Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-17
TRAoTs OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES.


| MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the enter png and industrious psrtion
hs community ia directed to the following statements and Lib
| ersl Inducements offered them By the
| 1LLIEoIs CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which they will perceive, will enable them by proper snsr
1 perseverance and industry to provide cortSbls and
| speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS
Ne State the Valley Of the Mississippi ese1 SO great an
iHdzement 70 the settler as the State Of Illinois There
portion Of the world where al OIthe conditions climate ana
! ooRH and WHEAT, the Prairies Of Ilinsi5
RICH BOILING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich lean Of the prairi.s is with sueb
dsul facility that the farmers Of the Eastern Middle States
about equal to that Of England, coil so rich that
It viii support twenty millions Of people.
EA5TEES AND SOUTHERN HA3ERTs.
These lands se contiguous to raiIroad 7eO miles in length
which with other roads, ravigabs lakea and T
eS, thus sfordng unbroken communication Eish tie
and Southern markets.
APPLICATION OF oAPITAL
Thur far capita and labor been applied to developing
soil the great REQUIRES Of the Staten css and roR almost
beat where food and fuel are cheapest will follow at early
day in Illinois, and in the Of the nsxt years the
least ave hundred thousand people Will be engaged In tbs SAD
si Illinois in the vaTious manufacturing employment
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over 500 coo Of private capital have expended
the railroad system Of IlinoiI Inasmueh part Of the in
ooRs non ss,sLS q asss works Eth valuable PgbIiS qnd
LIGHT, and must consequently, every day dsSrssSs.
TIE sTATR DRRT.
r yss @ @ co. and Te nav tps
ably sxleSs tASt in ten years it viii become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
Ths State rapidly filing up with population o2s per
sons having 1885, making present popuIs-
ton l,79, 4ee-G ratio Of l02 per cent in 10 years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products Of Illinois greater than thoEs
Of any Sh State The Products Ssrt out during the past year
q bushels while the yields not les than
i1O'OO''~ O--~-' VKnTTLrTy NJ sorI
Nowhere can the industrious fsmsr secure such mnediatEs
Ius tO his labor Ss upon ess prairie coils they being com
BY any on the globs.
TO ACTUAL cULTIvAToRs
7y Su 6y 70 SG tS d sCsS coSe e eo
ains agreement eHLiUate 1LeroGd AGs ken consruoE
Il 1850, As DopaIati0n q oE5slias coSssiSs f1rOtSi
OAtc4 passes DGs og 3S5,9S ssnes toAisA, 479,29S
gGia Of I43 per cent.
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY
10000 tunS Of freight nc1GnS sGOo50 6uSiel .f grain
and barrels CT HeGr ware forwarded over the line last
EDUCATION.
Mechanics Snd worknguen will fnd the ss school system
the support Of schools live in tight Of TIE
church and EshOO houses and with the prosperity Ofhs
leading Stats IN the Great Western kmPire.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMEET.
Fhs prices Of these lands vary from Sc $5 per acre &C
s @ sou per acre and he relative e4Psns. q
subdunE prairie land compared With wood land is in ratio Of
70 III II iaVo OF ths ie TAs tSas Of sale Tor the 6nE
OF the lands viii b
OSE YaA2's INTEREST IN ADVANCE
XIX per Gnnum and int notes per cent
payable respectively in three four hve and years
nom dse Of Sss ard fsur notes fer principal payable in four
Ave- ak and from date Of szei the contract BIpu
sr that tenth Of the tract purchased shall be fenced and
cultivated each and for Ave years from the Of
Ie, that at the ED Ct ave ara fenced and
under cultivation
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
nom the valuation for cash. except the sane should be at ak
Pamphlets descriptive q Tie lsnda SOIL climate, productions,
Rricss and eTza5 Of payment had Gpp ation to
"a. FOSTER, Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
CAiGago, Illinois,
Tor n1ms5 the towns Villages aad 6es situated upon
the Illinois Central Railroad psges 1885, ls9 lG, Apple
toni Railway Guide.
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