tS AGRlCULTUilAL MUSEt'^^ 



have bad two coats and my son one out oftlic21 t S 

 varcls. I never Wore a more pleasant eloth, nor any cloth 

 with more credit, it htuing generally passed on me as 

 feritish cloth, the only mortifying? circumstance in the 

 case, as I wished it to he recognized Homespun, as weH 

 on account of its manufacture, as its cost. 



The follovvinjj is the exact account of the raw mat«- 

 lials and labour hid thereon, with the prices anne>;ed. 

 lOlbs. of common wool, at 40 cents, $ 4 . OC 



S >iniiing lOlbs (common price) at 20 cents, 2. CO 

 Weaving lOlbs. of yarn into 5-4 cloih Is Ma- 

 ryland money, 31 yards, 4. 20 

 Fulling, Dressing and Dying 21 1-2 yards nnw 



vy blue, 5-371 -a 



'$ 15.57 13 



And ^15 57 1 *^ divided into 21 1 2 parts makes the 

 cloth staufl me in 72 cents per yard, for which ^5 

 ■peryard could have been obtained. 1 have worn scarcely 

 any other cloth coats for these two years past — it wears 

 well, and reta'ns its colour unfadingiy. From my suc- 

 cess in th.s piece of cloth, as you may imagine, 1 have 

 tlone giving 8 and i^ 10 per yard for foreign cloths, and 

 fondly hope my countrymen will follow this laudable 

 atempt at independence. Thus, may the whole body 

 of our militia be unifoiinly clad in homespun for five 

 dollars per man, and much less too, with the aid of wives 

 and sweethearts. 



RINALDO JOHNSON. 



Aquasco, Md. July 30th, 1810. 

 »»^€<« 

 Pennsylvania Turnpike Roads. 



The friends to the prosperity of Philadelphia, must 

 be much gratified with observing that we are at length 

 awakening from the apathy in which, without an eflforfc 

 to counteract them, we have hitherto permitted the vefy 

 laudable spirit of emulation ou the part of our fellow ci- 



