Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-05-18


possible, to profit by the advice he had given
me, and to make the best of my hard lot.
ITO be Continued.l
s9isttllauep'1s geaains.
TRIP TO ASIA MINOR FOR ANeoRA GOATS.
Mr.. John s. Harris, of California, reached
Baltimore recently by the steamship Sardin.
ian, from Liverpool, with twelve Angora
goats, which he brought all the way from Asia
Minor, after q most romantic and difficult
journey, occupying year. Angora and Cash.
mere goats had been considered indentical, but
sample of real Cashmere wool sent to
Mr.. Harris from Madras, disclosed the fact
that it was essentially different from the wool
grown on goats called Angsrss, which he and
others owned in this country. This discovery
led the adventurous breeder to 60 to Asia and
see and learn for himself, as we'll as to study
the habits and mode Of raising goats, with .
view to making them profitable in the sierras
of California.
He started April 10th, 1876, from Cslifor-
mia, via Japan and China, intending to 90
overland into Thibet, but found that imprao-
ticable. He then went to Calcutta, and 60
ing through India, reached the Cashmere dis
trict and saw the animals for which he made
so great journey. He found the Cashmere
goats covered with rather sparse coat Of
coarse, long, black hair, under which is fleece
of extremely white silk-like wool, used in the
manufacture of Indian shawls and other goods
that are highly priced for their ineness Of
texture and capability for receiving and re-
tanning colors. The home of the Cashmere
goat is on the Himalaya Mountains, $4,000
feet about the level of the sea, in region Of
eternal SHOWS. .s...z... ...a
There are no Cashmere goats in America.
The traveller found these goats could not be
pro6tably acclimatized in California, but he
gained the information that mohsir wool goats
can be successfully raised in a high altitude
and low altitude, such as the Sierras of South.
ern California. Mr.. Harris concluded then
to 90 to Angora, but found he could not pro.
ceed overland on account of war, nor via the
Persian Gulf, on account of the unsettled state
of the country. He etherefore returned to CAL
cutta and went via Ceylon, Indian Ocean,
Red Sea and Suez Canal, to Port Said, over
the Taurus Mountains, in crossing which he
was occupied twenty.one days, and suffered
intensely from cold, snow, etc., with no other
food but native black bread and kind Of
molasses. When finally he reached Angora
and bought his goats, two rams and ten ewes,
he ran short of money, and had to telegraph
to California for credit at Constantinople.
He borrowed from friendly Scotchman, and
started for the coast. He had nine mules and
three donkeys, on which the precious goats
we're slung in boxes, while other IF the ami.
mails were loaded with provender and bag.
gage. He tried to reach Smyrna, but after
Aoundering in the mountains some days be
was obliged to return to Angora. He then
turned north to Ismid, where he struck rail
to Constantinople. There he found money
from his partner, paid bis debts and the export
duty and "bucksheesh" demanded by the
Turks. He went from Constantinople to Liv.
erpool, and thence to Baltimore safely.
Mr.. Harris says that, including all his ex.
penses since leaving home, the goats have
thus far cost him $525 apiece in gold, or to.
tai of sc, 800, and he has yet to take them
across the continent to California by rail.
Mr.. Harris is a middle aged Scotchman, deci-
dedly modest, and does not think he has per.
formed remarkable journey in the wilds OF
Central and Western Asia. When he left
California he and his partner had one thous-
and seven hundred goats on their ranges, at
Hollister, Benito county, where has been sew
enteen years. He thinks he has found that
by proper breeding, California is especially
adapted to producing mohair woods. The
goats on the Sardinisn are smaller than the
ordinary animals, and have long silken Aeeces
of white wool. Both sexes have flat, corruga'
ted horns, about eighteen inches long, that di.
verge from the front of the head. All are
yearlings, and show no i'll effects from their
travels. Several kids have been born since
leaving Angora, one Of which, several days
old, is still alive and we'll. The goats were
visited by thousands Of people at Liverpool,
where Mr.. Harris was sort of lion. He has
with him specimens of Cashmere and other
wools, together with their manufactured pro-
ducts, obtained in Asia. .t
A subsequent edition of the Sun says:
"The Angora goats brought from Asia Mi.
nor to Baltimore, by Mr.. John S. Harris, were
taken from the steamship Sandman yester'
day, and will be started for Cslifornia to-mor.
row in chartered railroad car, The goats
were admitted free of duty, but some infor'
malities in Mr.. Harris's papers caused delay
at the custom-house, and special permit was
obtained from Washington. The Angoras
have attracted much attention during their
stay in Baltimore. Mr.. Harris says much Of
the fleece has been pulled from their backs by
curious visitors. Two kids have been born
since the goats reached Baltimore, making
three With the one born on the Sandman.
The youngsters have been named "Sardinian"
Baltimore" and "Lady Gordon" the latter
for friend of Mr.. Harris in this city. The
goat family now counts fifteen heads. Mr..
Harris learned that Mr.. Diehl, formerly min.
lister to Turkey, seven years ago brought to
Baltimore the first Angoras that came to
America, some of which are now in California.
Mr.. Harris, while in Angora, frequently heard
of what Mr.. Diehl had done when he visited
that country. There are no English or Amer.
lean people in Angora, and Mr.: Harris pene-
trated to the capital Of Central Asia Minor
in the disguise of a pious Musselman, and was
seemingly among the most devout of Moham.
medans. The people Of Angors speak a diff.
ferent language from those of other parts Of
Asia, and he thus escaped detection. In
reaching Cashmere disguise was not necessary.
BRAIN BREAK.DowN.-The brain may fair
ly be likened to the steam-engine of large
mill. 1t is the engine Of the body, and the
nerves through which it directs all the move
ments of the body are its belts and shafts.
Wh.n tho stao m ono;no of tho mill ia doino