In the " fine and cedar settlements" of New
Jersey, where 8ehonlinaster are scarce, and where
" labor raving Machines'' aro rcgur.led as hum-buii-is,
eh.th fu!!hi' in thus aeeoindi-dul. Their
mode in, when any of the residents a iece
of woolen cloth from the loom, which in remarka
ble itHcIf, they are nware of tlie necessity of having
it fulled, but are not in posiosion of the modern
invention of fui'ini; machine, aad of course get
u; a ronj ' ;!.l f.i-diioued" w-iy of their own,
di,a'.r..'d by the beautiful name of ' A'rJvr"
Til-! young folks of both sexes congre
gate from tin? whole settlement, on a cer
tain evening, for this purpose, an. I tin
cirh particularly, look with us much
anxiety for the file, as any of your city
belles could possibly feel for the approach
of your most niagniliccnt balls. When
the giiesU are till assembled, and the usu
al preliminaries pas't, the host enters will)
tho nowly wove cloth, and carefully
preadcj it over the puncheon floor. lie
tuen covers it completely with Hie tlelen
lahlo substance yclept "soft soap," which,
saturating tt throtiguotit, renders it in or
der for the commencement of tho Fport.
