Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-25
TO FARMERS. MECHANICS, MAN.
lFAC'rURLKS. AND LABOR Frs.

~ u * hS. AND Labor ERS.
{ 'ENHE MISSOURI EMlGRAN L ASSOCI
ATlON' will locate aud Law out a Townir
; he state OF hls>OHrI adjoining Territory, e.
be Three Miles square, aud iad out into Lots o
SIX by twelve rods each, aud lay out two streets
crossing each other at rIsht angles IN the cen.
: Ire Of saG town, TO be six cd ~ width-the re-
mainder Of the streets I, be four rods wide; i nd
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 ui
each ward; also one Market IIous, of brick two
hundred feet long bv the usual width, TO be sit
uated IN the raost eligible part of the town. The
company also engage TO set aside sixty sight of
said Lots SIX by twelve rods each for public pur-
poses such as schools. churches, markets, &c.
these together with sand buildings, to be a do.
4 ton as public properly.
The company will lay out four thousand acres
! land adjoining the square OF said town, into
lots OF sixteen By forty rods, containing four acres
each-wIil also build n saw and Touring mall,
lihe saw mill will be built Immediately after said
location is rsade and also make 900 600 brick
the saw mill to be keptIn running IN advance.
so as to have Brick an Lumber Tor the cOnyG-
uience Of par ,hassTs who wish tO build.
Ths COMPANY propose To dispose OF one thou
sand plrcels of sale Lots, ano Land as follows
viz; Five town lots, OF SIX by tweiYc rods each
lequal to twenty lots OF ordinary sIZel and one
of the aforesaid lots OF four acres and provide at
the tire hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
sage for each aud every purchaser their families,
hou sehold goods tools ans PROVISIONS, lsurh
they choose TO take with them, not exceeding
1900 lbsi To the sald town, OF the nearest point
accessible by steamboat for the sum of one
hundred dollars To be paid a. follows, viz: ten
dolls al the time OF purchase; fifty dSlls ON an
FIRST October next and the remaining forty dolls
% the 18TH September, A ID lS44. at which time
or sHon as "avgatOn Will permit thereafter;
upon nOllce gwen IN one or more new spapers
published IN Wheeling, Pittsburgh and CiucInna-
H. purchasers will collect with hCIr IA miles DC.
a points designated on the q no river. max
their last payhlent and debaIk from the places
appointed No person will be allowed TO make
larger investment than one hundred dJllars as
aforesaiu' All purchasers who dc not remove TO,
and occupy th"iT lots and aHd herein set
forth, or do not procure Others IN then stead To
remove and reside upon the same within one
year from time of making the last payment al
aforesaid shall forfeit l. SAID company all mo-
mes previously paid by them, aud the lots and
the lands 50 purchased BY them shall revert
. again 10 the cOmUony. Should such dIsposI-
ton or sales as aforesaid, not be completed by
the first of December next, then aud IN said
event, the conn any will postpone the improve
meats, and execution II the aforesaid matters 10
be dot e by said company, until TIM e nd season
will permit. On arriving al the town, a ClstTbu-
ton Of the afore said Lots aud Land will be made
hy ,ot. each BurcIdSsr dreiring for himself aud
tn each will &c given a good warTante. deed, for
the lots and add 50 pur -hased and distributed
10 him In default OF purchasers making pay
mcnt of the frs iustalment az OIrsaId the ten
dolls first paid u he forfeited to the company.
Should a sufficient number of Emigfants not
be obtained, the money To be refunded TO the pur
chHsers.
For the EN- ire security the purchasers the
money shall he posted IN the Merchants aud
Mechanics Bank at Wheeling Va. tS the credit
Missouri
when SO deposited the amoun' necessary to make
the purchase of the land for the purpose a!OIe-
said will he draw u ron The ION order Of So
beskI Brady ana EphTaim Pollock, Esqrs. IN
favor of the receiver Cf the land office Of the
District in which the land shall be located, so
that in no event VII! the fund be mIsdrected
from the purchase of the Land.
l. THOMSOr', Sec'y and ACT for hs
Missouri EmigraHt assoc atom"
" hcClinr, June %. lsi3.
ADDRESS TO THE Publ C.
The bropo sIt.Uns Cf the Missouri Emigrant
Association" are made 10 the industrious and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES others are desired ard none
but such will be know Ingly received. The de-
sign Is To interest all and benefit each, ana no
I Ian can be presented which unltcs more pros
pect of success and Lereh:, With less chance of
loss, than the one proposed. Ii - bas d, as all
successful movements must be, upon the enter
prize, industry an! prudential character of those
who Join IN the undertaking. Each man must
be the architect of his own fortune, IdDoring for
himself, and TcapIng the rewards OF ms own
industry. There ~ no community OF interest
after he division of the lots takes place there Is
handling ofthe funds 81 profits by select few,
others spec ally appointed, alter mat Tune, but
| ca h man viii pursue his own interests aud his
| own harplness, as has best Judgment shall dc
t.te.
The benefits proposed 10 the emiErant are to
be found in the rapidly increased value OF Hlt
pTDperty purchased and the improved CUmtOr;
Of life by the instant combination OF - mary
families upon ore advantageous point 81 l"cdu IA
! The valu5 OF Town lots increase In direct pr,
portion 10 he advantages Of the lucalun and
tbs number, industry aud prudence Uf The lnnab-
iitants A lot in any village Of forty or fifty
families will cost FROM SO 10 SIOn, and IN a CITY
/ of one thousand families, lots will cost from
| S5O1 10 5000 and here Is proposed To create a
civ az once of one thousand families, wh,Te hvr
large lots and four acre out lot may be obtained
I for one hundred dollars I he Increase Of value
, must be raud and by IrCper care and manage
I ment will Law the foundation for future lndepCn
dence, and 1t may be, wealth 10 each individual.
The adjoining lands III be IN the possession Ui
the company who expect at once TO eject saw
mills. FIGURING Mills and other machinery for
I manufacturing purposes all cOudUCIvC 20 the en-
plOyment aud interests of the industrious Emi
grant
I The proposed lots will be owned in severaltyi
each one will be M istCr of his own time, his OWE
labor, and his own mt. rests, So that there car
he No collision between the original pTupretori
aud the respective owners of the lots. Each on
Is lett to se a he NAV be industrious aud pru
dent or To fall should he be Idle anu tmpiOvdCut
Thus It YOU ION the As soclauon,' you ar
promised nothing, unless YOU JON as a citizen &
! . ind new home and a better field for v 1ur ~
dustry IN the opening AID fertile WEST |
/ YOU remain behind yOI must stay In an Obscur
/ village with property at lOU price and Thea no
/ wOrId buuug, or Il you 20 into town OF on
thousand families you must expect al once {
{ paw from $50 t. 5000 for nall lots when 70
can obtain FIVE lots aud the out lot b. aSSoci1tin
, 10 create city az once.
Cities the size OF which t Ie proposed 10 CON
zncucs al once, have been from nifty 10 one hun
drcd wears I'd, growth. Here az a moment, go
nav the sr6So: houses, the market house, yot
own church lots the mill the factory and all Oh
Z advantages aud conveueuCes Of the old settle
% and Iosp civilized portions OF the country
ard al al a.