The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-04-23
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FERNS atHermannviIe have laid on anothJ
sr fact, adjoining the Long Island RaiNeaf
and The land already sold at Hermannville, to
be of The sstre size, and disposed Of and divi-
ded among tie purchasers in the same man
ner as those recently sold here.
have been induced 10 do this from the great
number of persons wishing 10 PURCHASE these
Lots and Farms, as the Improvements m that
pa IT of the Island are constantly increasing
and large numbers OF persons have now Become
interested in those lands. This additional ifact
is in every respect equal to the other, and at
the rate they are now being taken they will all
be sold in few weeks. About 5VV shares are
now subscribed.
Each subscriber = entitled TO 8 Lots, 25 by
100 feet, lying togeiher,or FARM Of from
4 to 20 acres. The sh5res are LIMITED al 80
payable, IS when subscribed for, 80 on or
before the day of distributioh5 and the balance
in monthly instalments OF 30 ii desired, a
WARRANTED Deed will be made odt Immediately
after the distribution, and delivered Directly
after paying the balance
| The Lots are situated in the village - HER
| MEANWHILE, on the Long lslaDd ksIroao,
County OF Suffolk, and so miles from me City
Of New York, and adjons Lakeland also
new village, recently laid out where haDssufnS
buildings are erected.
1t is one of the healihiest places in the Uni
ted States, and within one mile Of RoLkonk-
onia Lake beautiful sheet Of water, about
three miles in circumference, of singular trans
parency and OF great depth, with an album
dance OF fish. The village is but miles dis
tant from The great South Bay, which is ive
miles wide and 40 miles long, atundantly sup
piled with oysters, clans, and fish Of various
kinds.
These lands will produce as much per acre,
with the same cultivation. as any land within
fifty miles o! the city Of New York.
@Lono ISLAND wHEAr.-At the annual
I II A
ty, held at Albany, on the 20 inst. for award
ing prem ums on Field Crops, we find Suffolk
| County stands second best-no slight honor
in raising wheat. Mr.. Samuel l.. 1homl son.,
of Setauset. received the second premium OIL
SIS, for Winter Wheat, 40 bushels I reck TO
the acre. MI Thompson's wheat is variety
which has been raised but a few years on the
Island, and the yield proves it well ADAPTED to
the soil, &c. The agricultural cartcilies of
Long Island are beginning 10 be developed y
Long Islander.
Setauket is about 8 miles from this land
(Hermannville), and is TO better by nature
than these lands nov offered for sale. This
wheat is a new variety of a superior kind, and
was sold for seed wheat at IS per bushel, and
Mr.. Thompson received fjr the product Of a
little more than two acres, over 100.
There have been raised during the past sea-
SON. the very best OF Corn, and Potatoes $50
bushels per acre, Egg Plants, and variety of
| garden vegetables, uU ldnu near luC Lung ~
land Railroad, al Lake Road, or Lakeland =
| where a Post Office has been established, fog
| which premiums at the Suffolk Comfy Agti-
cultural Fair, held September 24th, 1850. we're
given. Also peas, beans, onions, s9uashes,
lpumpbin., beets, and tomatoes.
Thefhkrwing !, from The New York Farmer
and Mechanic Of November 7lh, ls50, and was
written by Nh. siarf,t be editor, " no visited the
lands. The wheM, pufatoesi and crops, re-
ferred TO in the ars.1ei were raised al Lake
lane near Hermann NV Station:
Having few hours'esure during The past
week, we were conveyed oVtr the Long Isl and
Railroad, 10 a large tract Of the toustry, about
fifty miles from New York, which Ne hhd To be
capable OF very successful and profitable cult.
:, walton. Although late in the season. and Tie "
r ed under some disadvantage, We were surpffs
Is | ed at the quality and abundance If the crops
which had been gathered from portion OF the
land. as also the winter crops, which appeared
unusually promising. Wheat, which had been
4 sown hui iwoor three weeks, presented ateau
z | tiIul Thrifty appearance while turnips, bects
and other vegetables not yet gathered for win
4 ter use, would compare advantageously with
the best in the New York market. Potatoes
already in the cellar were very fine without a
vestige of disease, and corn standing in the field
4. was not surpassed by much that we saw or
Al lanls valued at more than one hundred dollar:
I, per acre. Indeed, the vegetables which re-
r. ceived the premium at the Suffolk County Fair
A. were raised from portion Of this ground which
a, had not been under cultivation six months
We Altogether We were very favorably impressed
re with our visit to these lands, new so favorabiy
offered to the public, at prices which canno
Al fail 10 double in few years, and We would in
wife the attention of those who desire theal
=. and eligible farm, 10 this location"
Hermannvle Station is located on the hor
ders Of the Long Island Railroad, whence car
ID run several times day to Brooklyn and New
York The surface Of the land is smooth ant
: level. and the surrounding country is perfectly
~ healthy, and within few miles Of this place
=. highly cultivated and valuable, having beer
~ settled for more than hundred and fifty wears
,e and where similar lands sell at from $50 Il
j. $500 per acre.
The lands are as good as represented, and a
ia good as any new land on the Island, and wher
c. cultivated, will produce in the highest degree
The land was once heavily timbered som
u, portions are now covered with thrifty growt
eel Of young wood, oak and pine. Wood is plenty
ri and generally cheap in that part of The Island
Fire wood is cheap that which is suitable Il
: be cut into cord-wood, Tor The New York maj
ket, is Of uniform price, and has, for grei
many years, been considered cash Article o
\ the Island
Oh There is material on the land for commo
~ fencihg--good chestnut rails can be bad will
=" in few miles Of these lands in abundance. A
~ building materials can be had at the depots {
"a BToohlvn ana GTeenTOIt, ana al many lnte
'o mediate places, at the ususl market price
There are numerous streams OF water rising i
>" these new lands, and :unning into the grei
an South Bay, which are remarkable for their pt
~ rity and never fail-indecd dry weather make
very lille change In them, they are uniailing
'y and wells are Of various depths-pfobatly,o tt
these new lands, in the middle region Of the Is
= land, the average depth will be abOui rs feel
at Hermannville, as the ground is higher, the
are deeper. Subscribers are not compelled /
build.
There are now churches and schools with
, two or three miles If the village, and with
four miles, mills, factories, stores, and village
All the privileges OF an old settled country al
IS, to be had here and the people of Sufol
- County pride themselves on teirg highl
moral orderly, and religious people. All OF N
h., subscribers are persons OF Te>pectahilily.
ny The land be very easily cleared and the coat
wv settlement will depend enIely upon the scter he a
ma lay much little he ehooses. do 10
Of any objections the place the and for s-til
r. and the labor and BdU which - he 81
cessfu and prosperous setems nts other PsHts Of q
country bestowed upoH these lands, eanbss ,l 10 pr
ducc favorable results.
e> The climate in every particular bssf my and plea
u ant-ihe roads good aud always pasAbe at all
sons OF the ycar-the winters short sad mild, cot
ms par ed the winters the main 10 he noFIh Of
NO hghiands-there 10 seldom sleghng than