The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-06-15

So great was the call for shares in the
Lakeland Building Lots and farms, distrihu>
ted on the 3ist of January, and 2Sth ofFebru-
airy, now past, that after every share was dis
posed of my Office was literally crowded with
applicants. by whose earnest solicitations, j
have been induced to lay out another plot adj
joining the last and extending westerly on
the Long Island Railroad TO the Water Sta
ton where the cars now stop TO take in water.
Said plot will be divided into 500 Shares at
SIS each and consist OF 700 Building Lots,
one hundred feet square two Farms Of TWEEN
ty ncres each two of ten acres each, six Of
five ncrcs each, two of four acres each, and
cighty-eight smaller ones, to be distributed on
no 3lst March. 1853.
Each subscriber is entitled to 4 lots, % by
100 feet lying together, or II FARM Of from
to 20 acres. The shares are limited OF Sic
payable, So when subsci ibcd for, So on or be-
fore the day of distribution, and the balance
in monthly instolmcn,s Of $3.50.
The Village of Lakeland where these lots
are located is only short distance South Of
the celebrate Lake RonkUnkoIna, the beauty
and romantic appearance OF which are praised
by all who visit it. Here may already be seen
the hest evidence that can he desired thai
Lakeland and Ilcrmanvllc will shortly be-
come choice places on Long Island, long
known as the Garden Spot" of America
From the published statistical accounts Of the
late census taken by the United States it is
shown that Long Island is the most healthy
location within its borders fewer deaths ac-
cordng to its population than in any other
place. About $50 farms have been sold with
in short timc-felds have been cleared and
cultivated and crops now growing that will
compare invofaLly with those in any part OF
the country several houses have been built
and others are now being erected by their en-
tcrprising purchasers. Mechanics arc sccc-
ting sites for their business here, which from
its nearness 10 New York, they can carry on
with equal profit having their families with
them, secure against the vices and temptations
of a crowded city, and enormous rcnls 4
building is now beng erected by gentleman
for the purpose of keeping all such articles for
sale as are necessary for a country village
store, The fertility Of the soil, and Its adap.
tedncss for the profitable cultivation OF every
article of produce raised in n similar latitude
has already been satisfactorily demonstrated :
and the farms which am now selling at from
$40 to $50 dollars per acre are If the same
general character MS 10 soil with those now
under cultivation, which cannot he purchased
for 81 100 per acre, and land on the North and
South OF this. with no better soil naturally
cells from 5000 to $500 per acre
Thee lands will produce as mu n per acre
with the same cultivation. as any land within
fifty miles of the city Of New York.
Several gentlemen Of the first responsibility
who have visited Lakeland and examined the
crops then growing there, declare that the
wheat, rye, corn, potatoes and garden vcgeta-
blcs, are equal TO any they have seen ia any
part Of the country, proving conclusively that
the soil is capable of producing, and that in
the highest perfection, all that the agricultur-
isl can wish or desire.
add the following letter from Mr. LHom-
medieu. who resides at Lakeland
LAKELAND lIorEL, Nov 10. 1851.
Dear sir.-Iia'ing personal know ledge Of the same,
It gives me pleasure IT, answer mr. inquiry about pro.
auctions here, by stating that during the past
there have been raed $50 bshel. of the hest and
potatoes the acre besides excellent Yields Of garden
vegetables, peas beans, onions. squa,hc- pumpkins.
bceis, Tomatoes, egg-plants, &c.
IRA LMOMMEniEr, Deputy Postmaster
Nav YonK, July 2. 1851.
Dear SRI bought last a farm Of forty acres in
the middle OF the Village Of Ilcrmauyillo and
would not sell now for 500 an acre
JOHN &. nECKEL,
Charles Wood, Esq. 90 EsseN st.,N Y.
When II man is industrious aud attentive TO his bus
iness, he soon becomes independent Mr.. John }.
SioohoG, cfJ amaicn, received, in the year ISL from
about 30 acres of land cultivated In pcaccs peas, pm
iatoes, AMI asparagus about S3s. lie sent all hi
produce to market with teams, distance of more than
l2 miles.
Nj. Van sicklen of Jamaica cultivate. 60 acres of
land al cost Of about 81 100 ia labor aud aud
receives about $4,000 per year (Sce American Agri
culturist Feb, No 1878, aud also the Transactions Of
the New York Siaie Agricultural S'ciety.) These im-
portant show what industry aud prudence do
on Long Island land The land of Messrs = o,thoo1
aud Van sicklen is very much such land this now
ofc' ed for sale, being in the of the island
aud in no way superior 10 these new lands
Wheat OF the SAM qualify. which grows here luxu-
riany was raised by Mr.. Samuel Thompson of Ssia u
kci, last season (about miles { ON Tins place. WIN
received for the product little more than
500 CHARLES WOOD.
Feb.ls, A. .Gm.