At the Dutchess county fair, Miss Julia
Harrison, of Amenia, exhibited the finest imitation Leghorn
hat, of her own manufacture, ever seen in this country. She was
offered for it one hundred and fifty dollars on the spot, but refused to
sell at that price. It is said that this ingenious young lady was
busily occupied for ten weeks in the manufacture of this elegant
article. If she had sold it, she would have been paid for her
labor at the rate of fifteen dollars a week, very tolerable wages these
hard times. – Poughkeepzie, N.Y. paper [Gettysburg Compiler
(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
December 4 1822 Page 4 Submitted by
Nancy]
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