Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-27

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nd On exhibifion en 6toQnuS voe1eed
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fjno e New Or1snna this wfu1ng, and
also some ane spscimoms ~ Beahme
fovis. The poultry sxoitsd 3 GOOD deal
az Attention and Admiration. and we're
coon purchassd ~ ~ wife Of ~ su-
psriutsndeut e ~ Fair, and demand
for moro was nade. nauch 10 the satis-
faction Of my friend. who pat than N
more for amussxnsnt than any other
ORE n sbs rross inksrsstine and novel
features Of he Inssifute Fair vss thu
exhihit Of the silk c1lture IN the NO
mans Department. This Vas nos, =
you may perhaps fancy. beautiful dis
play Of eli varieties 0f siik dress mate.
rials, such Is can b son Ia our nrss
class dry goods stores, but vas inseean
the silk ~ IL Il Ia is infancy, going
back 10 the cocoon. and even 20 tne
worm and eggs; there being some specl-
mems thsre prseerved ~ aiconca OF tue
former. and soOe Of the latter m vases
Vast quantities Of socoons we're dis-
played In that portion OF the gallery
sst of for this exhibit In glAas Jars ana
In cases and undsr 0iAsttopped count
era They had been raised 10 and sent
from nearly every State and Territory
in the Onion, great pains having evi-
IDENTIFY been taken 70 have. as Tar az
possible, eYexy part Of eur country rep
resented. Il u said that this country
ID In nssrIy every latitude : favorable
fsId for this industry, and ell that ~
necessary b mako Il one Of the most
valuable products Of the Union % In
dustry, perseverance, and some proteo-
tien from oar 0overpment. Even now
the United States IL the third silk man
ufacturing country of the world; its
annual production being $35,0W.O0O.
France stands at the head IN this In
dustry, and produces t85. 900 600; Ger
many stands second. with 345,000,OOO;
and Great Britain fourth, her annual
production being 100000. Around
the place were placards, with See what
q poor worm can d." printed upon
them. There we're oocoons sent from
China. Japan and Italy. Itseems to me
a. II in China and japan there must b
great Quantities of siik raised and man
ufactured, but as ! say no report IN 70
gard to these countries, / do not know
what position they occspy a. concerns
silk. ITO As :
Miss Nellie Garfield Rossiter, the
young Philadelphia silk culturist, had
coooons and silk, which she had herself
raised, prettilY displayed in one of the
cases. Hers was the best individual ex-
hibit there. There were seventy elegant
specimens of competition cocoons of
1888 from the silk exhibit OF the Wo-
mans Silk Culture Association, held In
Philadelphia.
This lssociation, was established in
1883 in the city Of Penn, and IL has been
doing everything in it, power since ia
start to increase the number OF people
In this country who raise cocoons, and
that the interest is spreading Is shown
by the facts that in 1881 twenty six fam
lilies were engaged In the culture OF the
silkworm; in 1882 there were thirty two
and in 1888 the number reached seventy
seven. This number does not by any
means represent all of the people who
are interested in this industry, az hun
dreds from whom the Association never
hears cultivate silk. and In many cases
send the product to France.
l saw the cocoons sent from the train.
ing school for feeble minded children
nsar Media, Penn, IN 1881; some raised
by the Soldiers Orphans Institute al
Chester Syringe, Penn; others raised
by an Indian GIRL named Nancy Pipe, IL
1883, In Grand River, ID. T. These %
coons varied in size and color and quail
ity. When very good, from six to eighI
hundred coooong make one pound Of
silk; while it takes two thousand oi
them to make q pound IL they are pooI
and light, such az those of the oak
feeding siikworms raised in China
There were cocoons raised by Nellie
Garfield Rosslter aged six years, and
some owned BY Chas. ID. Rooster, Sr.
are 81 years old. 1850
some OF the earliest specimens of sill
there was raised, reeled and spun in lS2;
by e. Pile, Montgomery county, Penn
There was skein Of silk raised In Cul
pepper, Va, by Governor (then Stats
Senator) Smith and reeled by q Mis-
Jury of that place. From some of thiI
silk was woven q piece Of beautiful
pure silk goods which Miss Smith pre-
sented to her father on his ninetietk
birthday as a birthday gift and ncmente
Of his experiment in silk culture 90 Ions
ago. There was silk raised in 1888 ID
| Illinois resembling coarse twine. Sill
was raised in 1856 In Camden, NJ, anc
made into thread in Massachusetts, ON Z
l776 wool wheel. Sheets Of silk. Just a
spun by silkworms, instead of forminS
cocoons. are yellow and white. There
was fishing line made from the en-
rington, Stellaviile, Ga, and sewink sill
made In Williamsburg. Mass, in 1895
Miss Strong. Her grsndniece, Boston
lady, was at the head Of the woman'i
department. in-this Fair.
A framed piece of silk, worked in sill
in Philadelphia as long ago a. 1908
struck meas being % quaint that spen
considerable time in trying to deciphel
the words worked In 10, and finally spc
ceeded in picking out this verse:
"To no peculiar lot in life
IL happiness confined,
But in self-approver's heart
And firm, contented minds
Siikworm eggs were on exhibition ant
for sale; they are imported In boxes
One very important thing IL TO have th.
eggs carefully selected, and this car
vniy Ne done by these persons who havl
made study of the silkworm, who hav'
made speciality Of this branch and vhs
have, besides, had experience.
France. Italy and Germany have 60
tablished schools for training In sill
culture, and thus perfected thar peopl,
In this industry long ago.
Five hundred mulberry trees have besz
presented TO the woman's departuaen
by Mr.. Porter, Of the Nonotuck Silk Co
OF Florence. Mass. These are 10 b,
presented 20 any women who desire d
start the culture Of silk In New England
The white mulberry 10 said to be easii,
cultivated. as IL does not require the bes
soil, Is very good for hedges and hight,
ornamental.
In another portion of the woman,
department could be seen hand reelins
done by two Italian women, Mrs. Agus
TIM and her handsome young daughter
| This demonstration was the first reeliu,
done in New England from native grow
silk since 1885. slipped beneath Oh,
4 -. -. a a