shillings_ for every
day she shall at any time at, or after such funeral, put on
wear or appear in such new black clothes, as or for
mourning, other than black hat, bonnet, black gloves, black
ribbons, and a black fan as aforesaid.

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In 1790 the town of Salem published in the papers some regulations about
funerals; among the fees fixed were these:--

"For each Tolling of the Bell 8d."

"The sextons are desired to toll the Bells only four strokes
in a minute."

"The undertakers service in borrowing chairs, waiting upon
the Pall-holders and warning the Relations &c. to attend
8/."

"B. Daland and B. Brown are appointed by the Selectmen to
see that Free Passages in the streets are kept open." (This
was before carriages were used at funerals.)

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Extracts from Mr. Colman's Agricultural Address.

MANUFACTORIES AND THE SPINNING
WHEEL.

"The establishment of extensive manufactories, and the
introduction of power-looms and spinning-jennies, has nearly
destroyed the usual household manufactures, and put our
other Jennies out of employment. Our ears are seldom greeted
now a days in the farmer's cottage with the flying of the
shuttle, or the deep base of the spinning wheel. We confess
that we have looked upon their departure with a strong
feeling of regret; and deem it no small abatement of the
advantages, which the establishment of extensive
manufactures has obviously yielded to the country, that it
removes the daughter from the shelter and security of the
paternal roof, and places her in a situation, which
certainly furnishes no means of qualifying her for the
proper department of woman; to preside over our domestic
establishments; to perform her part in the joint labors of
the household; and to know how and when and where to use,
prepare, and to apply to the best advantage within doors,
the products of man's labor without doors. Many occupations
of female industry, strictly domestic however, of a healthy
and agreeable nature, are constantly presenting themselves,
so that there is little danger that the race of industrious
women, and accomplished wives, at least among the country
girls, will soon be extinct; and the silk culture, fast