Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1879 — A Remarkable Suit of Clothes. [ARTICLE]

A Remarkable Suit of Clothes.

The Emperor of Austria has just been presented with a remarkable suit of clothes. The wool from which the garments were made was upon the sheep’s back eleven hours before the suit was completed. At 6:08 in the morning the sheep were sheared; at 6:11 the wool was washed; at 6:37 dved; at 6:50 picked; at 7:34 the last carding process was finished; at Bit was spun; at 8:15 spooled; at* 8:37 the warp was in the loom; at 8:43 the shuttles were ready; at 11:10 seven and three-quarters ells of cloth were completed; at 12:03 the cloth was fulled; at 12:14 washed; at 12:17 sprinkled; at 12:31 dried; at 12:45 sheared; at 1:07 napped; at 1:10 brushed; and at 1:15 pressed and ready for the shears and needle. At 5 o’clock the suit, consisting of a hunting-jacket, waist coat, and pantaloons, was. finished. In the Mississippi penitentiary there are over 200 convicts whq gre unprifr oned for life.