Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1856-07-30

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THE
ILLINOIS GILfRiL RAILROAD CO..
- NOW PREPARkD u SILL
OVER TWO MILLIONS OF ACRES
or
I ARMING LANDSl
In Tracts of40 Acres and upwards, on
long Credits and Low Rates Of Interest

These lands were grantee ~ the Government. to
al a. the oonstfuetea ofths Railroad. ana nee
state interspeTscd here and there vita gait
sfoss. 81 oaA and other umeI The Tosd ek.ssss
irom ch,e.so on ne $3.50 10 Caro-. On ,ss
noElh west extreme 81 the State and ell TIE land
lies within hftee uinilcs each side ~ this kosd,
ready aud cheap means afogdfd y a Tor usns
poiats fI0m thence Eastern srt Southefn nar-
bets. Moreover. the rsPsd ffowth q hoarishine
towns Villages aloar The iHe sd tie Frcat lf-
crease la population ~ immigration. etc. AFFORD e
substantial AGd glo~lRs Aome -aenaneiof isfM pre-
me coll j. dark rioh noals. from 0nr q Eve feet
10 depth. T. Eeniy rolling. and peculiarly tted Tar
grazing cattle and sheep, o. tie cultivation Of heat
Eeonomy in esltivsiine sad great prossefiversss
are TIC well knowa cesrsctefistscse 81 llaois lands
Trees are not required 20 ee cot aoN sianps gluo
cuifivatine new land ia the older states The ffs,
crop of indiar corn. planted on the newly aroAe a
sod usually repays the cost 81 Ae pto"tcE tno tea
chg.
Wheat sown on the newly turned sod = sure 10
pay very large profits. man with ptow snl I've
per day. Contracts can te made fof breaking fcsdy
for corn OF wheat, al ffon . 70 50 per acre. ~
lodlcio0s marsgenie = TIC tAne may g P.oNta aud
fenced the hTst. and undera high state Of eultsa-
CON. srsfn. cattle. etc viii Re arwsrled al rec.
sonabie rates 70 Chicago. for The Eastern market
and Cairo Cor the southern. The larger yseia on
/ the cheap lands % Illinois over The high priced
land tn tIe Eastern ard Middle states. u knoWr %
Pc much Than sun Gent pay lie difference al
ftfsrSp0itsiior 20 the Eestein Market.
4 Bituuinous cuel u mined a several points siors
fic road and u cheap and desirable fuel. n Csn
delivered 81 several Points sons the road II 81
10 f0 pei ton. OCt can d bed a TIC same rate:
per cord.
i Those who think of.cffiinF IN Iowa OF Nfnnrsofs
should bCarin uind. thai ends there. 81 sny NriHs
along the wtter courses and Tor many miles inland
have dis posed ofthas fof fho-e Located "a ts
interior. there convenience fer trsHsroftlu.
Tie produce 10 market Rsilroadsnot having been 81
trotuccd there. hat 10 send the produce % fies'
isnts. oTtwo hundred mi rs - WAGON "a marx II
would cost more than toe expense q Caitivstlni
them; aud hence eovcfnmentlanis thss situated. s'
~ IS per acre. ere not good investments ts IN,
lsrd 81 this company ~ thc prices tNed.
{ Tie same remarks bold good "a relation % ih'
lands in Kansas aud Nehraska. Tor although vacant
may f0uns the water the dir
tauCs 10 Hlarketfs Tar greater, aud every hundred
miles The produce Of those lands are carried eitle,
] ia wagons. Interrupted wa1er commune tlouF
increases the expenses % tra hiC must
be borne BY the scfficTsis the feaeced price 81 fei
products AID 10 that eAttnf precisely ere The ir-
from thcir farni~ aud o. tACiE inNesi
ment. annually reduced
The great fertility a. the lends now offered foT sale
by this company. and their consequent yield cKc;
those Eastern Middle tates- i much
than sufiC ient 20 pay the difference n The cost o
transportation. especially IN view - tho facilities
Furnished by thisrosl ard others with which ii
meets. .pe5atious ofwlien Ret sEttru fcl ts
the low water gfsnrlmfr ne frost ~ ~ inter.