Industry and Ambition Turn Farm to Twelve Thousand
A Vineland settler recounts four years of hard work from stump pulling to land clearing and planting. With two horses and a fifty dollar bill he built 13 acres stumped, 8 vineyard acres, 425 fruit trees, and crops including potatoes and onions. He values his property at about ten thousand dollars with two thousand in implements, totaling twelve thousand, and credits Vineland’s climate health and steady work as the key to success.
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Vineland
Landis Avenue
Gettysburg
Canaan
Maine
Chestnut Avenue
Philadelphia
Letter praises Vine land settlers and their happiness
The author asserts strong satisfaction among Vine land settlers who would not leave, notes children are well raised, and argues that a man who works with ambition can gain wealth even if crippled. He warns against abandoning effort and blames laziness for lack of success, closing with respect from Citas. LB Washburne.
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Vineland
Hit
Citas
Washburne
Illinois Act Allows Planting Trees Along Public Roads
An 1869 Illinois law permits landowners bordering public roads to plant shade and ornamental trees along and within the road up to one tenth of the road width. The act becomes effective upon passage.
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State of
Illinois
General Assembly
Bible to newspapers replaces reading in parish tale
A pastor's pupil in a parish learns to read then is found reading newspapers not Bible. The wife notes progress with humor as the old man now prefers daily news to scripture. Other items note heart disease linked to clothing, US prison totals for 1867, a rat attack on a baby in Douglassville, and a postmaster candidate copying tombstone names. A London birth notice ends with a prayer request.
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John
Ho’scanny
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