Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1878 — To Thinking Men. [ARTICLE]

To Thinking Men.

Generally speaking. ;here is no question but ibat investments of money iu real estate are the safest, and, sooner or later, give the largest returns of any tit tit can be made. This proposition will hardly l>e disputed by any intelligent observing person. This fact Ims been established by Pie experience of centuHes in every civilized land. Phis is why real estate security is considered -rite best, and why capitalists are ever ready to loan their means on real estate mortgages. There are many laboring men who pay TBEron i iroperiy Ihat is bivtied by - other.which eats into their earningslike a canker and keeps them poor nil their lives. If by the practice of a little economy and foresight they would save the amount of ijiis rent and apply it in payments on a lot or small piece of laud they would soon be owners of eoml ,viable homes, in-ioud of poor renters dependent upon the caprice of landlords who are often exacting and cot over accommodating. Many a young titan spends money foolishly—wastes it for cigars, tobacco, livery hire, show tickets, elc., even if not lbr purposes tr.ore drtrtnfat—wltfcli, were it applied to the purchase of laud, would soon make them possessors of valuable properly, -establish-a basts upon which tu build up a flmridiing business bringing comfortable incomes and starting them on the high road leading to competency or even nliluence, and ensuring against penury and want iu olu age. The attention of people of these two -classes who-are looking for opportunities to better their present unsatisfactory conditlou—people of practical sense—is directed to what.here follows: • Lying along the east side of Rensselaer and wjthiu the present corporation limits of the town, is a -trip of fine prairie land, embracing an area ol nearly eighty aces, that was selected in the early settlement of Jasper county by a gentleman , from the state of New York whose keen judgment foretold that its excedeut-quality and desirable location would one day make it sought alter as a valuable investment. Two or three years ago Mr. Leopold, in the exercise of bis remarkable shrewdness, bought this tract, had it surveyed, laid out in bhreks and lots with necessary streets,; platted it and put it on the public lecurds -of the county as Leopold’s Addition to the Town of Ucu-rselaCr. Along the east side of this Addition i> public highway has since been located, opened and established ; uldtig the south cud is the Hanging Grove road : the track of the new luu’au.ipolis. Delphi' A Chicago I ail wit}’ is laid along the non h end. Extensive ditches, ample for thorough drainage, where opened through this body oflyud last summer. Business will naturally drift eastward and northward from what has hitherto been the heart of town, attracted by the railroad; and lots in Leopold’s Addition must, from thcirTocaiion with reference to this teuder.cy, have their present value greatly enhanced, and this speedily and permanently. There can be no question of this, if the history of other towns simian iy. situated 13 any criterion by which 11 draw ; conclusions. Wide-awake p'-ople have die- ■ cerncd this fact already, and sales of lots are being made every day. They arc being utlcml very cheap by the ow-i.e: .. d-e-iten - ttr-rcj ft?e -iris trmncy t: j -T -te— —* •■ : iu anoihcr, br.auch of business ; but »::• r they liavc gone out of his hands ,the new : owners wilt assuredly add large percentage to what they pay tor them. As it special inducement to those who want lots on which to.build liomes-aud have not ready means to make large investments —as g special inducement for them to buy at once and commence as quickly as possible to cut off ruinous outlays for rcat, and foolish ones which at ihe very best contribute only lo temporary gratification—Mr. .Leopold oilers lots in any part of lfia Add\liuii net already sold i r bargained for. either singly or in numbers, on credit with easy" terms of payment, font facts Will be made with any who waut to avail themselves of this remarkable offer, to receive monthly payments of fire dollars on each lot bought, giving warranty deed for same when thtpayments arl aft made. As terms sofihera] are seldom offered anywhere, and as properly in this town will nerer be cheaper than it now is but is certain to advance rapidly bc-priee-, does not refiecticm and sound judinent seem to suggest to every person tbafivanta a cheap and pleasant home in a heauliful, healthy, thriving town the importance of prompt action to avail himself of the rare opportunity here presented before it shall hare become too late? In all matters pertaining to business, delays arc proverbially dangerous. Many an opportunity to improve pecuniary conditions has fled never to return while those to whom they were presented hesitated ttnd were dilatory! Now is the time to buy. 1