Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-04-10

Signor's seraglio. The workmon of Angora
use this thread of goats hair without mix
ture. whereas at Brussels they are obliged TO
mix thread made Of wool--for what reason
know not. In England they mix up this hair
in their periwigs, but it must not be spun.
In this consist the riches of Angora all the
inhabitants are employed in this trade. II is
with reason they prefer the goats hair Of An
CORA to that of Congna. which is the ancient
lcomium, (now called Koniah,) where Cicero
assembled the Roman army for the goats of
! Congna are all either brown or black
"Tournefort also adds that 'Angora is four
great days journey from the Black sea, the
shortest way. The caravan from Angora to
Smyrna is twenty days passing; and the an
ccnt city Of Catyacum, which the Turks call
Kutayeh, is half way The caravans (of cam
els go from Angora to Bussa in ten days ;
from Angora to Kaseria in eight; from An
CORA to Sinope in ten from Angora to lsmit
or the ancient Nicomeda in nine days and
from Angora to 1stamboul (Constantinople)
in twelve or thirteen days
Judging from Tourneforts description Of
the country around Angora, it must be stu
ated in an extensive plain, surrounded by
/ pretty elevated hills. lie speaks of these
/ hills as being covered with oaks and pines
J
/ Of oaks" He adds that the small hills
which divide the plains are "adorned with
woods of oaks with leaves like ours, though
they do not grow much higher that our un-
derwood.' On the last days of his approach
TO Angora he crossed the river Hays. OF the
kigil lrmak of the Turks, and states
"Hence the country is very rugged and un-
/ pleasant We arrived at this famous city az
! ter four hours journey. through valley very
well cultivated in many places
On visiting the town of Boyba2ar to which
he alludcs in the first extract taken by MS
from his book, he mentions the goats in the
following language:
"All this country is dry and bare, except
the orchards, wherein the celebrated Angora
pears arc produced. The goats eat nothing
but the young shoots of herbs, and perhaps
it is this which. as Bushequies observes, con-
tributes to the conservation of the beauty of
the hair, which is lost when they change
their climate and pasture. The goat-hcrds Of
Beyhazar and Angora often comb them and
wash them in their brooks
Angora is situated in latitude 40 20 north,
/ longitude SO 3 east and the climate is
said to be much colder than that Of Constan-
tinople, where snow seldom lies long upon
the ground, and where water seldom freezes
In modern phamphlot in my possession
on the trade of Constantinople find the fol-
| lowing remarks on the goats hair of Asia
Minor:
"This article is collected at Angora. Sivr
Hissar, Caystambola, Bangar and Beybazar
and in their vicinity. The different qualities
arc chiefly distinguished by the whitcnoss and
souudness Of the fbors, by the softness of
the hair, by the exemption from all foreign
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moreover by the dry state of the hair, for the
least dampness may produce heat and alter
the whiteness of the fibers, which should be /
perfectly dry The season for shearing the
goats hair is annually, in the month of May, |
and the crop continues to be brought to Con-
stantinople until the end of October
The amount of Angora goats hair or
WOOL may be estimated, according to the
condition of the focks, at from eight thou
sond to ten thousand bales, each weighing
one and one halfquinta of Constantinope or
one hundred and eighty-one and halfpounds.
1t is put up in bags made of horse hair, and
these should be extremely clean"
Angora goats hair is called at CONSTANT
nople syhk, and values at the present period
thirty-fye piasters per oke of two and three
fourths pounds. Besides the hair. the skins
of the goat are sold for rugs in the bazaars of
Constantinople and Smyrna, dyed red, blue,
and yellow, and are beautiful articles for par
Tors and bed-chambors. There are also sold .
here some skins of the Angora goat, half
breeds, which are always of brown color,
and these probably come from Koniah, whore
Tournolort mentions the goats as being all
brown or black. These half-breeds are fire.
quently driven from the neighborhood of An /
CORA to Constantinople, with other common
goats and sheep for slaughterng and have
remarked that they are always tall and of
brown color, their Aceces shorter and coarser
than those of the finer breed.
In conclusion would state that small
flock Of pure Angora goats has just been
shipped from this to the United States by Mr..
Brown, the dragoman of the legation. The
flock are twenty-five in numbers six Of the
goats are bucks, with very tall horns. and the
remainder does all with young. learn
that they arc destined for the States of New
York and Ohio. And Mr.. Brown believes
that the hills in the neighborhood of Chilli
cothe, Ohio will be suitable for the breeding
/ of this curious and valuable animal. lie pro-
cured them recently from Angora, at cost of
about ten dollars apiece. Having found the
I means for procuring these goats from Angora
| without much trouble he will, he informs
me, be able to procure others for any of his
oountrymen in the United States desirious of
making the experiment of raising them there.
hope that those now shipped by Mr..
Brown may reach the United States in safety.
To insure this he has sent colored man, be-
( longing to Ohio, named John Price, in charge
/ of them d.
I p. S. There is a species Of sheep near the
/ Lake Of Van, in Asia Minor, which produces
wool much resembling the goats hair 1t
costs only eighteen piasters the oke of two
and three iourths pounds, and is sent to the
United States in the place of sidik
VEGETABLE GARDEN.-The eariness Of
crops is much accelerated by the. application
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