Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-07-19
TO FARMERS. MECHANICS, MAN.
LFACTI RERE. AND LADOEERS.

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TO FARMERS. MECHANICS, MAN
UFACTJRER RS, AND LABOEERS.
THNHE MISSOURI BMlGRANr ASSOCI-
ALTON Will locate aud lay out Town IN
,he STATE of Missouri adjoining Territory, To
. be- Three Miles square, aud lard out into Lois of
SIN by twelve rods each, auu lay out Two streets
crOssiI2 each other at right angles IN the cen
tire OF sand town, 10 be SIX cd, Ia width the re-
maindcT Of the streets l. be four rOCs wide; and
all the alleys two rods wide; the town being IN
/ -four equal divisions or wards.
The company engage IL build one school house
Of brick eighteen by forty feet; Ia 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 Eaost eligible part # the town. The
company also engage TO set aside sixty sight Of
said Lots SIX by twelve rods each, for public pur-
passes such as schools. churches markets, DC.
these together with SAID buildings, 10 be do
nation as public property.
The company will lay ont four Thousand acres
If land adjoining the square OF sad town, INTO |
lots Of sixteen BY tory rods, containing Tour acres
each-wIl also bJld saw and Touring mill, |
;he saw mill viii be bult mmedId ely after said
iocatou IS 1. adC and also make ,Oul 900 bricks
the saw mill 10 be AeptIu running IN adv auce, |
so IS 10 have Brick an Lumber Tor the cOnyc-
nicucc of pr :hasers who wish 10 build.
The COMPANY propose 10 dispose OF one thou
/ sand parcels of saIC Lots, and Land as follows,
viz: Five town lOts o. SIX by twelye rods each,
lequal to twenty lots OF ordinary slze'l and one
of the aforesaid lots OF Tour acres ana provide at
the tire hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
sage for each and every purch astr their families,
household goods. tools and PROVISIONS, lsu1h as
they choose to take with them, not exceeding
1900 lbs To the said town, Or the nearest point
accessible by steamboat for the sum OF one
hundred dollars 10 be paid as follows, VIZ: ten
dolls at the time of purchase; fifty dSlls on the
first October next ana the remaining forty dolls
on the I5th September, \ ID l-li, az which time,
or as soon as navigation Will permit thereafter;
upon noice gwen n one or more new spaFeTs
published IN Wheeling, tIttsburgh ana Clucnna-
q. purchasers Will collect with thtW ldullltS DC.
a nOnts designated on the ono river. make
their last payment nd debdTE rom the places
Amounted No person will be allowed 10 make
Than mel a. Il ID. -sL
aforesaid. An purchasers " no dc not remove 10,
and occupy th.ir lots aud iand as herein set
forth, or do not procure others IN tHe!t stead 10
. remove and reside upon the same WITHIN one
year from Time OF making he last payment as
/ aforesaid shall iOrIeI, u said company all mo
mes previously paid by them, ahd the lots and
the lands - purchased by them shall revert
again TO the company. should such DISPOSE
ton OF sale as aforesaid, not be completed by
the first of December next then aud IN said
event, the conn any Will postpone the improve
muats, and execution q the Aforesaid matters 10
be dol by said company, until time end season
; will permit. On arriving al the town GIsIHOu-
uuu of the aforesaid Lots and Land vii b. made
By lot, each purchaser GrsICiUg for himself and
TO each will be given good waHaute, decd, for
the lois and land 80 pur ,hased and distributed
10 him. In default OF purchasers making pay
ment Of the frsi lnstalmeut as 0Irsaid the ten
dolls first paid - be forfeited 10 the company.
/ Should n suifi Gent number of EmIgTdHts not
be obtained, the money ~ be refunded ~ the pur
chasers.
I money shall be deposited IN the Merchants AID
Mechanics Bank at Wheeling, Va 10 the credit
of the Missouri EmIGTant Association, and
when So deposited the amour necessary 10 make
the purchase of the land Tor tue purpose Hote-
salu will be drawn ~ on the lulL order of So
hieski Brady and EPhTalm Pollock, Esqrs. Iu
favor Of the receiver OF the land Once Of the
District IN which the land shall be located, so
thatin no event will the iuud be mIsdrected
from the purchase Of the Land.
s l. THONSOr., Ssc'y and Act for he
Missouri EmigraHt Association"
Wheeling, June %, 1913.
ADDRESS TO IllE Publ C.
The PROPOSITIONS Of the Missouri Emlgrant
Assertion" are made TO the industrious and
euiCTpTzi ng-none others are desired ana none
but such will be know Ingly nTeCclyed. The de-
sign IS to interest all and benefit each, and no
plan can be presented which mites more pros
pcct of success and Lereh;, wlth less chance q
loss, than the one proposed. IL j. as.d, as all
successful movements must be, upOn IHe enter
prize, industry and prudential character Of those
who join IN the undertaking. Zach man must
be the architect OF ms own fortune, |UpTinS Tor
himself, and rCaplng IN rewards Of lls own
industry. There IS no community OF interest,"
aItrthc division ofthe lots takes place; there iS no
handling Of th" funds 90 profits by select ttw,
or others specially appointed, after that Tune, but
each man will pursue hIs own interests and ms
own happiness, as his best Judgment shall die
tate.
The benefits proposed 10 the em.gr1nt are 20
be found In the rapidly increased value OF .ho
/ property purchased aud the improved comforts
Of llfe By the instant CpmhIuauOu Of 50 many
! families upon ore advantageous point Ol locau'n.
/ The value OF Town lots increase Iu direct pro-
/ portion 10 the ADVANTAGES of the location aud
ths number, industry and prudence OF the Inhab-
Itauts. lot IN any village of forty or fifty
families will cost irom $50 10 SluO, aud In CITY
of one thousand families, lots will cost from
$500 to S., 600, and here Is proposed Co create a
city az once Of one thousand families, whore I'VE
large lOfs and iyur acre out lot may be obtained
for one hundred dollars The increase of value
must be rapid and by proper care aud manage
mruf will Jay the foundation for future lndcpeu
|deucc, and 10 may be. wca lfh 90 each individual
The adjoining lands " lli Dee 400 the possession of
the company who expect at once To- erect saw
mills, FIOurug Mills aud other machinery tyI
manufacturing purposes aII conducive fO the en-.
pIuymcut aud interests OF The industrious Emil
grant
Theproposed Iols will be owned in scvcralry.
each one will be m IstCr of his own time, bis own
labor and bis own .ut. rests, zg thai there eau
beuu collision between che original proprietor.
land the respective owners of the lots. Each one
IS rrft 10 r SCI az he may De industrious and rru
dent or t1 fall should hc be idle ana tmr evident
. Thus Do YOU r1Iu the 'AsFOCIauOu, YOU ar.
promised nothing, uuIrsg you JOIN Is citizen @,
2 frd "a new huua aud a better field tor YOUR Ir
Irafry rn the opening and fertile WEST. ]
You remain behind EuI must stay in ON UuscUu
Village with property at low price aud chen Uo
w0uu bugfUg. or 90 VDu 10 IIfUa town of ON
p thousand families you must expect al once q
uag from $500 fU $1,000 for malt lots when 500
can obtain five lots and the out Tot UY ascertain
70 fJ create city 1r once.
Cities sire .fls 90 which DO o. proposed f0 com
rrnle GOO once, have been from fifty fu one Huu
Ir.a years BOO growth Unro at momUHi 800
.rayt the arnuH. houses, the marEr. house. 500
-. own church Iufs fHU wF| the factory and I|I f
advantage and ruuN.uIruHre ui iuH Old sn'iIU