The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-07-09
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and the land already sold at Hermannville, I'd
he of the same size, and disposed Of End divis
ded among the purchasers in the same man'
ner as those recently sold here.
/ have been induce. TO do this from the great
number of persons wishing to purchase these
Lots and Farms, as the Improvements in tina
part Of the Island arc constantly increasing,
and large numbers OF persons have now becone
interested In those lands. This addition nj tract
- in every respect equal 10 the Oilef, and at
HE rate they are now being taken they will all
re sold in a short time. Al but $50 shares are
now subscribed.
Each subscriber Is entitled to 3 Lots, IS ty
100 feet. lying toge her, or a FARM st flon
to 20 acres. The shares are limited NJ t29
payable, IS when SuhsCIi, cd for, 70 On ~
neiore the day Of distribution, and the ~falal-ce
in monthly instruments of SO. If desired. 4
WARRANTED Deed will he made outimmedialely
after the distribution, and delivered ditttilH
after paving the balance.
The LOIS are situated in the village cfHER-
MEANWHILE, on the Long Island RAILROAD,
County OF Suffolk, and 50 miles from The Ciiy
Of New York, and adjoins Lakeland, also Il
new village. recently laid out, where handsome
buildings are erected.
II is one of the heallhieSt places In The Uni
ted States, and within one mile Of RoLkonk-
nma Lake, a beautiful sheet Of wafer, about
| hfee miles in circumference, of singular tranS-
,arencv and OF great depth. with on ahuti-
lance of FISH. The village is but 4 miles dis
tant from the great South Bay, which is five
miles wide and 40 miles long, ahundantly sup
plied with oysters, clans, and fish OF various
kinds.
These lands will produce as much rer acre,
with the same cultivation. as any land within
ffty miles o. the city Of New York.
"LoNG ISLAND WmEAT.-At the annual
meeting of the New York Agricultural Socie>
", held at Albany, on the 20,h inst. for award
ing premiums on Field Crops, we find Suffolk
County stands second best-no slight honor
in raising wheat. Mr.. Samuel L. Thompson.
Of SetauKet.r received The second premium Of
SIS, Tor Winter Wheat, ~ bushels | Teck to
the acre. Mr.. ThomDson's wheat is a variety
which has been raised but a few years on the
Island, and The yield proves ii well adapted ~
the soil. &c. The agricultural capacities OF
Long Island are beginning 10 be Developed
Long Islander.
Setauket is about 8 miles from this Land
(Hermannville), and is no better by nature
than these lands now Offered for sale. This
wheat is a new variety of a superior kind, and
was sold for seed wheat al S. rer bushel, AID
Mr.. Thompson received for the product ef 4
little more than two acres, over Si0o.
There have been raised during The past sea.
son, the very hest OF Corn, and Potatoes $50
bushels per acre, Egg Plants, and n variety II
garden vegetables, on land near the Long Is
land Railroad, at Lake Road, or Lakeland,
where a Post Office has been established, fsf
which premiums at the Suffolk County Agfi-
cultural Fair, held September 9th, 1850, wers
given. Also peas, beans, onions, squaShes,
pumpkins, beeis. and tomatoes.
The following is from the New York FHrme
and Mechanic Of November It'll, 1850, and was
written nv Mr.. Starr the editor, who visited the
lands. The wheat. potatoes, and CROPS, re-
ierrsd 10 in the article, were raised al Lake.
lan6 near HermaDnville Station
"Having q few hOursieiSure during The past
week, we we're conveyed over The Long Island
Railroad, to a large tract of the county, about
fifty miles from New York, which We fnd to te
capable Of very successful and profitable cult.
walton. Although late in The season, and view
ed under some disadvantage, We were surpris.
ed at the quality and abundance ~ The crops
which had been gathered iron a portion OF the
land. as also The winter crops, which appeared
unusually promising. Wheat, which had tesp
sown but iwoor three weeks. presented a beam
tiiul ihnily appearance; while iurnips, beets
and other vegetables not yet gathered for win
ter sse, would compare advantaseously with
the best in the New York market. Potatoes,
already in the cellar, weIs very fine without a
vestige Of disease, and corn standing in The field
was not surpassed BY much that vs saw on
lands valued al more han one hundred dollars
per acre. Indeed, the vegetables which re-
ceived the premium at The Suffolk County Fair,
were raised from a portion Of this ground which
had not been under cultivation six months.
