The emigrant's hand book, and guide to Wisconsin

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farm, or to labor on a farm, to get into the country as (froon as he can, for he will find every thing there much cheaper, and have a better opportunity of becoming ac¬ quainted with the quality aud the local advantages of the land. If the Emigrant be possessed of considerable money, I would advise him-to be in no hurry in making choice of land. In fact he had better hire a small farm for a season than make too hasty a purchase. By so do¬ ing he will be better able to know the quality and eligi¬ bility of land. The smallest quantity of land sold by the Government is forty acres. This can be purchased for in Wisconsin for five shillings sterling per acre. Those who have the means will find it to their advantage to purchase improved farms: they can be purchased generally for less than the improvements cost. There are two Emigra? tion Offices in this City. Messrs. Gregory and Hick- son's Office is situated in Wisconsin Street over the Post Office. Emigrants will be able at this Office to select out from their Maps, Farms wild, and improved in every part of the State. They are also Emigration Agents for Houses in New York City, and remit money to all parts of Ireland.
These Gentlemen are about issuing a prospectus for an Emigrants Conveyance Association, which, if properly carried out, will be of considerable service to the poor Emigrant. The increasing and endless system of fraud to which the thousands journeying from the large seaport cities in search of homes< and employment in the *'Far West," are subjected at the hands ofForwarding Agents^ Tavern Keepers, &c., has.become an evil of such magni¬ tude, entailing as it does, on the individual plundered, a vast ftmount of misery and hardship, that there is an actual necessity for a well qualified and responsible Company formings in order that such evils may be checked, and afr