Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-09-07
TO FARMERS, MECHANICS, MAN.
lIACrI RhRS. AND LABOL Frs.

-StANtt RERS. \ - ID LABOk ERS.
TRNHE MISSOURI EAIICRANT ASSOCI-
N ALTON will locate and Law cut Town in
we state 81 Missouri or adjoining Territory, to
De lhrre Miles square, and laid out into Lots of
SIX by twelve rods cacs, and lay out twO streets
crossing each other AZ right angles IN the cen
tire of saIg town, 10 be SIX rod ne wIdth-tIte re-
maludcT 81 the STREETS l. be four roos wide; nd
2 al the alleys two rods wide; the town being IN
/ Tour equal divisions or wards.
[ The company engage TO buIld enc school house
OF brick eighteen by forty feet; q the centre of
each ward; also one Market House of brick two
hundred feet long by the usual width TO be sit
uated IN The most eligible part Of the town. The
company also engage 10 set aside sixty eight Of
SAID Lots SIX 10y twelve rods each, for public pur-
poses, such as schools. churches, markets, dc.
\ these together VITA SAID buildings, TO be a do.
nation "a public property.
/ The company will lay ont four thousand acres
I 1l land adjoining the square OF said town, into
tote OF sixteen by forty rods containing four acres
I caCh-WIl also build saw ana Touring mill,
she saw mIl viii be built immediately after said
location Is ISgde, and also make 900 900 brick
the saw mill 10 be keptin running In advance.
50 as 10 Aave Brick an Lumber for the cOnye-
n.euce Of per:has" who wish 20 buIiu.
The cOmpuuy propose 10 dispose OF one thou
sand plTcels of saic Lots anG Land - follows \
viz; Five town lots, OF six by tweIye rods each
equal 10 twenty lots of ordinary sIZe,l and one
Of the aforesaid lots OF four acres, and provide al
the tire hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
sage for each and every purch ascr, their families
household goods tools and provisions, lruJh a.
they choose to take With them, not exceeding
$500 lbsi 70 the said town, or the nearest point
accessible bv steamboat, for the sum Of one
hundred dollars 10 be paid az follows, viz: ten
dolls at the time of purchase; fifty dolls on the
first October neat and the reEsaIuI' z forty dolls
on the jth Septcmber, ID ls4l, az which time, |
Of soon as aav'gaton Will permit thereafter; !
upon notlce gwen IN one or more ewspaBers |
published in Wheeling, Pittsburgh and CincInna- |
q, purchasers wall collect with their families DC
n p9lsts DESIGNATED on the ono river. max /
their last payment and deb1TE from the places I
. appointed. No person will Toe allowed to make /
larger investment than one hundred dollars as /
/ aforesaid, All purchase who dc not remove to i
. I'D lbf rs ifr 4
forth, or do not procure others IN their stead 10
remove aud I. side upon the same within one
year from time Of making the last payment as
aforesaid shall toriel, l. sand company all mo-
mes previously paid by them, and the lots and
the lands So purchased by them shall revert
again to the company Should such DISPOSE
ton or sales as aforesaid not be completed hv
the first OF December next, then aud IN said
event, the conn any Will postpone the improve
meats, and execution q the aforesaid matters 10
be dol by said company until tim end season
will permit. On arriving at the town, n ClStrIbu-
ton Of the afore SAID Lots and Land will be made
by Lot, each purchaser drcrtngfor hlnseh and
10 each will be gwen a good waTantey deed, for
the lots and iand 80 pur hased and distributed
10 him In default OF purchasers making paw
mept OF the first instalment a a Ofrsad the ten
dolls first paid TO be forfeited To the company.
Should a sufficient number Of EmgTants not
be obtained, the money 10 be refunded TO the puT.
Chas,Ts.
/ For the en- ire security ofthe purchasers, the
money shall he deposited IN the Merchants aud
Mechanics Bank at Wheeling, Va. t0 the Credit
OF the Missouri Emlsrant Association, aud
W hen sodeposited the amour necessary To make
] the purchase of the land for the purpose atOte-
saiG will he drawn EI on the lolIt order of So
hieski Brady and EphraIm Pollock, ESurs. in
4 favor Of the receiver OF the land Office Of the
/ District IN which the land shall be lOcat -, 50
/ that IN no event vii. the fund be mls directed
/ from the purchase Of the Land.
$ I. THONSOt, Scr.y and APt for 'hc
missouri EmieTGHt Assoc alton"
] " hcclin@. June %. 1913.
ADDRESS TO THE Publ &C.
The propositions of the Missouri Emigrant
Do lone ~
Cutprprizing-none Others ale desired and none
but such will be knowingly received. The de-
syn IS TO interest all and benefit each, and no
tlan can be orc scented which unies more pros
pcct of success and Lepeh:, wI,h less chance Of
loss, than the one prOpOs d. IL Is bas:d, as all
successful movements must be, UpOn the enter
prize, industry and prudential character of those
who Join IN tEe undertaking. Each man must
be the architect of hrs own fortune idbOTn- for
himself, and rcapng the rewards OF his own
industry. There IS no community OF interest
alterthc div sion ofthe lots takes place; there
handling OF the funds o. profits by a select few,
or others specially appointed, alter mat Tune, but
ca h man viii pursue his own interests and his
own happiness, as his best Judgment shall dic
t,te.
be found in the rapidly increased value of he
property purchased aud the improved comfort :
3 Of life by the instant combination OF SO maP'
families upon ore advantageous point loCa IA
The value OF Town lots InCreste 81 u1iSSL ~ !
portion L. the advantage ~. ~. - =. ~
49,! ~ T., ~; Village Of forty or fifty
800 com $50 to 500, ana lB city
la'',l.es Wt'lIo.7id families lots will cost from
So n ~ s'ld, and here Is proposed to create a
-:,-'.o ice Of one thousand families whore Eve
+ ~ il,s ard four acre ont lot may be obtained
H.5ne hundred dollars The increase OF value
. imHust be Tauid and by lrCper care and mana ge-
t.,gIIl Iav the foundation for future lndepen.
desce, and IL may be- wea lab TO each individual.
- The adjoining lands viii be IN the possession of
the company who expect at once to erect saw
mills, Fiouring Mills and other machinery for
manufacturing purposes all conducive 10 the en-
plOymcnt aud interests of the industrious Emi-
grant.
The proposed lots will be owned in sevcraty;
each one will be m Ister OF his own time, his own
labor, and his own interests, so thar there can
be no collision between the original propuetOTs
aud the respective owners Of the lots. Each one
Is lett TO rise 3 he NAV be industrious and pru-
dent, 10 fall should he be IDLE anG imp Ovldent
Thus II you JON the Assoc IatI0n,'' YOU are
promised nothing, unless you Join as a citizen 60
find new home and better field for vpur IN.
dustry In the opening and fertile WEST. II
you remain behind You must stay IN an obscure
village with property az a low price add thea no
. worth buwug or q you go into town Of on,
Z thousand families you must expect at once O
{ uuv from $500 To- $1,000 for small lots when yOt
cen obtain five lots aud the out lot by qsSOcidfiUr
i % create city nc once.
Cities, the size Of which 10 Is proposed TO com
.iCuce az On,c, have been from city tu one hum
Tired years 90 growth. Here at a moment Won
lave the schC0, houses, the market house, YOU
twn church lots, the mill the factory and ar Oh,
X .dvautfges and cOUvCnlenCCs Of the old settled
aid lJag civilized portions of the country
Westward the star ofCmpire takes Its way"