The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-01-09
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hundred feet, lying together, or a PRIZE FARM,
of from four to twenty acres The shares are linn
tied at S25, payable s when subscribed for, So
on the day of distribution, and the balance in
monthly instalInents of SO. About seven hundred
shares now subscribed
The lots situated in the village of HERMAN
WILLIE, on the Long Island railroad, county Of Suf
folk, and fifty miles from the city of New York.
car and engine house is now being built near this
village, and the last train leaving Brooklyn, late
in the afternoon stops this station and returns
early in the morning. 1t is one of the healthest
places in the United States, within one mile of
| Ronkonkoma lake, which is about three miles in
circumference, of singular transparency, and Of
great depth, with an abundance Of fish. The vii
lage is but four mles distant from the great South
Bay, which is five miles wide and forty miles long,
abundantly supplied with oysters, CLAIMS, and fish
These lands will produce much per acre, with
the same cultivation any land within fifty miles
of New York. The Suffolk County Agricultural
Society, at a meeting on oath September, 1850,
awarded premiums for the production of these
lands, may be seen by the following letter.
(Copy.)
LAKE ROAD, OcT. 2S, 1850
! certify that have raised during the past sea
son the very best of and potatoes l5O bushels
per acre. egg plants, and variety OF garden vegc-
tables, on land the Long Island railroad at
Lake Road, from which receveda premium at the
Suffolk County Agricultural Fair, held September
"a, 1880
Also peas, beans, onions, squashes, pumpkins,
beets, and tomatoes
Yours. lRA
To CHARLES Woop, l47 John ST., N. Y.
Hermanville station is located on the borders of
! the Long Island railroad, where cars run several
times day to Brooklyn and New York. The sur
face of the land is smooth and level, and the sur
rounding country is perfectly healthy, and within
a few miles of this place highly cultivated and val
liable, having been settled for more than one hun
dred and fifty years, and where similar lands sell
| from s 80 to 5000 per acre.
The distribution will take place in fep days by
committee to be selected by the Subscribers from
among their number. The person having the first
choice will be entitled for s25 only, to 20 acre
farm worth S ,O00 the second to an IS farm,
worth $500; the third l6 acre farm, $500; the
| 4th Ia acre farm, worth 500; the 9th a II acre
farm, worth 5000; the 9th 10 acre farm worth
S 500; the 7th and sth each an acre farm, worth
| $400; the 9th, 10th and l1th each acre farm
! worth = 800; the 18th; 18th, l4th and 18th each a
acre farm, worth $3.50; the 10th, 18th, 18th, 18th
and Goth each acre farm, worth $500; and all
the others will be entitled to village lots, each 20
by 100 feet, lying together. There are no blanka;
this is not lottery; every person gets TOR 20
handsome lot OF ground equal to city lots
Manner Of Distribution Of HermannuiHe Lots and
Prize Fdrrns-The manner distribution will be as
follows: All the numbers on the Map, from l to
S00 will be put into wheel, and the first number
drawn from the wheel will be entitled to the
fret prize; and, if the first number 80 drawn or
taken out of the wheel happens to be $50 or 275,
then the person on the subscription list, who holds
or owns the subscription number of $50 or 275, or
whatever the corresponding number may be, will
be entitled to the first Prize Farm, and 30 proceed
!
The lands are good as represented, and as
good any new land on the Island, and when cul-
tivated, will produce in the highest degree.
The land was once heavily timbered; some por-
tions now covered with thrifty growth oi
, young wood, oak and pine. Wood is plenty and
generally cheap in that part of the Island Fire
wood is cheap, that which is suitable be cut into
cord-wood for the New York market is of uniform
price, and has fer great many years been always
considered cash article on the Island.
There is material on the land for common fenc
y Hfhe mt hab had xt,ifh few
miles of these lands in abundance. All building
materials be had at the depots of Brooklyn ant
Grcenport, and at many intermediate places, at tn,
\ usual market prices. There numerous streams
of water rising in these new lands, and running
g into the Great South Bay, which remarkable
for their purity, and never fail; indeed, dry wea-
ther makes very little change in thems they are
unfailing, and wells of various depths probably
over these new lands, in the middle region of the
island the average depth will be about twenty hv,
feet; at Hermannville as the ground is higher they
are deeper.
s There are now churches and schools within two
three miles of the village; and within four miles
mills, factories, stores and villages. All the privi
. leges of an old settled country to be had here
and the people of Suffolk county pride Themselves
on being highly moral, ordely, and religious peo
Pile. All of my subscribers are persons OF respecta
bility.
: The land can be very easily cleared, and tht
cost of settlement will depend almost entirely upor
the settler. He can lay out much or as little al
he chooses. do not know of any objections to the
place. TO the land for settlement, and the same
labor and industry which make successful anc
prosperous settlements in other parts of the coun
try bestowed upon these lands, cannot fail to pro
y duce favorable results
Il The climate is in every particular healthy ano
pleasant; the roads good and always passable
at all seasons of the year; the winters are shor
and mild. compared to the winters on the main t
the north of the Highlands; there s seldom sleigh
ing more than two or three weeks on the island.
What is remarkable, crop is seldom injured b,
drought-therc is no part ofthe country where Their
Is so little injury from drought as on Long Island
nor is there any injury from wet-there is no we
or cold land on the island. All the land along tn
margin of the streams can be made highly valuable
at small cost, for there s such thing as hoot
or freshet, in the interior part Of the country
by which often very great damage Is done-suei
an event as the carrying off bridge, or the break
ing of mill dam, with great damage, Is almos
unheard of on Long Island The streams and bay
abound in fish and wild fowl in great abundance
and every variety.
l5- In consequence of the great number of letter
from all parts of the country, desiring information
as TO these lands 1t has been found necessary to an
swer them in this form.
Apply to Thos. Wood, Stationcr 1T John street
near Pearl, n. ", or Charles Wood, at the sam
place, either of whom will receive remittances am
forward receipts therefor by return of mail The,
will also gratuitously furnish maps and pamphlet
of the property, and cheerfuy give such other in
formation as may be desired.
CHARLES WOOD, III John ct n. Y.
References can be made to Hon. Henry Meig
and General Chandler, of the American Institute
35l broadway, N " Sandiords, Porter, Striker
rs broadway, n. Y; Levy Dodge, of Dodge Co
Express, rs West st. N. N; f. +. Peck, 500 Stat
st.; and Alden j. Spooner, Front st. Brooklyn
n. Y; o. Holman, Stationer, Boston, Mass. r.
Pease, Bookseller, Albany, N. Y; V. b. Palmer
Philadelphia, Pa. Jan l-2awiw
CINGLE AND DOUBLE BARREL FOWL.
~ ing pieces, &c.-J. w. Baden & Brother
! Hardware Merchants, sign of the golden saw
Pennsylvania avenue, near Sixth street. have jus
received, by late arrivals from England, fine as
sortment OF Sporting Goods, consistingin part of
Fine Damascus Twist, and other Fowlng e pieces
at prices ranging from Sl3 to Sl25.