The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-28
Only $25

6.400L0TS,t to be distributed smsns 500
Subscribers.
To supply the demand for the Lots and
Farms at Hemannvile have laid out anOth-
er tract, adjoining the Long BLAND Railroad
and the land already sold at Hermnnnvile, tU
be of the same size, and disposed Of and divis
ded among the purchasers in she same man.
ncr as those recently sold here.
have been induced ~ do this from the great
number Of persons wishing to purchase these
Lots and Farms as the Improvements in tha
part Of the Island are constantly increasing,
and large numbers of persons have now become
interested in those lands. This addition al tract
is in every respect equal to 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 10 Lots, 25 by
100 feet lying together, or a FARM Of from
to 20 acres. The shares aIe limited al S25
payable, So when subscribed for, 50 on or
before the day of distribution. and the balance
in nohihly instalments Of SO. II desired, a
WARRANTED Deed will he made ont Immediately
after the distribution, and delivered dhcctly
after paying the balance.
The Lots are situated in The village of HER
MEANWHILE, on the Long Island Railroad
County OF Suffolk, and SO miles from the City
Of New York, and adjoins Lakeland, also a
new village recently laid out, where hands ONE
buildings are erected.
Ii is one of the healihiest places in the Uni
ted States, and within one mile of Ronkonk-
uma Lake, beautiful sheet of water, about
three miles in circumference, of singular tTans-
parency and OF great depth with an album
dance of fish. The village is but miles dis
tanl from the great South Bay, which is fss
miles wide and 40 miles long, ahundantly sap.
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 U! the city Of New York.
Lone ISLAND WmEAT-At the annual
meeting of the New York Agricultural Socie-
~, held at Albany, on the 20. 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 SetauRet. received the second premium OF
SIS, Tor Winter Wheat, ~ bushels peck to
The acre. MI ThompsOn's wheat is a variety
which has been raised bat few years on the
Island, and the yield proves il well adapted to
the soil, sc. The agricultural capacities Of
Long Island are beginning 10 be developed -
Long Islander.
Setauket is about s miles from this land
(Hermannviile( and is no better by nature
ian lhHSe lands now offered for sale. This
wheat is new variety of superior kind, and
was sold for seed wheat at SIS per bushel, and
Mr.. Thompson received f)r the prodaet Of a
little more than Two acres over 800
There have been raised during the past sea-
son, The very best OF Corn, and Potatoes so
bushels per acre Egg Plants and variety OF
garden vegetables, on land near the Long Isl
land Railroad, at Lake Road, or Lakeland,
where a Post Office has been established, for
which premiums at the Suffolk Comfy Agri-
cultural Fair, held September 2ih, 1880 were
given. Also peas, beans, onions, squasheS,
pumpkins, beets, and tomatoes.
The following is from the New York Farme
and Mechanic of November 7h, 1850, and was
written by Mr.. Starr the editor, who visited The
lands, The wheat, potatoes, and crops, re-
terred 10 in the article, were raised at Lake
LAND near llermannvlle Station:
" Having u few hours leisure during The past
week, we were conveyed over the Long Island
RailrUad, 10 large tract of The county, about
fifty miles from New York, which we lind to he
capable Of very successful and profitable cult
WALTON. Although late in the season, and vie W.
ed under some disadvantage, we we've surprise
ed at the quality and abundance ,f the crops
which had been gathered from a portion OF the
land, as also The winter crops, which appeared
unusually promising Wheat which had been
sown but lwoor three weeks. presented beau
tilul thrifty appearance while iurnipS, beelS
and other vegetables not yet gathered for vim
ter use, would compare advanlageously with
the best in the New York market. Potatoes,
already in the cellar were very fine without i
ve,tge Of disease, and corn standing in the field
was not surpassed by much that We saw on
lands valued al more Than one hundred dollaiS
per acre. Indeed, the vegetables which re-
ceived the premium at The Suffolk County Fair,
were raised from portion OF this ground which
had not been under cultivation six months.
Altogether we were very lavorably impressed
with our visit to these lands, now so favorabiy
La, fa.t,
fail TO double in few years. and we would in
vite the attention Of those who desire cheap
and eligible farm, 10 this location
Hermannville Station is located on the Tor
derS Of the Long island Railroad, whence cars
run several times day 10 Brooklyn and New
York The surface Of the land is smooth ard
level, and the surrounding country is perfectly
healthy, and within few miles Of this place,
highly cultivated and valuable, having been
settled Tor more than a hundred and fifty wears,
and where similar lands sell at from $50 lU
$500 per acre.
The lands are as good as represented, and a,
good as any new land on the Island, and when
cultivated, will produce in the highest degree.
I The land was once heavily limbeTed some
portions are now covered with thrifty growth
| Of youl & wood, oak and pine. Wood is plenty
and generally cheap in that part OF The Island.
Fire-wuOd is cheap that which is suitable 10
Set is of uniform price, and has, for great
many years, been considered a cash Article on
the Island
There is ma erial on the land for common
iencih g--good chestnut rails can be had with
in few miles of these lands in abundance. All
building materials can be had at The depols Of
BROOKLYN and Greenpor,, and at many inter-
mediate places, at the usuSl market prices
There a re numerous streams OF water rising in
these new lands, and INNING into the great
South Bay, which are remarkable for their Tu-
rily, and never iail-indeed dry weather makes
very lille change in them they are uniail:ng /
and wells are of various probably, over
these new lands, in the middle region Of the Is
land, the average depth will be about % feetj
At Heunannvle, as the ground is higher, they
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 he had here and the people Of Suffolk
County pride themselves on icing highly
moral orderly, and religious people. All Of my
subscribers ire persons OF reSTeclahilily.
The land eau be very easily cleared and the cot Of
settlement will depend entirely upon the setter he
ay out as much little a, he chooses do not know
nf any objections 10 the place the and for settle
mcnt aud the labor and industiy Theh make
ces,ful and prosperous settlements other parts Of tho
country bestowed upon thcse LANDS cannot aif 10 pro-
duce favorable results
Tho climate is in every particular healthy and pleas.
snt-the roads good, aud alNays passnhe all
of the yrar-ihe winters arc short and mild
pai red 10 the winters on the main 10 The north Of the
hlshlands--lhero is seldom seighing than or
three wrecks on the bland
What is remarkable, crop is Seldom injured by
roushthere IS no part Of the country where there Is
- htile Injury ION droneht a. Long l,and il
there uny injury fom Aetthere Is Wet cold land
nn the Island All the land along the margin of The
he made high, valuable a small cost for
there Is such thing flood ffe het the inte
rioT part Of the country by which omen very dam