The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-16

So great was the call for shares in the
Lakeland Building Lots md farms, distrihu-
ted on the 81 st of January, and 2oth ofFebru-
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 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 Share, at
SIS each and consist OF 700 Building Lots,
ono hundred feet square two Farms vi TWEEN
~ acres each two of ten acres each, tix Of
five acres each, two OF four ncres each, and
eighty smaller ones, to be distributed ON
no 3lst March. 1853.
Each subscriber is entitled to 4 lots rs by
100 feet, lying together, or a FARM Of from
2 to 20 acres. The shares are limited stSle
payable, So when suhsci led for, IS on Or be-
fore the day Of distribution, and tho balance
in monthly instaImen.s 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 are praised
oy all who visit it. Here may already he seen
: the best evidence that can be desired that
Lakeland and Hermanville will shortly bo.
come choice places on Long Island, long
known as the " Garden Spot Of Americn
From the publishrdstatistica accents Of tn.
| late rensus taken hy the United States il 10
shown that Long Island is the most healthy
location within its borders fewer deaths ac-
cording to it, population than in any other
| place. About 800 farms have been sold with
in a short time-fclds have been cleared and
cultivated and crops now growing that will
compare iavoiably with those in any part Of
the country several houses have been bulk
and hers are nowbeing erected by their en-
terprsinc purchasers. Mechanics are relcc-
ting sites for their business here, which from
its nearncss 10 New York, they car carry on
with equal profit having their families with
them secure against the vices and temptations
of n crowded city, and enormous rents.
building is now beng erected by q gentleman
for the purpose of keeping all such articles for
sale as are necessary for country village
rtore, The fertility Of the soil, and its adsp-
tedness Tor 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 NJ from
$50 to 80 dollars per acre are # the samo
general character 10 soil with those now
under cultivation which cannot he purchased
for 500 per acre, and land on the North and
South OF this with no better soil naturally,
cells from 5000 to $500 per acre
The-e 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 rcspectabiliiy
who have visited Lakel.nd and examined the
crops then growing there, declare that the
wheat, rye, corn, potatoes and garden vegeta-
bles are equal 10 any hey have seen il any
part Of the country, proving conclusivcly that
the soil is capable of producing, nni that in
the highest perfection, all that the agricultur-
isl can wish or desire
add the following letter from Mr. L'Hom-
medcu who resides at Lakeland
LAKELAND iiorEL. Nov 10. 1856.
Dear Sir.-lasins personal know ledge Of The saIne
II gives pleasure To inquiry about pro
auctions here by stating that during NJ. psst
there have bern rs-d 80 hu,he. OF the corn .nd
potatoes the acre besides excellent weld, or rarea
vegetable peas, beans, onions. squa.h--, pumpkins,
heels, tonafncs. egspiaut- &c.
IRA LHOMMEDIrr, Deputy ro,iu.,t~r
Also one from Mr.. }. c B,rrkel
Nav Yosk. Jal, }. 1851.
Dear sr-l boushtia't wear i.rm Of ior'y acre, 10
the middle Of the Village OF Ilermsnsiie, aud I
would not sell nov for 500 an
Ne'y respectfully, yours a..
JOHN G HrcKFt.
! Charles Wood. E.q. % l.sseN,i..< Y.
WhcH man ia ndustriou. aud 10 his bus.
ine's, he soon becomes independent NJ. Johs J.
Stoohun cfJanlci received, in th- yea, is47 Cron,
lato@s AMI asparagus about sj,fii. lie sent all NJ,
ploduce to market vi teams. distance Of thsa
, IL miles.
Nj. Van SicAlcu, Of Jamaica. eut,af., 60 acre, OF
land nj Of about s 100 in labor and mrnure and
receives about $500 per sesr. 1See Am.rie,n Agfi
cuursi, Feb No l>is and .ls1 the Tran.,eiiaui Of
the New York SIate A.ricu'tur. ciet,.) Tue
poriapt shos hat industry and pra,shre d.
on Long Island anl The land Of M--,rs o,dhoad
and Van Sickl-n /. very much UGH land this
ole I'll for sae, being in the sam. fangs OF the eand
{ aud IN no wa, superior the, lands,
Wheat Of the sam quality. which grows hero luyu
risnlly. fai-' by Mr. Samuel rhomp.,n of s.iaa
ke', last season about milo, ON th, place she
received for the product tls more than tao acres
$500 CHARLES WOOD.