AND WHERE TO FIND ONE. 24:3 



snring the utmost neatness and the highest embel 

 lishment it was to be, in fact, a vast assemblage of 

 beautiful cottage residences. Mr. Landis has al 

 ready, at his own expense, opened nearly eighty 

 miles of streets and roads, building bridges wherever 

 needed, cleared out acres of stumps and rubbish, es 

 tablished the grade, and on many other improve 

 ments expended thousands of dollars in making his 

 great enterprise acceptable to the numerous families 

 who have located on his property. 



I visited this remarkable spot in the summer of 

 1864, to examine its condition and surroundings. I 

 had known and passed over the spot, years before, 

 when it was a perfect solitude, with neither hut nor 

 clearing. It would be impossible, within these 

 limits, to specify the marvellous changes that had 

 been made. The forest had disappeared, and in its 

 place was to be seen a settlement containing some 

 650 houses and 4,000 inhabitants. There was a 

 rapidly-growing town, having churches, schools, 

 stores, mills, and other conveniences. I conversed 

 with numerous settlers as to whence they came and 

 how they fared in their new location. As a body, 

 they belong to the better class of citizens, are edu 

 cated, intelligent, moral, and enterprising. The 

 drones which infest other communities are never 

 found in hives like this. Great numbers of them 

 are from New England, while the neighboring 

 States, and even the West, are largely represented 

 ii this common centre. Many have built costly 

 and elegant houses. Many are professional fruit 

 growers and gardeners. Those who buy farms are 



