The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-01-21
Real estate.
Valuable Propertv for Sale.

YINHE undersigned offers for sale his Home Farm con-
sisting of near 1900 acres besides other lands in
LA Sale and Livingston county, H.. which will sell
ve'y low Tor cash. enable terms on short or
for themselves
will sell in quantity forty acres up to all
have.
As to the quality of home farm there is not sin.
gle acre OF land not fit for the plough of IT.
is thero a single upon which there is not one or
more beautiful building in the shape Of eleva-
ton from which almost single foot of the
the eighty may be seen at glance.
The soil consists "A mixture composed of vegetable
matter. drcomposed marine substances always light .
and from 20 to 80 inches in debh the highest parts
of the farm,
SITUATION
Its situation is in the midst of the great corn wheat
and cattle region OF Illinois, south OF the Illinois river
the gently undulatng prairie, six miles of the
nexhaustibe coal fields The nearest portion of the
farm is within four miles of them.
RAILROADS.
1t is ofeasy access the Rock Island railroad and
the Chicago Alton and st. Louis railroad The Amer
lean Central railroad is now being completed which
has located depot within four miles of the
portion Of the farm.
The Peru and Fort Wayne X. r. will locate a depot
within two and half miles; the Tonica and Petersburg
road will locate depot within two and half miles
the Gaiena Branch of the ILL., Central r. also with
in 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 Danville Ottawa runs
along two sides of it. The county road leading from
Dwight, on the Chicago and Alton L. r. to the vermi
/ lion coal fields, which high seventy coal
in a single day, have been counted, runs along
side of the farm, and the busin
until X. X. is built along this line be a
fortune to some entsrprising man TO keep public
hosse TO-. the accommodation of the travel.
beautiful elevation large enough for house, barn,
. orchard lots dc, &c, is situated an this road
Other laid travelled &c feet wide are so
located that If l should sell emily 50 man
public road would touch his lind side mr. ano-
ther, and yet may sell 34 OF "A section or 4oO acres
without any road going through it,
MILLS.
There are two steam Touring mills within ten miles
and good water mill within six. The latter has A
saw mil ia connection with it,
APPEARANCE OF THE FARM AND GENERAL AS
PECr OF THE COUNTRY AROUND.
Being situated on the high prairie my grounds and
buildings can be seen from point of the comp ass
from ten to thirty miles AS the beholder stands in
my front yard and takes survey of the horizo.
ound he will look upon of tho beautiful love-
y and even grand landscapes to be found upon the
. Of the earth.
The yastndss Of the view taking in than a mil
lion acres compysed mostly Of rolling prairie dotted all
over with fErIn houses, plated groves waving corn,
and lowing herds inEum-rahle intersPeis ed here
there with long lines of timber deaTling shade
which the clear waters of the streams moving in
slient boauty over the bright prbbiy bad and
daehing its spray alo IL decend ragged rapid
its to the Illinois, all taken together, like is
found 4owbere else
SOCIETf SETTLEMENT.
Mine the first Improvement begun upor, the high
prairie ten since. with only half dozen
houses visible in the distance Now perhaps more thar
fv. hundred farm houses besides three four villages
nestle in planted groves.
In Immediate vicinity re have good school with
upwards Of sixty children Of age TO to school; a
church, organized y. years since Of the Conpr--
gstionai pOiity. now numbering about sixty members
and having regular preaching by minister they love
PRESENT CONDITION OF TIE FARM
1t IS now divided into about fifteen fields, besides
small lots: has also some five miles of Osag- Oraug.
hedge, Of different and degree Of perf-ctnes some
six eight tenant houses, of them better than
most OF US were borni n, and all comfortable.
Ny dwelling, builtI years ago. OF good material,
tv" stories not large barn bail: las year ~
square Is feet posts, nd other stable for sixty
horses and cattle
Two hundred apple Of all ages from those Sc:
cut las; spring to those bearing fruit.
About 500 acres in cultivation and tame gras.
Besides otner lands in this and Livingston county.
would cal particular attention to the following
- acres timber land six miles below Ottawa in the
town Of Deer Park, which viii sell in lots 20 suit pur
chasers.
which good farm Of iz0 might be made This,
too, viii sell altogether in lots those who wish TO
buy. This lot has nearly complete good fence around
Il, about 100 of timber and brush and the coal
opened "a two or three places within py rods Of
tie county road leading from New Michigan 20 Ottawa,
and corners within leo rods Of good gTst and
mill.
100 acres, upon which is located the depot q the
American Central r. r., sixteen miles east Of IL June
ti"n with the c. K L 100 acres Of this land 4. land
OF INTO village lots, and portion OF them sold This
village i located in Livingston CO. half way b.iween
the i c. x. X. an tie e, \. NJ H.. in the rni,t
OF a f rifle and we'll settled REGION Of country.
loo acre, within and quarter miles % another
depot, the \ C. L. Il. within six miles Of Two
stations thu c, a. 4 NJ K Z.
For further information. apply on the premises to the
undersigned, o :. W CHEEyEE,1
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Ottawa. on the r. I. Z. Il, and Pontiac, on the c. A.
VI. K. 4, will De the convenient places to stop
for those wishing to examine the land.
Bruce, July ., 1883. WILLIAM sTRAwN.