Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-05-02

will be interesting to the farmers and
Wool Growers Of Vinton County to know
that som Of the leading citizens Of Mo
Arthur and vicinity have formed a COM
pany for the purpose Of introducing into
the county Cashmere Shawl Goats. A
meeting Of several of the citizens wal
held at DR.. A.. VOLTS Office, 10 this place
on Friday afternoon last, at which We
were present. We saw some specimens
of the wool, and, also, soms specimens
manufactured from the fleece, and have
no hesitaucy in %prOnouncing it the most
magnificent fabric we have ever SEEN
Silk is really no comparison to the beau
tiful, glossy fleece of these animals. We
are pleased to see our citizens takiDgh hold
of such an important matter and We
predict not only a pleasant, but an ox'
ceedingly profitable enterprise.
We copy the following from the Lou
~isville Industrial Commercial aud Gazette,
OF a late date:
SHAWL GOATS FOR OHIo.-We have
before alluded to the number Of these
animals which were being shipped from
Tennessee to Ohio. But the number Of
cages, containing these beautiful goats,
which were drayed through our streets
some days ago for Cincinnati, is probar
the largest which has been made.
On inquiry, We learned that the parties
Messrs. Ream and Clark, Of Ohio, who
purchased largely, a few months ago,
have again added to their flock twelve
thousand dollars worth.
Although much has been said and
written on this subject, a brief history oil
this enterprise, yet 10 its infancy, may
not be out Of place at this time. The
first, and probably the only, importation
of real Cashmere goats ever made to this
country, (if We rely upon Profe. Mapes,
Goodrich and johnson, as veil as that
able naturalist and divine, Bachman,)
was by Dr.. James B, Davis, of South
Carolina, while in the employ Of bis
highness, The reigning Sultan of Turkey;
which landed upon our Southern shores
in 1919; the largest portion of which,
soon after. fell into the hands Of Colonel
r. Williamson, Of Sumner county, Tenn.
This gentleman, at that time, veaturd
to pay the almost fabulous prices rat
which they were held; and, with an en-
ergy that knew no possibility of failure,
he las prosecuted his labors ustil the
fact has been established that these ami
mails, for ages confined to the mountains
of Asia, thrive equally we'll amidst the
SHOWS Of Michigan and the sunny plains
Of Texas and Mexico, and are now be.
ing sought at prices even greater than
those which once astOnished US, We
learn from the parties purchasing, shat
sales Of the United Cashmere Company,
under the management Of Gen. We, G.,
Harding, of Davidson county, and Col.
R. Williamson, OfSumner county, Tenn
will probably exceed those of any flock
breeders in America since the way. We
see by the assessments Of incOmetax to
the Government, that principally through
this source, the incomes of these gentle
men are ahead Of all others in the rich
counties in which they reside.
Having, on more than one occasion,
enjoyed the Inequalities Of Stillsite, the
home of Col. williamson, gazing over
his large cotton fields, and rambling
through his focks and herda, feeding in
their shady UaIks-aud to which, as we
learn, he has recently added, both of
aockS and heards, by importation we do
not hesitate to advise our friends 10 visit
Stillsite, if they desire puro Cashmeres,
Devons, Spanish Morinos, or Poland
pigs.
The Negroes, since the passage pr the
"Proposed Amendment to the Coustitu.
%tioD," are called "Manhoods'' and eMen
purely white" are styled abnormal If.
repularitiea" One nf the ENa nhoodsu