Nuhou, Volume I, Number 19, 10 March 1874 — The Angora Goat. [ARTICLE]
The Angora Goat.
Whieh has been iniroducec{ info'tli'ese }s!ands! ought to prove a profitab]e stock. Good | bucks wiiraverage eight pounds of' wool to! 4}ie and e\ves ābout four pounds; and! this wool, or mohair, was ?old in New York not long ago by Kitching & Co. for 65 (o 42 cents per pound. Thus we are assured of a market, and thero«s no doubt a good demand for this species of wool, This animal now« in the islaiads sliould not be ealleel a Cashmere Goat. The original stock was brouglit from Asia Mintfr in 1849 by Dr, Davis, of South Carolina, whom we knew, and we saw hls original iinportation, from \\hkhbtocksj \vere raised in the vscinity of 'Pendleton, our old home, by the Hon. K. P. Simpson. A pure Thibet, or C§shmere Ooat, has not \ve believe, been imported into Amenea,! although it is true dlat Dr. Davis obtained a cross from the Angora*and the Cashmere, The genuine Cashmere has a finc down on the neek and breast, whieh furnishes the material fbr the famous Cashmere sbawls, whieh were never made out of the mohair {umished by the Th?s mdhnir isJ
jlicu\cver, a \dluablc, inrtrketable and j as \ve ean get both a fleejje st!m frpm j tUe Goat, it ought ceTtainly to superj eede the epmmon goat, and to a gre|it extent |*many v?rieties of sheep. With the Angora |Goat and i,he Merino Sheep nlone to stocU' our ( grazin£ hnd-, ought a spleridid. that \vould compete in impoilanee with sugai;. We fin|l .mueli interest-ing informatioi> about the Angora Goat in the PaJurouian, published at Watsonville, Califoinia, by our old friend p. O. Cummings, Esq., and from this journcil we obtain some of our $tatemenis. | The na'tion the chief obje:t of our regard m |all our public endeavors. When we labored to help elect King Lunalilo, and were not j appreciated aftērwards as our vanjty may have >uggested, we were not disor at any rate did not stay our hand because without revvard ; but we worked op. the same as ever for the benefit of |he coun£ry in opposing tl)e scheme of disintegration by the cession of Pearl Flarbor, aiid in advocating other*measures for thō good of the islands. Then again we have worked \vith brain»and pen and voice to help elect- another Iving. When all were silent and in doubt we first proclaimed the that has conquered, We established a rallying- point, and strove unceasing till vicforyJ[\vas achieved. And now that the indifferent,tlie lulvewarm,or the- hostile carry > o{f palm and guerdoy bofh, shall we eomplain because oUr bro\vs are without bays 0 ]S T ot so, not so j because our \vork was for the people, anll their a.ppreciation and our eonsciousness should bo our ve\vard. Oue self approvins hour wliole years out\vei^h>. Of stuptd starersf, ane! of loud Jiuzzn!>s." We \vork for the benefīt of the nation so ..that.it majy in.crease and live, and if the day shall comtf when a census of Haw&ii is taten and it is f<)und that the nation īias increased 111 people and prosperity, then, if we ean point to sifch result as partly our \\ork, we shall rejoi|ce with a satisfaction whieh no plaee or emolumeiu ean impart, We noliee an industrial enterprise of Slr. whieh has mueh merit, A joint stock company to own a mill at Waialua that \vifl eane'on shares, that to be gro\vn bv patch eul<ivators m the ne?ghborborhood. ! Swch a scheme ought not to be embarrassi?d by the labor question if eonducted Hlir!y, On such a plau product?on ought to be increased, and the risks of sugar culture and manufacture great!y dtminished. These kind of effor|s. and alt praetieal individua! enterprise »ro oetter than statesmanship for promotin£r tiie materiil welfare of the country. We hon|r some ta!k of making moue) whh the printfng pre?s, or of st gotting more money int'o Ihe ooilritry lvfore there is any of the malOnal that ought propetly to hring nloney. T>o get un a " flush M if you enn, tind give some Tu us a ehanee to sel! out; 'With the press gagged and a good eorruption' fund to b : uy up Ifntive mcmbers, you mighk manage a paper money seheme> or a foreign mortgn£e loan. Hawaii onght to get njV a ,f flu?h, M in order to g;ive a ehanee ?o! an anx?4us erowd of exoited pr - triots to nlturn home \vith somethingin the\r pocket<. ! Start youV pjps*, Brother.
