Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-05-13
For the Fayetteville Observer.
WooI-En.

Our neighbors OF the Wooden
Mill in the suburbs seemingly take
special interest in our little cireu-
lar for Wool Carding published re-
Gently. They remind US OF Ma
poleon the frst's young son who
cried because his father conquered
the whole world and left nothing
for him to conquer when he be-
came a man. They also put us in
mind of the individual who once
undertook to pilot a steamboat on
one of the western rivers. Not
much accustomed to navigation, he
saw the moon, blew his whistle,
and being satisfied in his own i'm
agination a collision would take
place, he commenced an over
whelming TRADE Of abuse on the
moon because she would not an
swer his signal and keep to the
right.
Now if we have incurred the
wrath or displeasure of any or Ell
Their of these gentlemen, We must
confess we are at a loss to know
how we did it, as we contend
there is not one word in our little
circular, either detrimental, disre-
spectful, uneourteous or undigni-
fed to Medearis & Co., or their
CARDER, as manufacturers and
further we would be foremost in
opposing any such should it ema-
nate from other quarters, because
we, in common with the rest of
the citizens of this county, feel in
terested in the success of every en-
terprise of this kind in the county.
They must remember, however,
that these are times Of peace, "not
Of war" and we must have the
privilege Of tending to our own lit
tie business in our own way, SO
far as it don't interfere with the
rights of others; therefore, we
would not now mar the good-fel-
lowship existing heretofore for sew
eral reasons.
1st.-If their machinery is new
and well selected-good, they can,
of course, do good work; although
a bran new machine and well Sc
lected, was once brought into this
county and it was fully three
years before they could make rolls
on it worth a cent.
2nd.-"It is" not universally
conceded that new machinery is
better than old-and especially
the oldest in the county" as the
fact is well established, that the
older this machine gets the better
it manufactures wool rolls-and
more especially in its present run
ming order, and run by man who
is pronounced by every one in the
county almost, from actual expert
ence with him, the best CARDER
ever known In this vicinity,
3rd.-Their efforts to get peo-
pie hereabouts to believe that
steam is better than water power
is perfectly futile and has not the
ghost of a chance, not even with
two governors" instead of one,
and a fy-wheel if they choose, and
another whistle.
4th.-We would like to know
what their opinion of the Prince
of Burr Machines is worth, when
neither the proprietors nor their
CARDER, himself, have ever seen
one run in their lives. This we
have from the Carder himself, and
if we mistake net, from some of
the proprietors.
And to say the least of the last;
if Mr.. Selby is good Carder, there
are other and better channels by
which that can be established than
the present one. We cannot en-
dorse the assertion, however, that
he is superior in many respects"
nor in any respect whatever, to
Mr.. Barclay, in carding the staple
of wool raised in this part of the
country, (Merino we don't know
anything about and if he proves
himself equal to Mr.. Barclay, he
will more than come up to our an
ticipations. We would then sug-
gest that the ladies of the country,
who are the best judges, decide as
to who makes the best rolls, and
let them crown the champion
with o wool hat.
FRANK MARKUM.
FAYETTEVILLE, May Is, 1859.