Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-08-09
200 Acres in Farms Of 4o go 2o eo Acres and upwards
in ILLINOIS, the Garden State Of America.
CULTIVATION or CoTTov.

Tie e1perf1seHEs n Cotton c1.Eeitrs arc of
gerF grsGt 1roHsise C5nmenc4a1 N latitude
% deg. 30 H7fz. (sse 4iItfo0a 01 he Branch,
and Asslfa Dti0sa on tas Ahafn Ltael, Eh0 Com
pdRgOloHs thousands faeres arslf gdgpfedt %
The perfection Of thts fine. 4 s6ttisr hdring
a family Of young chtIdTen, can -trrR thetr
youth fEL labor 10 a n7Ost prQftaJis Gcc0EztfH
he grotetb Gsd perfection of shfs plant.
TIE 0tg0ro1s e1sFti0HS HOt1 making % 90
taln q s1Pply 9f rsiialte sesa ststted % she
reQuire1lsHts cf ths soil Of Ilta0tS, 1efl, it q
hoped, spsedtly gfrs a sufficient amount %
plant a great breadth Of kaEd.
MINING AND SLANUFACTUREs
The great resources of The STATE, In Cual, Iron,
Lead, Zinc, Poitsr's Clay, Limestone, Sandstone,
&C., &C., are almost unto1ched; they sEait the
arrival Of euterFrising and energetic men aecua-
toned to eonVert them into gold.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Railroads intersect the whole State. s1i5,.
COO, COO have been Invested 70 compieting the
great network that links every part Of The siaie
into immediate connection with The surrounding
States and the dirsstes thoroughfares Of com
neros.
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
TrEFerses the whole length Of the stafs, frol
the banks Of the Mississippi and Lake Michlga1
70 the Ohio. As It's name Imports, The Railrcdd
runs through the centre Of the State, a1d On el-
ther side Of the road along its whole length ns
che lands offered for sale.
TO ACTUAL sETTLERsa
From the unprecedented advantages this Com
pany oilers, It is not surprising that Z should
have already disposed Of 800, 900 acres Of land.
Il ls now selling al the rate Of 200 acres per
week. The population along the line has t-ebled
In ten years, and Is now Sl4, 59L. Ths Company
sen 20 actual eultiTators, and sFery contract con
tains an agreement 70 cultivate.
CITIES, TOWNS, MARKETS, DEPOTa.
There are Efaety.EiEht Depots On the Compa-
ny's Railroad, giving about one every seven
miles. Cities, Towns and Villages are situated
at convenient distances throughout the whole
route, where every desirable commodity may Be
found as readily as IN the oldsst cities of the
Union, and where buyers are % be net for al
kinds Of farm produce.
EDUCATION
kIsenan.cs and working men win and the ffes-
school system encouraged By the State, and en-
dowed with large revenue for the support ofthe
schools. Children can I've II sight of the school
the college the church, and grow up With the
prosperity Of the leading STATE b he Grest Wss-
tern Empire.
No one who has visited this splendid region of
country can doubt that Il squalls the most fsvor-
ed descriptions that have sFef been given of L;
but lei any careful observer visit Il, and be VII
inform you that the hat Eas not been told ofthe
advantages L offers FOR immediate oecupetun
and immediate returna The farmerscf the East-
ern and Middle States and Canada, are moving
to Illinois In great numbers and L e believed,
that II these surprising advantages we're made
known 70 the farmers, mechanics. manufacturers
and working populaiiou q oFef crowded Europa.
they would promptly s7hn insEsslTel ei ~
knowledge.