Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-05-26
NOTICE!

Having decided 10 go west,
will offer for sale, privately all of
my property. both personal and
real. as follow, until August 18th,
and on that day l will close all
that remains unsold at public auc-
ton at my home, Hansford, KY:
Real estate for sale on easy
terms: Farm or tract No. l of
100 acres. 4 miles south of Mt.
Vernon, with 1 storehouSe, dwell
ing house and barn. and three
tenant houses, several good coal
mines from which Mt. Vernon
and surrounding country get the
greater part of its coal supply.
Farm No. ? of Is6 acres, 4
miles south of Mt. Vernon, 2
houses, | barn, about 35 acres in
growing crop, 90 acres in grass
and balance in woodland; adjoin
ing farm No. I. so as TO make one
we'll located farm if purchaser
should desire both tracts. Farm
No. 1 lies on east side of of creek
and mostly undertake with coal.
Farm No. 2 on west side of creek,
rather a valley farm, with some
coal IN the hill.
Farm No. 3 of 80 acres, one
half mile west of farm, No. q; a
good strong valley farm in good
state of cultivation and not very
much Improvement. About 100
acres cleared, balance in wood
land.
Farm No. 4 of 27I acres, :
miles south of Mt. Vernon, In
in good state Of cultivation, well
improved; I good dwelling house,
barn and storehouse and all other
necessary outbuildings; 6 tenant
houses. This farm is a creek
farm, running to the hilltops,
with some workable coal in the
hills: Also has a 10 acre orchard
set out this spring, consisting of
about 500 Stayman Winesap ap-
pies and 500 liberia peaches, if
all are true to name, with a guar
anty from the company to prune
and spray for 3 years. Holes
we've dynamited for trees and
great care taken in setting the or
chard. Also about acres of
other orchard on this farm. This
is the farm for the stockman; a
good farm an | well watered and
only few yel rs to wait for a
young fortune from growing fruit.
Farm No. 5 of 25S acres, adj
joining farm No. /, with one good
dwelling house, barn and store
honse; q tenant houses and barns,
good orchard; known to be as
good if not the best stand for mer-
chandise in the county. Also has
a good coal mine.
Farm No. 6 of go acres, 2
miles west of farm No. >; good
valley farm, in good state of cul.
tivation; good house and barn;
good orchard; I tenant house;
about I2o acres cleared ard the
balance in woodland.
; town lots in Bethurum & Lew,
is Addition to Mt. Vernon, KY.
and I lot in Jersey City, n. j.
Also have a few hundred acres OF
desirable mineral rights to sell.
1t is not worth while 20 SPEAK OF
the water OH these farms, as it is
well known that ROckcastle is one
of the best watered counties in
this state or aIy other state Al
of these farms are handy tC
churches and schools and the
county has under consideration, q
turnpikes out of the town of Mt
Vernon, north and south, east an0
west. Several miles have beer
let and work already begun
Those farms are on the pike road
leading south from Mt. Vernon
On the waters of Dry Fork and
Skeggs Greek and most of this
land is limestone land and fint
producing and grass land. Viii
sell on easy terms any part of thi:
land or all as a whole. AnyOn,
wishing to buy land, either for in
vestment or home. will do well t,
call and 60 over thi land. and &c
my price and terms. For tn
, benefit of those who might knoy
, these farms and locate them BET
ter by name. l will pame them b.
, their former owners: Tract No
known as the Sand Spring Coz
f fields; Tract No. 2 known as tn
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