. Eine Familie Flug rund um Home. nufacture. Die Beratung war Klang, und hatte bereits begonnen von thepeople gehandelt zu werden. In jeder großen Stadt so-s-. ^-^ cieties für die Ermutigung ofmanufactures blühten. Die Mitglieder der Gesellschaft inDelaware fand eine feierliche pledgeto erscheinen am ersten Tag ofJanuary, in jedem Jahr, clothedin waren der Amerikanischen. Das Ergebnis einer solchen resolveswas eine rasche Rückkehr zu oldhabits der Einfachheit und Sparsamkeit. Junge Frauen trugen normale Kleidung, und eilte theirmothers in Skill am Spinnrad zu übertreffen. Junge Männer wurden in notashamed homespunstockin gesehen zu werden.

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. A family flight around home. nufacture. The advice was sound, and had begun already to be acted on by thepeople. In every great city so- s- . ^ -^ cieties for the encouragement ofmanufactures were flourishing.The members of the society inDelaware took a solemn pledgeto appear on the first day ofJanuary, in each year, clothedin goods of American make. The result of such resolveswas a speedy return to oldhabits of simplicity and frugality.Young women wore plain clothes, and made haste to surpass theirmothers in skill at the spinning-wheel. Young men were notashamed to be seen in homespunstockings and home-made jeans.Politicians found the surest wayto win the hearts of their con-stituents was to appear dressedin American broadcloth. Thetown of Hartford presented Vice-President Adams, when he passed through on his way to be inaugurated, with a roll of cloth from itsown looms, and Washington himself stood forth to take the oath-of office clad from head to foot in garments whose material wasthe product of American soil.. WOOL SPINNMNC. 288 A FAMILY FLIGHT AROUND HOME. The selection of New York as a place of meeting for the newCongress was considered only a temporary one, and the end of thefirst session was occupied with a long and sharp debate on thequestion of a prominent place for the general Government. Everyone of the fifty-nine members of the House had something to say.It seemed impossible to agree in defining the force of the word central, the members from each part of the country finding goodreasons for proving their own largest city the nearest to the cen-tral point. It is now curious and interesting to observe how thewisdom of the best statesmen of that day has been turned to fool-ishness by a long series of events of which they did not dream.Vast stretches of territory have since been added to the States, thickly settled by millions of inhabitants. The centre of popula-lation near which their Federal city was to stand, has beensteadily moving westward ever since

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• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1880
• booksubjectuniteds
• bookyear1884