Making of Friends' Clothing. The following remarkable documents respecting the making of Friends' clothing are extracted from the records of our early Friends in Dublin, and in London: and are transcribed for the purpose of exhibiting the great care of our worthy predecessors, in guarding their members against the dangerous contamination arising from following the vain fashions of the world, in their apparel.

Those examples of self-devotion to a Christian principle, are worthy of being regarded by us with admiration and respect; although, in these days of degeneracy, we may be too weak to imitate them.

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"4th minute, Whereas, there was some years ago, a meeting of Tailors appointed that they might meet together to see that none do excel the bounds of Truth, in making of apparel according to the vain and changeable fashions of the world; which meeting having been for sometime past neglected, there is a desire in the minds of the Friends of this meeting, to have it renewed again; and, therefore, it is desired that such Tailors as are present do meet together and consider whether things be answered in that trade according to Truth." Here follow the names of several Tailors, who are desired to meet as above mentioned, viz: fourteen Friends."

Upon this recommendation of the meeting, a conference. was held of Friends engaged in the Tailoring business, who issued the following advice:

"At our meeting of Tailors in Dublin, the 11th of the 3d month, 1687:

The concern and care that hath for several years past been upon the spirits of Friends when assembled together at several half-years' meetings, from which several testimonies have been given forth that all Friends might keep out of the vain and foolish fashions of the world, as to which fashions in apparel some that profess Truth of our trade have not kept themselves so clear as we could desire, in making or cutting out some garments for the Friends and their children, but have entered too much into such fashions as the people of the world have invented, to the grief of the spirits of those who desire to keep the first pattern which the

Truth breught us into the beginning. These things being under our consideration at this time, has caused us to renew our Tailors' meeting, which for some time past hath been neglected. Wherefore, being now again stirred up by the spirit of love and true tenderness for the good of all concerned, we do desire all friends of our trade throughout this nation to let the plain innocent Truth, and the honor thereof, be more in their eye than the profit and gain that may be had by making any garment that is not agreeable to Truth and the plainness thereof, so that we may retain our first love, and that we may be still known by the world to retain and keep to that which tendered our own hearts; that they may be made to confess we are not a changeable people as some are that run into the changeable fashions, namely to keep out of making men's coats with a great compass, and plaited in the lower parts, and big cuffs with needless buttons; and likewise in women's apparel, long slopes behind, which are the vain fashions of the world, and not to be practised by us who profess the Truth; for we are not to fashion ourselves according to the course of this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds,

Signed on behalf of the said meeting, by "EDWARD HUDSON, TOBIAS PLEADWELL.

The following minute of the Morning Meeting in London, on the subject, ad dressed to Friends of the same trade, appears to be an answer to an address of the Tailors to that meeting, but which address the transcriber has not met with:

1690, 3d month. To Friends of the Meeting of Tailors, London:

"Friends! we have received your testimony against the vain and needless fashions of the world, and exhorting to plainness and moderation, and we do well approve thereof, and desire that you may confirm this testimony in your practice; and we are also willing that copies of it may be sent from your meeting to your correspondents, and to Monthly Meetings, for the stirring up the witness of God in others, that a reformation may be carried on, the Lord's name honored, and his people preserved.

"From Friends, at the second day's Morning Meeting in London; signed by "BENJAMIN BEALING, Clerk." [British Friend.

Bristol Brick.-Remarkable Fact.

Some of our citizens have no doubt noticed boxes of bricks of precisely the same character as the imported Bristol brick, passing through town occasionally, on their way to Boston and the south. We had the curiosity the other day to trace back these bricks to the source

whence they all came. It is said that the only place in the world in which these bricks have been made, (except of course those we are here speaking of,) is Bristol, in England. A small vein of the sand was many years ago found near Liverpool, but it was soon worked up and exhausted. Somewhere about the year 1820, an Englishman who had been concerned either as an owner or operative in the works at Bristol, came over to this country, thinking that he might discover something which would enable him to share the monopoly of the trade with the Bristol manufacturers. He travelled in the United States five years, making dil. igent enquiry and investigation, without being able to discover the object of his search. Just as he was ready to return, disappointed, while standing in the doorway of a store in Boston, a cart full of sand stopped at the door. He immediately went to it, and, putting his hand into the sand, pronounced unhesitatingly that it was the very article for which he had been so long searching. He ascertained that it came from the land of Elihu French, of Southampton, N. H. and at once repaired to the spot. Here he found about an acre of sand, reaching to a much greater depth than at Bristol, and the sand being in good demand among foundries, the owner had been in the habit of supplying several foundries with it. He attempted to purchase the land, and failing in this offered to go into partnership with the owner of it, in the manufacture. But with true New Hampshire pertinacity, Mr French turned a deaf ear to all propositions. He was opposed to all partnerships, all innovations, and all magnificent speculations, and would have nothing to do with them, but if the Englishman would go to work and make some bricks for him he would pay him a good price for his labour.

