The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-02-05
Faels for Emlgran.s 20 Kan.as

2. 1t is fourteen times as large as Massa
chuseiis. 9 H'' t 52 ~
8. ~ is as large as Maine. Vermont. New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland and South
Carolina combined. ''' ... ' N 2 f'
4. The land at present open to pre- emp.
lion is large enough TO accommodate seventy
| five thousand families, or half a million Of
individuals, exclusive Of the population o.
cities, towns and villages. 'a'1 ''
s. When Kansas is as densely populated
tas England, itwiIl contuin population o.
thirty eight million one hundred and twelve
thousand nine hundred and thirty six souls.
| 6. Kansas Is the Garden Of the United
States.
7. It's climate is genial and healthy, and
its soil is of unsurpassed fertility. 7@jf''8
8. 1t has wood enough for all practical
purposes. ''' '''4 -
9. Coal banks have been discovered in
several districts Of the territory. ,'.
10. 1t is iAtersected in every direction by
running streams; pure water is found, at a
moderate depth, in every district Of the ter
ritory.
+ II. There ore innumerable salt springs o
few miles westward of Fort Reilly.
IL. The land win be sold 10 actual settlers
at ono dollar and a quarter per acre. y
i3. Every man has the power, il not the
legal right, to sell bis claim before he pays
for it; and il he locates it judiciously, he will
find no difficulty in disposing o: it. A great
deal Of money has been made in this way BY
young men Of limited means, who have the
courage 30 rough it," and the industry to
improve their Claims. $50 .t...
4 Ia. Every male adalt or widow is entitled
under the laws. Of Congress, to pre.empt one
hundred aad sixty acres; and they arc moi
required to pay for it until the day of the
public land sale. -. -.
l5. Land warrants-those issued in 1856
excepted-will be taken in payment of pre-.
.emption claims. .., ......
l6. Those men who cannot raise two hun
dred dollars when. their land falls due, will
find no difficulty in borrowing it, or in mort
gusing their farms. .,
II. All the Indian tribes aye friendly t
| the free State neR. ...-,.
p lS. There are at present, at the loves
calculation, six Free State men in KansG
for every friend of Southern institutions.
2 10. From present indications, in conse
quence Of the large Northern emigralio
that will flow into Kansas next spring, ther
is no doubt that before next autumn, ther
will be twenty to one in favor of it's comm
-" into the Union as free State. ..,.......
90. Stone masons, carpenters, plasterer
: blacksmiths, wagon makers, gun smith
cabinet makers, teamsters, brick maker
brick layers, shoe makers, tailors, peddler
> painters, men willing to work at any manu'
labor. may emigrate to the territory as 500
as navigation opens, and will find little diff
Guilty in procuring steady work at remuner,
> tive wages. ..,......-..-.. ..-.....g \
81. Physicians, lawyers, clergymen, re-
estate brokers, and the like, had better ST.
Z" at home; for the territory is. already boun,
: fully supplied With them. ~. a
II %. For the services Of respectable your
: women as teachers, seamsresses and dome
= TIC helps, there is a great aemand in eve
y new country. and especially SO in Kansas
- %. While Kansas is the country for a
% poor, man, it holds out advantages equal
encouraging for the ;map Of limited forum
! While the man withou, dollar can find 7
- muneratiye work, the small capitalist
Il store keeper will increase his fortune mo
, rapidly than in any other territory Of Il
- United States. aesasr ,s =. .abses. sra4
'a] .24.aHe can DO it by bpyipg TRUST Ian,
- towns, lots, claims, or by loaning money
sc- good security, at very heavy rate Of j
i terest. ..selss7va saaoer,5 gs.- ID, gsI y
no 25. He CAP do il more rapidly still by
tablishipg work shops or stores; by buildi
n, and renting out houses; by keeping q no
-, or erecting a say wmilI There are openin
aj enough kF all these enterprises-and eve
I'll variety of tAeGa--in every town and cour
of Kansas. ir az sflg.ssssgb FjasYgp
bo v26! -Claims can be purchased around
the inland towns in Kansas. The price
!, pends very much on the circumstances
i. the settler, the shrewdness o. the buyer,
a, character of. the soil and the location. of
y claim. uAaaeas 5il 79l 5ss5s 10 gsaa
,r .asy, A log hut can be built on q claim
ho 6iy TO one hundred dollars. .sssaazae
aa2s.sA tent, costing from Ss to s 10, pre-
ded the se,tler or his family lives in /
so, which is no great inconvenience inthe 81
ma inef time-is sufficient to entitle him to h
one hundred and sixty dcres aSg RI y
Zee %. The price OF horses, cows and 3o
ing cutie in Kansas, and ia the adioin
he counties'of Missouri, Il cheaper than III
y Middle apd New England Suites. 'sli
1ou so. Fencing with rails cost about 90 &c
iat per rod; with stone about 81; picket fer
II 40 cents. sea-" 4. t'3t pS'10 'ip'' y
a 81. The price Of breaking prairie Ian
ne, about $s per acre. ',aA q ! Il
IN. I 80. One team will break from twoto
gu, and 4 half acres Pei daY. The cattle req,
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