Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-01-07

This is the season when lurs are in fash
ion, and. what's better, are Of use Sable
squirrel, martin, otter and ermine are now in
vogue, and sell at goodly prices. By con.
sulting an account of the fur trade Of the
Hudson Bay Company, which is the ptinci.
pal source of supply, we find that the furs
and Peltries of the Company comprise fox
OF various coiors, black and brown bear, sa-
Die, otter, lynx. beaver, racoon, mink MUS
| quash,' wolf, fur seal, martin, squirrel and
ermine7 The most important in this list is
sable OF which nluffs and tippets are mostly
made OF these abou; l25, 900 are collect.
ed by the Hudson Bay Company annually
We fnd i, recorded ia history that /.
wreath of black sable, which was presented
to Henry i,in the early par, Of the eleventh
century, BY the Bishop OF London, Cost no
less than tloo, which in those days was
! very large sum. Hee4 sHsT s as neis'
The Russian or Siberian sable is more es.
teemed than the American, however, being
softer and more silky than the latter, and Of
these Russia ahuuaily produces 10000
This is why those laxuFies are 80 costly 40
lew ofihese fors, in proportion to those w no
wear them, are produced annually This
may account also for the ria k OF getting SOU.
rious articles ioE your money. The price of
the real sable corresponds with the abund-
ance and glossy blnckness of the upper
coat. s sss54 - ii f57.s, sIs'fsf
OF martin skins The Hudson Buy Compa-s
ny gathered in one year, we are told, a.
900, and The French tree traders in Canadn
exported 10000 of them in the same year
good many OF these are worn as Innings
and trimmings by the ladies, and gloves are
lined with them in large numbers. g ss
The black or silver fox is a rare fur and
valuable one; single skin often command
ing at wholesale, $200, and even $780,
About 900 of these are annuaily collect
ed by The {. npany, and neurly all OF them
go to Russia or China, for lining and trim ;.
ming TO dresses. The iur of the sea otter
is mostly used for caps, collars and robes,
and about 10 900 or 20. 900 of these are an
nually collected, and go in great abundance
TO China, where single otter skin sells for
$40. Yet others goto Russia, Turkey, and
Greece. Ofwolf skins, the Russians make
sleigh robes. Beaver hus become DRUG.
since other materials haVe superseded in for
hats Military caps and pistol holsters are
now mostly made of this skin. ss - ea
The skin Of the squirrel is used ip immense
quantities all over Europe, and the II. b. Co.
export vast quantities TO the Continent -
II is this fur, dyed very euniringiy, which
you are in great danger of being pursuaded
to purchase as the real Russian sable It's
extremely light (in weight), and though not
worth an eigth part as much as the sable, |
is sold at sable prices in great quantities.
The ermine, too, is very often counter
leiied, but an expert detects the cheat at
Iouch aud a glance. This FUR is taken from /
. little animal, about as big as weasel, and
is pure white all over. except the tip of the |
tail. which is black. The Siberian ermine
is intensely and spotlessy white. About
10000 of these are entrapped annually by /
the Hudson Bay Company.
Il IS historical fact, that, for more thnn
u thousand years, the ermiue has been asss-
clated with the dignity oftbrone aud bench
1t Is caiieo in heraldry, minever. Oft the /
coronation robes OF kings and queens are
made II is also an atttibute of the bench
and has come to mean, what il spotless
white should indicate, judicial purity. The
oldest English poets alude to the furred
robes and the '.gownes" of royalty, and the
''ermelInes" OF noble ladyes fayre and royal
danes. "a . -,- ~