Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-07-29
ARARE COLLECTION.
Levi Hazen's Private Museum at west
Hartford One of the Largest ana
Rest m New England.

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history. Comparatively few of them, how.
ever know that he has at his home one OF
the most valuable and interesting private
museums in New England. He gives
cordial welcome to all Who visit him ana
takes pleasure III showing the treasures IN
mis- museum to his visitors. lhrough
wears OF study and of patient research
among the rocks and minerals OF New
England and of the western states, he has
gained a large fund of practical inforna-
tion that the student will find very Valu-
able. The idle visitor will find much TO
amuse and interest him.
Mr. Hazen's home is at the sout herly
end of West Hartford village, only lew
minutes walk from the railway station.
Entering the room devoted to his col
lection you come first to a century-old
desk upon which are found MANY beautl'
ful specimens of Mexican onyx, number
OF those ancient pre- historic cups and
lars found in the vicinity OF the ancient
Aztec potteries and in the mounds OF Da-
Gotta and Georgia, and specimens OF Egypt
ian marble. Just beyond this you find
desk and small cabinet that are filled with
a variety of seashells ranging from the
tiny rice she'll to the largest conx. There
are many rare shells in this collection and
the student OF conchology will find much
that is interesting here.
Beyond the desk is large wall cabinet
its eleven shelves are found many speci-
mems OF the Lepidodendrons, petrified
woods and bark embedded in slate and
clay stones. Shelf is filed with geodes,
those curious rounded nOdules OF stone In
which are cavities that are lined with
crystals usually. Shelf contains about
100 specimens Of sulphuret OF iron, "foops
gold.n On shelf 4 are found fine speei-
mems OF tourmalines, those crystals OF
various colors usually found 10 pure white
quartz in this state. Shelves 8 and are
filled with specimens of iron ore. Shell
is filled with fine and interesting spsci-
mems of chalcedony and conglomerates.
On shelf is fine lot OF agat and speei-
mems OF chalcedony. When chalcedony
of various colors is arranged in stripes it
constitutes agate IL all the stripes are
horizontal il is onyx. Shelf 9 is filled with
large and beautiful agstes ranging from
two to four inches in diameter. Mr.. Ha-
zen Justly takes much pride in this collec'
ton. It is asserted that there is not in
New England a more beautiful or valuable
collection OF agates. On shelf 10 are many
specimens OF staiactites aud stalagmites
Shelf IL is filled with specimens OF lead
ore. Under the cabinet are specimens OF
the Kansas sea cabbage and two speci-
mems OF the inerceramus.
Upon the shelves OF the next cabinet are
several large goodies ana many tine speel-
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liary quartz, crystallized quartz, crysa-
heryl feldspar, chassbite, strontionite,
helandite, pargaste, edenite, tale, calctte,
erystalllZed sulphur as ii poured out OF
Vesuvius, wovelite, beautiful tremolite,
white variety OF bornblend in long, blade
like crystals, etc.
TIE next cabinet is devoted to the coal
period and contains about 60 specimens OF
ferns on stone and over 100 specimens OF
calamites, fossil shells, etc. The student
will find this a very interesting cabinet.
| Underneath 1t is large and beautiful
specimen OF ferns on clay.
The next cabinet is devoted to the an.
cient fossil corals found in the western
states and territories. This is an inter-
esting collection.
An ancient safe that is fastened with
huge paddock comes next. On this is a
cabinet OF drawers containing large col
lection OF polished specimens from the
Michigan drift. On the cabinet is box
of zaphrentis corsls, some OF which came
/ from Sweden but many were found in the
/ West. Fine specimens OF Zaphrentis are
| found in the sands OF Lake Memphrema-
cog. A few specimens of orthis are in this
collection. There are so specimens of cop
per ore from the various mines OF the
| world, many specimens OF asbestos and
amianthus, which last is sometimes called
"mountain fax A shelf is filled with
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agmites.
Beyond this Is found a cabinet six feet
in length that IS filled with rare minerals
| from Europe and America. Among these
are found walfenite, double rejecting
spar, manganese, tin, gold, zinc and anti
mony.
Under this cabinet is a case filled with
specimens OF scapolite, Colorado dendrites,
actinolite, etc, also a piece OF sandstone
containing the print of turkeys foot
| Beyond this is a case that will interest
all visitors. 1t is filled with Indian curl
osities such as wampum, bows, arrows,
etc. Many OF the articles found here can.
not be easily duplicated.
Next to this case is one still more inter-
esting. Ii contains over 100 relics OF an
| Indian "stone age" Here are stone clubs,
stone tIoughs and grinders that were the
mills in which squaws ground corn for
mush or other Indian food preparations,
stone axes, gouges, hoes, chisels, cleavers,
sinkers, spear points, arrowheads, scrap
ers OF knives used for cleaning skins be-
fore tanning, etc. Many OF these relics
were found in Hartford and vicinity.
Visitors will find Mr.. Hazen's account
of the uses made of the various articles in
this case very interesting.
Extending through the center of the
room is large Thompson case opening
| upon all sides,in which is q collection that
the student OF mineralogy will find most
interesting. 1t will interest every visitor.
In front are found crocidolite, eagle-eye
and cat's-eye opals and fire opals, box OF
precious stones, the largest and finest col
lection OF cut agates in the state. These
| were cut in Europe. On lower shelf are
about 100 specimens of lava polished gran
ties, fossil fishes, shark teeth, whale teeth,
etc. On the south side are many speci
mems OF silver ore, a rare variety of Rutile
| crystals and specimens of obsidian, glass
produced by volcanoes. On shelf are as
i specimens of gypsum, among which are
some crystallized in the form of leaves
There are also 80 specimens of petrified
wood. Some of them are very curious. On
| the top shelf is a large and interesting col.
lection of corals. At the end are found
the rare "hairstones" of Rutile and Tito
neum in clear quartz.
There are fifty small boxes filled with
small specimens of rare minerals, corals
filed with chalcedony, etc. On the north
side one shelf is filed with garnets and
other rare minerals. Another shelf con-
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