Altogether We were very iavorsbly impressed
with our visit IL these lands, now so fsvoratly
offered 10 the public, al prices which cannot
fail 10 double in a few years, and We would in
wife the attention of those who desire a cheap
and eligible farm, 10 this location"
HermaHnvills Station Is located on The bor.
ders Of the Long Island Railroad, whence cars
run severaltines dsv to Brooklyn and New
York. The surface ri The land is smooth and
i.-.l - ~. AZ, .npaIrv ia Nartsnflu
healthy, and within n few miles Of this place.,
highly cultivated and valuable, having been
settled for more Than a hundred and fifty years,
and where similar lands sell al from $50 To
S20B per acre.
The LAMBS are as good as represented, and as
good a.Any new land on the Island, and when
cultivated, will produce in the highest degree.
Z The land was once heavily timbered some
portions are nov covered with q thrifty srowth
Of young wood, oak and pine. Wood is plenty,
and generally cheap in that part of the Island.
Fire-vood is cheap hat which is suitable TO
be cut into eerd-wood, Tor The New York mar
kel, is Of uniform price, and has, for n great
many years, been considered o cash eitieie On
The Island.
There is ma ierial on the land for common
iencih g--good chestnut rail. can be had with
in a few miles of these lands in abundance. All
building materials can be had at The depots OF
Brooklyn and Greenport, and at many inter-
mediate places, at The usuSl market prices
There are numerous stfeamso Of water rising in
these new lands, and %:unnins into the great
South Bay, which are remarkable for their 1u-
rity, and never fail-indeed,d dry weather makes
very little change 10 them, they are unfaii!ng ;
and wells are of various depths probably over
these new lands, in the middle region of The Is
land, the average depth will be about IS feet;
at Hermannville, as the ground is higher, ihey
are deeper. Subscribers are not compelled 10
build.
There are now churches and schools within
two or three miles Of the village, and within
four miles, mills, factories, stores, and villages.
All the privileges of an old settled country are
to be had here and the people Of Suffolk
County pride themselves on being a highly
moral, orderly, and religious people. All ofmy
subscribers are. 'e-. on, OF reSpesiahifty.
The laHd sanh ssy rnsily cleared, and the eot q
settlement willdeprnd entirely upon the settler; he can
ny out ~ much or rs little a. he ehoose.. ! do not Know
nf aRy objections 10 the place or the land for a aetle-
nenii and the same labor and industry -hieh maize ns
cessfnl and prosperous seitlements In other parts Of the
country, bestowed upon these lands, cannot fail to pro
duce favorable results.
The climate is ia every particular healthy and pIes<s
int-the roads are good, and alSsys passahle II an ser
sous OF the yesr-thc W nters are shoTt and mild, couUs
nai ed To- the winters on the main to the nouh " he
highlauds-there is seldom %sleighing more taAa tNo "
three weeks oA the I.hnd.
What is remarkable, ssrap . sldom Injured nv
lrought-therei is no part Of the country where thcrr !.
.oltle injury fiom dIonEhi As "a Long Island; mar IL
there uny injury hom Aet-therc ls no wet or cold land
IN The Island. Al the land along the margin Of the
streams can he made highly valuable At a small cost, for
There u no such thing as food or ffe'h bet AZ IN the int.
riof part Of the eountry, by which onen vefy great dnm
rye l. done such an event rs the carrying "a a bridge
or the breaking Of a mill dam. with great dnmsge. issl.
most unheArd Of on Long Island. The streau ms and hs,.
abouAd in fish and wild fowl OF every variety.
The lands now beinE surveyed, and the lots asd
fanns -tsked out so AZ to designate each lot and farm As