Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-08
TO FARMERS. MECHANICS, MAN
-lFA C.rI ~ RS, AND LABOk ERS.

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| .JFACTU KS, AND LABOR ERS.
|fsNHE MISSOURI EMIGRANT ASSOCI-
/ ALTON" viii locate aud Law out Town in
\ the state of Missouri or adjoining Territory, tn
be Three Miles square, and laid ont into Lots of
SIX by twelve rods each, and lay out tNO streets
/ Crossing each other al rlSht angles ~ the CEN
maindcr Of the streets u he four RODS wide; and
all tbs ailCys two rods wide; the town being IN
\ four equal divisions or wards.
! The company engage To build enc school house
Of brick eighteen by forty feet; IS the centre of
each ward; also one Market House OF brick Two
hundred feet long by the usual width, TO he sit
mated IN the raost eligible part of the 5wn. The
company also engage 10 set aside sixty eight of
said Lots 81 by twelve rods each, for pubhs pur-
p-ses such as schools. churches, markets, dc.
these together with said buildings, 10 be do.
nation az publlJ properly.
The company will lay Ont four thoUsaBc acres
If land adjoining the square OF SAID town, INTO
lots u sixteen by forty rods containing four acres
cach-wI also bail saw and Touring mil, !
Iihe saw mill viii be built Immediately alter sand
location Is isadc and also make 1000 600 brick /
the saw mill 10 be keptln running ~ adN ancc, |
so as To have Brick an Lumber for the conve- |
n-cnce of pr :hasers who wish 10 buIid.
Tho company Tropose 10 .tSposc OF one thou |
sand parcels OF saIC Lots, and Land as follows !
viz: Five town lots, o. six by iwei7c rods each
! leqUaI 10 twenty lots ol ordinary s'Ie'l and one
of the aforesaid lots OF four acres, and provide at
the tWe hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
SAGE for each and every purchaser their f.mIi .es
household goods tools and provisions, su, s
thew choose TO take With them, not exceeding
1900 lbs 10 the sIid town, Or the nearest point
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hundred dollars TO be PAID as follows, VIZ: ten
dolls at the time OF purchase, hity dolls ON the
. first October neNt and the II naming forty dolls
on the l5th September, \ - loii, az which time,
or as soon as aavigatiDn will permit thereafter;
upon npIIce gwen N one or more newspapers
published IN Wheeling, PHlsbnrGh aud CINEMA
H. purchasers will collect with then famIlic-, dc
at points designated on the ono uYCr. make
/ their last nav .lent and dehlrk from the places
appointed No person viii bc allowed 10 make
a larger Investment than one hundred d,lla!s as
aforesaid, All purchas SEES " bu d. not remove 10,
and occupy th"ir lots aud iaRd as herein set
fOrth, or Do not procure others IN thelT Stead TO
\ removs and r. side up0n the sane within one
I year from tine al making The last payment $
/ aforesaid shall ioTieI, l. SAID company all mo-
mes previously paid by them, ahu the lots and
| the lands So purchased by them shall revert
again TO the company. Should such DISPOSE
/ ton or sales as aforesaid not De cohHletca hy
/ the first OF December next then and IN Suiu
/ event, the conn any vii o ,stpone the improve
mGnts, and execution 80 ne aforesaid Eattrrs 10
I be dCI by said company, until uine Gud season
] will permit. On arriving al the town, CIstIIbu-
] non of the aforesaid Lots aud Land VIII be made
by Lot each purchaser dreiciHg far himself aud
I To each will be gwen good wAUante. deed, for
] the lots and aad so pur .hased and distributed
10 him. In default OF purchasers making paw
ment ofthe firsi instalneui as oi'saId the ten
dolls first paid ID be forfeited to the company
Should n sufficient number of EmI2Tauts moi
be obtained, the money 10 be refunded TO the pur
For the entire secnrity ofthe purchasers, the
money shall be deposited IN the Merchants aud
/ Mechanics Bank At Wheeling, Va. t@ the credit
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when so deposited the amour necessary TO make
the purchase Of the land for the purpose atoIe-
SAID will be drawn ION The ron order OF So
favor of the receiver of the land Office of the
District in which the land shall be located, SO
that IN noeveut will the fund be mIsdIrected
from the purchase of the Land.
S l. THOMSON, Secy and Act for he
Missouri Emigrat ASSOcidLioH.'
" heCling, June %. l-i3.
ADDRESS TO FHE Publ &c.
The propositions Of the Museum EmIGrant
Association" are made 10 the industrious auC
|entrrDriZing-nOne others are desired and none
but such will be knowingly received. The de
sign Is TO interest all and benefit each, and No
, plan can be presented which untes more pros
poet Of success and Geneh:, wi,h less chance o
loss, than the one proposed. IL Is has;d' as al
successful movements must be, upoh HE enter
prize, industry AMI prudential character al those
who Join IN the undertaking. Each man mus
be the architect of his own fortune, laborIng tOr
himself, and r.7pIn2 the rewards OF his own
Industry. There IS no community Of interest
i aerthc division ofhc lots takes places there is no
handling o the funds - profits by select few,
or others spec ally oIntCd, after that umn, but
Own happiness, as his best Judgment shall die
tste.
be found in the rapidly increased value of .he
property purchased aud the improved comforts
Of life by the instant combination of 50 mary
families upon ore advantaeeuU point of location
The value Of Town lots increase in direct pro-
portion To the advantages Of the locauon and
tbs number, industry aud prudence ut the lnhdb-
families will cost from $50 To- 800, and IN CIiy
, Of one thousand families, lots wall cost iTOU
/. $500 TO 5000, and hcre Is proposed 10 crea'c
, city az once Of one thousand families, wh,Te iv,
large lots and four acre out lot may be obtained
: for one hundred dollars The increase OF vaiu,
, must be rauId and by urCpcT care and manage
meut will lay the foundation for future ndepen
dence, and u may be, wealth 20 each individual
The adjoining lands will be Iu the possession o
= the company who expect az once 80 erect saw
? mills, Floming Mills and other machinery fo
. manufacturing purposes an conducive Co the EN-
@ ploymout and interests Of the industrious Ehil
b grant
The proposed Tote will be owned IN severalty
each one will be ~ tstCT of his own time, his owl
Ibcuo collision between the original proprietor
| and thp rcspgl i've owners Of the lots. Each on
| rs lclt 90 r. 81 as ne may be industrious aud pru
dent or 90 fall should he be idle ami ImptOyIdeut
I Thus II YOU IoIu the Association yOu ar
[ promised nothing, unless Won join as citizen O
" find n new home and a better field for vlur BOZ
~ dustry in the opening and fertile WEST.
i. You remain behind yoJ must stay Iu an Ohscut
Village with properly at low price and then no
I. [ wrrfr buwug. or o. you gD into n town of on
. thousand families YOu must expect at once
%. nav from E-1g tO 5000 fUr small lots when y1
d can 1bIaI1 five lots aud the ont LOT by 1ssDriqtu
20 t0 create p 0ty 90 once.
Cites she size OF which it BE- proposed to- con
auCure atou.e, have been from fifty tu one hsI
IHrrd wears Iu growth. Hgrc az moment. ~.
Ihave the sthDJs houses, the market house, yuf
T own church lots, tho WiU the factory ard al 20
advantage and cuuvruIcnCCs ut the lli suffl,
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