ttended to the entertainment
of the rest,--provision for which was mostly presented by
the guests themselves, or sent in by other generous
promoters of the exhibition, as were also the materials for
the work. Near the close of the day Mrs. Deane was presented
by the company, with two hundred and thirty-six,
seven-knotted skeins of excellent cotton and linen yarn, the
work of the day, excepting about a dozen skeins, which some
of the company brought in ready spun. Some had spun six and
many not less than five skeins apiece. She takes this
opportunity of returning thanks to each, which the hurry of
the day rendered impracticable at the time. To conclude and
crown the day, a numerous band of the best singers attended
in the evening and performed an agreeable variety of
excellent pieces in psalmody. "The price of a virtuous woman
is far above rubies, * * * She layeth her hands to the
spindle and her hands hold the distaff."

_Cumberland_ (Portland, Me.) _Gazette_, May 8, 1788, copied
by EDW. H. ELWELL, Esq., editor of the _Transcript_.

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When spinning-wheels ceased to be used altogether, we are not able to
say. Probably they were not in use for any great length of time after
the opening of the present century; but possibly in some country places
they were used down to the time of the War of 1812, and even later. We
are informed that in some remote places in Rhode Island and in Maine
spinning-wheels are in use to this day; but these are exceptional cases.

The "Massachusetts Centinel," April 30, 1788, has this advertisement:--

[Illustration]

WILLIAM SCOTT,
At the Sign of the SPINNING
WHEEL,
In MARLBOROUGH.STREET,
(_Resolving to quit Trade in the Fall_)
WILL sell all his
GOODS on hand at
the STERLING COST and
CHARGES. Among which are,
Some elegant _Mersailles_ Bed-Quilts, _Mersailles_
Quilting in pieces, Irish Linens, Gauzes,
Shawls and Lustrings of a superiour quality, &c, &c.

A large quantity of silk Gloves, Mitts and Fans
--> _CASH for POT-ASHES._

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THE following very curious notice in the "Massachu