CHAPTER II. 



FERRETVILLE. 



FERRETVILLE, or possibly 

 best known by the name of New 

 London, is located 47 miles 

 southwest of Cleveland, Ohio, 

 on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, 

 Chicago & St. Louis and North- 

 ern Ohio railroads. The town 

 had a population of 1,557 according to the 1910 

 census, with approximately the same now, being 

 only an average Ohio town for general business 

 and thrift. Among the industries may be men- 

 tioned banks, brick yards, tile works, flour mills, 

 butter and cheese factor}^, regalia manufactur- 

 ing, newspaper, stores, garages and other indus- 

 tries of more or less importance. The country 

 surrounding ^Terretville' is largely devoted to 

 grain growing, dairy interests and stock raising, 

 not overlooking the ferret breeder and raiser. 



The ferret business in America was first 

 launched by Henry Farnsworth, at Rochester, a 

 little village of some 200 inhabitants, a few miles 

 northeast of New London. Realizing a few years 

 later that it could be developed into quite an 



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