The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-07-20
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So great was the call for shares in the
Lakeland Building Lots and farms, disribu>
ted on the o st of January, and 2Sth ofFebru-
ary, now past, that after every share was dis.
posed Of, my Office was literally crowded with
applicants, by whose earnest solicitations, |
have been induced to lay ont 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 Shams at
S 5 each and consist OF ECO Building Lots
ono hundred feet square two Farms OF TWEEN
! ty acres each two of ten acres each six of
five acres each, two Of four acres each, and
lightweight smaller ones, to be distributed on
ho 3lst March. 1853.
Each subscriber is entitled to 4 lots, 25 by
| 100 feet, lying together, or IL FARM of from
2 to 20 acres. The shares arc limited ct Sic
payable, So when subsri ibed for, So on or be-
fore the day Of distribution, and the balance
1 in monthly nstalments of $3.50.
! The Village OF Lakeland where these lots
arc located is only short distance South of
] the celebrated Lake RonkUnkoma, 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 that
| Lakeland and llermnnville will shortly be.
come choice places on Long Island, long
known rs the Garden Spot of America.
From the pubishcdstatisticdl 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-
cording TO its population than in any other
place. About $50 farms have been sold with
in n short time-fclds have been cleared and
cultivated and crops now growing that will
compare iavorably with those in any part oil
the country several houses have been Luilt
and others are now being erected by their en-
terprisnc purchasers. Nee hnnics arc sclcc.
ting sites for their business here, which from
its nearness 10 New York, they can carry or
with equal profit having their families with
them, secure against the vices and temptations
OF crowded city, and enormous rents. A
building is now being erected by gentleman
for the purpose of keeping all such articles fol
sale MS are necessary for country village
tore, The fertility of the soil and its adam
,edncss for the profitable cultivation Of ever,
article ofproduee raised in n similar Latitude
has already been satisfactorily demonstrated
and the farms which am now selling at from
500 to ! 30 dollars per acne are cf the sam
general character as 10 soil with those nov
under cultivation. which cannot he purchase,
for 500 per acre. and land on the North mn,
South Of this. with no better soil naturally
cells from 5000 to $500 per acre
These lands will produce rs mu per acre
I
fifty miles of the city Of New York
, Several gentlemen of the first rcspcctabilit
who have visited Lakeland and examined til
, crops then growing there, declare that til
, wheat, rye, corn, potatoes and gaYden vceeta
blcs, are equal 10 any they have seen in an
part IF the country, proving conclusively tina
the soil is capable Of producing, and that i
the highest perfection all that the agriculiui
isl can wish or desire.
+ / add the following letter from Mr. L'Hom
i medieu. who resides at Lakeland.
LAKELAND HOTEL, Nov Is 1851.
Dear Sr,-Ilaving perfonul know ledge of the sam,
II gives nr pleasure 10 answer inquiry about pre-
ductons here, by stating that during The past scasu
there have btcn raised $50 bushels of the hest corn an
potatoes the besides excellent Yields of sardc
vegetables, as peas beans onions squa,hcs, pumpkins
bccis, tom1tncs, egg plants &c.
IgALHoMMEnIEU, Deputy Postmaster.
Also onc frcm MI. }. c Brcke
INV YonK, July 3, ISL.
the middle Of the village of Ilernanyil'c and
would not eel now for $lOl an
Very respectfully, yours &c,
Charlie. Wood. Esq. % Essex SIN Y.
When man Is industrious and attentive to his bu
iness, he soon becomes independent NJ. John j
Stoo,hnG, am1ca, received in tho year Is IL fo
about 80 acres of land cultivated in peaches peas u,
tatoes AMI asparagus about S3,Ga0. lie sent ali hi
produce TO market vi teams, distance of tina
10 miles.
Nj. Van sckleu, of Jamaca, culti,a,cs co acres q
hhu W cost 81 about ; lOu IN ahor and manure, an
receives about 81 G10 per year tSre American Ayr
cuurt, Fob. No lsis, and also the Transactions
the New YORK Stale Agricultural Snciety) Thee ia
poriant case, show hat industry aud prudence can
on Long Island and The land of Msssrs : orhou
aud Van Sicklen j. very much such land as this no
offe' cd for sale, being in tie Of the islam
aud in no way superior TO these new lands.
| Wheat Of the SAM quality, which grows here luxu
ranlly, was rai,, by Mr.. Samuel Thompson Of Seia,
ke, last season (ahont miles { ON this place. VIII
received for the product little more than acre
$inn CHARLES WOOD.
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