Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-11-19

Fro.! ihe Ontario (.EE. Messenger.
,,,rrsu M,SUFATURERs OUTDoNE
IN ONTARIO.
Murh has been said, and many ac-
conn,s published of the CELEBRITY with
wb;cb English manufacturers of cloth
have gone through tho various opera
tiops attendant on the manufacturing
tbat article. from the fleece to the
,-,rmrnt. A few weeks since we pub
Gshed an account taken from an En-
rlish paper, in which it was stated
fiat at one Of the manufactures in
England, the fleece had been taken
from the sheep, and manufactured in
TO a coat in the short space Of Is
hours and twenty minutcs.-Messrs.
Buck, Brewster, 4 Co. Managers
Of the Ontario Mandatory at Man
chester in this cOuntys on pernsing
that article, became sensible, from the
pPrfection Of their machinery, and
the dextcri;- Of their workmen, that
the same operations might be accom-
pIished even in a shorter time. I'm
mediately a wager Of 500 dollars
was offered and accepted by the man
ayers, that they would perform the
same operation in ls bours. The
wool was taken from the hack in its
natural state, and in 9 hours and Is
minutes precisely, the coat was COM
pleted and worn by one Of the parties
concerned. IL; wool was picked,
creased, carded, roped and spun-the
warm was warped, put into the loom
and woven-thc cloth vas fulIed, CO.
lourcd. four times shorn, pressed and
carried to the tailors. and the coat
was completed all within the time a
boye stated. W. saw the coat the
next day after it was made. The
truth OF the above statement can be
atlested BY many re- pectable witness
cs besides MeSsrs. Buck and Brew
ster. The only difference between
this and the English experiment is
the time occupied in shearingthe fleece
and ny farmer in the country knows
that that operation may be despatched
in ten inmates. The above named
gentlemen now confidently assert. that
they can manufacture a coat OF ele-
CANT supcrfne hroadclo;h and have it
Completed in l2 hours.
From The Ma Hampshire CcniisfI.
TUE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NoNI-
NAL PRICE AND REAL wHR.rH.
There is a vast Inference between
the nominal price and the real Tcort.!
Of thi0aS, Ala people in general are
not careful to distinguish between
them a. they ought, bat in ccnfound-
irg them together, are often led into
the most gross and hurtinl mistakes.
The nominal price Of thing is what
We pay for it in money. The real
worth of it is tn DO estimated by the
advantage or benefit we have derived
from the possession Of it. Some ar
tirlcs that VIC purchase, we are ne
ycr able to compute the real worth
Of, though the cost or nominal price,
is extremely triflinS. This VIC shall
show ~ addUcing only one instance.
and that shall be the article Of a
Newspaper.
4 Farmer can be supplied every
week in the year with Newspaper,
,say the n. IL. Centinel for the pal
try sum of one dollar and seventy five
cents. and much less il taken in COM
panics. Now in the course Of that
wear ne may obtain agricultural ln-
formation Of a nature entirely new
10 him with respect to the manner
preparing the soil. sowing the seed.
preserving it from destructive insects,
&c. Us to enable him TO raise on a
farm, say of 100 acres, at least $50
worth more grain, hay. potatoes.
and other produce than he YOU'D de-,
we're he destitute of this source Of
mEormation. The Farmer then who
enters into this speculation, at The end
4 orthC year has made nett saving, on
The above calculation, Of S4s Is cents
4 Ii cash.
Blu, this is by no means all the be-
Rcdt he has derived from the pur-
chase he has every week been pre-
seated with accounts Of the situation
Of his own comtry-Of important
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