Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-09-06
TO FARMERs, MECHANICS, MAN
.CFACTURERS, AND LABOR Frs.

7FHNHE missouri BMIGRANT ASSOCI-
- ALTON" will locate and Law out Town IN
the state OF Missouri or adjoining Territory, 20
oe Three Miles square, and laid out into Lots of
SIX by twelve rods each, and lay out two streets
crossing each other at right angles Ia the cen
I ire OF saIa town, TO be six rods ia width-the re-
mainder Of the streets u be four rods wide; and
all the alleys two rods wide; the town being in
Tour equal divisions or wards.
! The company engage TO build enc school house
oil brick eighteen by forty feet; IN the centre of
each ward; also one Market House of brick two
hundred feet long bv the usual width, TO be SIT
uated IN the Dsost eligible part of the town. The
company also engage TO set aside sixty sight Of
l said Let's siN by twelve rods each, for public pur
4 poses. such as schools. churches, markets. &c.
an ese together with said buildings, to be a do.
I nation a public property
| The company will lay out four thousand acres
| If land adjoining the square Of said town, into
lots of sixteen by forty rods containing four acres
each-will also build a saw and Touring mill,
l;he saw mill will be built Immediately after said
location is made, and also make 900, 900 bricks
| the saw mill 10 be keptin running IN advance,
so as to have Brick an 4 Lumber for the conve-
nience of pr .hasers who wish to bHIid.
This COMPANY propose to dispose OF one thou
sand parcels of saic Lots, an6 Land as follows 3,
viz; Five town lots, OF SIX by twelve rods each,
lequal 20 twenty lots OF ordinary siZe.l and one
of the aforesaid lots of four acres, and pro vide
the tire hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
sage for each and every purchaser, Their families
household goods tools aud PROVISIONS, lsuvh as
they choose TO take with them, rot exceeding
500 lbsi TO the said town, or the nearest point
accessible BY steamboat, for the sum of one
dolls at the time Of purchases nifty dslls on IN
first October next and the rtBanl' 2 forty dolls
on the 9Th SeptSnber, A ID ls44. al which time,
or as soon as navigation VIII permit thereafter;
upon noUice given IN one or more newspapers
published IN Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Cincinna-
H. purchasers will collect with their families &c
a psiats designated on the O no river. max @
their last payment nd debaTk from the places
appointed. No person will be allowed TO make
a larger investment than OOe hundred d,sllars as
afoIesaIa, All purchasers Who dc not remove to-
and occupy their lots and mad as herein set
forth, or do not procure Others IN then stead TO
remove aud r, side upon the same within one
year from time Of making the last payment as
aforesaid shall fOrfel, L. said company all mo-
MICS previously paid by them, aud the lots and
the lands so purchased by them shall revert
again TO the company. Should such DISPOSE
ton sales a Aforesaid, not be completed by
the first of December next, then aud IN said
event, the conn any will postpone the improve
ments and execution Cf the aforesaid matters TO
be don by said company, until time Pnd season
will permit. On arriving al the town, distubu-
ton of the aforesaid Lots and Land will be made
by lot, each purchaser directing for himself and
TO each will be given a good waTTantes deed for
/ the lots and iand 40 pur-hased and distributed
TO him. In default OF purchasers making paw
nest of the first Instalment as Olrsald the ten
dolls first paid TO he forfeited to the company.
Should sufficient number of Emisrants not
be obtained, the money To be refunded TO the pur
chasers.
For the entire security Of the purchasers, the
money shall be deposited IN the Merchants aud
Mechanics Bank at Wheeling, Va. 10 the credit
of the Missouri Emi2Tant Association, and
when so deposited the amour. necessary TO make
the purchase Of the land for the purpose A.oIe-
said will be drawn uron the joirt order of So
beski Brady and Ephraim Pollock, Esqrs. in
favor of the receiver of the land office of the
District in which the land shall be located, so
thatin no event will the fund be misdirected
from the purchase of the Land.
S l. THOM SOF', Ssc'y and A ct for me
Missouri EmigrdHt association"
Wheeling June 90. 1919.
ADDRESS TO THE PUBL &c.
The propositions Of the Missouri IMMIGRANT
Association" are made TO the industrious and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES others are desired and none
but such will be know Ingy received. The de-
sign Is to interest all and benefit each, and no
plan can he presented which unIies more pros.
pect of success and bepef:, with less chance of
loss, than the one proposed. Ii IS bas d, as all
successful movements must be, upon The enter
prize, industry ans prudential character oil those
who join in the undertaking. Each man must
be the architect of his own fortune, labOrlng for
himself, and Teaping the rewards of his own
industry. There is no community of interest
aterthe divsIon ofthe lots takes place; there is
handling ofthe funds OF pr. 6ts by a select few,
or others specially appointed after that time bur
each man VIII pursue ms own interests ana his
own happiness, his best Judgment shall dc
tate.
The benefits proposed TO the emigrant are to
/ be found in the rapidly increased value of The
/ property purch sed and the improved comforts
Of life by the instant combination OF SO many
families upon ore advantageous point "t location
/ The value OF Town lots increase IN direct pro-
portion ts the advantages of the lOcauon and
tbs number, industry and prudence OF the lnhgb
itant5. lot In any village of forty or ifty
/ families will cost frOm $50 TO 500, and IN city
/ of one thousand families, lots will cost FROM
| $500 to $1,000 and here is proposed to crea'e a
city at once Of one thousand families, whore Eve
large lots and four acre out lot may be obtained
I for one hundred dollars The increase Of value
/ must be rapid and by proper care and manage
ment will lay the foundation for failure indepen
dence, and II may be. wealth to each individual.
The adjoining lands viii be IN the possession of
/ the company who expect at once TO erect saw
mills, FIGURING Mills aud other machinery for
manufacturing purposes oil conducive 20 the en-
/ plOymcnt and interests of the industrious Eml
/ grant.
| The proposed lots will be swned in severaty;
each one will be mister of his own time, his own
/ labor, and his own interests, so that there can
\ be no collision between the original pTopuetOrs
aud the respeCtIve owners of the lots. Each one
/ IS left TO rise as he NAV be industrious and pru-
dent, TO fall, should he be idle and impiovident
! Thus If you ioin the Association" YOU are
promised nOtnIng, unless veu Join a citizen "a
/ find a new home and better field for vaur in.
dustry IN the opening aud fertile WEST. i
] you remain behind yO1 must stay IN an obscure
| village with property az low price ADD thea n O
wOrtd buvng, or # you go into town Oi one
| thousand families you must expect at once q
\ pay from $500 Co $1,000 fer small lots when yOt
can obtain FIVE lots and the out lot by dssocidtinl
20 create city az once.
/ Cities the size Of which Il is proposed TO com
| mence az once, have been from fifty TO one hun
/ bred years ru growth. flere at a moment, yoJ
/ have the sChooi houses, the market house, you
own church lots, the mill the factory and all tn
| advantages and ConvenlenCes Of the old settled
and lORg civilized portions Of the country
/ Westward the star ofempiretakes its way."