The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-02-11
Real Gstate.
Valuable Property for Sale.

TTNIE undersigned offers Tor sale his Home Farm,
l. ssting of near 1000 acres besides other lands in
La Sale and Livingston county, H., which will sell
very low for cash. enable terms short or
long time, to men who will make homes the land
for themselves.
will sell any quantity from forty acres up all
have.
As to the quality nv there is not sim
gle OF land fit the plough whsle It,
nor is there single 81 upon which there is not or
more beautiful building spots in the shape of an eleya
ton from which almost every single foot of the oi
the eighty may be seen at glance.
The soil consists OF mixture composed of vegetable
matter decOmposed marine substances, always light
and from 20 10 30 inches in debt the highest parts
ofthe farm,
Its situation is in the midst of the great wheat
and cattle region OF Illinois, south Of the Illinois river,
inexhaustibie coal-felds. The portion
farm is within four miles of them.
RAILROADS.
1t is ofeasy 10 the Rock Island railroad and
the Chicago, Alton, and St. Louis railroad The Amer
lean Central railroad now being completed, which
has located depot within four miles of the nearest
portion OF the farm
The Peru and Fort Wayne r. r. will locate depot
within two and half miles the Tonica and Petersburg
road will locate depot within two and half miles;
the Gaena Branch of the n Central K Il is also with
in one-half days drive, and the Illinois and Michigan
Canal is reached at distance OF thirteen miles.
STATE AND COUNTY ROADS.
| The State Road leading from Danyle to Ottawa
| along sides of it. The county road leading from
Dwight, the Chicago and Alton Il. X. to the Vermu
lion coal fields, over which high seventy coal
teams in a single day haze been counted runs along
or "a az .I,a -, 80 - d. ~, 90 ,'s. ,rase
until r. Rrs Luilt along this same line it will be a
sure fortune to some e,.rrrjsur man 10 keen a uub
hose 70; the accommodation of The tra.el.
besuiifu elevation large enough for house, barn,
orchard lois, s., &c, is situated this road.
Other laid and travelled roads 90 wide are
pubic road ould touch lis Lind at one side mr. ano-
tIer and yet may sellS-4 Of section $50 acres
without any read going through It.
| MILLS
and 4 good water mn wthin si1. The latter las !,
MI ia connection r!th It.
APPEARAHCECR TINS FARM AND GENERAL As.
PEcr OF THE COUNTRY AROUND.
B.ias situated IN the high prairie my grounds and
buiidnEScan be seen rom any point OF tle compass
rom 10 thirty miles. ~ the beHCldsr stands in
| my froat yard aad taxes survey Of The horizon
ound lie viii look upon yne OF tic rlcst beautiful, love
y and even grad landscapes 10 be found upon the face
I the earth.
Tie sa.tudss ofthe yi,~ taking in more than n mil
lion acres composed mostly Of rolling pr.s- dotted 81
over with fern houses, plated groves, waving corn
and lowing her1- innurrrah- iu--sspelsrd here aad
there w long .ilcs Of timber d"r.ur jI tl- shade
which she clear vatc-a Of tie streams moving f..
silent beauty "'er TIE bright rrbbiy Id and 4uqt
daehiny i.s spray a'o j. aeegud- rugged rapid
is way to the l.2,s, all taken together, as Ike IA
found -oSnere else.
socEErf SETTLEMENT.
Mine was the ErsJ iaHrovemrH; aes-n upon :, hi-i
prairie year, since, With Only some i-l: dozen tru
e.. hundred 'ara house,, besides three OF -r Villages
nestl, in planted groves.
In our iu mediate vicinity we have good school -i;'
upwards % SKIN children vi age ." go - school
church, orrauiztd FIVE wears since t- Co.-t-
gatiolai r-;.iy. Eo2 numbering about sEty ue-H4.
and Aa,il regular lfc-.il- bl minister they LOWE.
!. PRESENT CONDITION OF TIE Farm.
u /, Is now divided inio @bout h'trea tetds, beside
small lots has $50 some I've fru-. ot Usage Or4l
hedge, 81 different aud degree OF i-f.--'sr som
tenant houses some Of them better tl-r
-, ro.t q, u. w.r- H-rlrr a and afI -a-.f.-.a b
-, ~ Ia,liug bgl.t4 year, AGO Of good material
: stories, rot large. barn JI.t ssJ year ~ t--
: square, 10 f-r posts, Il at.ss stable 5r sixty
" Two Gaadred apple trees Of al ayes. from those Sc
CUT las; spring ie t.g-e bearing iraii