Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-10
TO FARMERS. MECHANICS, MAN.
.lFAl.EI RERS. AND LAROE ERS.

TO FARMERS. MECHANICS, MAN
.. UFAGEURERS, AND LABOE ERS.
ITHNHE MISSOURI BMIGRANT ASSOCl-
q ALTON wall locate and Law out Town IN
the state of Missouri or adjoining Territory To
be Three Miles square, and aid out into Lots of
SIX BY twelve rods each, and lay out Two streets
crossing each other at rIsht angles IN the cen
TIE of SAID town, To be SIX rod, ia wdth-the re-
maindcr Of the streets L be four rods wIdt;a and
all the alleys two rods wide; the town beng Iu
four equal dNIsloPs or wards.
/ The company engage 10 build enc school house
Of brick eighteen by forty feet; IL the ccntre of
each ward; also one Market House Ot BRICK two
hundred feet long bv the usual width, 10 be SIT
uated IN the taost eligible part 81 the town, the
company also engage 20 SCI aside SlNty eight OF
said .sls 81 by twelve rods each, Tor publs pur-
Ipsses such as schoo Is. churches, markets, DC.
/ these together with said buildings, 10 be do.
| The company will lay ont four thousand acres
If land adjoining the square oil sad town, into
Iots of slNtcru by forty rods, containing four acres
each-wIl also Jild saw and Touring mil, !
;he saw mill viii be built immediately after SAID
location is I.adc and also make 600 900 brick
the saw mlll 60 be kept running Us adv anCC.
. so as 20 have BricN an Lumber for the COnvc-
'ugMc" of r:hasers who WISH To bulll.
The COMPANY propose - dispose ct one thou
sand plrccts OF sdIc Lots, anO Lund as follows, =
viz; Five town lots, OF SIX by twelYc rods each,
IleqtIal to twenty lots of ordinary SIC, and one
of the aforesaid lots of four acres and provide
the tirre hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
sage for each aud every purchaser their families,
household goods. tools and provisions, isU,h as
they choose TO take with them, not exceeding
1900 ibsi 10 the said town, or the nearest point
hundred dollars 10 be paid az tn!Iows, VIZ; ten
dolls at the time Of purchase; fifty dslls on the
first October neat md the remaining forty dolls
On the 5th SGpteHIber, y ID lSIi, at which time,
or as soon as navigation Will permit thereafter;
upon nDuCe giyeu N one or more newspapers
pubisbeI IN Wheeling, Pittsburgh and CiuCInna-
n nurr asers " IN collect with their IA miles dc
al points designated on the ono uyer. make
their last pay AIent nd debaTk from the places
appointed, No person WILL be allowed To make
a larger investmcnt than one hundred d.llaIs as
afoTesalu. All purchases who dc not remove to,
aad occupy their lots and and as herein set
forth, or do not procure Others IN Their stead 10
I remove aud reside upon Inc same Wlthln one
year from time 81 making the last payment q
| aforesaid shall foTfeI, L. said company all mo
MICS previously paid by them, aud the lois and
the lands 50 purchased by them shall revert
again 10 the company. should such dIsposI-
lIOn OK sa.os as aforesaid not be completed by
I the first Of December next, then and said
| event the conn any Will postpone the improve
ments and execution 81 the aforesaid matters 10
be dCIe by said company until time end season
I will perHIt. On arriving at the town, tIstubu-
ton of the aforesaid Lots and Land will be made
by Lot, each purchaser drClCiHg for himself aud
to each will be gwen IA good waTrante, deed, for
the lots and iand puT -hased and distributed
TO him. In default OF purchasers making pay
ment of the first lnstalmeut as a .oIrsad the ten
dolls first paid To be forfeited TO the company.
Should a sufficient number Of Emigranfs not
be obtained. the money 10 be refunded TO tie pur
For the en- ire security orthe purchasers, the
money shall he deposited IN the Merchants aud
| Mechanics Bank at Wheeling, Va. tS the credit
. of the Missouri Emigrant Association and
when so deposited the amour necessary to make
the purchase Of the land for the purpose atOIe-
SAID will be drawn ETon the JOINT order of So
beski Brady and EPhTaIm Pollock, Esqrs. IN
favor Of the receiver of the land Office of the
District in which the land shall be located, so
. that in 10 event will the fund be mIsdrected
from the purchase Of the Land.
l. THOMSON, Sec'y and ACT for he
. Missouri Ennis grant association"
Wheeling, June %, 1913.
ADDRESS TO THE PUB C.
The proposit Of the Missouri Emgrant
Ao-f fr.nrr nu do he ind ~
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES others are desired and none
but such will be know Ingly received The de-
sign IS TO interest all and benefit each, and no
plan can be presented which unltes more pros
pCct of success and bcneti., With less chance of
loss, man lhe one PIolostu. II Is pas % as an
successful movements must be, upon The en- ter
prize, industry and prudential character Of those
who join IN the Undertaking. Each man must
be the architect OF his own fortune, ldbOrlug for
himself, and reapng IN e rewards of his own
industry. There Is no community Of interest
afterthc division the lots takes aces there is no
handling Of the funds ~ profits by select few,
or others specially appointed, after that time, but
each man Will pursue his own interests and his
Own happiness, as ms best judgment shall die
tote.
The benefits proposed TO the emgrant are to
be found IN the rapidly increased value of .he
| property purchased aud the improved comforts
Of life by the instant combination Of SO many
families upon ore advantageous point OF location.
The value Of Town lots increase IN direct pro-
portion TO the advantages Of the location and
tins number, industry and prudence of the Inhab-
itauts. 4 lot IN any village Of foIty or ffty
of one thousand families, lots will cost from
$500 90 $1,000, and here Is proposed TO crea'e a
cIty az once Of one thousand families, wh,re Eve
large lots and four acre out lot may be ObtaIued
for one hundred dollars The Increase OF value
must be ragId and by proper care and manage
| mCut will lay the foundation for future indepCu.
/ dCuCc, and o. may hc, wealth 10 each individual.
| The adjoining lands 90 DC IN the possession OF
tho company who expect az once 10 erect saw
, mills, FIuuIIug Mills and other machinery for
manufacturing purposes alI conducive to the Cm-
plOymCut aud interests Of the industrious EmI-
grant.
The proposed lots will be owned IN scveralty;
each one will ae m tstcr of his own time, his own
labor aud bis own interests, so that there can
De no collision between the original prOpuCtOrs
aud the respective owners ol the lots. Each one
Is left 10 rise as Boz may De industrious and pru-
dent or tJ fall should hc hr de and fmrtOvideuf.
Thus Of YOU join the Association YOU are
promised nothing, unless YOU JOIN as a citizen %
fluid a new home 1ud better field for YOUR Iu-
dustrY Boo the opening aud tcru.c WEST. 10
. you remain behind vDI must stay Iu an Obscure
Village with property af "a low price and then not
wurtu buWuE, or u Won 20 into town OF one
. thousand families YOU must expect 90 once fa
pay from $500 tp $4,000 for small lets when YOU
can obtain bye lots and the out lOf by l5s,.i4tir
10 create cIty ur once.
/ Cities the size Of which n BE- proposed TO com.
mCuCc az once, have been from fifty tu one hun.
ldred wears boz growth. Hgrc az moment. vuf
ihavc the sch1o, houses, The market house YOU
own church lots, che Mill the factory ard an Oh,
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