Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-09-29
HAMMONTON LANDS.

NE w ENGLAND SETTLEMENT.
RARE OPPORTUNITY.-1OA ALL WANTING
FARMs-in healthy place, % miles from Phil
adelphia, on the Camden & Atlantic Railroad,
New Jersey. An old estate has recently been
opened for sale, and the first division OF 10,
600 acres divided up iuto farms Of 20 acres
and upwards The soil is of the best quality
for the production Of fruits, grains, &c. The
price is SIS to $40 per acre, payable in easy
quarter yearly instalments, within term Of
years, with interest. The terms are made easy
in order to insure the rapid Improvement Of
the land, by enabling every industrious man to
buy farm. 1t is now being extensively iul.
SrOved by good roads, and some Of the best
citizens from New England and the Middle
States are erecting large improvements. 1t is
q scene oil the greatest improvement out oil
Philadelphia. Seventy ~0ve houses have been
built in four months. Practical farmers aud
business men from the length and bredth Of
the Unon are settling there. 1t is an import
ant business place, on account OF its being in
the midst Of great market. Every article
raised upon this land finds an immediate sale.
Tht water ia excellent and no such thing as ie
ye' Is known.
The soil is sandy or clay loan with a clav
bottom and retentive of manures. It is free
of stones and easily worked. 1t abounds large.
ly ie tie phosphates, and such is its fertility
that from the crops produced both upon this
land and the large area adjoining under cult.
walton, il will be found not to be excelled any
where in the production Of crops most adapt
! ed to its market.
The reader may be well aware that the ear
lest and the best fruits and vegetables come
from New Jersey, which are annually export
| ed to the amount of millions Of dollars. The
land, besides being accessible in every way
for fertilizers, has an abundant supply Of the
best quality Of muck manure.
Lumber and building materials can be had
on the spot at a cheap price, frem the mills
Other mills are now being opened, and brick
yards being started on the ground. A person
can put I'D frame tenement for present con-
yenience for one hundred dollars. On account
of the extensive emigration, this is the best
course to pursue in order to get place to live
in at first. Carpenters aad builders are on hand
to put up houses on the best terms.
In settling here the emigrant has many ad-
vantages. He is within few hours ride Of
the great cities in the Middle States and New
England, he is near his own friends and asso-
ciates, be is in a settled country, where every
improvement and comfort Of civilization is at
hand, he is in healthy place, and is not sub.
iect to tbe certainty OF losing the greater part
Of his family and his own health by those ma
lgn0nt fevers whicn make the graves OF so
many millions of the young and hardy in far
off regions away from home and friends. Be.
sides he has mild climate and an open win.
ter.
There are three trains daily to Philadelphia,
and to all those who improve the railroad
company gives free ticket.
The reader will at once be struck with the
advantages here presented, and ask himself
why the property has uot been taken up be-
| fore. The reason is. it never was thrown in
the market; and unless these statements were
correct 20 one would be invited to examine
the land before purchasing. This all are ex
pected to do. They will see the land under
cultivation; they will meet persons, no doubt
from their own neighborhood; they will wit
ness the improvements, and can judge of the
character Of the population. Persons shoulJ
come prepared to purchase, as many are loca
ling, and locations are not held on refusal.
The Hammonton Farmer, monthly Litcra
ry and Agricultural sheet, containing full in
formation OF Hammonton, will be sent to eact
ibquirer, and can bo obtained at 25 cts pc
annum.
Title indisputable. Warrantee deeds giveI
clear of ali encumbrance, when purchase
money is paid. Route to the land:--Leav'
Vine Street wharf, Philadelphia, for Harmon
!. ton by ra ilroad at z 2, a. M, and 5 Ia p. N
when there inquire for Mr.. Byrnes. BOardin
conyeniences will be found. Letters and ap
plications can be addressed to S. B. Coughlir
,202 South FIFTH street below Walnut, Philads
Maps and Information choerfully furnished.