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iron rim, claims to be a great iiiprovement, in addition to les- 

 sened cost. Those now imported cost $50 ; while these are af- 

 forded at $13. 



Again, we have the pleasure to inform you that after years of 

 trial to dispense with charcoal in the making of wrought-iron, 

 we have now arrived at the means whereby we may entirely dis- 

 pense with it, by the use of anthracite coal. This is a great 

 saving to the country, and we may look forward to the day when 

 our forests will be used for other purposes than such fuel. 



You have doubtless seen the small kegs made in the machine'- 

 room. The machine which turns them out is also calculated to 

 make barrels with great perfection of manufacture, the like of 

 which are no where to be found. Europe stands astonished at 

 the tightness and beauty of American barrels. 



There is on exhibition here from the state of New-Hampshire, 

 an improved stone-cutting machine, which does the labor of forty 

 men per day. A machine was brought forward and proposed to 

 be used in England, till the sovereign people of that county de- 

 cided that it should not be used there to deprive them of their 

 labor. We have no such fears here. 



Here is also Cincinnati wine made from the Catawba grape ; 

 and from the skill of the managers, whose experience makes no 

 blunders in such matters, it has been pronounced good — so now 

 we can be joyful when it pleases us to be so, on domestic pro- 

 duce. 



The carpets made here and placed on exhibition are equal to 

 any hitherto imported, so that we can now furnish our houses 

 without going abroad for any of the articles required. And I 

 should not forget to state that the shawls before you, to which I 

 have before referred, are dyed with American dyes, and are now 

 prepared to stand the test of experiment. 



I thank you for your attention and patience so far ; and in 

 place of recapitulating more of these articles, I will only say 

 that in yonder machine-shop there is a vast concentration of 

 science, which is the offspring of men who are self-educated. 



