The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-08

ORNAMENTAL IRON AND BRONZE
WoREs.-As successful workers Of iron,
for practical and useful PURPOSES ,ls well
us ornamental combined, the firm Of Rob
crt Wood y Co., OF Philadelphia, nre the
first uppn IltG American qO9tipnt, ap9
their GhEklcomparea fHplAbAS .&iA DE
finest skill of the old world. They en-
ploy $50 Of the most skilled wOrkmCn Of
this country, twO.thirds Of whom have
served their apprenticeship under Robert
Wood, the senior partner, who for the past
twenty-five years has given his special at
tcntion TO the production Of his gOOtis,
and who, by an honorable course Of deal.
ing, has built up Il business having no RI
EvHl In this country, and hut few In Europe.
They cast nn almost unlimited variety Of
designs, including lions, dogs, Nntl,a vati.
CIV of other animals, most beautiful iOlin.
tNins adorned with statues Of wNtcr-
nymphs, tilwns, &C., MSidc statues Of dis.
tingiishcd persons, life size, heroic and
colossal. The colossal statue Of Henry
Clay, cast by tits company and erected at
P0ttSviIlG, Pa, has received the highest
encomiums Of English travellers visiting
this country, besides attracting much ut
tGntiOn from the lovers Of thisart In our own
country. The casting Of statuary in bronze
has been instituted only about five years,
but within this short period Of time. has
attained such high degree Of excellence
and superiority us 10 bring this establish
mcnt III successful competition with the
most noted and oldest bronze works Of
Europe. The colossal statue Of Lincoln,
cast by Messrs. Wood & Co. latcly, TO be
placed in Union Park, New York, wns
cast insiX pieces, and the whole work of
casting and finishing required three
months It is eleven feet high, and the
likeness is true and faithfully represented,
being tic, finest bronze casting In tue Uni
ted States. The elegant set Of stair cases
for the Court House in CarlinVillG, Ill, NJ
cost Of $40, 600, is the most superior Gust
ing Of this kind, probably, in the world.
Willie McSsrs Wood s. CO. have the
largest assortment Of all kinds Of orna-
mental iron goods in the United States,
which arc executed with the express view
of pleasing the taste, they combine Nil the
rGquisitcsO of beauty md substantial con-
struCtiOn. Their garden and cemetery
adornments, cast, wrought iron and wire
Rulings, fountains, vases, verandas, SettCGs,
arbOrs, chairs and store fronts, door and
window guards, farm fencing, &C., are all
manufactured from the best material and
offered to the trade upon the most liberal
terms. r.R- ri ".N a1H
They also manufacture new and i'm
proved style Of 1iy racks, managers, stable
fixtures, sulIl divisions, &C., which are
very beautiful and ire being rapidly intro.
duccd all over the country. .l.
Those who may desire this class Of
goods should Mt once address Robert
Wood & Co., 1876 Ridge Avenue, Phila-
delphiA, and get n catalogue Of designs
and prices. These goods should be intro
duced rapidly all over the country from
the fiIct that they arc moi OnlymOrG Orna-
mental than wood, but will lust several
generations, and in the end the cheapest
by fur. The low freights from tho East
open up Il golden opportunity to secure
this class Of goods from the most noted
manufacturers Of our country.