Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1875 — Quickly Woven and Made. [ARTICLE]

Quickly Woven and Made.

The Jamestown (X. Y.) Journal of a recent date says that the proprietors of an alpaca factory at that place had recently succeeded in manufacturing cloth from the wool of the Angora goat and hading it upon the person of a lady, in the form of a mohair dress, within twelve hours. The Journal says: “Nearly a year ago Mr. H. A. Whittemore purchased two Angora goats and conveyed them to his farm at Fluvana. Early this morning, before dawn, they were taken to the alpaca factory and the work of shearing commenced, by a preconcerted arrangement, the last clip of the shears being given as the first rays of the sun were visible in the east. The wool was then seized by the workmen in waiting, washed, bleached, dried and passed through the various preparations for combing; was combed, spun, woven into cloth and placed in the hands of the dressmakers at two o’clock this afternoon, and it will probably appear upon the person of Miss Jennie Whittemore about the time this article goes to press, anyway long before the setting of the sun, the given time. It seems hardly credible that such a work could be’performed in so short a time, but, if we are to believe the evidence of our own senses and the veracity of the gentlemen who have had the work in charge, it is certainly so, and the wool that was this morning protecting an Angora goat is to-night a beautiful mohair dress, performing the same office for a favored, young lady.” -