The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-03-23

So great was the call for shares IN the
Lakeland Building Lots and farms disirihu>
ted on the 3lst Of January, and 2Sth OF Febru-
airy, now past, tina, after every share was dis
posed Of my Office was literally crowded with
applicants. by whose earnest solicitations, 1
have been induced to lay oui 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
SIS each and consist OF 700 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 fur acres each, and
lightweight smaller ones, to be distributed On
the 3lst March, 1853.
| Each subscriber is entitled to lots, % 10y
100 feet, lying together, or FARM oi from
to 30 acres. The shares are limited ut i .
PAYABLE, SIS when subsci ibcd for, 80 on or be-
fore the day Of distribution, and the balance
in monthly instruments 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 oil which are praised
by all who visit it. Here may already be seen
the hest evidence that can he desired that
Lakeland and Hcrmnnyillc will shortly be-
come choice places on Long Island, long
known us the "Garlcn Spot of America
From the published statistical accounts Of the
| late rensus taken hy 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 timc-fcds have been cleared and
cultivated and crops nov growing that VIII
compare iavoiably with those in any part o
the country several houses have been built
and hers are now being erected by their en-
| tcrprisinr purchasers. Mechanics are sclcc'
ting sites for their business here, which nom
its ncarness 10 New York, they car carry on
with equal profit having their families with
them, secure against the vices and temptations
| of a crowded city, and enormous rens "A
| building is now being erected by gentleman
| for the purpose Of keeping all such articles iol
| sale as arc necessary for a country village
store. The fertility of the soil, and IT. adap
tedncss for the profitable cultivation Of ever!
article of produce raised in n similar latitude
has already been satisfactorily demonstrated
and the farms which am now selling NJ IRON
| 500 10 80 dollars per acre are Ct tie SAINT
general character as II soil with those now
under cultivation, which cannot be purchased
for sl0O per acre, and land on the North anf
South OF this. with no better soil naturally
| cells from 5000 to $500 per acre.
|
| with the same cultivation. as any land wlthil
nifty miles Of the city of New York.
Several gentlemen of The first rcspectabiliil
who have visited Lakeland and examined tn
crops then growing there, declare that tn
wheat, rye, corn, potatoes and garden vcgcta
bles, are equal TO any they have seen ia an.
part Of the country, proving concusivcly 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. L'lIom
mcdicu. who resides at Lakeland.
i LAKELAND HorEL. Nov. H. 1851.
Dear Sir,-Iaving personal know Hedge Of the SAINT
IL gives me pleasure to answer v,ur inquiry about pre-
duciohs here by stating that during the past scaso
there have been raised $50 bushels of the hest corn
potatoes the acre, besides excellent yields of gatde
vegetables peas. beans, onions, squa'hes, pumpkin
bceis, Tomatoes, esg-pants, &c.
IRA LHOMMEnIEI, Deputy Postmaster.
Also one from Mr.. }. c Bpckel.
, Nrw YoRK, July 3, 1851.
Dear Sir bought last year farm Of forty acres
the middle Of the Village Of Ilermanyil'c, and
would not sell now for 500 all acre.
Nc'y respectfully, yours &c,
JOHN e. DECKFI,
Charles Wood, Esq. 80 Essex ST., Y Y.
When n man is industrinu and attentive to his bu
mess, he soon becomes Independent NJ. John
Stoohoh, ofJumaica, received in the wear le47 fro
about ~ of land cultivfrd in peaches peas p
taioes aud asparagus about $1,000. lie sent all h
produce 10 market vi h team, distance of more TIT
IL mics.
4 Nj. Van Sickicn, Of Jamaica, cnt,ates GO acres
iand at cost Of about 100 In labor and manure, Al
, receives about g., 500 per year. tSce American Ag
cutur,t, Feb No 1873, aud also the Transactions
the New York State Agricultural Sncicty) These il
poriani case. sho" what industry aud prudence can
on Long Island land The land of Mrssrs S'omho,
aud Van scklen is very much 'uch land rs this nc
oe ed for sale, being in the Of the sla
aud in nc way superior to these new lands.
= Wieat Of the SAM quality which grows hero lux
randy was raised by MIR. Samuel Thonp son of Sea
krt, iast season (about miles f,om this place.) W
received for the product little than two Sen
500. CHARLES WOOD
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