Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-07-18
TO FARMERS. MECHANlCS, MAN
IFACTURERS. AND LABOkERS.

/ -UFACTURERS, AND LABOkERS.
TaNHE MISSOURI EMIGRANT ASSOCi-
u ALTON" will locate and Law out a Town IN
/ ,he state of Missouri or adjOinlnS Territory, To
/ be Three Miles square, and laid out INTO Lois of
SIX by twelve rods each, aud lay out two streets
| crossing each other at rlSht angles IA the cen
| ire of said town, TO be sIX rods m wluth-the re-
mainder Of the streets be four rods wide; and
| all the alleys two rods wide; the town beng IN
I four equal divisions or waIds.
| The company engage 10 build one school house
Of brick eighteen by forty feet; II the centre of
each ward; also one Market House OF BRICK two
hundred feet long by the usual wldth, to be SIT
mated in the most eligible part Of the town The
company also engage TO set ASIDE sixty siSht oil
said Lots ~ by twelve rods CaCh, tor pubic pur-
p,scs such schools, churches, markets, DC.
these together with said buildings, TO be u DO.
nation as public property.
If land adjoining the square OF said town, into
lots of sixteen by forty rods, containing four acres
cach-will also build saw and nOurIng mill,
Iihe saw mill viii be built Immediately alter SAID
location is wadc, aud also make 100000 bricks
the saw mil TO be keptln running IN advance,
so as To have BrICK AN Lumber Tor the COuVC
nieuce of puT :hasers who wish To build.
/ The company propose 10 elsposc Oi one thou
sand n1rcsis OF saIt Lots, AID Land as follows =,
viz; Five town lots, o. SIX by twelve rods each,
lcqual to twenty lots OF ordinary sIZe'l and one
octh aforesaid lots OF four acres, and provide at
the tire hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
sage for each and every purchaser, their families,
household goods. tools and PROVISIONS, lsuCh as
they choose TO take with them, not exceeding
1900 lbsi 10 the SAID town, or the nearest point
accessible by steamboat, for the sum of one
hundred dollars TO be paid as follows, VIZ: ten
dolls M the time of purchases; fifty dolls on the
first October neat ana the remaining lpTiy dolls
on the 18TH SCpte1bCr, A ID lc4i, AT whicn tne,
or as soon as navigation VIII permit thereafter;
|upon nuIIce given N one or more newspapers
Duhls shed lu Wheeling, prisbuTSh and CIuCmua-
a. purchasers will collect with thtlr families, DC.
al points designated on the QUO river. make
their last payIuent nd deOaIk rom the places
appnIutrd No person will DC allowed To make
a larger investment than one hundred dollars as
aforesaid All purchasers Tho dS not remove TO-
To-. tlt. llf "a
forth or do not procure others IN then stead To
remove and reside upon The Same WITHIN one
wear from time Of making The last payment as
/ aforesaid shall ioriei' L. said company all mo-
mes previously paid by them, ahd the lots ana
the lands 50 purchased by them shai revert
again to the company. Should such dispose
non or sale rs aforesaid, not be completed by
the first of December next, then and IN said
event the conn any will postpone The improve
meats and execution uf the aforesaid matters 10
be doI by said company, until time end season
/ will permit On arriving at the town, dIstTIbu-
. uon of the aforesaid Lots and Land will be made
by cot. each purchaser drCICiHg for himself and
TO each will be given good waHante, decd Tor
the lots and iand so pur -hqsed ana distributed
TO him. In default OF purchasers making pay
ment of the firsi instalment as of"sald the ten
dolls first paid TO be forfeited to the company.
