The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-01-08
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Cashmere ShaWis ana tacir ysluc.

Cashmere Shawis and their value.
The Cashmere goat has been introduced
INTO France. England South Carolina. and
Tenn, sSee. The value of a flock may be est
mated from the fact that no real Tibet gcat
has ever been sold for less than A thousand
dollars. This enormous price. moreover. i,
not speculative one, for no feeced animal
has wool Of such finen,ss sof,ness. and dnra-
hlIity. The woo Of all The Thilct goats in
Tennessee for example, has been engaged
at New York t!nS year. at 60 so per pound
the purchasers designing to send il to Paisley.
I'm htotland,) in order to 5c manufactured
into shawls.
The prices paid for The real Cashmere
Shawl OF those woven in India, have some
times been almost fabulous. 4 rall.si2ad
shawl, such as called in AmerIca long
shawl. ordinarily commands in Paris or Lon.
dom from five bundled to five thousand dol
lars, according to quality. Scarfs and square
shawls, being smaller, sell for less. 1t is a
mistake, however. to suppose that all these
slmW!S are manufactured in India. in the
shape III which they are sold here. Generally
indeed, the centres and borders come out
separately, and are put together afterwards
IN Sues, and often patterns. to suit customers.
Moreover, large portion Of the shawls sold
as zeal india ones, are actually made in
France; for the Thihet goat was introduced
INTO That country more than thirty years ago.
ard the Cashmere shawlS initiated with CON
siderable skill. Judges Of the articles pre-
tend 10 say, however, that the real India
shawl can be detected, by its having a less
evenly woven web, as also from its brighter
colOTS. 1t is likewise said that the border of
thp Dn,,i,, inn 4 81 .l.,
woven III small peiccs, which are Afterwards
sew,d together, as the whole border is sub
stantially Sewcd IN to the centre. But other
authorities deny that the skill! of India is in.
sufficient to troche a shawl in other words,
to weave the border and centre in one piece,
or Iun the pattern Of the former over the
latter.
The persons who in our own country and
at The present day, purchase worstcI or woolen
goods under the denomination Of Cashncr,s.
are, or ought to I've, aware that such goods
are CaShm,rian only in name. 4 rca! Cash
mere shaw made Ivy the inhabitants Of that
Indian valley from the wool Of lpcnliar
variety Of goat reared on the plains Of ThiLct
Is most costly article. eagerly sought after
by the rnj"hS and srltans Of the East, but
finding It's way to Europe very rarely indeed.
40 iHuhe i!h!T VI large ana handsome Ia h-
mere shawlS requires the labor of twelve or
fourteen men for half year. The late Run.
jet Singh, the chief of Lahore. gave five
thousand rupees for a pair Of wooden shawlS.
the patterns o!which represented his victories
The animals from which the material is OBJ
tanned are covered By nature with two kind,
of coat for clothing; the one fine, curly,
generally gray, aud imparins to the skin
down more or less thick, as if TO guard it
against cold and damp: the other course
ank, and giving general color to the animal;
and rs it is only the inner and finer coating
which is used for the fine shawls, the quantity
produced is limited, and therefore high priced.