. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . ives at Red Bank on the New JerseyCentral. There are lots of places where otherscould do as well as he has, some nearerin point of time; others a little fartheraway. Many men who were boi-n andbrought up on farms and who after-ward went to the city, might take upfarming again and still go to town wculd not be handicapped as thisman was by a lack of knowledge, foi- hewas always a city boy. On the outskirts of practically everysuburban town on the New JerseyCentral there ar
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . ives at Red Bank on the New JerseyCentral. There are lots of places where otherscould do as well as he has, some nearerin point of time; others a little fartheraway. Many men who were boi-n andbrought up on farms and who after-ward went to the city, might take upfarming again and still go to town wculd not be handicapped as thisman was by a lack of knowledge, foi- hewas always a city boy. On the outskirts of practically everysuburban town on the New JerseyCentral there are small farms to behad where city families woukl surelyfind more content than in a city apart-ment. I do not advocate getting bigplaces. There are many old houseson these farms that a cornpai-ativelyslight expenditure would put in mightyfine shape. Most of them would costless even with extensive remodelingthan would the erection of new build-ings, at the present prices for lurnbei-. Take a trip to some of the suburbantowns along the New Jersey Centraland see what possibilities there arefor contentel Have Room 12 THE SUBURBANITE About Beautiful Flemington The Capital of the Peaches and Cream CountryA Mighty Attractive Place iEAUTIFULLY located in thehills of Hunterdon, in the verycentre of the peaches andcrearn district, is Flemington,once a quiet country town way out;now well within the suburban the elevation is 185 feet, thevillage itself lies in a valley surroundedby sleeping hills, the sides of which aredotted by well cultivated farms. Historically, Flemington has muchto boast of. The town had its birth inthe last century, and was named forSamuel Fleming, who erected thefirst house, still standing on BownellStreet. Though of modest propor-tions compared to present-day subur-ban dwellings, it was knowni then as Flemings Castle. Fleming made hisappearance in 1756, but as early as1712 nearly all the land covering thesite of the present village wa
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