Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-31
TO FARMERS, MECHANICS, MAN
tFACfUR EKS. AND LABOR FRS.

{ Fs'HE MISSOURI EMIGRANT ASSOCI
ALTON. will locate aud Law out n Town ~
me state OF Missouri or adjoining Territory, .,
DC Three Miles square, and laid out into Lots %
SIX by twelve rods each, aud lay out Two street,
crossing each other az right angles IN the cen
fe OF saia town, TO be SIX rods ~ width--the re-
mander nf the streets T. be four rods wide; nc
ali the alleys two rods wide; the town, being m
Tour equal divisions or wards.
The company engage 10 build enc school house
OF brick eighteen by forty feet; ~ the centre oI
each ward; also one Market llOus,, of brick two
+ hundred feet long by the usual width, TO be SIT
uatCd ~ the raOst eligible part of the town The
company also engage to set aside sixty eight of
sald Lots 81 by twelve rods each, for pub lie pur-
poses such as schools. churches markets. dc
these together with said buildings, to be a do.
nation as public property.
The company will lay out four thousand acres
! If land adjoining the square OF said town into
lots of sixteen by forty rods, tanning four
eIch-w.l also build a saw and Touring mill
l;hc saw mill will be built lmmeddtey after said
loCat ton IL ISadc aud also make 600 600 brick
the mIll Ia be kGptin running IN ad, ance.
| 50 10 have Brick an Lumber for the conyc-
lnience of pr :hasers who wish 10 bHId
This companY propose 10 dispose ot one thou
sand parcels of s1lc Lots, aGO Land follows,
/ viz: Five town lots. o. SIX bv tvelyp rods each
! Iequal to twenty lots OF ordinary SIZE and one
of the aforesaid lots vi iour acres and pro vide 1T
I the tire hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
sal e for each and every purCh dScr. their fames
household goods tools and provisions lzuth a.
jhev choose TO take with them, not exceeding
500 lbsI To the SAID town, or the nearest point
accessible by steamboat, for the sum OF one
dolls At the time OF purchase; fifty dSlls on the
FIRST October neat and the Re M ainl'g forty dolls
On the 10Th September, ID lS4f, at which time,
as soon as "lvigatlOn Will permit thereafter;
upon nOuCe gwen IN one or more newspapers
published IN Wheeling, PIttsbuTgh and Cincnua-
q, purchasers will collect with their families DC
a Z points designated on the - no river. make
their last payment and deb9Tk from the places
appointed, No person will be allowed to make
. larger Investment than one hundred dsllaTs as
aforesaid All purchasers who DC not remove to,
and occupy their lots aud taRd as herein set
forth, or do not procure others IN their stead To
remove aud reside upon the same within one
year from time Of making The last payment al
aforesaid shall fOrieIt l. said company all mo-
mes previously paid by them, aud the lots and
the lands 50 purchased by tAem shall revert
gain to the company. Should such DISPOSE
ton Or sales as aforesaid, not be completed by
the first OF December next. then aud IN said
event, the CONT any will postpone he improve
meats and execution Df the at rcsald matters 20
bc de- c bv said company, unul time Tud season
Will perIaII. On arriving AT the town, tlslribu-
ton Of the aforesaid Lois and Land will be made
by Lot, each purchaser drcIriH for himself and
To each will ne gwen good warrante- deed, for
the lots and iadd 80 pur -hqsct and distributed
I To hun. la default OF purchasers making pay
mcnt of the first lnstalment as a olrsatd the ten
dolls first paid 70 be forfeited To the company.
Should a sufficient number of EmgTauts not
be obtained, the money To be refunded To the pur
chhsers.
For the entire security Of the purchasers, the
money shall be deposited IN the Merchants aud
Mechanics Bank at Wheeling, Va. Is the credit
of the Missouri EmigTant Association aud
when so deposited the Rmoun' necessary To make
the purchase of tho land for the purpose a.oGe-
SAID will be drawn EIOn the JOINT ORDER OF So
beski Brady and Ephraim Pollock, ESqrs. in
favor Of the receiver Of the land Office of the
District in which the land shall be located, 50
thatin noevent will the fund be mlsdrecIed
from the purchase of the Land.
S l. THOMSOr., Soc'y and 4 lei for me
Missouri EmigTdHt association"
Nhcolinr June % Is43.
ADDRESS TO TIIE PUBL C.
The propositions Of the Missouri EmiSrant
Association" are made 10 the industrious and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES others are desired and none
but such will be knowingly received. The de-
sign Is to interest all and benefit each, and no
lan can be presented which uni;es more pros.
pect of success and Lepefi:, with less chance of
loss, than the one proposed. IL y bas:d, as all
successful movements must be, upoh The enter
prize, industry ang prudent lal character Of those
who Join IN tic undertaking. Each man must
be the architect of his own fortune, ldbOrlng for
himself, and reapInS the rewards OF his own
Industry. There - no community of interest
after division ofthc lots takes place; there is
handling OF the funds 81 pr. fits by n select few,
or Others spec sally appointed, after that ume but
l each man Will pun sue his own interests and his
/ own happiness, as his best judgment shall die
tIte.
The benefits proposed 10 the cmigrant are TO
be found IN the rapidly increased value of he
property purchased and the improved comfort
of life by the instant combination of 50 mary
families upon ore adyanta geOUs point Of Iuca q N
The value OF Town lots increase IN direct pro-
portion TO the advantages of the location anC
this number, industry and prudence OF The mia b.
families will cost from S50 To 800, and IN city
of one thousand families, lots will cost from
$500 to $1,000 and here IS proposed TO create a
b city al once Of one thousand families, who're I've
large lois and a four acre out lot may be obtained
for one hundred dollars The increase Of value
must be rapid and by Ircper care and manug &C.
ment will Law the foundation for future lndepen
4deuce and Il may be, wea lth 10 each individual
The adjon ing lands ~ be IN the possession oi
the company who expect at once TO erect saw
mills, FIGURING Mills and other machinery tOI
. auulacuriRg purposes all conducive 20 the en-
plOymcnt and interests Of the industrious Emi
grant.
. The proposed lots will be owned in severalty
each one will be m Ister OF his own time, bis
labor, and his own interests, so thar there car
Ice no collision between the original proprietor
and the respective owEsrs Of the lots. Each on
, Is LETT To Use "a he NAV be industrious and pru
dent to fall should he be idle AMI uupi evident
2 Thus If YOU IuIn the Association, YOU ar
: promised nothing, unless YOU join as a citizen q
10 6ud "a new home and better field for your Iu
dustrv in the opening aud fertile WEST.
/ YOU remain behind yOu must stay In ObsCur
. Village with property at a low price add thea no
10 wortd buuug, or q you go into a town OF ou
q thousand families you must expect at once
& pay from SjuD To- $4,000 for small lots when vo
C obtain five lots and the out lot by aSsOciutiH
h TO create CIty az once.
Cltics the size Of which IL 10 proposed 10 con
| ncnce az once, have been from fifty to one huI
dred years Ne growth. Here az a moment, ",
have the schoo, houses, the market house yot
own church lots, the MILL the factory and all u
= advantages and COuyCuicnCCs OF the old sCtt,
and IoHg civilized portions Of the cauntry:-
Westward the star of empire takes IT'S way