WANTED, the following, viz. Fifteen Pair of WOOD DUCKS, Four
Pair of WILD GEESE, Three Pair of FLYING SQUIRRELS, Three
Dozen of the smallest Size Terrapeins or fresh Water
TURTLES, for which a good PRICE will be given, or for any
Part of them.----Enquire of the Printer.

_Essex Gazette_, Feb. 21, 1771.

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We do not see much in the papers about spinning-wheels until after the
War of the Revolution; then there seemed to be what may be called a
revival of domestic industry. In 1786 the ladies of Hartford, Conn.,
formed an Economical Association. They say that they are "fully sensible
that our calamities are in a great measure occasioned by the luxury and
extravagance of individuals, and are of opinion that it is a duty they
owe their country as well as their families to retrench as far as
possible all unnecessary expenses." Their articles of agreement were
signed, on the 6th of November, 1786, by more than a hundred ladies
belonging to the first families in the city. By these articles they
engage "not to purchase for next six months any Gauze, Ribbons, Lace,
Feathers, Beaver-Hats, Silks, Muslins, and Chintzes, except only for
weddings and mourning;" also to "dress their persons in the plainest
manner and encourage industry, frugality, and neatness, giving all due
preference to the manufactures of their own country." To this they add
that "when they receive visits and make entertainments, it will be their
study to avoid unnecessary expense, especially on foreign articles." On
June 17 of that year the President of Harvard College addressed a
letter to the "Massachusetts Gazette" which is interesting in this
connection. This letter we copy to show how economy entered into
everything, even a "liberal education." It will moreover be of interest
because of the attempt made to regulate the students' dress.

UNIVERSITY IN CAMBRIDGE,
JUNE 17, 1786.

_To the Publisher of the Massachusetts_ Gazette.

EVERY proper attempt of the Governours of the University to
lessen the expense of a liberal education must be grateful
to the Publick, and meet with their hearty concurrence; the
Members of the Community, therefore, in general, and the
Parents and Guardians of the Students in particular, it is
not doubted, will be well pleased wi