Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29
NlHooSki The Burlington WO0llen NILS.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE CENTENNIAL


PREPARATIONS FlR THE CENTENNIAL
he Burlington Mis-. 1t Winooski. n
former years. As some Of oar readers know,
made their high reputation by the produc-
lion of tirst-cilss broaicioth-, doeskins and
beavers. - I.cA were 80 long the chief and
almost on cloths Tor gentlemen's wear.
I In later year. the MOSCOW beavers, first
made ID this country by this Company,
have had = wide lame. Ia these lines, the
goods oil 5hi- Company have easily led the
Boston market. But the edicts of fashion.
which have brought into such almost uni
versa. Use the fancy >uitings. diagonals and
other fabrics with figured surfaces, for gen
temen'- suits and the rough and figured
E.ysian oyercoatings, have compelled the
company to change the style of their man
uiaeturc- 10 suit the times. While not Who'll
ly abandoning the pro iucti5n Of broad
cloths and beavers. the mills have, for
year OF more, been largely engaged il the
manufacture Of fancy Kcrseys and
~uitise~ with such success that the
the Company received, last fall, the highest
awards, wherever they exhibited their
goods. Among the Testimonials, thus re
ceived, were the silver medal Of the Boston
Charitable Mechanics Association and TWO
silver medals Of the franklin Institute of
Philadelphia. These are the highest awards
given boy those associations for superior
skill AMI perfection in manufactures-their
gold medals being reserved for great inven-
tons. These medals were awarded by com |
mittces composed Of merchant tailors and |
OF the highest standing and
as certificates OF merit they are surpassed in
value BY no testimonials awarded in this
country
For the past SIX months. the Company has
been engaged in the production Of the
EusMN ovERcoATINcs
in great variety of styles-rich browns
and blacks, dark blue, black with Grim
son mix, forming a very rich shade,
and black with small per cent
lge of white, and other fashionable
ihada,. aud of many different patterns Of
'urlace. No less than shy different styles
If these overeoatings are now made by the
company, and the customer would be hard
indeed to please who could not be suited by
.ny merchant OF tailor keeping full line
# these admirable cloths To describe the
ingenious machinery and processes of man
tacture-partly in the weaving and partly !
q the manipulation and flash of the nap /
" which the various styles are produced, !
you'd hardly be of interest to general read
r. Ii is enough to say that the Company, Fl
nd their agent, Hon f. c. Kennedy, who i
as so longands so canably superintendent the !,
nils and who has no superior, We suppose, p
J New England as manufacturer of fine :,
-oollen cloths, aim at no second rank in o.
leir business. As Belgium has hitherto II
d the world in these goods, they have Il
rought from Belgium a designer, who =,
as for years had charge of the weaving in II
ne OF the best mills 10 that country. They CT
ave also imported from Belgium a number Je
hands. chiefly women, who, trained to do n,
1t one thing in lifetime, and to do that
,rieetly, have acquired degree of skill in W
me Of the processes which can hardly be !"
cured at present, with American help 81
though Mr. Kennedy does not despair of W
aiming American hands to equal any for 10
On workers. The finishing is superintend- 81
By an Englishman, who learned his te
lsness as a fnisher in one of the best mills b
Hudders6eld, England. They have pro- ~ ~
red the best machinery to be obtained on ca
e planet; and using only woollen and vi
}rsted yarns, their fabrics have very to
viable reputation for durability as
IL as beauty. The Company, as -
} are glad to learn. are now preparing to IL
Ike fun exhibition Of their cloths. by cai
e side Of foreign makers, at the Philadel- "a
ia Centennial. 1t will include speci- die
ems Of everything they make, from SUI
G lowest to the highest. Including :.
e Elysian: overcOatings the Rus 81 81
N beavers, introduced by this Com &C
ny; the Moscow beavers fancy Kerseys. l
e "DolIymount," and other plaid fancy col
things now coming into favor the cheap
mixed goods, which are never out of -,
'hlcn. together with broadc.oths and doe Of
ms of the highest finish. Having recently De-
amined some of these goods at the factory. ~
were struck with their superiority in
eness, color and finish. We could not Ia
why they were not fully equal to the
It foreign goods. Ifsnch cloths as these
be procured in thiscountry, it is simply wa
hame that the desire for imported goods a ae'
'uld give foreign manufacturers the pref a,l
'nce in our own markets. ~ We under tAs
nd that the cloths Of the Burlington Mill M
mpany are now constantly sold by un- ne,
upuious jobbers, as imported goods, at tin
ces dollar or two yard higher than wh
y would bring-as American goods. This -.
zht not to be. W sa.e glad the Company ius
intending toshow its fabrics at the Gen. up
NAL Exhibition; and it will be an exhi- !
ion Of which Vermont, as State, will oc
70 no reason to be ashamed 80 exc