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of paint possessing great brilliancy and beauty, entirely free from 



the objections so long known to exist against the use of white 



lead. The writer of this feels bound to add his testimony in its 



favor, by stating that, during the spring of 1852, whilst slowly 



recovering from a very serious sickness, the whole interior of his 



domicil was painted with white zinc, parts of it with two coats of 



most beautiful white, without the slightest inconvenience to hini 



or any member of his family, arising from its exhalations. 



A. c. 



(wool from VIRGINIA. 



Mr. H. N. DoXj frem Nelson county, Virginia, exhibited twO" 

 fleeces of wool from a cross of Merino and Saxon. Our judges 

 pronounced it a good specimen of Saxony wool, fine and in good 

 condition. Mr Box's flock now consists of 700 sheep, and yield 

 an average fleece of 2^ lbs., which now sells at 50 to GO cents per 

 pound. The cost of keeping in Tirginia, is about 50 cents a 

 head per annum. The sheep are kept on green feed all the 

 year with the exception of two months. Mr. D. Is of opinion 

 that the quality of his wool improves annually. a. c. 



AMERICAN STATUARY MARBLE. 



Mr. Joseph F. Lippitt, exhibited two mantles and a statue 

 specimen of marble from his quarry at Wallingford, Vermont, 

 the quality of which was considered very superior, and equal in 

 many respects to the Italian, from which it is not readily distin- 

 guished. We understand it is coming into very acceptable use 

 for mantels, table tops, and plumbers' work. It is furnished at 

 from 25 to 33 per cent, less than the imported marble. There 

 is very little doubt, that as the deve^)pment of the mineral re- 

 sources of our country progresses, statuary marbles, of unrivalled 

 beauty and excellence may be found in abundance. a. c. 



