. New England; a human interest geographical reader. A Barre granite quarry be split into thin layers with smooth surfaces. It islargely used for roofing, and the pieces after splittingneed scarcely any preparation except trimming to makethem ready for laying. The stone is so compact andhard that it resists the weather very effectively. Slate 312 New England for school blackboards is polished by rubbing it with sand, pumice stone, and water. Marble began to be quarried in the state soon after the Revolution, and over half the marble used in the _ countr\^ since that time hascome from Ver-mont.
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. A Barre granite quarry be split into thin layers with smooth surfaces. It islargely used for roofing, and the pieces after splittingneed scarcely any preparation except trimming to makethem ready for laying. The stone is so compact andhard that it resists the weather very effectively. Slate 312 New England for school blackboards is polished by rubbing it with sand, pumice stone, and water. Marble began to be quarried in the state soon after the Revolution, and over half the marble used in the _ countr\^ since that time hascome from Ver-mont. It is acomparativelysoft and fragilestone and hasto be handledwith a good dealof care. Themarble is usedfor buildingpurposes andfor statues Greeksused marble forsome of theirmost famousbuildings great quarries of West Rutland were first worked in 1836. Before that the site of the quarries had been a barren sheep pasture, shaggy with stunted evergreens. The wealth this pasture roofed w^as undreamed of, and. Lake Willoughby Vermont Industries 313 the whole tract was so cheaply valued that it was onceexchanged for an old horse worth less than a single one
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