The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-06-01

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So great was the call for shares in the
Lakeland Building Lots and farms, distrihu>
ted on the 3lst of january, and 9Sth ofFebru
AIRY, 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
ST. each and consist OF 700 Building Lots,
one hundred feet square ; two Farms oil 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
no 3lst March. 1883.
Each subscriber is entitled TO 4 lots, IS by
100 feet, lying together, or a FARM Of from
2 to 20 acres. The shares are limited OF Sic
PAYABLE, So when subsCi ihcd for, 50 on or be-
fore the day Of distribution, and the balance
in monthly inStolments Of $3.50
The Village of Lakeland where these lots
are located is only short distance Sonlh Of
the celebrated Lake Ronkonkona, the beauty
and romantic appearance OF which are praised
oy all who visit it. Here may already be seen
/ the best evidence that can he desired that
Lakeland and Hermanvillc will shortly be-
come choice places on Long Island, long
! known rs the " Garden Spot" of America.
| From the published statistical accoants 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 tme-fclds have been cleared and
cultivated and crops now growing that will
compare lavorably with those in any part Of
the country several houses have been built
| nd n hars ora ,o,v hninr prpptpl bv their OF :
terprising purchasers. Mechanics are sclec-
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 for
sale as are necessary for country village
rtore, The fertility of the soil, and Its adap-
tedncss 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
$50 to $50 dollars per acre are Of the same
general character as 10 soil with those now
under cultivation. which cannot be purchased
for 500 per acre, and land on the North and
South OF this with no better soil naturally
sells from 5000 to $500 per acre.
These lands will produce rs h per acre
with the same cultivation. as any land within
fifty miles Of the city Of New York.
Several gentlemen Of the first responsibility
who have visited Lakelsnd and examined thu
CROPS then growing there, declare that thu
wheat, rye, corn, potatoes and garden vcgeta
bles, are equal to any they have seen ia an,
part Of the country, proving conclusively tina
the soil is capable of producing, and that il
the highest perfection, all that the agricultur
isl can wish or desire.
add the following letter from Mr. LlIom
medieu. who resides at Lakeland
LAKELAND lIoTEL. Nov. Is, s5I.
Dear sir,-IIaying personal know ledge Of the same
it gives mo pleasure To v'ur inquiry about pro
auctions hare, by stating that during the past soaso
there have been raised 100 bushels of chest
potatoes the besides excellent Yields Of gnrde
vegetables, peas, beans, onions s'uashes pumpkins
heels, tomatoes, cgg-plants, sc.
IRA l. IIOMMEDIEU, Deputy Posm
Nav YoRK, July ,, 1851.
Dear Sir-l bought last year a farm of forty acres i
the middle Of the village Of Ilerman,'lie, and
would not sell now for 500
Ne'y respectfully, yours &c
Charles Wood, Esq 90 Essex st., Y.
When a man is industrious and attentive 10 his bu.
mess he soon becomes independent Mr. John J
Soothof amaici received, IN the year 81 froI
about 30 Of land cultvi ted In peaches, peas p,
iatoes, anil asparagus about SjG00. He soni all hi
produce to market with teams, distance Of more tina
Nil Van siekien, Of Jamaica, cnri,aios GO acres o
land at cost Of about 100 in labor and manure, an
receives about S3,600prr year. tScc American Ayr
culturist Feb No 1919, and also the Transactions
the New York State Agricultural Society0 These in
porapt case. show hat industry and prudence can
on Long Island land The land of Mcssrs Sio"thoo
aud Van Sicklen is very much such land rs this no
oi ed for sale being in the same range of the isau
t, aud in no way superior TO these new lands.
Wheat OF the SAM quality. which grows here luXu
rianly wns raised by Mr.. Samuel Thompson Of Seiai
kct, last (about miles ON tins place. VIII
received for the product little more than two acre
500. CHARLES WOOD.
Feb.ls. Atm