The Delaware Gazette

Merino Sheep--A few days ago two men from Connecticut passed thro' this place with 15 Merino sheep they had purchased from Dr. Bass, of Butler county, which they were taking home for the purpose of increasing the stock of those valuable animals. Although Col. Humphries, of that state, has more Merinos than are in the United States besides, yet these men inform that it is impossible to purchase one from him, having such an extensive woollen manufactory to supply with their valuable fleeces. They paid Dr. Bass upwards of four thousand dollars for fifteen, and say they could readily get one thousand dollars a piece for them in Connecticut, so great a value do the people of that state put upon them.