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family use ; and farmers, who live at a distance from the lake and
creeks, are much troubled in dry seasons to obtain water for their
cattle. Except the limited water power on Lemon Fair in Shore-
ham, there is none in that town or either of the towns above men-
tioned of much value. And yet these towns are among the most
wealthy agricultural towns in the County.
The range of granular lime stone, which enters this State from
Berkshire County, Mass., at Pownal, and passes through the Coun-
ties of Bennington and Rutland, passes also through this County.
The lime produced from it is of a very superior quality, and is
thought, by those acquainted with it, to be much superior to the lime
from Maine, which is common in the Boston market. Considerable
establishments, — oneespecially, near the Whiting Railroad Station,
built by L. P. White, Esq. — have been formed for manufacturing
it ; and large quantities are already exported by the railroad to the
eastern towns ; and the demand is such as to authorize an extensive
enlargement of the business, where the requisite fuel is not too ex-
pensive.
From this range large quantities of marble are taken out and
manufactured in Bennington and Rutland Counties, and exported to
every part of the United States. The marble improves, in its fine-
ness and compactness, as it advances north, and it is believed that
the best in the whole range is to be found in Addison County. It
is of a finer quality than any which has been discovered, unless it
be the quarry in Sudbury near the south line of this County.