The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-01-07
sas ONLY FOR A HOMESTEAD.

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on the day Of distribution, and the balance in
| monthly instalments of SO. About seven hundred
shares are now subscribed
The lots situated in the village of HERMAN
VILE, on the Long Island railroad county Of Suf.
folk, and fifty miles from the city of New York. A
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 II is one of the healthiest
places in the United States, within one mile of
Ronkonkoma lake which ia about three miles in
circumference, OF singular transparency, and Of
great depth, with an abundance Of fish. The vii
age is but four miles distant from the great South
Bay, which is five miles wide and forty miles long,
abundantly supplied with oysters, clams, and fish
of various kinds.
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 meeting oath September, 1850.
awarded premiums for the production Of these
lands, as may be seen by the following letter.
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| LAKE ROAD, OcT. %, 1850
certify that have raised during the past
son the very best OF corn and potatoes LOO bushels
per acre; egg plants, and variety Of garden vege
tables. on land near the Long Island railroad at
Lake Road, from which received premium at the
Suffolk County Agricultural Fair, held September
! "a, 1850
Also peas, beans. onions. squashes. pumpkins,
beets, and tomatoes.
Yours, IRA L'HoMMEDIEU
! To CHARLES WOOD. III 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 hun.
dred and fifty years, and where similar lands sell
! from y so to 5000 per acre
The distribution will take place in fe,D days by
committee to be selected by the subscribers from
among their number The person having the fret
choice will be entitled for S25 only, 10 30
farm worth 3 ,000 the second to an Is acre farm,
worth $780, the third 10 acre farm, $500; the
4th Ia acre farm, worth $70O; the 5th IL acre
farm, worth $500; the 9th 10 farm worth
! \ 500; the 7th and Sth each farm, worth
S4OO; the 9th. 10th and llth each acre farm,
/ worth $500; the 18th, 18TH llth and l5th each
acre farm, worth $3.50; the 10th, l7th, 18th 18th
and 20th each acre farm, worth $500; and all
the others will be entitled to village iots each %
by 100 feet, lying together. There no blanks
this Is not lottery; every person gets for $S25 a
handsome lot OF ground equal to city lots.
Manner of Distribution of HermannULe Lots and
PsiEe Far,ns.---Thc manner distribution will be as
follows: All the numbers the Map, from 10
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 30 drawn or
taken out of the wheel happens to be $50 or 275,
then the person on the subscription list, VINO holds
owns the subscription number of $50 or 275, or
whatever the corresponding number may be, will
be entitled to the first Prize Farm, and proceed
ing until all the numbers drawn out
The lands are as good IA represented, and as
good as any land on the Island, and when cul-
tivated. will produce in the highest degree.
The land wac once heavily timbered; some por-
/, tons now covered with a thrifty growth OF
young wood, oak and pine. Wood lie plenty and
{ generally cheap in that part of the Island. Fire
wood is cheap that which Is suitable to be cut int
cord-wood for the New York market is of uniform
price, and has fer great many years been alway
considered cash article on the Island.
There is material on the land for common fenc
ing good chestnut rails be had within few
miles Of these lands in abundance All building
materials can be had at the depots Of Brooklyn anc
Greenport, and at many intermediate places. at the
usual market prices. There numerous streams
of water rising i'll these lands, and running
2 into the Great South Bay, which are remarkable
for their purity, and never fail; indeed, dry wea-
ther makes very little change in them; 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 five
feet; at Hermannville the ground is higher they
deeper.
There now churches and schools within two
or three miles of the village; and within four miles
mills, factories, stores and villages. All the privi
egcs of an old settled country to be had here
and the people of Suffolk county pride themselves
on being highly moral ordcly, and religious peo
Pile. All OF my Subscribers are persons of respecta
biiy.
The land be very easily cleared, and the
cost of settlement will depend almost entirely upon
the settler He can lay out much or as little as
he chooses. do not know of any objections to the
place. to the land for a settle ment, and the
: labor and industry which make successful ano
prosperous settlements in other parts of the coun
try bestowed upon these lands, cannot fail to pro
- duce favorable results
u The climate is in every particular healthy anc
pleasant; the roads good and always passab BILE
at all seasons of the year; the winters shor
and mild compared to the winters the main I,
the north OF the Highands there is seldom sleigh
ing more than two or three weeks on the island.
What is remarkable, crop Is seldom injured by
droughtthere s no part OF the country where there
is so little injury from drought ns on Long Island
nor is there any injury from wet-there is wet
or cold land on the leland All the land along the
margin of the streams be made highly valuable
small coat, for there is no such thing a flood
or freshet, in the interior part of the country
by which often very great damage is dope--sucf
event the carr ying off bridge, the break
ing OF mill dam, with great damage, is almos
unheard of on Long Island The streams and ba VI
abound in fish and wild fowl in great abundance
and every variety.
lI,- In consequence of the great number of letters
from all parts of the country, desiring information
to these lands, it has been found necessary
swer them in this form.
near Pearl, ~ Y, or Charles Wood, at the same
place, either of whom will receive remitances and
forward receipts therefor by return OF mail They
will also gratuitously furnish maps and pamphlets
of the property, and cheerfully give such other in
formation may be desired
CHARLES WOOD, III John ct. ~ Y
References can be made. to Hon. Henry Meigs
and General Chandler of the American Institute
35l broadway n. Y =; Sandords, Porter, & Striker,
IS Broadway, y. Y; Levy Dodge, of Dodge X Co.'S
Express 'is West ST. n. N; f. F!Pcck, 800 State
ct; and Alden J Spooner, Front st. Brooklyn.
n. Y; o. Holman, Stationer, Boston, Mass; L. II.
Pease, Bookseller, Albany, n. Y; V. b. Palmer,
Philadelphia, Pa Jan l-2aw4w
SINGLE AND DOUBLE BARREL FOWL
~ ing pieces, &c.-J. w Baden & Brother
Hardware Merchants, sign of the golden
| Pennsyvani avenue, near Sixth street, have just
received, by late arrivals from England, fine
sortment Of Sporting Goods, consisting in part of
Fine Damascus Twist, and other Fuwing- pieces
| at prices ranging from 8 l3 to $l25.
n .tcsx, I.x.A. NJ
Shot Pouches and Belts, OF English and French
manufacture.
Percussion caps, patent wads, wad cutters, pri-
incrs, cleaning rode, gun covers, &c, &c.