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no instance of methodical planning, of far-seeing 

 judgment, of just calculation of greater ends from 

 a great beginning, than is here exhibited. The ori 

 ginal plan, as it was transferred from the projector s 

 mind to paper, can now be seen unfolded in all its 

 symmetrical vastness. Even the details are every 

 where visible, all of them in harmony with the 

 whole. 



That these results have been actually realized, is 

 shown by the rapid and astonishing success of the 

 settlement. Families are daily coming in from a 

 distance, and selecting homes wherever they think 

 best. As at the beginning, the proprietor contin 

 ues to convey these locations at low prices and on 

 liberal credit. Mere idle speculators the men who 

 buy but do not improve, were not wanted, and have 

 been kept out. Many purchasers being well sup 

 plied with means, paid cash for what they bought ; 

 but to many worthy families the credit given has 

 proved extremely useful. The railroad from Cam- 

 den through Milville and Glassboro to Cape May, 

 renders the spot accessible to all. 



Vineland is probably increasing as rapidly as any 

 new town in the West. In March last, lots were 

 selling so rapidly as to insure the erection of 40 

 new houses every month, or 480 per annum. E&quot;o 

 such annual growth as this was realized by William 

 Penn in the early history of Philadelphia. These 

 new buildings are not ephemeral structures, mere 

 shanties to keep off sun and rain, such as one con 

 nects with the idea of a new settlement, but sub 

 stantial and durable houses. Some of them are 



