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township was erected, bearing his name, in which 

 the running at large of cattle and swine was pro 

 hibited thus each settler fences in his own stock 

 only, and is saved the great cost of fencing out the 

 vicious road-thieves of his neighbors. Xo otjier 

 township in ]S&quot;ew Jersey is found with a similar 

 regulation. 



Another peculiarity will be noticed the total 

 absence of grog-shops, with gangs of loafers con 

 gregated about their doors. The law erecting 

 Landis township gave to the people the power of 

 saying whether rum should be sold there or not. 

 So far they have rigidly refused to have it among 

 them, and the character of the settlers coming in 

 will guarantee exclusion in the future. The fine 

 hotel which accommodates strangers has been at no 

 expense for either bar or toddy-stick. These two 

 enactments were portions of Mr. Landis s original 

 plan, and afford satisfactory evidence of the sound 

 morals and practical good sense which he has 

 brought to bear in carrying it out. 



No one can spend a day at this place without be 

 ing strongly impressed in its favor, nor converse 

 with its proprietor without being struck with his re 

 markable executive capacity. His whole enterprise 

 of settling a tract of forty-five square miles of wild 

 land, has been conceived and carried out on the 

 most comprehensive scale. It is now successfully 

 established on what was three years ago a perfect 

 solitude, by the energy of a single capacious mind. 

 I have seen much of the process of making new 

 settlements on the waste places 6f the earth ; but 

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