THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



:i8SOXJRI. 



OF THE FINEST 



Agrtcylturai and Mineral Lands 



FOR SALE BV THK 



SOUTH PACIFIC KAILROAD COMPANY, 



IN TBACTS OF PORTY ACRSS AND UPWARDS, AT FROM $2.50 TO 

 $10.00 PER ACRE, OM CREDZT OR TOR CASH. 



rp.HlCSE I.ANUS ARK LOCATED (.)X THE LINE OF DIE KAILIIOAO, EXTENl.IKG FROM .ST. LOUIS TO THE 

 I Sontlnvestern pait of the State, ami witiiiii a distance ol'lirtoen miles, on each side of the track. Tliey were granted to 

 the State of Missouri bv an Act of Congress aijproved June 10th, 1832, to aid in the constrnction of this road, and \Tere 

 selected more than twelve rears ago from'aniong the choicest lands in the Slate; and siiljseqnently transfcn-ed to this Coniijany 

 for the ymrpose of (iiiishiii'g the road. 0:ir line is now in good running order frojn .-t. Louis to Little Pincy (Arlington), a 

 distance of 1-0 miles, and a heavy force is at work pushing the voud to comple(.ion. Not more than two years can possibly 

 elapse before we reach the biumdary line of the Indian Territorv. This Company, and the Atlantic and racilic, Railroad 

 C'omirauy (the latter having obtaine'd its cb.ni'ter to bnild a road from the termini of the South Pacific llaiUoad to the Pacific), 

 are under tiie same manVigement, and this route will eventually become, on account of the temperate climate and mild 

 winters enjoyed by the States and Territories through which it pafsses, the great tliorongUfare from the .\tlantic to the 

 Pacific, via' St. Louis. 



THE PRIHCIFAI. PRODUCTIONS 



Are C III!, \MiL.;!. i ;-,;■. r.nrley, Oats, Hemp, Flax. Tobacco. Vegetables and Fruit, and (o some extent Cotton. Wheat Is a 

 crop tluU never fail.-s.' arid it is'couceded by all that the winter wlieat raised in Missouri makes the linest flour in the country. 

 Corn. Oats, live, and I'arlev .arc also crops that can be depeiuled upon. xVpplcs, Peaches, Pears, Plums, and Grapes grow 

 lUNUriantly; to the cultivali'in of the latter considerable attention has been given and with an unprecedented amount of 

 success. 



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 The cliniale is a;;reeable and healthy; the summers long and temperate, ivhilc the winters arc short and mild. The air 

 being pure and salubrious, n» section of country coidd be better adapted to secure a luxurious growth of the staple produc- 

 tion of the temiierate 7..iue. The soil undoubted'ly surpasses any other e(|uai portion of our continent.in fertility and variety, 

 and its adaptation to stock raising or grain growing. 



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The law for the m\v ,:-t, orgiiniziition, and the government of Free Sclu<ols. in operalion in Missouri, is a liberal one, 

 and our entire educational svsteia iriU bear comparison with any of the Eastern States, one tbirly-sixth part of tlu' laud ui 

 every Township throughOLd'lIie Stale is reserved for School pui poses. 



Tlie mineral wealth of Mis.souri is inexliauslible, and only needs labor and capital to develop it. Iron ore, in large 

 nuantities, has been founil in Franklin, Crawford. Phelps. Green, and several other counties. Le.ad, next to Iron, is the 

 most abunilant of llie valuable metals in the State, and is found in >;ewton, Jasper, Christian, Crawford, Franklin, and 

 other counties, in all of which the Company have large bodies of land for sale. 



There is scarcelv a stream on the line of the road which is not bordered by forests of evcellent timber of all the useful 

 varieties, laurel, piiie, walnut, ash, elm, birch, locust, hickory, white and black walnut, white oak, and chestnut. 



Xnclxicem.eiits to S«ettlei'S. 



Persons of smr.li ine.;n^, cni:L,vants and capitalists, .arc particular invited to these lands. The farms are sold in tracts o 

 forty acres and upwards, at lowprice-s, and on easy terms. Parties who intend forming colonics to emigrate to these lands 

 <^an maiie superior arrangements with tlie Coniiia'ny, \Vith clicap and s(joedy means of transportation across the Atlant:c 

 which Missoui i will eni.iv in a lew vears, wlion we w'ill be enabled to ship our grain IX BULK to Etirope, via the Mississippi 

 and New Orleans, the i';:iiur;d route, and by far the cheaiiest— our advantages in regard to prices and importance, will bo 

 uuet|ualled. We would iiiiiirnUirly call tlie attention of the farmer, mechanic, and capitalist to the adv.ant.ages to be derived 

 from growing up m iii; :rel 'I.", ripping the country; increasing their own wealth as well as that of the State. 



i^i-ices tiiicl Torms of Faymxeiit. 



The lands of the Company are offered at from $3 .50 to $10 03 per acre, with some few tracts at higher figures. E-Mtrnplc : 

 Forty acres at .$.1 00 per acre, on short credit: the principal, one-rpiarter ca,sli down; balance in one, two, and three years, 

 at ten per cent, interest, in advance, cacliycar. 



Interest. PrincipaJ, 



Cash Pavnient $1.t 00 $30 00 



Payment in one vear lU 00 .50 00 



" " two years.... 5 00 50 00 



" " three years .50 00 



J.Iaps showing the lands, and all other information relating thereto, furnished gratis, by applying in person or by 



'""" '" CLINTON B. PISK, Vice President, 



October— ly South Pacific Railroad, St. Louis. 



