Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-10-09

Mr.. Goodall said in response to the in.
quiry Of Journal reporter plush is made
Of mohair, silk or wool. Nothing else is
equal to mohair. Silk is not its equal in
many respects. Wool mats and loses its
lustre. Mohair," he continued, is perhaps
misleading to you. When your wife, oh
YOU haven't any wife-so much the worse
for you-well, when some one elses wife
calls tor mohair cloth at the store, she gets
something brittle. stiff and unbending. Now
that i not what we think of as mohair.
.'ieel Of that plush"
We feel of the plush. 1t is soft and
silky.
Catch the lustre" We catch. The
crowd catches. We get our mohair from
England. 1t comes from Turkey, where it
grows on the back of the Angora goat. 1t
comes in feeces. The staple ffter being
combed is as long as that, (measuring nearly
two feet with his hands.) Out Of one hun
dred bales received IN London from Turkey
we get only 10 per cent. in sorts. That is
in sorting 100 bales of the finest. 1t costs
US abou, 81 per pound. In combing, 80 per
cent. is waste. We call that the noils. The
mohair is so fine that il can hardly be told
from silk. Mohair is the material for plush
es. 1t is susceptible of the most delicate
shades. 1t will wear like iron.
There is the old saving that nothing will
wear like leather. As material for car
seats il has been practically demonstrated
that mohair plush will outwear leather.
The Sanford Mills make immense amounts
Of plush for car seats. Mohair can be
bought in all the grades from % cents to 81
NC.,pl NJ .haIr ia oil Nd ar't
kill IT,"
Mr. Gooda!l shows Us a novelty in pushes
invented BY himself during the past year.
There were eight colors in il.
First the pattern is drawn in water
colors,' be says. "then the machinery has 10
be made. We have Just got this running
after months Of labor. We have been
obliged 10 stop all other plusnes amt run all
our help on this. We have sold up for
months and months ahead Our New York
firm handles it all.
What Is the firm III We ask.
Mr. Gooda!l prefers not to say.
"ProbabIy," We suggest, "It passes for i'm
ported goods" SO, IN fact, Mr.. &. assures
US.
I've have sent samples Of il to Paris 70
be initiated" said he I'VE cannot make
it fast enough A dozen samples are now
on water bound for France"
The feature Of thl, novelty was It's flow
er-llke embossed work in combinations Of
colprs Great ewes Of color look out from
It's deptn. The rich red of the centre faded
into lighter shades and then into a molten
gold. They looked Ike great .aits and
roses. These goods Are used who'll, n up-
ho.siering They can he made now HeIc e,,e
hy machinery il the world. The secret o.
the machines i kept within the four walls
The only mohair combing machine, IN
America are the Sanford Mil, They are
made in England. The looms fur the m,.,
are made in America. The important parts
are made within the mill. Two or three
years Of patient study have been put upon
single points of the machinery.
These are the secrets that are guarded.
Occasionally attempts are made to ferret
out the essential principles Of this manuiac-
ture. Men have no conjunction about
stealing IDEAS The law does no, touch a
man who steals within bounds Of copy-
right or patent, Up stairs in the Sanford
Mills, speaking of the three mills co!iec-
lively. are the chief portions OF the ma
chinery.
Nobody il allowed 10 enter this portion Of
the mill unless BY the permission Of the
firm. The operatives are skilled and trust
ed men, with few girls. In quiet coun-
try town every face is known. This is an
advantage that led TO the determination q
the location OF these mills 4 stranger who
enters Sanford is easily traced II his business
bears an lnquisitive SAVIOR toward the work
Of the Sanford Mills
Not long ago" said Mr. Gaodal, I'VE
gave a man sen, 70 Sanford by another con-
cern pretty warm welcome. lie attracted
our attention by hanging around the m'lI
He called 4 man out and asked HIM some
questions. The man reported him Then
the fellow got into the mill and was seen ~
stairs. He was ordered out. He didn't 90
They sent for us and we called on him. He
,ald he would Co. AS he expressed IL, when
he got In good and ready Il looked
Ike a case Of stump, but il wasn't. IL stood
there and near him stood dve vat Of blue
In less than half a minute he was borne
struggling to the Vat and dipped once, twice
three times % the drop. When he came pat
He was a picture He left the mill and
never returned. Such man would moi
prosecute ia. We treat them 50 II they force
their way into the mil.
"Opca nvork man noured NOT Of puIpeor
grease down III back Of one nan vbc
-efused II l.,ye III min when ordered"
IS an illustration Of the care tina, mus, b.
nut INTO the weaving Of plu,hes. Nh. &
Introduced the fact that ever, niece Of plu,f
mu,, he fn,.y yaras lo,o a1d Hat ab'amj,f
Ii \ /, take. ab,nt ,hr.. months for N
exnerienced weaver TO learn 10 run pIust
lonr, .ucc...f,,llv The Sanford Mills hav,
n-yer had a sinple niece Of goods returned
rba Good,u NIIl i m,kinr ,bn,,, 200 y,rd,
ting up the loom for that piece, sad Mf
by hand over the water. II Is made hi
mac"'hei! ho""c'e eiNe y VI ""'", r