The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-09-07

So great was the call for shares in {
Lakeland Building Lots and farms, distrih
ted on the LIST Of January, and 2Sth ofFebr
airy, now past, that after every share was d
posed of, my Office was literally crowded wi
applicants, by whose earnest solicitations,
have been induced to lay out another plot
Joining the last, and extending westerly
the Long Island Railroad to the Water St
ton where the cars now stop to take in watd
Said plot will be divided into 500 Shares
ST each and consist of 700 Building Lot
one hundred feet square two Farms Of tive
ty acres each swo Of ten acres each, six
five acres each, two of four acres each ar
lightweight smaller ones, to be distributed
ho 3lst March. 1858.
Each subscriber is entitled to 4 lots, 25
100 feet, lying together, or a FARM of fro
to 20 acres. The shares are limited Of +
PAYABLE, IS when subscribed for, So on or b,
fore the day Of distribution, and the baland
in monthly instalmen,s of $3.50.
The Village of Lakeland where these 10
are located is only a short distance South
the celebrated Lake Konkonkoma, the bcaut
and romantic appearance OF which are praise
by all who visit it, Here may already be see
| the best evidence that can he desired tbs =
| Lakeland and Hermanvillc will shortly bc
come choice places on Long Island, Ion
known as the " Garden Spot of America !
| From the publishcdstatistcdl accounts Of thl
| late census taken by the United States it II
| shown that Long Island is the most health
| location within its borders fewer deaths &C
| cording to it' population than in any othcl
place About $50 farms have been sold with
| in short time-felds have been cleared and
cultivated and crops now growing that will
| compare Iavorably with those in any part OF
! the country several houses have been built
| and hers are now being erected by their cn1
| tcrprising purchasers. Mechanics are 5clec-
ting sites for their business here, which from
its ncarness TO New York, they can carry on
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 a gentleman
for the purpose of keeping all such articles for
sale as are necessary for a country village
etore, The fertility Of the soil, and its adap
tedness for the profitable cultivation Of every
article of produce raised in a similar latitude
has already been satisfactorily demonstrated
and the farms which am now selling at from
500 TO $50 dollars per acre are Of the sam,
general character as TO soil with those nov
under cultivation. which cannot he purchase,
for slO0 per acre. and land on the North auC
South Of this, with no better soil naturally
cells from $500 to $500 per acre.
The,e lands will produce as mu,h per acre
with the same cultivation. as any land wiihi
/ nifty miles Of tie cry Of New OH
Several gentlemen of the first respectable
,vho brvn visited Lakeland and examined II,
~ ' =,
CROPS ihen growing ucrci Ncc'"ic N"l Ia
| wheat, rye, corn, potatoes ana garden NcEcta
bles are equal to any they have seen il an
\ 80, 8 ,L, ,.,,r,r~ ,,r1vi,. oorelts;,.i,. ,i
f"''
the sniI i calaiic 81 prouueNls' ana 'h"t u
the highest perfection, all that tho ae- cuitug
it can wish or desire.
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