Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-07-20
FROM THE AURORA. /.


/ return my sincere thanks to The pub.
lie for the generous encouragement re-.
ceived last season in my lire Of business,
aud likewise inform them that l am err.
ceiling another large stock to full in a new
set of tenter bars, and expect to have a
patent machine for shearing, with CON.
siderable other improvements to drive on
the business extensively the ensuing sea-
son /; and also l Shall commence dy.
ing of cotton, linen or woolIen yarn, a
good, durable deep or pale blue, about the
first OF !usy next: that all those who
think proper 10 favor me with their Gus.
tom may rest assured that it will be but
seldom that any cloth will be detained
more than two weeks a. the mill, and
coarse cloth or linssy not more than a
week or ten days, if the weather will in
any way admit. And to he honor and H..
terest ofthe wives and daughters of nv
customers, with truth 1 can say that out
OF 446 pieces of cloth that have taken in
since last September, there was fewer bad
pieces than there was out Of only 90,
which was all took in the first year
set up the lullng businsss--there is such
improvement in the quantity and quality
al manufacturing cloth, swansdown, flan.
mel, worsied, &c that if the same
spirit pervades the American people iha,
has Tor few years past, it will save mil.
hons of dollars I'D our country3 that have
been laid out for Enropeao manufactures,
more especially when there is such pros
pect oil improvement in the breed of our
sheep. There is now in this county of
the fullbIood Me.Do sheep owned by col.
Crooks and Absaiom Hawkins, who have
introduced them at considerable trouble
and 'expence, and considerable numbers
OF LIZ and l. blooded owned by them and
% hers, and which will prove as great a
bedeitto this county as II has la ely ex.
pcTierced--snd those who think the in.
PRODUCTION OF lha, breed Of sheep nothing
buFa matter OF speculation, would do well
TO see the sheep aud examine the wool.
had the same impression on my mind
when FIRST neatd of them, but it was We.
ny far removed whrnI came 10 full some
Go h made oftbsir wool there is that
'fuch difference that ] fuIled some wool
of the quarter blooded, tia; II would take
a man well skilled in choslng cloth, 10 tell
.it from what is called tie FIRST rate i'm
por ed, and am certain Grom what / have
seen OF the wool OF the lull.bioOded, tina.
we get no cloth made Of the fnes rate
wool, or 'twe do, their breed IS inferior 10
those have ntentIone d, that am conyin.
ced that the hall bIooded Merino, IL skill.
fully managed, will make cloth equal to
what is called the FIRST rate imported ;
but IT is ooe thing 10 be convinced OF no
object and another thing to feel Il in such
a manner as to be reused TO exerlion IN,
i!s behalf. There always are three sorts
of people that are opposed to the. INTRO.
i6ucaJon or Improvement OF arts and scieD-
ces or any thing else. First, the in,eres
ted who cry out as DemetriUs, the silvet.
smith, who made silver shrines for the great
goddess DANA he called together ali Ihe
inen of his like occupation. and said
Sirs, ye know that by this craft we gain
all our wealth, so that not only that this
our craft is in danssr Of being Gel al