A very plain,-unpretentioVt> aud eal government would give u- strength and honor : as of eourse. the exmensivo ru»d sho\vy one we have had, and stTlf have, is (Mihonu? and weaknes ; :, What are a fine liverv arid a sho\vy carriage fcut ol"jects for puhlle scor> t when it is well known that a }nan*s ineom*do not \varrant them ? And; are we honored witii our array of bedizene4 ōffieia?s when our sick list is greater than o'ur ac!ive servie*"Jist ? We are dishonored, moeked, and despised for # our mountebank parade and t!\e pretentiousness and expense of our goverr,tnent on _so smal! a base. critieism of an Amenean humorist that |he Governmenf of the Sand\vich Islands in respeet jo the country governed. was like " the rnachinery of the Great Eastern set tci drive a sardii>box," does not seem to<> absijrd an extravaganza when we observe our;profuse oAīeia' cost. blague and blazon for the govenirnent o r the populalion of a'city ward. īt is on aecount of our strut ; anu not oiu size that we are to be despised. Hawaii with a eheap and efficient goverrtment ; — fcul!ding up her people. being d home for peaee and enterprise. and not a rnere unproductīve preserveforplaee-men ; —extending the areao r her husbandry on sea a- we'l as'land. wou!d 'be deemed worthy to hoM her own in the ' Pacific and be honored of the nations. ■ This country is sick with;too many para- ' sites on the bo4y p'olitic 3 anā it will renuirc a polilieal physician of sonje nerw- ?o cut : them out. You must cut t!iem oii't. and eut | down expenses, and infuse fresh hVod into yonr sick man, or he must die," — - - - The fine old Sk;nneT mauNion was 1 - -I i last Thursday evening wi{h a swee! atmosphere, with music, dance, uniforms. and tasteful robes-crawned with pretty fa;e>. Our popula? Am*rican Con4ul Matteon :ii;d his lady were» r at home," and ma.!e everybody else at home. The gfcntlemen of the Eenieia eertainly were happi!y t at and radiant in the dance with !ove!y p\rthers r after their sixty-five days of' doldrums on tue plac-id Pacific. Tenedos an|d Tuscarom and Portsmouth \verethere (oo hi ful! ga!a.—nnd "brass buttons and muslin \vere fond!y intwined and trif|>ing a maky tread to the witchery of Berger s Blue Violets,'* and of j juveneseent hearts. And al! |the fore;gn dip!o- -\ mals, high oflicia!s, and old ,fogies were therc | too. Vice Consul Chrisiie happi!y seeonded j the hosts in making a evenvng. j As we \vended our pensīve steps homc waYds, jwe heard good natured a;borigh { :t!S in thr j highwuy say, ;; ua iealea nia ka ba!e o 'ke | Kamkela inaikai," —t!n v j;ood Consu! isgivinr; }apar<y. j 1
j A paiiing woiil (o cessfioiiist> a;.J \*.c I tl»e subject. Vou who cared for thc s«»ntiment of the pe«ple 4 oitcd thc of the Slinh of Persia, larft|ung out l\is tcrujtory; atul of tUe Douuuk i'.; SauH\na ;ukl how tr.ivc aiA* ces§lous operak\t ? One h*s[ Jr!\ci. Doiuinlean Prc?riJcnt hont hi<, Uorac« ani t!.c othei\ ah?o uati\ e !iosti:it % v» eom* pe!kd tho ino<t ab<olute of to withho!i! his \vMvi ;uut btjcu!v r'> i\ugu;u with Keiiiei, Our % s w on ;\ccou!it of thc thuikkr thft v\.< ;n\aKeui\!> ;\na 1: wouM luwe beeu wct! that ouv ntmosptierc hiui ncvci Kvn [31<Uu!\\! bj lt. uuJ _that >u* hnj !ra<l H\cu 10. iv«c: * w!;o cure«.l iuorc for thc iutcics < ana \\%*.c- of thc peoplo tU;in the pvofU o l ' riugv