Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-01-07
HARM LAMBS FOR sALE.-THE- ILL
q NOIs CENTRAL R. L. COMPANY is now pre-
pared to sell about
EWO Millions Of Acres
E.G3saIEEK.RsG. Il "a Ne ID 8.

n e.H 10 efHE ESV CT on siN az ASs
In tracts of DO Acres and upward, long Credits, and
at Low Rates of Interest
These lands were grantedby the Governments aid in
the construction of this Railroad, and among the
richest and most fertile in the State They extend with
the Road from Chicago the North East to Cairo on
the South and from thence to ena Dinei;h ia the
extreme Northwestern part Of the State dos these
lands lie Immediately and within six miles the
Road, and none than fifteen miles distant from
il; hence, ready and cheap facilities furnished
transporting their products any the Eastern or South
markets. The great increase OF population by mmi
grafton &c, and the consequent growth Of flourish
ipg towns and villages the line Of the Road, and
thrC ughout the State furnishes substantial and growing
home demand for every kind OF farm and garden produce.
In the Northern and Central parts Of the State prairie
lands predom ate nterspersed with magnificent groves
of oak and other tmber in the Southern the timber is
more abundant, and exceedingly valuable. rrI
The sol is dark, rich mould, 1nm to five feet in
depth, is gently roing ana peculiarly fitted for grazing
cattle and sheep, or the cuVaii Of wheat Indian corn
tee. The air is pure and bracins, the climate more
healthy, mild aud equable than that any other part
OF the Union; while living streams and springs of excel
lent water abound
Economy in cutyatng, and great produc:iveness are
the well known characteristics Of Illinois land Trees are
not required to be cut down, stumps grubbed
picked of, is gen rally the in cultivGtng
land in the older States The FIRST crop Of Indian
planted tie newly broken Sod usually repays the
Ct poTing and encing.
Wheat soWn the newly turned sod is sure to yield
very large profits. man with pillow and two yoke of
oxen, will break and half acres per day.
Contracts be made for breaking ready for corn or
agement, the land may be plowed and fenced the arst,
and under high state of cuiUdtin the second year
Corn grain, CATTLE etc win be forwarded at
BILE rates to Chicgo for theEasern, aud tn Cairo FIR the
Southern market
Blluminous Ccal is exter sively mined alo the Road
and supplies cheap and desirable fuels bsng furnished
at many points at so to 100 per ton, Wood can be
had at the same rate pr cord Extensive QUERIES have
been owned in the Sou Aern part of the State the
fine of this Road Of Building Stone Of excellent dll
ity-such white and blue Limestone and white and
red SaudstOne-which be had for little more thsn
the expense Of transportation
The gOUeTnment lands, in the Land States. hGulYg
generally been withdrawn from aadrtet emtgraRts
fro1n de EG.tsn STATES and EurO'e,can be
dated by this company tclfh UGtuabe farms, The old
prices and terms uhich, IN all p10Ja6itg will double
in value with tw lve months
When those lands restored market pc so Is who
think Of settling them, MINES ot2, should bear in
mind hat the lands If ths Company at the prices for
other Stats or Territories remote from mark t. at
government prices for the that tie expens OF
Transporting the products Of the latter to market III a.
ways be heavy dTawpaCk them, and after a few
years cultivation they quire nanuring which is not the
will Illinois lands
The remarks hold good in relation to the lands in
the territories Of Kanzas and Nebraska for hough va
cant lands may be found the Courses he dis
tante to market is far greater and every hu dred miles
the products of those lands carried sht ia wagons or
transportation which must be borne by the settlers in he
retuced price of their products and to that extent pre-
annually and every year reduced
The great fertility Of the lands offered for sale by
this Company and their consequent yield over those Of the
Eastern and Middle States, is much Than sui lent
to pay the difference in the of transportation
especially in view Of the facilities furnished by this Road
and others with which it connects, the operations of
whchare not interrupted by the low oil summer or
the frost of winter. u TEHE9