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Bricks.] 



to work well. Excellent fire-brick are also made from this clay. This 

 firm manufactures about 1.000 gallons a week in jars, jugs, &c. 



Dr. E. N. Morehouse makes common brick from a bluish, yellow 

 washed clay, near Owatonna. He puts in the clay about one-third sand. 

 He makes 225,000 bricks a year, using fifty cords of wood for every 100,000 

 of bricks. The bricks are, like all of those made from the washed clay, not 

 first-class. Dr. Morehouse has experimented on making unglazed red ware 

 from his clay, with fair results. 



Odell and Cornell also make bricks near Owatonna. Bricks are also 

 made on the farm of Mr. Skinner, near Blooming Prairie. 



Mounds. A series of large mounds, which have much the appearance 

 of being artificial, are situated on the east side of the slough at Aurora 

 station; and several others lie near the railroad a few miles farther south. 



