The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-14
To the Editor of the Brooklyn Freeman

Nj. luLsTuN-Dear Sl-IluN ~ recently tetN, ~
your apcr, and Tic New lofk Erpfe-s nj Article en-
anaiinp, a would sccm, from slsc ivu'iom- made 10y to
tourist, in lie uatel- on tic ong leland Railroad. ieiaI.
ing to The progressive settlements nnd Improvement Ut
lands ~ he interior Of the leland, | am induced. with
your permission, TO rfci TO yourself few remark of ny
own thereon, ihe which to LAY uoihing OF the nniicipi.
tions Whe,eiu wherein the wr,trr Of tic sad article la,
Indu'ged-muy 70 far To conf m tie statement lie has
nude with regard 10 the fertility nj 'aid land.
| we'll knos al tic psrts which hr has named, and
have my'cli SEGA with surprise the aim ST %'m"G'eal
eeCiinu Of houses aud cottages, ami the ol'aranccs al
lnmd " hich have been made along the line oI hHilinad
within the past few yea -. But rs my oHnlocliion L. IN
the proximity of Lake Road Station. | shall coniuc my
remarks to Tint tract 81 and " ith which am the moe
Immediately acquainted, in the nrirhhofhuol thereof
From nv avn e. perience IN CuliiNaiinr, aud fram the
oh'o'Naiion, whith | have, Mt various tiuic-, made oi
land ia The ytcut y, rnlnaet,e ncitcut al sc,e. nj mile,
around the Satan, am iul'y sntishcd that the zane l. u
good PEI mcal,ie aud yielding loan, and wicn suhdned
from us rrcseu NJ "wiii" tate, aud pat under proier I'll
lase aud mana semeui, il quite capable of piod lcing As
good crop of gram puls", cum, &c', a. eM' he tai-ed
else~tefr the quail ty, toe, of which Equally tcputrd
sHpe' lof TO The grow th "i other regions. lnNend, suoh
has been the tide of emiita ian westward for wears lasI
that Long Island. possessing The facilities It dor-, aud
capabilities of 'mprov' meat, together with b, pure ~.
iuhriou, air, SCENE u lave lcen greatly we hooked, or
lightly though of. Tune, howetcr. work. mighty chan
ees au II would sotni th" period La no" arrived wheA
the attention OF the public T. being directed 10 the soi,
OF this . our sea-giit shnre.'
On my FIRST cnicring IN the faimI occupy, Fix years
age, was told by ZONE of the Older residents "a. the Is
land that I could not =. ow sIei aud such thll-si a on.
ions, heeis. carrot, Ac.-" The roll would mol piuducc
them = AID for sew al ysars was, under ,o,nu 'iscodf-
agrment, di-suaded irom tying. But setting aside, At
la.t, their opinions, aud ventnTias "a make trial, / emi
nov LAY that | have Iaised az "si"wn' us hre onioHs
hccts, cabbage. &C., a, | think, couldh lie found OH III,
Leland. have been IN general successful IA tie growth
Of turuip., ruiabaga, e.. My crops Of the same iur the
+ present year, | presume, viii conn are with any other
persan's IN IA general way. My grain crops, a, wheat,
rye, CO n, buckN hest, &c, together WITH my layer u
| p0tsloes, | AIN thankful Ia say, ae asain due und pro-
: durtive
I,hall, ut any time, be happy TO see you at my dwell
ing, when could relate more to you vei bally, and
: would exhibit To you the products Of my fields; yoI cat
= then zee for yourself aud judge II herein have Gre
nny statements respecting the cam; pod acts, that
have been raised of laud that not may We ara since was
as thousand of acres in the interior Of the Island ar,
covered with scrub-cak, pine, &c, the which, II
| cleaicd, and put under II proper sy'trm oI enliuie, NIGH
be made 10 geld an abunda nee OF marketable produce
aud amply repay the cost of clcarancr, &. sumo spii
tied good folks on the line of X all Dad have let laudahl
l examples, from which numbers more might reap a bsro
A, IL IN copy ing after. am, dear sir,
Auurs very iosperiluhv,
CoTrAGs FARM, January, 1851.
+, T. 81 cannot forbenr noticing heIein the lake ralle,
" Rouknnkama,' about a mle Ia rca OF tie Station
winch 10 Jus. the beautiful sheet Of W alter a described bl
, tue writer Of the art'cle referred To, possessing uethr
" msh nor rerd," nor any thing whatever 10 mar il
, Pleasing ape trunce, and which, nom it, placid tram
pareno,, might appropriately be termed " Silver Lake.
' would al-u fuit ier remarked, that water OF the pures
quality is utaiuable almost HnyN here along the Raj
B. mad, at lea.t as far H. / have any knoaledse of iers
nhrut., ty the sinKins of wells from Is TO 10 or 40 feet
; The well at my door Is 80 feet, and ,auufal crystailik
{ ~ater does II produce, without ever iallius, 3lw