The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-05-03


SO great was the call for shares IN the
lakeland Building Lots and farms, l have
been induced to lay out another plot adjoin-
ing the last. on the Long Island Railroad.-
Said plot will be divided into COO Shares at
SIS each and consist OF 800 Building Lots
one hundred fees square one Farms oftwer
ty acres one of ten acres, one OF five acres.
one OF four acres, and 30 OF two acres each
to he distributed on the eyeuinsof the 30th of
December, 1913.
Each subscriber is entitled to lots, 25 by
| 90 feet, lying together, or FARM of from
to 20 acres. The shares are limited OF 1915
payable, So when subscribed for, - on or be-
fore the day oil division, and the balance
in monthly inStamen,s of $3.50,
The Village of Lakeland where these lots
are located is only a short distance South OF
! the celebrated Lake RonkUnkorna, the beauty
and romantic appearance OF which are praised
by all who visit il. Here may already he seen
the hest evidence that can be desired thai
Lakeland, lIermnnvile will shortly be.
come choice place. on Long Island, long
known MS the " Garden Spot" of America
From the puhlishcdstaiistical accounts Of the
late rensus taken by the United States it is
shown that Long Island is the most healthy
location within its borders fewer deaths ac-
corling to its population than in any other
place About $50 farms have been sold with
in short time-ields have been cleared and
cultivated and crops now growing that will
compare iayoIably with those in any part Of
the country several houses have been built
! and other. are nowbcing erected by their en-
terprising purchasers. Mechanics arc sclec-
ting sites for their business here, which from
| its nearness 10 New York. they car carry on
with eqgal profit having their families with
them, secure against the vices aud tcmpta lions
of crowded city, and enormous renls. a
building is now being erected by gentleman
for the purpose of keeping all such articles for
sale as are necessary for couniry village
store. The fertility Of the soil, and its adap.
tedness for 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 at from
S25 to S35 dollars per acne are Of the same
general character as TO soil with those now
under cultivation. which cannot he purchased
for slO0 per acre, and land on the North and
South OF this with no better soil naturally
sell. from 5000 to $500 per acre.
These lands will produce az mu,h per acre.
with the same cultivation. as any land within
fifty mile. Of the city OF New York
Several gentlemen of the first responsibility
who have visited lakelsnd and examined the
crops then growing there, declare that the
wheat rye, corn, potatoes and garden vegeta-
blcs, arc equal to any they have seen ia any
part of the country, proving conclusively that
the soil is capable Of producing, and that in
the highest perfection, all that the agricultur.
isl can wish or desire.
add the following letter from Mr. LIIom
mcdeu who resides at Lakeland.
LAKELAND lioTEL, Nov. H. 1851.
Dear Sr,-llaViug personal know ledge Of the came
il gives pleasure IL answer inquiry about pro
ducions here, by stating that during the past sensu
thers have bccn raised $50 bushels the hest corn am
potatoes to the besides excellent WELD. of garJe
vegetables, peas heans, onions squashes, pumpkins
:. bsets, 'omaice.. splant, a.,
IRA LNOMMEniEr, Deputy. Postmaster
= Alss one from M. J. Bockr
NEw.7oRK July 3, 1851
Dear Sill bought Last year farm of forty acre.
The nidde OF the new VILLAGE Of IIennanVile, and
wsnid act .ell now for Sl09
X feiy respectfully, vnurs &C.
. JOHN 4. BEckEI.,
4 Charles Wood, Esl. 80 Ersex st.,N Y.
When q man is industrious nd attentive TO his bu
,aess, he soon becomes independent MI. John
i StoohoH, efJ amlea received, In the year 1917, fro
i about 30 OF land cultivated In peaehes meas
Il tsfoss aul asparagus nhoVi $4,000. lie sent ali h
prednse to market with teams, distance Of more tha
=, | IL miles.
Nj Van sickien, Of Jamaica, eultiyates GO acres
and alta cost Of about 100 Ia labor aud uauare al
, r., elves about $500 per year tSse American Az
eutarst, Feb, No lsis, and also the Transacions
tho Now York state AgEicutnr : socety) These In
psrtapt cases show hat Industry and Dru,le,ce ran
on Long Island land The land Of Mcssrs Sonthoo
and Van sicklen i very much such land as this no
!, ed for sale, being ia tho range of the islam
and in no way superior TO these now lands.
Wheat OF the SANE quality. which grows here lux
1 ranilv, was rsistd BY NJ Samuel Thompson Of saia
k.f H.esfon (ubout miles foin this placeD wi
10 Or 81 for the PfoduetG little than tNocre
CHARLES WOOD
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