The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-06-22
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So great was the call for shares IN the
Lakeland Building Lots and farms, disirihu>
ted on the 3lst Of January, and 2Sth ofFcbru-
airy, now past, that after every share was dis.
posed of, inv office was literally crowded with
applicants. by whose earnest solicitations, i
have been induced to lay out another plot i'd
| 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 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
/ no 3lst March, 1853.
Each subscriber is entitled to lots. 25 by
| 100 feet, lying together, or FARM Of from
2 to 20 acres. The shares are limited ct 81 e
payable, So when subscribe cd for, 50 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 RnnkUnkoma. The beauty
and romantic appearance Of which are praised
6y all who visit it. Here may already he seen
| the best evidence that can be desired that
Lakeland and iIcrmnnyilc will shortly be.
come choice places on Long Island, long
| known as the " Garden Spot" OF America.
From the published statistical accoants Of the
| late ccnsus taken by the United States 1t is
| shown that Long Island is the most healthy
location within its borders fewer deaths ac-
cordng to its population than in any other
place. About 2A0 farms have been sold with
| in short time-felds have been cleared and
cultivated and crops now growing that will
compare iavorably with those in any part OF
the country several houses have been built
| t.1
| tcrprisinc purchasers. Nee hanics are ,clec-
ting sites Tor their business here, which from
It's neHrness TO New York, they ca carry on
with equal profit having their families with
them, secure against tic vices and tcmpta iions
of crowded city, and enormous renls a
building is now beng erected by gentleman
for the purpose of keeping all snch articles FOL
sale as arc necessary ior a countIy village
tore. The fertility of the soil, and Its adap
tedneas Tor the profitable cultivation OF every
article of produce raised in a similar latitude
has already been satisfactorily dc monsifnitd
and the fans which ann now selling NJ from
s:2U to $50 dollars per acre are e the sam,
general character as t. soil with those nov
under cultivation. which cannot he purchase,
for 500 per acre and Land on the North anf
South of this. with no better soil naturally
cells from 5000 to $500 Per acre.
TLe.e lands will produce as mu Ii per acre
with The same cultivation. as any land within
nfty miles Of the city of New York.
Several gentlemen of the first respectable!
who have visited Iakeland and examined III
CROPS then growing there, declare that tn
wheat, rye, corn, potatoes and garden vcgctn
bles, are equal TO any they have seen in an.
part Of the country, proving conclusivcly tina
the soil Is capable of producing, anil that il
the highest perfection, all that the agricultur
Isl can wish or desire.
: aid the following letter from Mr. L'IIom
medien. who resides ut Lakeland.
LAKELAND iIorrL, Nov is ie5'
Dear Sir.-II iyins persOna knowledge uf the same
IL gives pleasure To- answer inquiry about pro
duciions here. by stating that during tic past
there have brcn raised 50 bushels Of thehcst corn
roiatocs thr acre besides excellent Yields OF gnrc
vegetables, as peas beans, onions, squa-hcs, pumpkins
becis, tonntoc., ese-planis. &C.
IRA LuOMMEIilET, deputy Postmaster.
Also from sir. }. Brckel
Nav YonK, July 3, is5i
Dear sr,-i bought in'i wear iarln Of forty acres
the middle Of tho now Village of IlermnnNle, and
would not sell now for sl01 ali acre
Nefy respectfully, yours &c -
JOHN e. ntCKFL,
Charles Wood Esl. % EsscN st.,N Y.
When q man iudstrious ard attentive To his bu
iues-, he soln Incomes independent NJ. John
stoothnf eflan,c', reeri'cd' in the year lsi7' fro
about 30 arfcs OF land culiiv ted in peaches peas.
tatnes and a>f araru> about $j.G1l lie sent sll IA
produce Ia marke, viii teams, distance Of more tina
- iaiics.
Nj. Van SicLIen Of Jamaica, cuiti,aes On acres
land Mt cost of about ST. 100 in labor and manure an
receives about $500 per See American Ayr
oulturist, Feb No 1873, aud nl-o the Transactions
the New York Siaic Agricultural Shciety) These IL
porant sho' What Industry and prnd.hce can
: on Long Island land The land Of 's-Ts 5 orihoo
ani Van Scklen j. very much urh land this no
ole ed ir ,alc being in the same 'Tn-c of the i,,ai
aud in no way superior to the" new lands.
Wleat oi tho sam gnlliv whirh grows here lux
rianv was fai-s Il Nv Mr. Samuel Thompson Of Seia
ket last season (ahnui mites en- tins place. vi
received for the product little more au tsn scr,
500 CHARLES WOOD.
Febis, i7,Gm.