The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-11-04
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whoe sonied spirit Of the meeting at Metropoli,an
nan W ednesday night an account Of which We rave
yesterday The inspiration even seemed To he cansh.
mp BY the showmen and hurdy-surdy grinders au.
side the great enclosure-the chanters of fbs ,r.;
OF the giant who wears the big shoe of the ha;,1a.s
horse. Of the bear two iegs the ANACONDA and -,
tut girl, lifted up their voices with renewed
and seemed fresh at their tasks as il it vsr tb
hrst day of the exhibition. The man with the hovv
ana arrows was more than usually busy, the hurdy-
surdy resounded with superadded monotony. and the
blind Esculapius with his drugs was more than any
aaS yet devout in his aspirations to heal the world
and expe death from the earth Within and without
eheeruiness animation, and activity prevailed and
the salne order and decorum which has been re-
mafkable feature of the Fair from the commence
ment, was still maintained
ne cIfet matter OF interest in the Fair grounds
lol the oay, was the Lecture of Mr.. PETER A
DROWN No, OF Fhiadephia A little in ADVANCE of the
neat appointed ior him. the worthy Lecturer and
ms son "a most intelligent gentlem arranged
small portion OF the specimens of Mr.. - co,leeton
on table They exhibited the care and system
with which he had collected them and exctsd
very general interest. After the Armory Band hsa
performed one or two eire Mr.. Bra,yne nroeoaasa
with his address
Mr. BROWNE diselsinaed all pretention. to elc.
quence on the occasion. His object was TO exhib;t
his specimens OF WOOL and to tell the truth about
the varieties OF wool aud hair which was inetestin
10 Virginia aud the United States. The subject of
hair and wool was little understood, and he doubted
whether there was man ia that audi nee who coid
give she proper dhntion of hair and WOOL and could
tell the difference between them. 1t was subject
of exceeding importance to science, to manufactures
and the arts, and especially it nteiering to Yr-
ginia.
Speaking OF some of the characteristics of the hair
or pile, from the Latin pus he went on to saw that
the most interesting variety was that found upon tbe
head of man. This consisted of three kinds-oue
cylindrical, the second oval and third eccentreal
eiptica The hair of the Indian was ylindrica that
OF the Caucasian or white man was oval. and that
ofthe negro eccentrcal eIpticaI la the hair Of the
white man there tube through which passed
the col5rng matter. These three kinds of hair in
dicated different species of men, and all the preach
ing in the world could satisfy him that tbey did
not.
Hair, continued the lecturer, differed from wool
altogether WOOL was eccentrical eliptical, and was
the same whether from the negroes head or Sleeps
buck The white mans hair came out at an acute an
gle with the epdernis and descended over the shout
ders and would fall the face if not put aside
epidernis, and but for its corkscrew twist. would
stand out like the quilts of porcupine There Yves
marked difference between the scales on the hair
of the white and that of the negro Ia the for.
Iner they hardly deserved the name of scales They
were less numerous, rounded at their extreities and
adhered close 10 the body In the latter the number
was sfeater-they were sharp and stood out from the
body II was this standing out ofthe scales that gave
WOOL Its adaptation to telting. The scales which
were about Is, 600 to the inch, became locked and
Ia SO that with the aid of heating and press
ing the felt was formed without the help of spnnin
or weaving The same was the case in fuIling, with
the difference that the wool was spun first
Now 5ou sometimes send piece of flannel to the
aundress and it back SO shrunk that YOU can't
get into it. That flannel was made of the wronr
fleece. Itwas not the fault of the laundress In the
operation of washing the flannel had become com.
pacted as in eltng This brought the speaker to the
difference in the species of sheep-one producing
what he called hair suited for fannes and the other
the wool for other fabrics. The wool in sheep was
a test of its species the hair with man This
| showed two and only two species of sheep, while
there were three species exhibited by the hair OF
| man. Though the varieties of wool were astonish.
ngsy great, you may search the world over said he
and there are but two species of sheep. Now as with
The object of the sheep raiser should be pernanen
cy in his breeosnot to have breed that would die
out in five years. The sheep raiser should I'M
derstaId these matters to pursue his vocation
fully; and it was matter of especial importance to
Virginia which would be of the greatest sheen
raising countries it of the best in the world
for that purpose. England can't raise fine WOOL
Lord Weston had spent fortune in the effort and
faiied-and the failure confessed by intelligent
Engishmea. Where was England to get her supplyq
The hope from Australia blighted BY the gold
fever, aud Germany, Saxony and Liberia were unable
to supply her great demand. TO this country she
would have to look and instead of our importing
81 1000 of pounds annually we should export twice
that amount
Sheep breeding was to become great business in
Virginia, while England could produce only the hair
for annels carpets and hose, and Saxony could only
produce the fine wool for felt and the manufacture
of cloth. Prginia could produce both She had only
to select the climate and locality with care and keer
fiocks free from arnalgamation, and she could nro
duce the best wool in the world Go to the western
Part of the State-look the specimens of Keso,.
wool, and Patterson's wool of Bedford which were
in his collection. and what would cornpare viii
any produced ia Europe In the eastern part of tbs
State and along the coast the region for the pro
oGclon OF Inc Woots Tor Hannels aud carpeting Lei
not the sheep of the mountains be brought to ths
coast those of the be carried 10 the rsuu
tains, and above ALL let there be no anlaIsamation
The speaker after explaining the present condition
of the wool market, from which be deduced tha
there would be no doubt Of constant demand an,
ready sale for all we could produceroturned aeat1
to the subject of the dunger Of amalgamation. On
that rock tie sheep husbandnan was ia danger o.
splitting. There the Fair grounds Fam
boaiJIes sheep, that was greatly extolIed, and be
had the bsst authority for pronouneng 1t Hs
| 5r;d 4 he hybrid was not made by God, ard could
NOS pe4petaata its species. In the third or fourth
generation the hybrid Of the white ard eiac1 runs
oUt. An extraordinary circumstances bad besn dis-
covered by hinisalfthat was. while We md ln me
white only oval hraiI ard II ne regFo diiler-
enasind put them together, ana u the h5oSaa fley
produced, we have neither one nor tue othef xina,
but sopae OF both The same was the case Y nliAns
thehreeds of aiespsssere was some sfooland sofne
hair inthe fleece of sss hybria-siaich Tor taat res
| son was not TT for naanufactafips.
Mr Browne explained to the audience the inpor.
4see ef t,,e sheen raiser becoming qseh acanG ~ ed
.be ya,iaties 81 sooi aud exhibited instruments
VA ~ l.asness and atsensta os waal-ene oi
them only eostias % esf.
NJ. urged iae Virginia Society TO purchass aaape
6 .,sa s.een: be was ds.ighted at the prospect Il
"a s. 1eipg sic and II i oais laid ouf money
&, .gav II would ceslfer incaleusable bensis,