Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-06-06
MISCELLANEOUS ) - !,

STOCKING hN4IIAN6.T7T7WtS i 2 AZ flts az
the day Of prosperity 70 look out for adyer-
sity; n the hay day of summer to lay up
for winter were there no drunkards, MOI
foolish spendthriftsou our world would
soon lose The slanderous nickname Of be-
ING miserable. Were one-tenth OF the
money that is spent in buying and tuning
piano.fortes laid out in knitting needles,
and one-founh part ofthe time that is lost
in giggling, employ d in making stockings,
l verify believe the balance Of trade would
be in our favor, and you would not see SO
much splendid misery walking up Broad
way. do not think, Mr.. Editor, you ey-7
er saw a piano in the habhation Of the
Friends, nor did you ever see any sptsn-.
did miserythere. saa Il D3u.e:a5Egg bg
But to return 10 the system of stocking
knitting. Iyerily believe that if all the
women in town and ID. the country. were
to commence knitting, before seven months
the balance oftrade would be in our favor.
Al presen, it is sadly the reverse bills on
London fifteen percent, above par Now,
] think the suspension OF stocking knit
lting lies deep atihe root Of this evil, In
the good old times when Washington was
j President, his lady was not to proud TO
knit stockings for her general Then we
n had only one hosiery store now we have
upwards OF two thousand stocking shops
Thenthe mother and girls knitistockings
for all the family; now itsiscemputed thai
two millions ofdollars are semitic Europe
every year, to cIothe the feet and ankle
bones of the New Workers slone.a This
one article is sufficient of itself to kick
, both the beam and balance of trade, in oul
faces. Then our -four went to Europe BY
the hundred thousand barrels per annum
now we beg from the hungry Hessians &
bushel OF wheat or chaldron of rye
-. You know. Mr.. Editor that whether they
are right or wrong, my head or my per
. is always ready to defend the weaker sex
f | speak not TO their blame il is that great
! est of all tyrants, Fashion, that has driver
, industry from the door. wish, them Z,
! look back on the days of unsophisticatet
!, employment for they are never happy
, those dear sisters) except their feet, .thei
hands, or their tongues, are in motion
I Neither would we see so many greyhead
ed spinsters wearing foreign hair; 70
: those cold-hearted bachelors who recko
every thing by dollars and cents, woul
4 find it more profitable to take to themselve
r wives who would mend their stocking
4 patch their coats. and put the apple In ii
= heat of dumping, than to live in a sta
v of single unhappiness.-GrGnt Thor6~r
81 FARMFR's ANEcDoTE.-A farmer n
IS more than 100 miles from cape Elizabe,
s. employed shrewd neighbor to cut a pie
g of grass for him, conditionally that
le5 should have one half of the hay. Whe
n his hay was dry, his neighbor proceedt
y TO haul it in, accompanied by the own,
s. to see the division. When he thougI
s., that he had pitched one half on the cal
" he asked old hunks if he had not got or
lie half on No, no, was the reply, and /
= then put on more, and again asked tt
same question, and received for reply, m
quite half yet WE'LL says the other.
e will pitch on till you think | have got on
j. half on so he proceeded till about stw
is thirds of the hay was on the cart, ,whe
he was told that he had got on about or
A. half He coolly observed that be woul
Ie drive home with that load for himself, an
i. then return and haul in the remainder. fc
- his neighbor. So the owner in managin
le to give his neighbor only one third, ha
1 to tBke that for his own share.
y EASY METHOD OF PURIFYING WATRI
l. Take common garden pot, in the mid
of which, place piece of wicker worl
OF on which spread a layer of charcoal
at four or five inches in thickness, and upo
the charcoal a quantity of sand. Th
" surface of the sand is to be covered wit
he paper pierced full holes, to prevent th
g. water from making channels in it. B
as this process which is at once simple an
economical, every person is enabled I
IN procure limpid water at a very trifin
IT, expense-N e. Farmer.
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