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brick. The cost of laying and mortar is about ten dollars 

 a thousand, which is not half so much as a red brick wall 

 of the same dimensions would cost. The above are cash 

 prices, and show something of the saving which is effected 

 by them ; but, in "addition to this, most of the labor of 

 making and laying is such as every farmer can command 

 without the outlay of money. 



A few good dwellings have been built of this material in 

 the county. The residences of Messrs. Wescott and Whi- 

 taker, at Tuckahoe, have been standing some years, and 

 are liked by their owners. The house of Dr. Wiley, at 

 Cape May C. H., is also built of this material. It has been 

 standing two years, and is as solid and substantial, in every 

 respect, as if built of stone. Other buildings of the same 

 material have been put up the past season. Bricks of this 

 sort have been used about Bridgeton, Cumberland County, 

 for eight or ten years, and are found to stand well, growing 

 harder and stronger every year. In Norristown, Pennsyl- 

 vania, they have been used for eighteen years past, with 

 entire success. 



There is an abundance of material for making such 

 bricks; and the experience already gained in their use is 

 so satisfactory, that they can, with confidence, be recom- 

 mended for economy, comfort, and durability. For the 

 foundations of the buildings, stone, or burned brick should 

 be used ; or else gravel brick, in which hydraulic cement 

 has been used instead of lime. 



§ The red or brown stone which is found in many parts 

 of southern New Jersey, is almost unknown in Cape May. 

 A few specimens have been dug out of a field on the farm 



