Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-01-20
The Winter Fashions.

Everything is g gay and festive" Tinscl
and gold ornaments are much employed on
hats and bonncts, and wells are sometimes COW
cred with gilt spanges. Few plain colors are
worn, red being the favoritc. There are red
pctticoats, and trimmings for petticoats Of
black, white, grey or striped, and red for chill
| dren's dresses and cloaks. For bonnets, vel
vet is the favorite material, with small, rich
ostrich feathers as the elegant decoration The
front is sometimes made of velvet and the
crown of satin, in some contrasting color The
floating veil. which is fully yard long and
about three fourths of yard wide, is consid-
cred Indispensable with the empire bonnet
The small wells, though still worn to some ex-
tent, are no longer fashionable.
The round hats are generally preferred to
the bonncts by very young ladies', and are
much worn. There is the usual variety Of
shapes-thc three -cornercd, the Glengarry
turban, the cavalier intended for riding hat,
and (" Lady Derby" made of black velvet,
with round crown. The last named hats are
also made in felt, and, if it were not for the
long veil, might be supposed to be mems hats.
There are at present no novelties in dress
fabrics. But there is what is called "a rage"
for xpensive materials. So many costly goods
have never before been sold in New York du.
ring the same length of time as in this season.
Dress skirts are very full, and are usually
cut goring though the straight skirt is still,
to some extent, in vogue The richest mate
rals arc ornamented in simple and not very
snowy manner, if at ALL The round high
waist appears to be the favorite, though jack
cts have many admirers. The square or Pam
padour corsagc is considered stylish, and to
gor figure is becoming. There is also reyi-
val of style of the seventeenth century; the
dress being cut low and square in front, but
higher in the back, large box plait at the
back, which hangs loose from the back, and
the skirt trails for yard and half
Basquines made of heavy beaver cloth and
velvet are the leading style, but circulars and
loose sacks are also much worn.
Quilted skirts made of black silk, black al
pacca, etc, and stitched or trimmed with some
contrasting color, are much worn. They are
heavier and warmer than the Balmora]s, and
have neat appearance. Balmorals are still
made in almost every style Of white and black,
grey, mixed striped and red, and are heavily
| trimmed. The red skirts trimmed with black
are worn to some extent. For evening wear
q skirt of white morcen, founccd is considered
neat. There is new invention recently in
troduced, to cover the lower part Of the hoop.
The cloth is cut goring and double about half
a yard deep, and is neatly trimmed with black
or red, according to the color Of the skirt. 1t
has cycets, about three or four inches apart,
upon the upper edge, and is laced upon the
hoops. This not only prevents the hoop from
soling, but looks well, and with it the large
hoops are manageable.
SEEDS FOR TIE SouTu-We learn from
the National Jntelligencer" that the Com
missioner for the Department of Agriculture
is preparing seeds for the South. which he s
sending to members elect; also, agricultural
reports. His action is most excellent, regard
ed in any light.
THE CAUSE OF iflGH PRIcEs.-Why this
large advance upon the normal prices of six
years ago? it is chiefly the result of that
scarcity CT commodities which invariably sue
cceds war A very large portion of the able
bodied producers have been drawn into the
army, becoming not only non producers, but
wasteful consumers; while the number of or
dinary consumers has been increasing with the
progress of population. The result of this
process is that the production of the country
is much less, as compared with it's consump-
ton, than in 1860; the natural result of this
changed relation of supply and demand being
an advance of prices. Natural processes will,
of course, ultimately regulate this irrcgularity
in values. First Of all, consumption will be
rcduced-a process by which the whole popu-
! laton suffers diminuton of it's enioymcnts