Should a sufficient number Of Emlgrants not
be obtained, the money 10 be refunded 10 the puT
For the entire security ofthe purchasers, the
money shall ne deposited IN the Merchants aud
! Nechgnics' Bank at Wheeling, Va. 10 the credit
of the Missouri EmIgTant ASsCclatOn,' and
when SO deposited the amour. necessary to make
the purchase Of the land for the purpose a!oIe-
said will be drawn upon the lolLt 0TCGT OF So
bieski Brady aud Ephralm Pollock, Esqrs. in
favor Of the receiver of the land ONCE OF the
District in which the land shall be located, so
ihatin no event will the fund be instructed
from the purchase of the Land.
L THOMSOf., Soc'y and Agt for Che
missouri EmigrGHt association"
! Wheeling, June -, 1913
ADDRESS 10 THE Publ C..
J The PROPOSITIONS Of the Missouri EmiGran
I A.. adj n the industrious aut
, enterprizIng-nOue others are desired and none
but such will be know Ingly received; The de
| sign IS to interest all and benCht each, aud nc
, plan can be presented which uniies more pros
p pect of success and Lench:, wi'h less cGancc o.
loss, than the one proposed. IL Is basiu' as az
successful movements must be, upon the enter
prize, industry and prudential character OF those
, who Join in the undert ukIng. Each man must
be the architect of his own fortune, IdDOting for
himself and rcaplns the rewards Of his own
Industry. There ~ no community Of interest
alsrthc division Ofhe lots takes place; there y 40
handling Of the funds % profits by select few,
or others specially appointed, alter that uur' Out
, each man will pursue his own interests and ms
own happiness, as has best judgment snail die
5 The benefits proposed 10 the emisrant are 10
BE- found IN the rapidly increased value OF .he
property Purchase and the improved comforts
Of life by the instant combination ol SO many
families upon ore advantageous point otlpcallon.
The value Of Town lots increase M direct pro-
portion 90 the advantages Of the location and
tbs number industry and prudence Of the uhab'
luantz. a lot IN any village Of iOiiv or hity
families viii cost from so 10 SluOs du0 ~ a Gus
|of one thousand families, lois wall cost from
$500 60 5000, and here Is proposed 90 crea'e
city az once Of one thousand families, whtIc Nv,
large lots and four ont lot may be obi aiuet
i0rOue hundred dollars The increase at vulu,
must be rapid aud bY proper care auj manage
I mcut will lay the foundation fer future iuoepcn
deuce. and 10 may hc, wealth tn each INDIVIDUAL
/ The adjoining lands VIII be 1904 the possession %
To tho company WHO expect az once 90 erect saw
q mills FIGURING Mills aud other machinery To
4 manufacturing purposes 1il COuuuDYC % ihg en-
p piOymcnt and interests OF the industrious Eini
i grant
% q. Tho proposed lots will hc owned ju sUvcralty
each one will be 90 ister of b's Own time. uis oFyi
labor. and hts own interests, so thai there cal
| be no collision between she original proprietor
| aud the respective owners of che lois Each uu
/ rs iCt 90 r.. se as ue may DC INDUSTRIOUS and pru
dent or 90 fall should be hU Idle AMI fmpioyIdCur
Thus if Won foin the Association, YOU an
PROMISED nothing unless Yyu JOIN ~ a citizen q
% find new hosua and better ngid lpr your fu
n dustry in the opening and lcrule WEST
p YOU remain behind you must stay iu an gbscur
I village with property at Tow puCc and chen no
l wDrft hurug. or u you Eu infoa town Of on
" thousand families Won must expect az once q
DO paw from ssgH t1 s5G1H fIr SNAIL lsts when To
can obt1iu FIVE lots and the ont lCi 1y 7ssosi1ra
.f / 90 create Uty 1r ONCE.
4 Cities. she SIZE 0f whfch 20 is proposed % con-
1cnre at once. nave been irons hitv fa one huf
|Ired years ifr Erov in. Here sfa moment. vo
Ihavs tlr school houses, the market bouar. sos
d. own church Tote. be- WfN the factory and Oh f
|HHvHufHgtl ard rurNpulEuUFa of the 8H eos fIf