The Litchfield County post., 1826-10-24
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1 From the Cincinnati (Ohiol Gazette. 81
i In excavating the grounds in this city
last week, some articles were found well
| calculated to excite curiosity and specula-
4 ton.
/ The principals site Of the city is upon
what is usually called a second bank. 1t is
composed principally of sand and gravel
and rises from so to 40 feet above the first
! bank of the river. Above % feet beneath
the upper surface an iron shoe, like horse
shoe, was found imbedded in gravel. Its
size and shape corresponds with that Of the
foot Of a jack. It is neatly made, in the
present fashion Of making horse shoes, has
slight heel points, and had three nails of a
side, four of which now remain in it, and
are clenched in such manner as to indi-
cate that it was not cast from the foot, in
use, but more probably remained ON the
animal at its death. The incrustation OF
rust is not very thick, and considering the
place where it was found, might be suci, as
to prevent any further corroding. 1t is de-
posted in Lotions Museum, in this city,
where the curious can see it.
Very near the same place, and at about
the same depth, there was found, on the
next day, tooth, weighing about S pounds,
Of q black color, and supposed to be the
grinder of an elephant. These articles
were found at no great distance from Judge
Burners, where, in digging a we'll some
years since, lump, with marks Of the cut
of an axe, was found at near the same lew
eel. An ancient fertilization enclosed the
surface of the ground where they were
found, the remains of which were very dis
tinct at the first settlement of the city.
There are also, in Lotions Museum,
some brass and pewter buttons, of an un-.
common construction, found recently in the
Ohio river, near the mouth of the little Mi
ami. The button is an inch in diameter,
and the shank is thin plate, half an inch
in length, with d round hole Of the size Of
a turkey shot through it, near the end.
We understand they resemble buttons used
in Russia and other Northern countries for
coats made Of skin or leather. It is sup
posed they must have been. lost by some Of
the earliest navigators Of the Ohio, when
the French were attempting communica-
ton between Canada and the Mississippi.
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little thrifty village, which is Situated on
Salmon Falls River, about five miles from
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'' p.as seems 1'. a''eauy ~ ou'S'''P 'ne
most sangulne expectations OF its enterpri-
zing founders. Although of scarcely four
years. existence, they have an extensive
Manufacturing Establishment, four Facto-
ries, one Of wood, 5 stories, SIS feet wide
and 90 feet long; one of brick, 5 stories,
Is by 156 feet; one Of brick, six stories,
40 by 22O feet; and one Of brick, six sto-
ries. 4S by $50 feet, recently erected; 8 and
several smaller buildings, occupied for the
manufacture Of carpets, dyeing, workshops,
&c. &c. SIX extensive boarding houses
a spacious and elegant brick Hotel, 8 sto-
ries high about ninety dwelling houses |;
and upwards OF siIteeH hundred Inhabitants.
this, '1S s, stag. a se ee ssuss place