Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1876 — [?] [ARTICLE]

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modems beforetnrilffiTgn of “Good Queen Queen Elizabeth. . With-what delight, then, must the world use, and Qtofi®fordther i it happens tiiat*oiS%ri£esa-va?iSies, U finefrerfirod grn, mid veil i Aaaptedtfit.Writing With, arid tms ktadiftdl racel\44it'the ndtne ttf L graphite, .Aomfl6rbdb»wßWs*w4toich o signify wrttiria Mon4XX «W»l{.. * ■ ••**>■ V ■ Soflle’of tony rtmerribet that 'in thedthne of Queen Elizabeth of Eriglarid,' was born th? grtfttest of English' torifetsj” ’WTiHam SHakespbiare. I,e cdme Hitb tn'e world in tfie 1564l"alki*t a x year 4 affer Ejitoklieth- cajjne to thri’tmPn >, arid It'Was In trim, same yeat.ihjf e wfls dfiwiibvdiferf j -th the countyrnf'Ctrafie - lahd, iri*the M noHhw'est corner ofEjiglauu, a fhirie of she and .pures); * grapMle thkt hAd ever beearJaggn.. I have put these cfatesHogtthdl- a* that you #fii bb ript to thqm.ntl, wheia Neither of thefen ls mentioned. Qflits substance was*© solid and ffirm and stnong, aadifrse from grit dr sanely, that it could be'iawed irilo sheets, and IheM could be sawed' again nto-little narrfiW btripa Without breaking. These little stifipA'of .grKphite being soft, and smooth; arid !bjuck,"were Inclosed' in rountt.pieces eff SOipe sdft Wood, grooved oust lot febelve ft hi hold them ; and that whs tbe mofifein' leMd-bencil to all intents and pnrpdsHii “ 'tot.lf *" ' •■“• ■ • . a Tlii* fniae at Bbrrowdale, in' Cumberland; al oncedSfecftme-veiy celebrates, aim of ebursb VerV Valuable. Pencils made of,Cumherland graphite were to *Ue found orl ovesiEorapel and mere highly prized everywhere. The mannfaotnre of lcadpencila became a .very important brarieh of business,-midi ill osder to keen ft Wholfy within tbe borders of tfaeir own country, S4MW{- W'C qplremenfa ff o Ahe, was the Whs mi !P d A° ««#L a ihUMwfeMto IQ ms arid wfio a,ttempted tp.gelflppif.. • #», ni.ri

•England the world .wiil lead-pencils-for .pearly 300 jeara.« -Itit time that pencils .'were made of an impndffe pi jrekis pa /end ta. gofljp tbjng*,|ii}d so %]yqved At lastjf?%tW gwpwtj mißejtff luwsjhoj Waa oqfargL (question of Jims* and ngpw.ji&sed. berlandlead by the old method. The mpde of treaTuig the plumbago by which CumbSrtanaieaxb nSe shadings «& deftness/and oonld not have: been obtained. vSo that human inand make an^infertor SwmMiSd dU« sJ^i

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