Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-11-03
An Interesting Advertisement

The Pittsburg Gazette of last Monday
re produced from its old files, the adver-
tisement offering for sale the lands Of
the Economics in Harmony and vicinity
some 5000 acres "on which are there
villages, in the tenure of George Rapp
and associates" The descriptive part of
the advertisement reads as follows:
HARMONY,
Is situated on either bank of the Coinage
Messing, Butler county. twenty-five miles
west of north from Plttsburg, and eleven
miles from the Ohio river, and contains
about 130 buildings and lots of ground, a
number of which are brick, some frame
and the rest log. The principal buildings
are the tavern house stone and brick'54 by
80 feet containing II convenient apartments
with kitchen cellar, garden, and good sta
bHng-a store house of brick, 42 by 80 feet
with an srched cellar-a brick house for
spinning and weaving, 90 by 10 feet. with
a cellar under the whole-a brick house op-
posite the tavern "A by 33 feet with an
arched cellar-a brick house on the adjoin-
ing lot, 45 by 80 feet, with a cellar-a brick
house opposite the store, A by 30 feet, a
cellar under the whole-a brick house for
carding and spinning, 30 by 40 feet, with
cellar-a large commodious brick house for
shearing and finishing cloth-a brick house
calculated in best manner for dyeing-two
brick houses 40 by 80 feet each-a dwelling
house brick and frame, 80 by 80 feet-a
dwelling house brick and frame, 90 by 80
feet-a brick Church, 70 by 45. Besides
several other brick and frame dwelling
houses. there are a number of buildings tor
different uses. Ja
A frame granery, so by 40 feet, with four
floors and machinery, well adapted TO the
design of the building.
Two distilleries, one brick, the other
stone, each calculated to distill, by steam,
IS bushels grain per day.
Two griSt mills, one first rate, on Big
Connoquenessing, with one set of burrs,
the other pair of common stones-a full
ing mill, and convenient rooms for two
sets of wool-carding machines attached to
it, The other grist mill is situated on
run, with two pairs of common stones-an
oil mill on the little Connoquenessing, to-
gether with a fulling and hemp mill, and
one set of cotton carding machines-two
saw mills-a large convenient tan yard
with suitable improvements brtck yard
potash factory-rOpe walk-brewery-a
smith with four hearthS-a nail factory
buildings suited to almost every branch of
the town well supplied
with water, having 10 wells with bumps,
Decides three springs.
There are in the town of Harmony 4
large barns with stables underneath, and
on the premises large sheep stables, that
will hold 5000 sheep.
Adjacent to Harmony and on the prem
ises are three villages-the first is Rams
dale, half mile north, Containing about
20 log buildings, with convenient barns and
stables-the second is Edenau, one and
a half miles east, containing about the
same number of houses barns, and
stables-the third is 0ilbronn, TWO miles
north, eight or ten houses with barns and
stables; besides several other single farms
with necessary buildings and handsome
There are of the whole
quantity of land about 5000 acres remark
ably well improved, and durably fenced; at
least 500 acres of which are meadow and
Of the first quality.
There are two principal orchards, con-
tanning about 1000 bearing apple trees
besides smaller ones in different parts OF
the farms. Two, vineyards, one OF 10 and
the other of acres, have given sufficient
proof of the success of the Guilty. alton of
vines; they are made after the European
at a vast expence of labour, with
parapet walls and stone steps conducting
TO an eminenee overlooking the town OF
Harmony, and its surrounding improve
ments.
There have been supported irom the i'm
provements and produce of Harmony,
5000 sheep, 600 horned cattle and
a number Of horses, Decides the grain to
feed the distilleres and affording large
supplies to the country. There are quarrieS
Of good limestone building stone and stone
coal and good timber for building and
other uses abounding throughout the i'm
proved land.
The soil-the most extensive part oft, Is
Of the first quality, on which are number
Of good sugar camps, the situation level
and rounding so as to form an agreeable
variety of surface. The man of capital
who may wish to purchase will upon view
ng Harmony and its improvements, at
Ince discover that he can not be better
suited for the purpose OF farming, manu-
acturing and every branch OF mechanism
Should no perso be inclined topuTchase
,he whole property on or before the first
lay of October next, it will then be divided
and sold in such lots and parcels as may
suit purchasers.
The titles to all the aboYe-describe
property are indispulable. Possession
will be delivered ON the first of April next,
and the terms made known by application TO
he subscriberresidingiat Harmony, Butler
county. GEORGE RAPP.
June 10, 1914.
This tract of land with improvements
was purchased by Abram Ziegler, then
living in the eastern part of the state.
He took possession of it, but found it a
poor investment, until, at the instance of
me leaders of the Economics, who bad
moved further West, he placed a great
number Of sheep upon the property, and
produced enough wool to pay for it.