Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1882 — Wood Weaving. [ARTICLE]

Wood Weaving.

This industry belongs strictly to the town of Ehrenberg, on the Austrian frontier. Sparterie work, or weaving of wood, was introduced more than a century ago, but has been confined until within a short time to the manufacture of cheap hats, glued together, and worn by the lower classes. Lately, however, owing to the interest taken by the Government, Ehrenberg has been able to send out fashionable hats and various fancy articles, all made of wood and sold at very low rates. The aspen is the only tree whose fibers are tough enough to admit of weaving, and all the timber having been used in the vicinity of the town, the material is brought from Poland. The process requires the utmost nicety in dividing the wood, and as the divider must always follow the direction of the fiber, it is necessary that the threads should be prepared by hand. The weaving itself is done on large looms. If the Baroness Burdett-Coutts survive her marriage ten years she will have paid, without interest, $3,750,000 for a husband, taking her loss consequent on marriage at £75,000 a year. However, I wish to gracious I had a few millions to invest— Massachusetts Girl. The Nebraska City (Neb.) Press says: St. Jacobs Oil strikes heavy blows for good all around, and. its virtues for rheumatic pains are lauded upon every hand. Try it, 111 ya who suffer,