Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-02-26
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
A noDEL CONTINUITY.
Enterprising People, Splendid Roads
and Beautiful Country.
NoRRGsrowN. "a, Feb. =


DEAR HERALD: have scarcely
gotten my bearings here, therefore
this epistle will not be so much about
Pennsylvania as New Jersey. In a
former letter, reference was made to
a very happy condition with which |
came in contact among the good peo-
pie across the Delaware.
1t might not be aniss as a preface
to my remarks to state that this is
conceded to be the finest agricultural
region in the United States, ii not in
the world. Years ago Horace Greeley
said Bucks county, Pennsylvania.
was the model farming section, but
Bucks now ranks as fifth among the
agricultural counties Of the country,
Lancaster and Chester counties Of
this State and Monmouth and Bur
lington counties, New Jersey, having
outstripped Bucks in the race. / do
not believe that Center township,
Burlington county, N. J., can be sur
passed. (
1t is a purely agricultural region,
populated for the most part by Friends
or Quakers. They started right orig
inally and have never deviated an
iota from the paths their fathers trod.
Strict and exact justice to all is their
rule and the result is a community
where there are no very rich people
and none who are poor. That is not
to be construed as conveying the i'm
preston that all OF the people are
even in moderate financial circum-
stances. They are away beyond that
point. Nowhere have / seen more
commodious houses, or better fur
nished. There is nothing shoddy
about them. Solid mahogany, wal
nut or oak furniture, highly polished;
carpets fit Tor a palace; steam heat,
electric lights, hot and cold water
everything found in the most luxuri-
Gus city homes.
The roads are solid Macadam or
Telford, with bicycle path alongside,
water pipes also, and shade trees
forming a perfect bower. One gen.
tleman remarked that he did not know
that the shade was best for the roads,
but that it was very comfortable on a
hot day.
Center township was the pioneer in
the good roads movement. Years
and years ago they bonded them
selves to build roads and there has
been no cessation as yet and there
will not be until all of the roads are
perfect. The example set has grown
and expanded until, other sections
have caught the contagion. The new
Jersey Road Improvement Association
is now one of the departments of the
State government, presided oyer by
Commissioner Budd, who has an Of
fee in the State House, and whence
road literatureis sent not only through
out the State but all over the country.
One can go into his Office and see at
a grace on the map the kind of roads
in any section, their character being
distinguished by various colors.
From New Jersey, | crossed over
into Pennsylvania and spent the lat
ter part of last week in and about the
towns of Bristol, Langhorne, Hume
Vile and MELVILLE. A trolley line
extends from Bristol to MELVILLE.
People said it would not pay, but it
does and soon will be extended to
Doylestown, the county seat. The
equipment is perfect and while the
county roads were blockaded by snow,
the cars, propelled by electricity, sped
up hill and down dale, carrying
crowds of people
This entire region is becoming ia
nous as a summer resort. Falkland,
Langhorne, Neshaminy Falls and
numerous other resorts invite to re-
pose, and I do not know any place
where one could fine more genuine
rest than in the Bucks county hills,
where pure water and air and plenty
to eat would surely bring health to
the invalid and rest to the weary.
A. b. s.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Always
Proves EffectuaI.