Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-28
TO FARMERS, MECHANICS, MAN,
tFACrI RERS. AND LABOR ERS.

: tFACrI RERS. AND LABOR ERS.
. HE MI SSOURI EMIGRANT ASSOCf-
ALTON will locate aud Law out a Town M
,he state Of Missouri or adjoining Territory tu
oe Three Ndes square, and laid out into Lois OF
sly by twelve rods each, aud lay out two streets
crossing each other at riIht angles 10 the cen
& ire Oi saa town, be SIX rods u wldth-tlie re-
HalnGCT 81 the streets l. be four rods wide; aud
all the alleys two rods wide; the tow, being in
/ tour equal divisions or wards.
/ The company engage 10 build enc school house
/ oil brick eighteen By forty feet; IN the centre of
each ward; also one Market House OF brick two
hundred feet long bv the usual width, TO be sit
uatcd IN the raOst eligible part of the town. The
, company also engage 10 set aside sixty eight of
said Lots SIX by twelve rods each for public pur
! passes, such school Is. churches markets, dc.
l these together with said buildings, TO be a do.
nation a pubhL properly.
/ The company will lay ont four thousand acres
/ If land adjoining the square OF said town, into
lots of sixteen by forty rods containing four acres
elch-wIl also bJIld saw and Touring mill,
;he saw mill Will be built Immediately after said
location is rsadC, and also make 600 900 bricks
| the saw mill 10 be keptin running is adv uce.
10 have BrlcS an Lumber for the conve-
nIence Of pr :haseTs who wish TO build.
The COmpuny propose 10 dispose Of one thou
sand parcels of saIt Lots, aaG Land Us follows
viz: Five town lots, o. six by twelve rods each,
Isqual to twenty lots Of ordinary slZe,l OHd one
of the aforesaid lots VI four acres aud provide at
the tITe hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
sage for each aud every puTch aser their families,
household goods tools and provisions Tsurh n
they choose TO take with them, not exceeding
500 lbsi To the SAID town, Or the nearest point
~
hundred dollars TO be paid as follows, viz: tea
dolls al tue time OF purchase; fifty dolls on the
first October next and the aiming forty dolls
on the ! 9Th SepteNGer, A ID lS4I, al which time,
saOn alvlgauOn Will permit thereafter;
upon nOuce gwen N one or more sDuBeTs
published in Wheeling, PITTSBURGH and Cincnna-
H. purchasers will collect with their families DC
psints designated on the ono river. maxi /
their last payment aud debaIk from the places
appointed. No person will DC allowed to make
larger investment than one hundred d,ars as
aforesaid All purchases who dc not remove to,
and occupy their lots aud and as herein set
forth or do not procure others IN their stead 10
remove aud reside upon the same within one
year from time Of making the last payment as
aforesaid sha II forfei, u SAID company all mo-
mes previously paid by them, aud the lots and
the lands 50 purch ased by them shall revert
again 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 conn any will postpone the improve
ments, and execution Ot the aforesaid matters 10
be dOI e by said company, until tim e end season
will permit. On arriving at the town, a distribu-
ton of the aforesaid Lots and Land will be made
by Lot, each purchaser dreIDiHg for himself aud
to each Will be given a good warTantes deed, for
the lots and iand 50 pur -hascd and distributed
10 him. In default OF purchasers making pay
mcnt of the trst INST luent as a;oirsaid the ten
dolls first paid TO be forfeited To the company.
Should n sufficient number of EmigTants not
be obtained, the money ~ be refunded TO the pur
chaseTs.
For the en- ire security Of the purchasers the
money shall he deposited IN the Merchants aud
Mechanics Bank al Vince ling Va. 10 the credit
OF the missouri tnl1rdul ASSOCIATION, aud
when so deposited the amount necessary TO make
the purchase of the land for the purpose a'oIe-'
saIo will be draw cpon the IOlL order of So
bieski Brady and Ephralm Pollock. Esqrs. in
favor Of the receiver Of the land office Of the
District in which the land shall be located, so
thatin no event Will the fund DC mIsdirectcd
from the purchase of the Land.
) l. THOMSOF, Sec'y aud let for he
Missouri Ernigrdnt Association"
Wheeling, June %. 1913.
ADDRESS TO FIFE Publ &C.
The propositions Of the Missouri Emigrant
Association" are made to the industrious and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES others are desired and none
but such will be know lngly received. ] h0 de-
sign ~ To interest all and benefit cach, and no
plan can be presented which unites more pros
pect Of success and Lepefi:, with less chance of
loss, than the one proposed. Ii l. has. d, as all
successful movements must he, upOn the enter
prize, industry ana prude initial character Of those
who Join IN the undertaking. Each man must
be The architect of his own fortune, ldboTIng for
himself and reaplng the rewards OF his own
industry. There IS no community Of interest
after the division ofthe lots takes place; there is
handling of the funds o. profits by n select few,
or others specially appointed, after that time, but
. each man viii pursue his own interests and his
own happiness, as his best Judgment shall dc
The benefits proposed to the emigrant are to
be found IN the rapidly increased value of .Et
property purchased and the improved comfort:
Of life by the instant combination OF 50 mary
families upon ore advantageous point ui iOca O n
The value OF Town lots increase IN direct pro-
portion 10 the advantages OF the location anC
tbs number, industry aud prudence of the Inha b.
itants lot in any village of fOIty or fifty
families will cost FROM $50 To 500, and IN civ
Of one thousand families, lots will cost from
$500 to $500, and here Is proposed TO create q
city at once Of one thousand families, whore Eve
large lOrs and four acre ont lot may be obtained
for one hundred dollars The increase of value
must be raUId and by ITCpeT care and &C.
ment will lay the foundation for future ndepen,
dence, and il may be. wealth to each individual
The adjoining lands " Iii be IN the possession OF
the company who expect a. once TO erect saw
mills. FiOWIug Mills and other machinery Ion
manufacturing purposes all conducive TO the en-
plOymcut and interests of the industrious Eml
grant.
The proposed lots will be owned in severalty
each one will be ma istCr OF his own time, his owl
labor and his own mt rests, so that there car
bc no collision between the original proprietor
and the respective owners Of the lots. Each on,
il left 10 rsc "a he NAV be industrious and pru
dent or 10 fall should he be idle anu Impi oyIdenI
Thus IT you iOIu the Association YOU ar
promised nothing, unless YOU JOIN as a citizen q
find new home and a better field for your IN
dustrY on the opening aud fertile WEST.
village with property at low price und thea no
70 worth buVug, or If you 80 into a town Of on
2 thousand families YOU must expect az once
{ pay from $50 t0 $1,000 for small lots when 20
can obtain five lots and the out lot by GsSOctatiU
h 10 create city az once.
Cities, the size Of which % is proposed TO con
gencc at once, have been from fifty 90 one hut
drcd years Do growth. Here az a moment, 70
have the schOo, houses, the market house, you
own church lots, the Wlil the factory and all %
\ advantages and ConveulCncCs ut the cid sUttlC
and long civilized portions OF the country
Westward the star oicmplretakes its way"