Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-16
LARD OIL

A,tow me the use Of the columns OF the Enuuirer
70 ea the attention Of the citizens of Riehfnond and
&c surrounding country to make a trial OF lard OIL
ABOUT ten Days ago, friend OF mine DIR H. NJ ,t,,
cry, c1led me into his Office and showed me -.
PIE oil iarj OIL, which be informed me he intended IN
Try az an experiment. The oil, certainly for clear
MSS ana oeauty OF color surpasscs any sperm oil |
nave ever seem DE III. info med me ihs, he RCD
made use OF the oil for about SIX dsvs. md ina, -
his opinion, the oil fully sustains Its hgn renu,nt,
Tor giving brilliant and splendid lishf alp,ost 90,
urely free irlm smoke. and burns equally a. lon -
the very beet sperm OIL that could be pnrrb,,e5 ;r
this city. Being thoroughly convinced bv IooL;n.
at the apparently beautiful sample shosn me bS
nay Kind friend, DR. II Obtained about ou.,, ~
the oil, anj had a amp cleaned, entirely f,e. nj
even .he smell OF sperm OIL and then had the vic K
ohd iaru OIL placed IN the lamp, md, to nv utie,
asionshmenr, found II TO give ,pi.ndd In, I
theh loon sreet OF writing paper md nisred n
over TIE hime Of the lnmp-Hold ny il IN thst 40.
s'oh LOT seVera minutes, then iaking il away to NV
as'ous"uyn,' io1nd tie paper not even soilcd vi
smoke. When We remember the vast onan,i v NJ
smoke, so ruinous 10 housekeepers ziich 80.
rom burning sperm OIL, 1t does appear to me tb,,
lard oil IS much preferable | have also maTs scvs
raj experiments with lard oil Tor oiling nacb.nerv.
also, tor oIing polished iron, steel Sc snd hod 4,
to answer superior purpose than any o,b., al -,
present IN use. have made a careful examiaatirn
oi about \ week ia burning the lard OIL ,nd -
decidedly OF the opinion, that il will an.ver rhe
pace oil sperm OIL hrst, because, IN my opinion il
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any Dad smell; thirdly, that il does not give one
third as much smoke as the sperm OIL: fopr,biv
tecause costs one third less per gallon. and 66bi
because 1t burns equally long, and requires no,
50 Hucn "ooo'ei oecau'c u leaves the lamp free Of
gum, winch, IN using the sperm oil ALWAYS GETS
around the wick Of the lamp, and no, only des,roys
me ighi, out seriously Injuries the lansa
IL IS weil kno Sn, that sperm oil Is dreadful On
the astral lamp often running the lamp in the
Of twelve months; whereas. the lard oil will 10 en-
ltrnU IA l..
my ooseryGtion. When We take into consideratio,
the TACT, ihnt IN case Of foreign war with any of
TIE distant States OF Europe, We canno, oh,sfn a
supply OF sperm oil, even at q costly raie-also the
suggestion, that IN few years we are likely not 10
nave supply OF sperm, the business OF whaling
having very much decreased Of late wears and OIL
having advanced very high, tina, the Great ma,
oil the people cannot purchase it-then, Mir Edi,o,
wiz these facts staring US in the face, why should
each citizen pay hfty cents more per ga on for o
than the lard oil sells for7 The lard oil can h.
purchased Of MessTs. Womble & Dsane bv the
quantity, and Of Mr. +. w. Tompkihs Of This civ
oy re'ail. Come forward, then, ei;izsns Of Rich
mond, and try economy and good Iisht A. mpcb
cheaper rate Than you have done for several vesfs
hecolieci, 80 cents per gallon (sayed) for oil in
these times, with brilliant light, IS a suic;en, in
dneement Tor every citizen to give it trial. Hiv-
ing ereadY, MIR Editor, trespasSed 10 taking up 100
scrIbing myself sc.
Yours truly, SDD
Cincinnati paper goes So far as TO "beeve tina,
the protection that not another whaling ship will
ever leave our haTbors, will DO realized.~ ut addsl
We saw letter, yesterday, from Norfolk, Va
"hieh stated that The Nsvy Agent at that place
had ordered quantity of Lees Cincinnati lard on
Tor the use OF the Navy after havinr given it fair
experiment, and become satisfied OF its superiority
TO sperm This opens a market Of great imports nee
| IN puOlic and private point Of view. The super,,
GRITTY Of land oil sperm for machinery am nm OH,
| purposes is now no longer a matter of experi
meni; that point has been settled by hundreds Of ou
mechanics No other is used in our Western
steamboats,. Hereafter, the ". S. navy will draw
all its supplies of oil from the Western St,t.s
OF the Eastern, as heretofore" &c, &c-Cande,
also made from lard are now 10 common use nt the
West. "a large mandatory es,a blished al Ley
ing'on, Ny, manufactures the solid par. mo
thousand boxes OF candles annually, ard the more
huid part INFO SIX or eight thousand gallons Of a.,
1here are thrfe manufacIori.s OF these articles at
! Cincinnat."-ED. ESQ.