Accordingly the Englishman manufactured a considerable quantity and received his pay, the Yankee looking on the work and probably supposing he had learned the art. But after the English

man, having given up all hope of purchasing, had departed, Mr. F. found that he had not learned the secret of the manufacture; he could not make a single brick. The work was then suspended until two years afterwards, when the same man came over from England again, in the hope of bringing the Yankee to terms. But he found him as obstinate as ever, and after ascertaining that he could do nothing with the owner of the land, very good naturedly imparted to him the secret of the manufacture for a bonus of $1500. This was in 1827, and from that time to the present, Mr. French has been constantly engaged in the manufacture, doing most of the labour himself, and hiring but very little. Of course the quantity made has been limited, but the demand has been steadily increasing, and he intends to make 100,000 brick this year. The bricks made by Mr. F. are every way equal to the imported Bristol article, and by some are esteemed superior. They command the same price as the imported, and are readily taken by the dealers at $30 a thousand; they weigh 3 lbs. each. The sand is not quite so white as the brick, which contains a portion of white pipe clay to give it adhesiveness. The great secret of the manufacture, for which the $1500 was paid, is a process of making the mixture rise similar to bread, and rendering it porous. A brick weighing 1 lb. and one weighing 4 lbs., may be made of the same size and in the same mould. The sand is about 4 ft. deep and covers a little more than an acre of low land on the Powow river. It does not need sifting; and the peculiar quality of it is its exceeding sharpness without grit. Viewed through a microscope every particle exhibits a perfect diamond form. We believe no geologist has ever been on the spot.-Mr. F. was a silversmith by trade, and is now 66 yrs. of age. Though reputed to be quite wealthy, he makes no display about his premises; but is pleased to receive visitors, and treats them, as we can bear witness, in a respectful manner, answering all enquiries in a frank and affable manner. On asking him what he would take for his lot, he offered, as he had got nearly to the end of life's journey, to take $50,000 and a mortgage on the lot for $50,000 more. This seems to be a pretty high price for an acre of sand.

[Newburyport Herald.

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This drawing gives the form of the Biceps Muscle, or that which moves the lower part of the human arm. We give as one of those parts which show most distinctly some of the peculiarities of the muscles. The upper part is attached to the bone near the shoulder; the middle part forms the soft or fleshy portion be tween the shoulder and the elbow. We can grasp that of our left arm with our right hand, and feel its swelling form. At the lower end, as in the print, it becomes small, as at the top, but it is divided into two parts. These reach down to the bone of the lower part of the arm, just below the elbow. One is fastened to it on one side, and the other on the other, about an inch from the end, or joint.

Now let such of our readers as are not acquainted with this part of the mechanism of their own arms, first endeavour to fix the arrangement thus briefly described in their minds, and then lay one hand on the biceps muscle of the other arm, letting the other hand down by the side. Next let us consider a moment how a lever of the second class is formed and moved. The prop is at one end, the weight at the other and the power applied between them. For example, a fishing-rod. The fish hangs at the farther

end, one hand holds the nearer end still, and the other, seizing it at a little beyond, lifts up the fish. When we apply force in this manner, we lose power but gain in distance: that is, the nearer the power is to the prop, the greater is the exertion required to raise it, but the faster does it rise.

Now our power lies in our muscles. It is by contracting some of them, or drawing some of them up so as to shorten them, that we move any part of our frames. Let the untaught reader grasp one of these arm-muscles with this hand, and raise the arm. He will feel the muscle swell. This change in the muscle is made by our will, as is the relaxing of them. But how? Science or philosophy has not yet answered this natural, this simple question. God, our great and glorious Maker, with unspeakable wisdom and by some incomprehensible means, has so made us that we can make a thousand different movements in this manner, and yet has not given us the wisdom to understand how we do it. Is it not an interesting and a most impressive and instructive thought, that the Creator of the world, the solar system and the utmost stars, has bestowed such faculties upon us, and yet kept this knowledge to himself?

One of the most pleasing and instructive steps in first lessons in Botany, is the comparison of leaves and the study of their uses. Every person, if ever so little acquainted with them, would find much pleasure in making further observations and in adding to his knowledge. Let any one who has any doubts of the truth of this declaration, but make a few experiments, either on himself or on others, and we will venture to say that he will soon find them removed. We speak from repeated experiments, made on the old as well as the young. At the same time we are compelled to confess, that, in consequence of the lamentable, prevailing neglect of this branch of natural history, most of our acquaintance are debarred from the signal advantages which the study of it offers to the mind and the heart, the habits and the character.

Few persons are aware how early the study of botany may le commenced, and with what pleasure and profit. One of the simplest and most effectual modes we have practised; and we may recommend

a similar plan to parents, teachers and the friends of children generally, as one of those innumerable ways in which they may be trained to the useful occupation. of a play hour; and the teacher in the simple lesson may enage in his task, with the fair prospect of deriving some benefit to himself. The figures above given. may serve as an illustration of the method we have in view.

First a blade of grass may be plucked, and attention directed to its beautiful color, so pure a green, agreeable to the eyes, the most harmless color for those with weak sight. How does such a color spring from the brown and dusty earth? The wisest man cannot tell us. The litthe lines running from the stem are all little tubes for the sap to flow through. The return tubes may be mentioned hereafter, with the changes the sap undergoes, &c.

Now pick the leaf of the common weed called plantain, (which resembles figure 2.) You will find the veins (A, A, A), very distinct, and all running nearly parallel, as in the different kinds of grass. If you