The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-08-31

80 great was the call Tor shares IN the
Lakeland Building Lots and farms, distrihu>
ted on the 3lst Of January, and 2sih ofFcbru-
airy, 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 out another plot ad
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
S ; each and consist of 700 Building Lots,
one 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
h9 3lst March. 1853.
Each subscriber is entitled to 4 lots, % by
100 feet, lying together, or a FARM of from
| 2 to 30 acres. The shares are limited OF Sic
payable, SIS when subsci ibed for, So on or be-
fore the day Of distribution, and the balance
in monthly nstalments of $3.50.
The Village of Lakeland where these lots
are located is only short distance South Of
the celebrated Lake Ronkunkoma the beauty
| and romantic appearance of which arc praised
| by all who visit it. Here may already be seen
| the best evidence that can be desired that
| Lakeland and IIcrmanville will shortly be-
como choice places on Long Island, long
known as the " Garden Spot " of America.
| From the publishcdstatistical 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 short time-felds have been cleared and
cultivated and crops now growing that will
compare iavoraby with those in any part OIL
the country several houses have been built
and others are now being erected by their en-
terprising purchasers. Mechanics arc selec
ting sites for their business here, which from
its ncarncss 10 New York, they can carry OF
with equal profit having their families with
them, secure against the vices and temptation,
of a crowded city, and enormous rents.
building is now being erected by gentleman
. for the purpose of keeping all such articles 70
sale as are necessary for a country yillag,
r store, The fertility of the soil and Its adap
T tedness for the profitable cultivation of ever
: article of produce raised in a similar latitud
I has already been satisfactorily demonstrated
and the farms which am now selling at fror
9 $50 to $40 dollars per acre are of the sam
c general character as TO soil with those no'
c under cultivation, which cannot be purchase
4 for Sl00 per acre. and land on the North an
: South OF this. with no better soil natural,
l.. sells from 5000 to $500 per acre
: These lands will produce as much per acr
|. with the same cultivation. as any land With
S fifty miles Of the city of New York.
!. Several gentlemen of the first respcctabilit
who have visited Lakelsnd and examined III
It crops then growing there, declare that ii
wheat, rye, corn, potatoes and garden vegeti
bles, are equal TO any they have seen in an
5 part Of the country, proving conclusively tn;
i the soil is capable of producing, and that
II the highest perfection, all that the agricultu
It isl can wish or desire.
C | add the following letter from Mr. L'Ion
c medieu. who resides at Lakeland.
g LAKELAND HOTEL, Nov IL. 1851
Dear sr,-IIavins personal know ledge Of The sam
il gives me pleasure To answer your inquiry about pr
ductons here, by stating that during The past seas
there have been rased $50 bushels Of the hest
potatoes to the acre besides excellent Yields Of gard
vegetables, peas beans onions, squashcs, pumpkin
bee's, to%a,oo; , , ,,i,; sc;
,f Also one from Mr.. J. c Btrcke
+ Nav York, July ,, 1851.
Dear Sir,-I bought last a farm Of forty
the middle Of tho now village of IIerman,ile, and
d would not sell now for 500 an acre.
Ve'y respectfully, yours &c,
JOHN G. RECKEL.
: Charles Wood, Esq. 90 ESSEX N v
) When man is industrious and attentive to his bu
mess, he soon becomes Independent Mr.. John
Stoothnh OIL amiica received in the wear lSi7 fro
about 80 Of land cntivntcd in peachcs peas, p
, tatoes AMI asparagus about $500. lie sent all h
produce to market with teams distance Of thu
h IL miles.
Nj. Van Sicklcn, Of Jamaica, culti,ales GO acres
land at cost Of about .li00 in labor and
cuturi.t, Feb, No ISIS, and also the Transaction,
q the New York state A-ricutur Socety.) Thee IN
q portant case show what industry and prudence
"a on Long Island land The land of Mc-srs jionthoo
= aud Van Sicklen is very much such land a this no
offer ed for sale, being the Of the islar
# and in no way superior to these now lands.
|, | Wheat Of the same quality which grows here lux
rantly was raised by Mr.. Samuel Thompson Of Seia
ket, hast season (about miles from thi. place. wi
received for the product iii, more than two sere
Fcb.is. i7,6m.