Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-11-12
TO THOSE FHO WANT FARMS.
ALARM wITHINTHE REACH
OF EVERY MANI!


UHE RIDG WAY FARM COMPANY has
i made arrangements By which an Who desire
70 seltle or purchase home can do %.
The Farms consist Of the best limestone soil
Of the most superior quality for farming, N .
rapidly improving place, into which an eTten
ave emigration s nov pouring. The property
4 located In XIX County, Pennsylvania, In the
midst Of q thriving population Of some II, 900.
The climate Is perfectly healthy, and the ter
iDle plague Of the west fever Is unknown.
Il also has an abundance Of the best quality Of
Coal and Iron. The price 10 buy Is out b
from kS 10 $40 per acre, payable BY install
ments, 70 be located at the time Of purchas-
ing, or a share Of IS acres emitting 10 locate
the same for $500, payable Sc per month, or
l9lacres payable 81 per month. Discount for
every sum Of tlOOand under, paid in advance,
discount Of per centWill be allowed, and
for over tlO0a discount Of 10 per cent.
In considering the advantages Of emigrating
TO this locality the following are presented;
First-The sell Is q rich imestOne, capable Of
raising the heaviest crops, owing to which this
seLilsemenI has attained is present great pros
peIity.
Second-It Is the centre Of the great North
West Coal Basin, and is destined soon TO be
come one Of the greatest business places In the
State. 1t will supply the great Lake market,
according to population and travel the great
est in the Union) Il has FIVE workable vein.
J Of the best Bitnminous Coal, amountingin the
aggregate to over ~ feet, which makes q, ,OOC
, tons OF coal under each acre. This will MAKE
the land Of inestimabe value.
The eminent State geolOgist DR.. Chas. I
| L. n ng.f haa uaaAa vaOla0riaoI 10
vey OF the land, and analyzedthe coal, the irOI
{ ore and the limestone. This report togethe
with maps will be furnished toinquirers.
Fourth-Thfee railroads are laid out througl
I this property. The Sanbury and Erie Railroat
Z gives US a market for our coal 10 the lakes
runs from Erie to Philadelphia, A large par
! Of this road has been fuished, and Is now i
2 running order. A heavy force Is now Workin
y from Erie towards our land in the western d
|. rectiop, the means for the completion has bee
4 raised-it will soon be finished. The Alleghan
y Railroad connects us with New York, Bosto
is and Pittsburgh. The Venango Road connect
d US with the West.
There are already good Turnpike Roads rul
!, ming through this property, various other rohC
!. have been opened 10 accommodate the emigrt
+ ton and settlement which has already take
i place.
Ie There Is no opportunity equal to il now o
/ fered TO the man who Wants TO provide himse
ie a home In an easy way, and make settemeI
20 where he can live in prosperity and indepel
r. dence, in climate PERFECTLY HEALTHY
sr No case Of the fever ever having been know
to occur II this settlement. It's not like 6
ne ing TO the backwOods Of the West, among pc
y hans intoerant people, where there is no 5
20 clety, churches or schools, wherelhe price
nv land Il high, and where the emigrant, after b
OF ing used TO the hcalthiest climate in the wor
r. has to ecdure sickness and pain, and perha
ny ruin his health and that of his family. b
10 here 10 thrivingsettlement having three tow
,yv containing churches schools, hotels, stores, 81
nj mills, grist mills, and everything desired. The
no Is cash market at hand.-The lumber ira
last year amounted TO over two hundred MILL
en- feet OF lumber, In a short time, owing TO
On on coal, it will become still more valuable, o.
n ,as number Of iron works and manufactures v
ml soon be started; they are al present starti
M them extensively at Warren. Even for the
Of who do not wish to 60 there, the payments q
ILL such that they can easily buy farm to 50
'rs their rising families from want In the future,
ho to gain competence by the rise which '
IL take place In the value Of lands. BY an out
Of scarcely missed, o substantial provision can
Tho made
nd Persons should make early application, I
&C. ply or write to h. Jeflfies, Secretary, No.
h. Walnut st., below Fifth, Philadelphia. L
ON ON ters carefully answered giving full nfOrmati'
Shares or tracts of land can be bought
the secured by letter enclosing the first inst
ment OF 6ve dollars, when the subscriber '
be furnished with books, maps, &c. Warrant
Deeds given. Persons can also purchase ff'
~. our Agents.
:" Route from Philadelphia To Tyrone on |
Pennsylvania Central Railroad, and thence
Stage 10 the land. This Is a delighted seas
to visit st. Mary's-the best hotel accomu
datlons is afforded. Enquire for Z. O. Schul
Esq, the Agent for the property at 81. Mary
June Is, lS57.-Sm.