The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-07-07
Rcal Gstate.
Valuable Property for Sale.

YUyUE UNDERMINED offers for sale hi Home Farm,
sistjny of near 900 acres, besides other lands in
la Sale and Livingston county, H. which will sell
very low cash. reas onnble terms on snort or
long time, to men who will make homes on the land
for themselves. go
will sell in any quantity from forty acres up to all
have.
As to the quality of nv home farm there is not sim
gle acre OF land not fit for the plough the whsle oii
thero single 5" upon which there is not one or
more beautiful building spots in the shape OF an esya
ton rem which almost every single loot oil the rest q"
the eighty may be seen at a glance
The soil consists OF mixture composed Of vegetable
matter. d. composed marine substances, always igh.
and from ~ IS inches in debth the highest parts
OF the farm.
Its situation Is In the midst of the great wheat,
and cattle region Of Illinois, south of the Illinois river
on the gently undu'ang prairie, six miles east Of the
iuexhaustibe coafe!ds. The nearest portion Of the
farm is within four miles Of them.
RAILROADS.
It's ofeasy access 10 the Rock Island railroad and
the Chicago, Alton. and ~ Louis railroad The Amer
lean Central railroad is now being completed which
has located dopo. within four miles OF the nearest
portion of the farm.
The Peru and Fort Wayne r. r. will locate a depot
within and "a half miles; the Tonica and Petersburg
road will locate depot within two and half miles
the Galena Branch Of the ILL., Central r L. is also with
in one half days drive, and the Illinois and Michigan
Canal is reached distance OF thirteen miles
STATE AND COUNTY ROADS
The State Road leading from Danvlle to Ottawa runs
along two sides of it, The county road leading from
Dwight. on the Chicago and Alton r. K. to the verm
lion coal fields. which high seventy coal
teams in single day, have been counted, runs along
side Of the farm, aud the buin must increase
until L. T. is built along this line it viii be Il
sure fortune To eut"rprising man to keep public
house TO. the accommodation of the travel
beautiful elevation large enough for house, barn,
orchard lots. DC, &c, is situated this road.
Other laid out and travelled roads sc feet wild. are SO
located that III should sell emily 50 each man
public road would touch his nd AZ side
ther. and yet may s-ll34 of section $50
without any road going through H.
MILLS.
There two steam Touring mills within ten miles
and good water mill within six. The latter has q
ss mill ia connection with Il.
APPEARsNCEOF THE FARM AMI GENERAL AS
Pee OF THE CoINTEi AROUND.
Being situated on the high prairie my grounds AID
buildings can b. seen rom any poin, % the comp
from thirty I-iles. tn b-Ioiier stands III
my front yard and takes survey OF the Lorizo. ar
ound he will look upon yue OF tic bautifu love
y ard even grand landscapes 10 be found upon the
Of the earth.
The vss,ndss o'the view taking n more tlaa q mil.
lion composed mostly of rolling prairie Gotte.! Al
with furm houses, plated groves waving corn.
and lowing herd- inLGmeTabl= in,.-.r-I here and
there viii, long ne- OF timber d~sri!us
WHICH The Of Tie strra:.i, now moving Ia
.iI~ns beauty over the bright pebb'y bad aud anon
daehing spray alofi i. degen- some rugged rapid
On it. way 10 the Illinois, al. taken ggether, ITS Ike
found nowhere else.
soCIETi SETTLEMENT
Nine was tie first Improvement begun upon ths li-'
prairie ten year. since. with only half dozen fri
houses visible in tie distance Sow perhaps more tina
five hundred farm houses, besides three Villages
nestle in planted groves.
In immediate vicinity have good school viii
upwards o. sixty children Ct age &" school. d
church, organized i've since tie Cougre
r>rionhl poiiry, now numbering about member.
and hayif regular preaching by minister they love
PRESENT CONDITION or TIE FARM
!, = nov divided into about fifteen heds, beside
small lots: Ia. 4 some fy- ut-s of O.as- Oraur
hedge, "f different ard degree % perrcnes. .pt
eight tenant houses some 80 them better thar
Ny dwelling. bgttI ~ years ago Of gDod Insr-ri.
two s;oTir=. not large barn built lat year - Zee
square 70 Zee, posts, nd Other stable room Tor Sky