Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-24
I,OOO,O 1000 Acres
RICH FARMING LANDS,
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES
MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.

MECHANICS. FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the prsug and industrious portion o.
the community directed to the following statements and Id
ersl inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, as they will perci7e will enable hem by proper ener
ancnt homes for themselves fSnies with, comparatively
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State in the Valley OF the Mississippi offers grest
nducent the settler the State OF Illinois There 70
portion where all othe conditions Of climate and
CoRH and WHEGT, as the Prairies Of Illinois,
RICH ROLLING PRAIEIE LANDS.
The deep r oa Of the Praires cultivated with such Won
deul facility that the farmers Of The Eastern and ts
moving Illinois great numbers Tie area Of Illinois
equal that Of England and the sol IL SO rich that
it Will support twenty millions oI people
Eastern and SOUTHERN MARKETS.
contiguous to railroad 7OO miles length
which connects with other roads, and Daygsbie lakes 9nd riv
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL,
Thus FAR capita and labor hsvs been applied to developing the
best where fuel cheapest will follow at an early
raj laws and necessities the warrant te belief that
least hundred thousand people will be engaged in as state
o. IliaCis the various rnanutacturng employment
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
~, stem Of illinois Insyuch as part Of the in
SeI ~ ,55ss gor:s yy5tb . yaInsbs ,ubIic fsod
in lands, 70 diminish the State Expenses, the TAXES As
EIGGT, AMI mus, cyn5eque ueatly every dag decrease
TIE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt is only saleJ3g u, AID within the "a
tsa has been reduced so and We nay reason
ably expect that years it will become extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State rapidly al=g up with PoPul9tio2i sose per
sons having added 1850, making the present PoPuls
ton L. iSJ-a ratio Ct lO2 per cent in 10 years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products Of inois are greater then those
any othr state The Products sert cut daring 'e sst
exceeded 5CCUOO The wheat OF lo6o approaches
35UOO ' hels while the corn crop yields not less than
''O''O 0OO '-'-' FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere the industrious IA rer secure such eoateFe re
posed o @ loan tie fertility Of Whichis unsurpassed
TO ACTUAL oULTIvAToRs.
STAGE 1884 the iotgraEy hags cog i,30o,0, Q gcres @
I@sySe4 only % Gc.3i aa esSy co es st C
tGis Ggyane1t 70 eur1te IheT03d hl 1e; c2Sy1.GI
sd through these LlnGs Of esPenSs NJ i0sOO OUO
N 81 iS2G ,ss SS 5 gs a 5,o q @ sss rIsS' 47925S
adUe JCs QGds, 77ukE !he tobots 0pItE Sl4sS3l-
EyIDEgCEsCF PROSPERITY
evidence of hs ii: @ the s2S9iee S e is51y s Sg s'e t
and $50 GJO barrels Hour were oE@2sd=a oYs; Is line L.
''Af EDUoATIgy.
slecbanics and orsinzraea w EuI lie free school system
o1-l v the EtaE= and lowed with large reVecUe fc'
ne support q ss o-s LasF ctnsI i I've ~ y, 81 iT
z.Iing s.4ts in he crest We,5srn Empire
| PRICES AND TERMS Or PATAENT.
The prices % these lands vary So 70 sj per acre. &C
oard.ug 70 caoa, quality, &C tirs. class far7nt lands
sell for a9oot sIJer ga per acre an Ie relative o
oIOI fa7rof tie former The of 5le foE the bali
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0SEYEaR's INTEREST II EDyANCG
six percent rer unua, and SIX Interest notes at SIX per cert
payable respectively c1s, two, res, our fve and sxyeaT
rom date IT fur principal payable In FOUR
ave six seven years from date Of sale, the contract stu
atng tnsh Of the tract purchased shall ne fenced an
cultivated f1- Eve years rom the CAKE
e thar a. CT five years onehsf should re fenced an
| rl5er CCi-lvG..-1.
! TWENTY PIE CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
the valuation for cash, except the sane ho11 he at H
d5llGrs per acre, Shen the CASH rice will be doarS
Pamphlets scrpve the lands, soil, climate productions
rice5 AID terms payment, be had ap caon to
! J. ". FOSTER. Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois
For the names OF the towns, Villages and Cities situated
tie Illinois Ceutr Railroad pages 49, s9, 1885, AT?l
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