New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-15
agricultural. mechanical and manrfaAufeo Sevoue.
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agricultural, mechanical and mAdQfa@Vrou Svv~aos
Of the State, the whole thing ID q failure--,s w
worse--it IL calculated to give strangers q wrong
idea off, and feeling of contempt for tho resources
OF the State. II another fair Of the State Society 10
ever held, aud the farmers Of the State suffer the
show to be filed with emptiness we hope that they
will be filed with shame; and II am alive at the
time will do my part to make them feel what they
deserve.
There were yesterday over 5000 men and
women and youth, Of both sexes, within the in
closure where there should have been show o(
farm products worth seeing, bat there not, ex-
cept tnOse living productions OF the Green Mountains
which 10 where else could be exceeded ii eqcaled.
1t Is q population that an American may well be
proud OF. l had the whole mass Of upturned faces
before me during the delivery of Dir. Greeley's
address, and certainly never saw more intelligence
and beauty in any sea Of faces of the many that 1
have looked upon 1t Is true that the people al
seemed delighted and well satisfied that they bad
visited the Fair, but that is not enough The max.
lug an annual holiday for the i4niiss Of farmers is
MOI sufficient 1t should be season Of instruction
It was 30 here, 90 far as the wool growers discus
sion was concerned; aud to all who could hear toe
address which was practical in the fullest sense Of
the word. Otherwise there was very lttle inslruc-
tive or beneficial about 'his session Of the Vermont
State Agricultural Society. II farmers will lot take
more interest in il and make 10 better it should %
There has been a considerable attendance to-day.
What FORT Simply to see some fast trotling Of the
fancy horses exhibited. The day. up 20 a o'clock,
bas been entirely free OF rair, though cloudy, and
passengers from the south say RAINING few hours
distant. Farmers would be extremely glad TO ses
rain here, for drouth is beginning 10 gave the
pastures the seme color the iroebitten corn, aad
the roads nre filed with great clouds OF dust.
VERMONT MARBLE.
Looking at some specimens III the exhibition.
though not enough to attract general attention,
Which I admired for the excellent quality OF tho
marble, my friend, Frank Fisher, said TO ne: Have
Won ever been in marble quarryi "No."
% Jump into my wagon, then, and will drive you
down TO Sutherlands Fails of Otter Creek to spend
the uiyit with me and rec one Of the best, though
not largest, marble quaries in tho STATE"
/ did TO- and found the creek, which il largo
mstream, oascading over iail OF i<JISee IA very
.hort distance ana only small portion OF the water
utilized | have never seen place where wafer
was naturally provided for mans use 90 conveniently
IA il a here. There was small natural opening,
which has been enlarged, about twenty feet through
ridge OF rocks, conducting the water rom the op
o. the fall into q natural channel, from which Il
might be conducted to score OF wheels at cost o.
only few dollars for sde-cnis, and from the wheels
there il another natural channel for tbs Waste water
to find IT'D way back to the creek below tie falls.
There are many extremely beautiful views ABOUT
these alls some OF wild natural grandeur and some
below ard the pretty village l'ittsonl, hye miles
beyond. So.
Then there IL tho aweys pleasing addition to Q
romantic landscape the locomotive ana It's tram upon
the Rutland aud Burlington road, winch squeezed
its way through the gorge when t1e creek nus cur
Though the ky hills All along the railroad and
wagon roads, and upon every Little plat OF Level
Land we see the sawed marble, while strong oxen
ara drsgring ponderous blocks from the quarry
down 10 the saw-mill, driven by portion u no
water running through that patursi Mill siuiee:
The quarry Is about quarter OF mile WESTWARD %
the MILL ard considerably higher, so lhas the Dioc0
might lie made to traverse rails oy their own weight
instead OF beng dragged upon Ordinary stone
Between the mil and quarry there Is . vast Dill o.
sand; indispensable to marble cutters, and uausa-
ally convenient. ,
One face Of the quarry shows perpendicular cat
of perhaps 100 feet aud the other about halt tnstf
aud that much below the level, the workDen sait
going deeper Ms the quality of the marble is found
70 improve. Some of 10 Is almost as bne rs Italian
siainary marble, and Is taken ont IN blocks Of aDous
loo cubic feet, perfectly solid and free from haws or
blemish. These blocks cut out by slow,
tedious process of hapdiwork Of men " 20 labor at
day wsges-at present 40 cents a day. II Ii found
better To pay day wages than job work, as great
care, requisite and all the work m1st be under tho
constant supervision OF competent oSerseer.
Powder is only used 20 open sartiug-plsoe 10 the
floor OF tho quarry for new course OF blocks, aud
great care must DO used not 10 injure any OF
the adjoining marble. his fret course is worked
out between a natural perpendiculgr sesm, running
nearly east and west, aud across Inc ridge in which
the quarry is situated and tue first cut which is 10
form one face OF the block. Another cut Is made
parallel about four feet from the first, and rcss-cus
about SIX feet apart and holes drilled under The
bottom and wedges driven in n break mp the block
from It's bed. 1t Is then pred out OF is bed and
tosied TO The surface by on power ON the oveep Of
wndlase aud great crane. Ihis process is con-
unued quite across tho floor Of tie quarry,
area lossenng a few inches with each colrse,
because the workmen cannot work quito
up 70 the perpendicular side 50 that every course
that has been taken out shows the Learly perpen-
dcular face. aud when wet, the exac, color ana dip
OF strata OF each particular description ia seen and
forms an interesting geological study. Indeed, the
whole scenery IN and about the quarry s exceedingly
interesting. ii is interesting, too in utilitai ian
point Of view, because this bill contains such
inexhsusible mine, the products OF which sent TO
almost all paFts OF the United States and, before the
Rebellion, the South took large quantity.
There is another very large and very successfully
worked marble quarry at West Rutland, and several
Others in other places in all Of which believe the
quality IS found to improve the longer The veins are
worked.
recommend every visitor 10 Rutland, who feels
any interest in the matter, to make visit TO the
marble narries aud how it Is got OUT OF its bed
and pre- pared for market s. X.
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