The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-29

EVERYBODY uses brushes Of some kind. fhe
spppostion is that every civilized male Diped re-
quries q hair brush clothes brush, blsckiog
brushes. II he shaves himself he requires shaw.
ing brush also If he doesn't his barber does. In
his dining room crumb brushes are required.
while in his sculIery exists an oft repeated re-
quirement for brushes for scrubbing. white wash
ing snd for making cast iron stove pipe suppose
itself to have come direct from Russia. .-,-s1.
|. The brush question brings the hog into posi-
ton of dis.ssy eoa Importance indeeendsnt or his
capacity as supplier of pork. SO far as hair and
paint brushes are concerned he Is an animal of iu-
dspepsabe value. The American hog Is CON-
paraiivey an aristocrat. In this country. as In
England. Mr.. Hog is raised exclusively for his
pork. The Berkshire, the Chester and other fa-
vorite breeds of pigs, are almost destitute Of
tristle. Look Mt the prize pigs In any agricultu-
raj show. and it will be seen that a scurfy bald
ness il their most striking cbaracterlsic-they
are moving masses Of pork snd nothing more.
But IN Russia the hog is very different animal.
He runs in a condition next to wildness In Ger
many and part of France hogs run at large, ss
buifaloes roam upon our western plains or as wild
cattle enjoy the liberty OF the pampss IN Brazil
There the beasts grow brstles instead of pork.
The Westphalia hams that we read Of as possess
ing flavor so gsme-ike are lean, but the animals
bearing .hem are literally covered with brstles.
Those running along the spinal column are as erect
and stiff equal amount of No. wire, and rate
tie best in the world.
For this reason we produce no bristles Of any
conse quence in this country. What we do get are
partly DESTROYED by the action of the hot water
used in scalding the hog. For long time all the
product went 10 swell the general aggregate OF
offal for fer,iizing matter A comparatively small
quantity is annually saved, and goes into the man
ufacure of scfutbing, shoe and other coarse kiads
of brushes. but for bristles In general We depend
upon transatlantic sources of supply. u
There is another kind of hair that costs i'm
meneeiy. IL is the hair OF the badger. 1t Is used
for making the brushes OF graners. The tails OF
a. .lnln aurfr rNA
$50 a pound. Most OF ii comes frsm Germany.
For the last four years none have been procuraoe.
The Prussian government got into its noodle
notion to adopt the badger tail In its Infantry
mems hats, much our bncktai regiment
sported the caudsl sppendages Of deer. The re-
suit WAS that rrsiners found their brushes about
as scarce as shabby bonnets In fashionable
churches.
The idea of csmel-hsr brushes is surely
pleasant fiction. 1t is like calling small bladed
knife penknife. Nobody makes quill peus ia
this era and no camels offer their hair for brushes
of any kind. For the material OF all this kind OF
brush we indebted 10 the tails OF the raccoon,
opossum silver martin, skunk and Hudson Bay
sable. 1t is less queer than true that, while all
these furs are produced on our OWE soil, we must
90 TO England TO buy the tails. The fars are
shipped 10 Europe, tails and all. The shipper
won't cut them OF less he the integrity OF the
skins. ,lI.
Iopg goat hair for brush making purposes. Every
billy goat carries an hpp6uudBe Dtncatu III, Shiu
from four to ten inches long. Eugenie TOOK
fancy to it as a trimming for her pelisse, and.
| presto all the supply was lifted Tar beyond .
price that wesid- prove productive to The oroso-
| makers, TO be used as An article OF trimming:
| The retail trade gives TO the article a faucifui
name, but the chances are that the uppet or
muff known as the ADgora goat fleece was once
sported BY a four-leg ranger OF the Schuylkil
| with q pair of horns surmounting bis caput.
There are many ways Of preparing hair and
| bristies and some ways, also, of eking out the
| supply Manila produces grass that IN second
clsss brushes can be so ntermngled as 70 deceive
| the eve OF body but an exaert. Shred whale
bone was formerly employed to no incoosider sole
| extent, but the only available kinds OF whaebons
| are very nearly no WAS dear as bristles.
| In the manufacture of brushes the struggle now
| il between this country and Europe. rne french
/ make goods snowy aud poor. The government,
in advertising for supplies OF paint and whitewssa
brushes invariably invites proposals for Clnton's.
for which reason it is fair to suppose that Phila-
delphia in this particular line has made its mark.
The scarcity of material of all kinds for maxim Z
brushes is gradually increasing and endeavors are
now being made 70 utilize the vast quanuty OF
American bristes that annually go to waste IN the
| big porkeries of Cincinnati and Chicago. At the
| asylum for the blind the manufacture Of the com.
| moner kinds OF brushes is prominent branch oi
industry. and it is touching to see the manner IN
which the absolutely sightless can perfect Their
| work.
In a mechanical point of view the art Of brush
| making is difficult one. Few branches OF indus
| try prove more remunerative TO the artisan. Tue
home mar ufscturer, owing TO circumstances tns'
| he cepnot avert, hasto compete with foreign work
men, but no better brushes are any where produces
than in this city. The only trouble Is that the
| French and English manufacturer can pat iato the
| market an article at 81 dozen only Distinguish
| able after being used from an arucles costinl
| treble the money. and that's what the matter
| with the brush trade.-l Phil. U. 5. Gazette.
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