188 OCEAN TO OCEAN ON HORSEBACK, 



As we passed along on our way to church, I had a 

 good opportunity to see this little town on Cayuga 

 Creek, and the added advantage of a personal account 

 of the place from one of its residents. Like all 

 towns adjacent to a large city, Lancaster has a certain 

 air of independence, and unmistakable signs of con- 

 tact with greater forces ; and besides its pretty homes, 

 some of them the out-of-town retreats of Buffalo 

 business men, it has its share of industrial enterprises. 



Altogether, it is a pretty little neighbor of which 

 any city might be proud, and which in its peace-loving 

 way is very sensible in standing off at a distance from 

 its busier sister. A few minutes by rail can take its 

 thousand and a half inhabitants "to town,'^ where 

 they find the best that the great stores provide ; and a 

 ride of a few minutes more brings them out of the 

 noise to their own quiet haven. 



It is hard to realize a more delightful and thor- 

 oughly restful existence than that found in suburban 

 villages, where the influences of active forces are felt, 

 but where they cannot disturb the even tranquillity. 

 They seem to illustrate the "golden mean" which 

 Horace recommends, and I find that it is always 

 pleasant to reach such places and hard to leave them. 



