Mr..
Benefits visit to Estelle has been the
sale of over dozen farms to his imme-
date neighbors. -..-s. .,... r
Perhaps one of the most thoroughly
satisfied women in the place is pretty
little Mrs. E. Bjorling, who with her
husband and little daughters come from
New York City in February and bought
a five acre tract on South Jersey avenue.
"You could not pay me to go back"
shesaid in her charming broken English.
II am SO well pleased here | have my
flowers, l have my pigs, have my home.
Ny husband, he has just painted it to-
day, and my little girl, she is SO much
better than before, when we came here
she was SO puny and thin. Now she is
fine-see herr"
William Studley, who is SO years old,
and owns five acres on Fourth avenue,
says the land in and around Estelle il
finer than that Of his farm near Trenton,
and the latter is considered one of the
best farms in America. He proposes to
put in general crop. sr.
|. E. Webster is going to clear off his
five acres on Fourth avenue and SOW it |
in buckwheat. Mr. Webster comes from |
Maine.
Crops of all sorts can be made-straw-
berries, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, cab
bage, onions, peas, while apple and |
other fruit trees are abundant. Grape
raising also promises to be a profitable
business. There are no swamps, no ma
laria, no sandy SOIL The climates mild
the water is pure and contains health
giving properties, and at the present rate
of ingress the lots will all be taken be-
fore the snow falls. Very, very few per-
SONS go to Estelle without buying and
most of them 60 there to live. Had the
railroad been built there ten years ago it
would have been impossible to buy a
farm there now, and it is fair to presume
that this condition will exist ten years
hence. Even as an investment for specu-
lative purposes more attractive place
coupled with a more attractive plan |
has never been put before the public.
From Philadelphia the place is reached
by first taking the ferry at the foot of
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, then on
train. The route is dotted with clusters
of villas. a bit of lake here and there,
orchards, and indications of
life and material growth in abundance.
On the way-at Winslow Junction-is
one of the largest brick manufactures in
the world, and the quality Of their pro-
ducts is equal to any. When the people
at Philadelphia are sweltering with heat
the Estellites are as cool as cucumbers.
Among other residents of Estelle are:
Peter Roux, who has five acres on Fifth
avenue. be comes from Raleigh, n c.,
and will raise poultry.
Richard Blundell, who has five eacres on
Cape May avenue. He is SIS years of age.
He will make general crop.
]. L. Thomas, who has lived in South |
carolina and Virginia, has five acres on
avenue, which he is busiIy
clearing.
Peter Kass, five acres on Seventh ave
lue.
George Williams, five acres on First
avenue, and several others who we We're
lnable to see in our days visit.