, 1880-04-28
A FARM In ILLINOIS.
Why Go to Dakota, Kansas, or Texas
for a Home Which Can Be
Had as Cheap1y Here7
The Illinois Central Hallway Disposlng
Of lts Lands. Very CIlearly mud
Offering Great 1nancc4
mcnts 10 Settlers.


in the least degree the attractions which tho
now Statcs and Territories west Of The Mis-
souri, River seem to possess for The thousands
who arc seeking nGw llnmes In those 1ocalt-
ties. And yet It is strange TINT 81 many
people 1,eads OF families that nre
accustomed to the comforts md pleasures Of
ciyfltzatton-shnuld choose a home In tho
wilderness Of Dakota, Nebraska, or Kansas,
when now farms of better soft may he had In
m oltl.scttlcd Slate Mt no greater crst.
There Is In tho State OF Illinois to-day
nearly 800 900 acres Of tho best soil under tho
sun. within n few hours ride Of Chicago, st.
I.nuis, or Cincinnati, which nfford the best
pnsslhlu markets for It's products, which can
hH bought for settlement on tl,e most fasor;.-
cess Of the price paid for Tho best tands In the
.siulcs and Territory nu'ncd. If tho cost OF
transportation Of the settler and his family
to these remote regions By taken into COLI
si!ernllon. It T. doubtful If tho cost III any
Of the illinois Ccn.rsl Raiiroad Company
lying along that ConiMny's lily" III thu cei1trsil
Ga ep s3atsrn nat %f nerct o. as IT s5ex e eva
rates. This Rich domain which was granted
tho Illinois Central 1lailroad Company by tho
State to ai,l in tie construction Of us line,
%!sn nos IF" w tT2G1 n1 tftv 5toc as o bS
tile fn1nls NIL nbUut linyl bceil taken up, flll-
proved, and now constitute the garden Of the
State. The new policy nf the llllNoEs Central
management Is to hold these lafn!s no longer.
1leylng TINT tho permanent interests, of tho
railway will be bcst sHDsrryet BY inviting
the settlement 0f tic lRilds rather t,lan BY
holding them for fancy, prices.
the soil is particularly adaptcl), corn, ant!
other cereals 10 better lantl eau be found
anywhere. 1t Is cqunlly uncxcellpd for graz-
ing. Horses, cattIc, mules, sheep, and hogs
iilnoIs, ind tho cllmate Is s., Mill tIefe IS 10
require little or no stab|ing, and but little
feeding IN winter. 1t is anotller Garden Of
Eden 10 fur as the growth of fruit Is con-
cernet. Pcaci,es, pears, grapes. md bgrrics
Slipped to the Cities III lArge quantities, tho
RHflruud Company running express fruit
trains daily over the lIne during the season.
Unlike the bleak rrairies Ut tho far West,
hardwood for buiItllng purposes and for
roa,l's lands Is, found,, also, the great
coa1 vein which extends under n great
ps1t o{ ah. t Stae ;. Of dns et IT, s prso
count.
Il Is hardly, necessary, to inform the in,
tclslgent, reader that Illinois Is uotteH all
SsST sac Ylt e 'ls' " no and pdl ass an % I ae
iilinois Censrnl. The initls now offered for
snle by tho Company nro within q dozen
niles OF tho line, and s0Me Of 1t not n
stnnG's throw from It. It Is surrounded by
thrifty Villages and manufacturing towns,
which Etvu tile settler the inlnlrttiate nd
vantage Of schools. churches, good wagon.
routls. an MI tlle otllor advantages Of an old
country which tho pioneer Of tile plains ca1l-
not bring about him for years, nor without
| large taxation md cast.
In short, here tho settler can mnkc q homo
In the midst OF NIL tho advantages Of civilian.
| tLon at M greater cost than Ills pioneer OF
lions Of soil. climate, markets, etc., which
| tho Dakota farm ca,l mover have.
| Illinois Is to-tlny, tho third Stnte Of the
Union in p0putnslon and commercial lnl-
portance. Tlis Is a. fnct that the Intelligent
man wilt not lose sight Of in choosing: his
moral and intellectual, as well as financial,
| Will choose to rear his family IN the wilds Of
| Dak0tn IL the opportunity exists for him to
| settle III Illinois on rs favorable terms and to
equal prospective pccnninry advantage.
] Tint the advantage is III favor OF Mn min.
proved firm from tho Illinois Central lands,
comparison Of their advantages with those
| of tho fur West. The terms are 81 to IS
per acre ,-onc-Quarter cash, the BALANCE III
one, two. nnd three years.--and 1t Is sold In
parcels OF forty acres ard upwards. TIE
TRIBUNE believes 1t Is rendering service to
crow up WITH the country" when It advises
missioner OF tlo Illinois Centrai, to whol1,
wa ar9 indebted for tic abovo facts,. before
starting otlt on journey fraught with So
many dangers and hartlshtps.