Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY in 1879

Emigrate to Bainbridge
Bainbridge Republican, September 12, 1879
 
Those persons in adjoining towns who are looking about them for new abiding places, should not pass our beautiful village without giving it a trial.  We think our town at the present time offers superior inducements to the immigrant.  Our churches and schools are of the best, our railroad depot of easy access to every part of the village and in direct line of communication with New York or the West.  The society of Bainbridge is a united one, no petty personal bickerings, nor local political warfare, dividing society into separate classes; no codfish aristocracy to hold its head high above its less salted neighbor; society here is made up of all, we mean, of course, all those who behave in a manner to entitle them to respectable recognition, without regard to pocket or dress.  Taxes are much lighter here than in most railroad villages, according to population and wealth, and business of all kinds is thriving and of a permanancy.  Real estate and rents are low, and market good for either buyer or seller. The Susquehanna furnishes a splendid water power for any manufacturing or other enterprise which might be contemplated, and immigrants would be heartily welcomed and encouraged.  Beautifully shaded, good walks and roads, a healthy atmosphere, no swamps to exhale malaria poisons, are the many attributes which recommend Bainbridge to the lookers after homes, and many are finding this out and moving hither.  Move in, there is room for you all.

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