The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-01

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~ % . ssuntPy place aos FIR from .
0sixng ySung village. and among the
Gussts wsrs several parsBts and
euaydsass u young children who
vsrs living In town. several Of them
occupying houses that stood on one or
two ordinaJ-sised lots. They rarely
got swsy from home for . day. and
wess enjoying their snting to the Mt
most Nearly all Of them hsd been
sity d~ellers. who lad settled In this
Suburban place, psrtly for the sake
of room in which The youngsters could
have Q better ohsncs Of out-of-door
exercise and development. and partly
because the country was considered
more healthful than the city. Their
talk turned upon rapid transit -
means for suburban development, and
each and every one agreed that with
the enormous amount of unoScupied
land all about the vicinity. II was q
great misfortune that transportation
fscilities were not sufficiently avail
able 10 make II possible for families,
who, for any reason, did not wish TO
keep horses, to live In some OF these
delightful localities. But this involves
an amount OF care and cost that per.
sons Of moderate means are unable
and unwilling TO incur, says the New
York Ledger. II families with chill
dren could live where there were good
facilities for getting 10 business the
land would speedily be taken up and
comfortable and commodious home
steads would spring up along every
highway. Schools would increase In
number and quality, and every be-
longing would have added Importance
and value. With every good house and
well-fitted place the adjacent proper
ty would become more attractive, and
improvements would grow by what
they fed upon. Where there are many
well-tO-do residents, there are always
advantages in the way Of social and in
tellectual treats. The extreme Of en-
joymeut is found in communities
where there are n number OF families
OF congenial tastes, possessing from
moderate to independent incomes.
They plan excursions, get up clubs,
ricnics, parties and pleasurings Of all
descriptions, their children are all
friendly and never lnck for proper as
sociates. They have the good Of the
neighborhood at heart and feel GER
tain amount Of responsibility fer
whatever transpires there. They have
the keenest interest in the moral at
mosphere Of the place, and can, on oc-
casions, form themselves into COM
mittee of citizens to regulate Affairs,
correct abuses, restrain vice and root
out vicious tendencies. But the great.
est of all the benefits Of suburban life
and the rapid transit that makes such
a life possible Is the sense OF relief
from the espionage Of prying eyes. 81
haven't been able to go out upon the
back steps OF my house for six
months" said one of the ladies who
made up the house party, without
feeling that there were prying eyes
peering at me through the Stats in the
blinds. When | got up here ! just
threw ont my arms and took good
long breath Of relief, and the children
got out into the back yard and shout
cd and raced about, scarcely able to
contain themselves, so filed were they
with a sense of freedom and relief
from the criticism of meddesome
tongues THE big back yard" where
children can romp and frolic to their
hearts content, is one Of the privileges
Of suburban dwellers who are within
easy reach Of the city and their daily
business.