Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-11-18
rAURINo CLOTH.
40 l.e E.litor 80 Natianal .qelyocc

sIR--l have read, with peculiar pleasure your
al 9ls numbers 1n domestic manufacture, and D.
lye they cannot tau 10 interest every Aiuerican who
perises tte~ rs they eoaiain irreutable truths OF
deep importance to national Independence
rs to ia individuals clnserued therein.
confess, hDweVcr, that Was not Little disap-
pointed hndiaS You pass over without notice, the
\ AUttISo GLortI manuisc.ure. You. PERHAPS, sir
are unseulalAted with IL il So me recommend
It 20 ynur notice, and that you indulge yourself with
visit 10 Railway, N-w-Jefssy, where YOU will see
tie establishment OF Mr. Shctwsn and others
Ibis cloth Is made from tue hair Of hides collected
- the various tannuras, with SMALL mixture of
wool. You viii see the al vantage gained by this IN
yes ion, and the useia employment Of an article
Hitherto most eonmouly tiwIsn away ut a glance
aad If you are SO lucky as TO ini Mr. ShotweU at
che factory jour visiting It, an convinced YOU
will DC Il Gated with all the aIteatoa which was ex
perienced BY yours, &e.
aIEND TO IMPROVEMENTS
We we're unacqua inted. until few DAYS
agn, with the Tau inc manufacture alIu-
ded to in the foregoing coumuni ation.-
Although we have not availed ourselves of
g. visit to Railway, we have visited the a.
gents and proprietors in this city, and have
been much ulcas with their exhibition OF
cio,hs And carpetings The finish Of stamp
ing and coGring will Re ndsr their carpetine.
an article of choicc and beauty bus their
cloth WIS more the subject # orr ad,nira-
tion It col tons, We are told, but one
fou e. part wool, the rest is hair and
as Coarse, warm clothing, it has many
Advantages chsapness and durability VIII
b found aIdcnG them and it possesses a
properly OF rcp-ilng water, which wool -
lone has not.
We c nsider, that for sailors jackets in
stormy weather, and fyr our Indian sup
Plies, these c!ouhs win be found valuable
and economical substitute for many Of cur
imp .Ttations We were informed nv Mr..
SholWcll, that tie opinion Of that great and
good man, cur reverend saChen, Mr. JEFF
ferson, had been received regarding them,
and we requested copy Of the lie ter, for
the purpose of laying it before the public
We give it in preference to any remarks Of
our own.
y1Iontcelo, Fe5r-lary1o 10, 1911.
.5Tsssrs Sl0tzgeN and Rindcr,
{" YuuF favour Of December 24lh came 0u, by our
last mail, and with it the piee2 Of cloth mat. of
wool ami hsir, Which sou were 50 kind as To send
me. pray yon to accept my thanks for this pre-
cent, Which,, while II IS acceptable mex OF good
will, shows also how important resource we h.v.
in an article, hitherto mostly thrown away towards
sapplyng our stock OF wool not vet quite equal to
vans. Although orr il0eks On sheep are null
tpymg rapidly in iris state, they are still SO far
short oI What are necessary or hing orr Labor
ers, at obliged 20 mix half cotton in thcir
Gliding. 1his has0y no means, tic substance you
give aiti, hair
"irl ice 10 this progress towards real indie
pcAdeHoc; and While nope 4 perinarc.t suDport
IN tose generally 50 ah &c spirited enterprise We
ave dkey BE- indebted iur IL, add SINGER. wishes
for sircess 10 your particular txerli7as and with
rep~utinn d my .i.anks, teodertie Assurances o,
M 5Psst. IT,! JEFFERSON
We shah only forthor state, that we nm
dcrstand that dis establishment has OBJ
tanned a charter with the capital Of 400
thousand dollars, and that, at the pre-
S NJ infancy Of the establishment, it is ca
p bic OF delivering five hundred yards Of
{ is 10Th per day. snol this an i7tHroye-
mctt worthy Of fubic md u1j9nql nut
range Tn ess we c,uid place the cloth
bef re ihe eyes o. oar readers, we could
MOI pretend % convince tlem, that. from
tie hair Of ozcn, tgsther wish small
mixture &c ~ ooi, it could be equal to what
II vcaliy &C.
We a,ay perhaps, visit Railway, and
b. nabl ., on tutur. day, TO say more
Aoa this sasjcct, which we scaly consider
patton crovemeut nd does credit fo
~ RS, ~ Che ingenuity which BROUGHT
20 Is p clt perfection.
L.taf. |9yoc4fe.