The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-25

lulCnpSt VIII Nv
q good invcstn. cnt.
So great was the call for shares IN the
Lakeland Building Lots and farms, distrihu>
ted on the 3lst of january, and 2Sth ofFebru-
ary, now past. tina, 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 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
sl5 each and consist OF 200 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
hS 3lst March, 1858.
Each subscriber is entitled 10 lots 25 by
100 feet, lying together, or II FARM of from
2 to 20 acres. The shares arc limited ct Sic
payable, So when subsci ibed for, 80 on or be-
fore the day Of distribution, and the balance
in monthly insiolmcnis of $3.50.
The Village of Lakeland where these lots
are located is only short distance South Of
the celebrated Lake Ronkunkoinn, the beauty
and romantic appearance oil which are praised
by all who visit it, Here may already be seen
the hest evidence that can he desired that
Lakeland and IIermanville will sholily be-
known us The Garden Spot of America.
From the publishcdstatistical accounts Of the
late census taken by the United States 1t 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 2i0 farms have been sold with
in short tme-felds have been cleared and
cultivated and crops now growing that VIII
t, compare lavoiably with those in any part oil
the country several houses have been built
and o hers are now being erected by their en-
: tcrprisine purchasers. Mechanics are -..ec'
, ting sites for their business here, which fom
' its nearncss TO New York, they car carry OF
a with equal profit having their families will
them, secure against the vices and temptation,
Of crowded city, and enormous rents. A
c building is now beng erected by gentleman
for the purpose of keeping all such articles fo
sale as are necessary for country village
etore, The fertility of the soil, and its adap
tedness for the profitable cultivation OF ever.
article Of produce raised in similar latitud
has already been satisfactorily demonstrate d
and the farms which am now selling AT iron
500 to $50 dollars per acre are of 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 an
South OF this. with 10 better soil natul all,
, cells from 5000 to $500 per acre.
Tle>e lands will produce ms mu h per ACRE
,, with The same cultivation. as any land with
c nifty miles Of the city of New York
= Several gentlemen of the first respcctabilit
/ who have visited Lakeland and examined I'll
m crops then growing there, declare that I'll
~ wheat, rye corn, potatoes and garden vcget
i blcs, are equal 10 any they have seen ia an
If part Of the country, proving conclusively thi
M the soil is capable of producing, and that
the highest perfection, all that the agricultu
!. isl can wish or desire.
:, add the following letter IRON Mr. Lllon
" medieu. who resides at Lakeland.
10 LAKELAND HofEL, Nov IL, lsjl.
tc Dear Sir,IIaying pcrsonal know ledge of the sam
in II gives pleasure to answery inquiry about pr
~ ductions here by siatinghat during the past seas
= there have been rai,cd $50 bushels of the hest
poiatoe to the acre besides excellent yields OF gard
lii vegetables, peas beans, onions squa-he@, pumpkin
ns bceis, tomat"es egr.plants, &c.
IRA |. HOMMEI1EU, Deputy Postmaster
Ia Nav York, July o. 1851.
IL Dear Sill bought lat wear iarm Of forty acres
-. the middle OF the village Of IlcrmanN'le, an
y would not eel now for 500 All acre
r. Neiy respectfully, yours &c,
s. JOHN C. BrCKFt,
-, Ciarle. Wood Esq. 90 Essex ~ Y.
~ When man is industrious aud nttcniiveio his b'
~ mess, he soon become. independent NJ John
Y Stoohon, cfJ amira received, in the wear lsH f'
Ia about 30 of land cultivated In peaches, peas
-, tatoe- aud asparagus about $4,000. lie sent NIL
W produce to market win teams defiance Of more I'll
pt IL miles.
NJ. Van Scklcn, Of jamaica, cn'tiya'es GO acres
o. land at eo.t of about 81 100 ia labor aud manure,
y receives about 50 600 per year. lSec American AZ
X cuiurt, Feb. No i5is, aud also the Transactions
in the New York Stale Agricultural SpcieIy) Thee
ms portapt ,hoe what industry aud prudcce can
no on Long Island land The land Of Mrs,rs S;o"tho
- aud Van Sieken is very much ,uch land this M
in oe ed for sale, being IN the same range OF tho isa
no and in way superior To these new lands.
Wheat of the sam quality. which grows here lux
ranily was raised by Mr. Samuel Thompson Of Sria
IL ksi, las, season tnb"1 miles ON thls Pl.eeO
:, 500 CHARLES WOOD
~ Frb.is, 47'6m