Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-06-11
The New Covenant.
From the Springfield Republican. ]

The New Covenant.
From the Springfield Republican,
"For three years, or during the war, pledge
The question is asked, what will be includ-
ed in the list of prescribed articles? For at
first thought it is not so easy to say what are
foreign, and what are domestic manufactures.
We can assure our fair readers that a wide
range OF tasteful as well as useful fabrics are
still left for them to choose from. Silks
would substantially be prohibited, for but
| few are yet made in America; but beautiful
worsted and cotton goods, such as mousse
| lines-de-laines, challines, challies, alpaccas,
| indeed almost every description of dress
| goods worm except silks, are of home produc-
| ton, even a large proportion of those digni-
| fed by foreign names; and an incidental ad-
| vantage of such a movement will be the call
| ing of things by their right names in future,
and laudable pride in the finish and excell-
ency of American fabrics. Beautiful blan-
ket-shawls are now made here, and soft and
| durable merinoes, hannels, balmoral-skirts,
delicately tinted muslins, berages, and thin
fabrics too numerous to mention. Ribbons
would to great extent be prohibited, vel
vets entirely, and some fair damsels may be
| alarmed at the thought of hideous bonnets
denuded of these appendages. Such we will
| console by the information that all kinds of
straws are made here, and the greater part
| of the so-called French artificial flowers.
| What style of trimming was ever prettier
than the fanciful bouquets and wreaths of
| straw work so much in vogue a few years
| since; and we may rest assured that the in
| genuity of our manufacturers, and the taste
of our milliners once stimulated, will be ade-
| quate to furnish forth bonnet pretty and be-
g.
And we can safely promise that every sensi-
BILE loyal man will regard them as infinitely
more bewitching than any ever worn before.
Then for winter use there are the soft, pretty
| felt hats, and better than these the hats of
| broadcloth which two or three winters ago
| were substituted for velvet, and pronounced
very diStingate and elegant and from this ma
terial leaves and fruit and flowers might be
easily produced, which when once made, the
fashion would be universally admired.
There would be no lack of tasteful and ev-
en- elegant fabricks for dresses, shawls, bon
nets and cloaks; and if few of the dainty
| knicknacks so commonly used to give an air
| and finish to these garments, must be dispens-
| ed with, when once a severe simplicity of style
has become the fashion, all would learn to
| tolerate, and even to admire it. And with
the glow of conscious rectitude Frightening
| the beauty of our country women will be en-
| HANGED, not lessened by the change.
But this is a low view to take of subject
so important In time like this, when such
| momentous issues are at stake, let every wo-
man rise above the thoughts of personal adorn-
ment, ..and resolve to devote herself to the
work of doing the duty of the hour; let a
high and holy purpose to do all in her power
to produce he althy, sound and patriotic state
of feeling in the community, and to make all
selfish interests subservient to the claims of
her country and her God, actuate and inspire
her. And so we shall become worthy of the
blessing of the most High, and may hope to
receive it, and to be saved from the financial
evils which are threatening us.
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OLD DR.. BEEcHER's FIRST CARPET.-My wife
| introduced the first carpet at Easthampton,
| l.. l. Uncle Lot gave me some money, and
| had an itch to spend it. Went to vendue
and bought a bale of cotton. She spun it
and had it woven then she laid it down,
sized it, and painted it in oils, with border
all round it, and punches of roses and other
| flowers over the center. She went to New
York for colors, and ground and mixed them
herself The carpet was nailed down on the
garnet floor, and she used to go there and
paint. She also took some common wooden
i cNdlFS anu pdlilLcu Iucll, anu cut Out Injuries
of gilt paper and glued them on and varnish-
ed them They were really quite pretty. Old
Deacon Tallmadge came to see me, stopped
at the parlor door and seemed afraid to come
in. "Walk in, deacon" said /. "Why, 1
can't" said he, "'thout steppin' ont" Then,
after surveying it a while in admiration,
Dye think We can have all that and heaven
too ?"-Dr. Lyman Beecher's Autobiography.
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HEAT FROM THE STARs.-It is startling fact
that if the earth were dependent alone up.
on the sun for heat, it would not get heat
enough to keep existence in animal and veg
etable life upon its surface. 1t results from
the researches of Pouillet that the stars fur
nish heat enough in the course of the year tc
melt crust of ice seventy-fve feet thick
almost as much is supplied by the sun
This may appear strange when we consider
how UNNECESSARILY small must be the amount
of heat from any one of those distant bodies
But the surprise vanishes when we remember
that the whole armament is so thickly sowr
with stars, that in some places thousands are
crowded together within a space no greater
than that occupied by the full moon. The
eye canuot see more than thousand at the
same time in the clearest heaven, yet the
number is probably infinite. From the frs
to the sixth magnitude inclusive, the tota
number of visible stars is 3l2s.-Dr. Lard
ner.