Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-09-04
TO Ts,OsE WHO WANT FARMS

4 Farm lriiiA de reach Of 'refy -NIn.
THE RIDGWAY FARM COMP Any has made arrange
10y which all Who drsiEc To settle OF urehAst
home do 80
The Farm, consist # t bst limestone soil of tn" most
superior quality for farming in rapidly impro' ri.r"
into wlrh an extensive emigration i pouring The
property loeatcd in Elk County, Prnnsyivaun IA the
ni, Of thriy in. population 81 M 1890 The climate
perfectly healthy, and the tcrri''. plague ~ ne VT
fever unknown 1t also has abundance ct III" best
quality Of G. al and Iron Ihr Tr'cr :" buy u 1ut
slp Ter pas able by instamaut'- 10 t Fat'd
the s'nr f'r s" payable % PER m"nthor i-
acres payable - pr month discount for every 'um ."
IO0 md under, paid in adv discounto Of per cent
will D. allowed, and fr over on discount q" ~ per cent
In cnrsiLcrin. the advantage. Of cmi.ratinS To thi-
locality the following are presented:
Frst-The soii is a rich limestone. capable of rai-ing
the crop uWins t. which this settlement hAs
attained its present. great prosperity.
S.csnd-It is thc Of the great North West Coal
Basin destined To become one oi the r"ats
business places in the STAT; 1t will .urr'y the great ik
market t,ccarlu. 10 population AMI travel The -re'tst
in the UrionJ 1t has five workable s'ine 81 tue h',,
Huminous Coal. am"untn. IN The a:fr.atr I" over
feet which makes 1900 tons of coal un"r each acre
This will make the land Of iur,tnahle value
The eminent state groloei,t, Dr. Chas T. Jackson o.
Boston has made geolocuraI survey Of the land and
anay -cd the coal. the iron and the lin"stn MS
report together with MAPS will be- furnished to in rrs
Fourth-Thrrr railroads laid ont through tins pro
pcrty. The Sunbury trie Railroad gives u narhrt
for coal to the aaes-it from trie To fhad a.
large part th- road has been finished and i now IN
running order. heavy forc" i now working rom Ere
towards land in th" western direction the means r
the comVIrtion OF whir has been rais.dt VIII soon e
fnishri The Allegheny Valley Earad conn cts Us with
New York. Boston and iftt>hurs. The 'tnansp hoai
connects n with the West
There are already good Turnpike Roads running thro
this property various uth"r rOa have been "l"ne 10
accommodate the emigration and settlement which has
already taken place.
There is opI Iortunty equal tp il now offered to the
man who pTuyi,r himself hone ia an easy way
and make -etemcut where he live IN rr,:irrity
aud ind Jcudenoe in a climate rEEfEfTLh lEALIlih'
of the fever having been known u occur
in th, settlement. II j. not like going I" the hachwoois
,f the Wet. perhaps injurTant people where
there Is socrty rhurChes OF schools where the ft
# land l. high and WHERE the omi-rdnt ait"r being used
to the hcathcs; climate in the world has n endure s's
and pain. ami perhaps ruins his health ana ihat q"
bis family. But here j. n thriving settlement having
thr.. containing ehurrhes. sch o h' tis st'r'
mills, grit mills. and every thing DESIRED ihere Is
( a cash market Mt hand Th- lumlrr trade last year
In short time. owing the coal, 1t will t''n" sun
nor- VALUABLE. n numtir Of iron works hnd matul'e-
tories will b. started: they rt present. starting
them extensively at Warren. Even fr those VINO dc ht
wish there. tn. payments such that thel can
easily huy n farm their rising families from int
in th. future or tn gain competence by tn" rie which
take place in he value ot land- iy an outlay scarc-y
| missed. q substantial provision can t- made
Persons should make early apTiirat"n alVy or "ri'e
to T. Jr'ri-s Secretary. No. l;' Walnut street ti"N
Philadelphia Letters carefully answered giving
| full information.
shares tracts of land he bought or serurrd by
letter enclosing the first nStam' MT of five dollars wh"n
tn. suLscrhr will he furnished with books. maps Ar
warranec Deeds given. Persons eau also purchase from
! our agents.
Route fr, m Philadelphia to Tyrone the fcnnsylva
MIA nra Railroad, and th,nc. by stage TO the lan
Thi- j. delightful to writ St Mary III" st
hotel is afforded Empire for &c schultz,
Ed the Agent for the property at stNarys tan''h'