The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-21
Only 1926


Farms at lIennannville, have laid out anoth-
er tract, adjoining the Long Island Railroad
and the land already sold at Hermannvile, to
lie of the same size, and disposed Of and divi.
ded among the purchasers in the same man
ner as those recently sold here.
| have been induced 10 do this from the great
number of persons wishing to purchase these
Lots and Farms, as the Improvements in ha
part of the Island are constantly increasing
and large numbers of persons have now become
interested in those lands This additional tract
is in every respect equal 10 The other, and at
the rate they are now being taken they will all
| be sold in a short time. About $50 shares are
now subscribed.
| Each subscriber Is entitled to 8 Lots, 25 BY
| 100 feet, lying together or a FARM of from
| 4 to 20 acres. The shares ale limited at S25
payable, IS when subScrited for, SIS on or
before the day Of distribution, and the balance
| in monthly inSlalmenis Of SO. II desired,
| WARRANTED Deed will be made out Immediately
/ after the distribution, and delivered directly
| after paving The balance.
The Lots are situated in the village IF HER
| MEANWHILE, on the Long Island Railroad,
County OF Suffolk, and 80 miles from the Civ
of New York, and adons Lakeland, also a
new village recently laid out where handsome
buildings are erected
| II is one Of the healthiest places in the Uni
ted States, and within one mile of Ron konk-
oma Lake. beautiful sheet of water, about
three miles IN circumference, Oh singular trans
parency and OF great depth. with an album
dance of FISH. The village is bat mil es dis
tant from the great South Bay, which is fse
miles wide and 40 miles long, abundanily 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.
{" Lose ISLAND WuEAT.-At the annual
meeting of the New York Agricultural Socie.
ty, held at Albany, on the 20 b inst, for award
ing premiums on Field Crops, we find Suffolk
County stands second best-no slight honor
in raising wheat. MI Samuel L. Thompson,
of SetauKet. received the second premium of
SIS, for Winter Wheat, AZ bushels | peck TO
The acre. Mr.. Thompsons wheat is variety
which has been raised but few years on the
Island, and the yield proves it well adapted 10
the soil, &c. The agricultural capacities OF
Long Island are beginning 10 be deyeloped."--
Long Islander.
Setaukct is about miles from this land
(Hetmannyille), and is no better by nature
than these lands nov offered for sale. This
wheat is new variety of superior kind, and
was sold for seed wheat al So per bu>hel, and
Mr. Thompson received for the product of
litlle more than two acres, over 600.
There have been raised during the past sea-
son, the very best OF Corn, and Potatoes $50
bushels per acre Esq Plants, and a variety Of
garden vegetables, on land near the Long Is
land Railroad, at Lake Road, or Lakeland,
. where a Post Office has been established, for
which premiums at the Suffolk County Agri
cultural Fair. held September 2ilh, 1850, were
given. Also peas, beans, onions, sguaSheS,
l. pumpkins, bees, and tomatoes.
/. The following is from the New York Farme =
:, and Mechanic Of November 7lh, 1850, and was
written by MIR. Starr, the editor, who visited the
h lands The wheat potatoes, and crops, re-
IT ierred to in the article, were raised al Lake.
v lane, near llermannville Station
Il Having few huuTs',eisure during the past
r. week, we were conveyed over the Long Island
;, Railroad, 10 large tract of the county, about
fifty miles from New York which we iint 10 he
capable Of very successful and profitable cult
walton. Although late in the season, and vie W.
ed under some disadvantage, we were SurDris-
ed at the quality and abundance If the crops
&c which had been gathered IRON portion OF the
D, land, as also the winter crops, which appeare';
81 unusually promising. Wheat, which had been
ST sown but iwoor three weeks. presented beau
tiinl thrifty appearance; while turnips, beeS
and other vegetables not yet gathered for win
d ter use, would compare advantageously will
IT the best in the New York market Potatoes.
Of already in the cellar, were very fine, without
RI veSlige of disease and corn standing in The field
70 was not surpassed by much that we saw or
,r lands valued at more than one hundred dolals
r per acre. Indeed the vegetables which re-
~ ceived the premium at the Suffolk County Fail,
l. were raised from portion OF this ground, which
q had not been under cultivation six months.
Altogether We were very iavorably impressed
with our visit to these lands, now so fayoTa =
offered TO the public, at prices which cannot
II fail 10 double IN few years, and We would in
~ vite the attention of those who desire chea p
and eligible farm, TO this location"
p Hermannville Station is located on the or
=. ders Of the Long Island Railroad whence cars
n run several times day TO Brooklyn and New
m York. The surface of the land is smooth a d
level, and the surrounding country is perfectly
healthy, and within few miles of this place,
highly cultivated and valuable haying leen
~ settled for more than hundred and hfty wears,
ls and where similar lands sell al from $50 ,o
T, $500 per acre.
d The lands are as good as represented, and AZ
at goud as any new land on the Island and when
in cultivated, will produce in the highest degree,
~ I The land was once heavily timbered some
= portions are now covered with thrifty grow III
/ Of young wood, oak and pine. Wood is plenty
a and generally cheap in that part OF The Islano.
g tire-wood is cheap; that which is suitable 10
&c be cut into cord-wood, Tor the New York mar
~ kel, is of uniform price, and has, for great
Is many years, been considered cash Article e,i
III the Island
There is material on the land for commn,
lencihg--good chestnut rails can be had with
in few miles of these lands in abundance. All
building materials can be had at The depotS OF
Brooklyn and Greenporl, and al many inter
D mediate places, at The ususl market prices.
There are numerous streams OF water Using ia
s. these new lands, and tanning into the sIei
South Bay, which are remarkable for their pu-
A rity, and never iail-indeed,d airy weather makes
At very little change in them they are uniail:rc
a and wells are of various depths-pIobab over
=, these new lands, in the middle region Of the Is
- land, the average depth will he about 25 feet
al Hcrmannvie, as the ground is higher, they
u are deeper. Subscribers are not compelled TO
Is build.
j There arc now churches and schools within
= two or three miles af the village, and within
II four miles, mills, factories stores and villa ges
q All the privileges of an old settled country are
n to be had here and the people of Suffolk
- County pride themselves on being highly
y moral, orderly, and religious people All Of my
| subscribers are persons of TeSpe ctahiliiV.
The land can be- very easily cleared and the o
settlement wal depend entirely upon the settler; he
, lay out as much little A. he chooses. do not
Ut any objections 10 the place the and a settle.
ment; and the same labor and Industry which make sr.-
eessiu and prosperous settlements other paris Of the
untrS bestowed upon these land sahnol faif
ducc favorable results.
The climate l. iuevery particular heartily aud pcas
ani-ihe roads are good aud always pas.ahe an
sous OF the year-ihe wntcrs short and Bild
paied To the winters the nrrn NJ nosiA OF th'r
| highands-therc Is seldom slcig hing e @
II | three weeks on the land.
/. What Is remarkable, crop is seldom injured hy
dronghttherc l. part of the country where there j.
% ltle injury nom drought a. Long laud nor Is
there uny injury fom Aet-there Is cold land
On the Island. Al the LASH along The margin Of the
streams he made highly valuable small cost, for
no such thing a ead fres hcL NJ il the nic-
a. part of the country by Wh oen very great dam
" done such event the carrying of a bridge
the breaking of mill dam, with great dpmare
If mos nnhear Of on Long Island Thesreanis and bas
abound IA i,h AMI Wild fowl nt every variety.
J. The andi. NOW being surveyed, and thu lots and
# farms ssked dee guae each loi and
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