Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-01-17
OLD CLo'Es.

OLu SAJ
Our city readers are doubtless ,fa-
niIiar with the peripat"tic merchants
who make their peri dical visits t"
tho houses OF The metropolis in search
Of ""ld clo'.s,' "any oh hats" and, 1,
in fact, OF any cast-off and apparent
ly useless articles of wearing apparel.
A writer in Cassslrs Maynzine Informs !
us what becomes ot tho old clothes in
london. We have no "Old ClolheI |
Exchange" but, from casual observa-
lions in Certain portions of our city,
NO conclude that wo have that which
a'.swe,s the same purpose, aid THAT
the prada,iuns down ward AMI up
wards Of tho cast off clothing of
New Y.nk do not mate, tally ditf:r
from Tn. So Of tn, London article.
when we consider the qranty of
clothes persons Of even moderat
means throw aside aB too shabby to
wear in Tho ccur.e OF tn" year-what
hubby waistc,ats, shrunkcn weo!lens
,rowscrs, old socks, Jerseys, etc., are
gladly disposed Of ono way or the
u,hcr-it must bc evident that in the
a;grcgste the quantity Of our worn
out clolhing must be enormous, l,
passes away from our sight, aud we
fancy that we SEQ it no more. But
the Thoughtful man naturally asks
himself what brcomes Of it. Passing
along uoundsdi,ch the other day, l
received an answer to this question
by coming across tho Old Clothes Ex-
change, where they are sold by auc.
lion.
Many of The garments sold here
ARC converted TO. fresh uses. Tho
first Object of tho purchaser il to sea
if the garment can be revived nnd
sold once more as an article of dress.
1t is therefore carefully clotbcred or
mcnLcd, supplied with Il fresh gloss,
and in this improved condition is re-
exported. A vast quantity Of old
clothes find their way across the
Channel " Ireland, ard this accounts
for tho fact thai we 30 often notice
that tho Ilish peasant, when i'll ordi
nary dress ls always to bo seen in {
y swullow-,ailed coat of the past gene
ration. B;..ck c'othes, if they Cal
afford tho amount OF good cloth, ar
> made into wais; coats; bat even j
there is only q very. litllo that is III
worn, it is purchased 10 be cut up an'
made into caps, FIR which there is
great market in France.
''Thcre arc very useful pcrson
connected with this Exchange, who's
a. uffice careful households sometimes ~
/: licipate; these are the translator:
Z Such persons will turn about O CO.
" while it is being offered by the auc
n tionecr, and reck IN it up in momen
Z THO skirts, which we nevor in decor
IT I.fo VICAR out, will cut up into d 80
o for little Tommy, tho 3 TX with which
lr is lined will do TO- line caps, tho 9th
d part will make jackets, and tho scral
= will 20, go f'r caps. There are
III males as we'll as male: Lramslators III
oi rovivers; lheso will be und scare
II ing ovcr tho female half of the mi
10 lset, looking over tho old silk cloth'
ID old crinolines, under garments, Q,
w anxious 20 sce What they can rcsto
10 the Wa, drubes OF Tho working cis
ct sos once moro. Cd silks cannot
ee mado useful, as the old cotton goo
no are by tho paper makur bat u p
,,s pose has At length been found
hs them --s;,redded very fne, they !
RI used TO- stuff what arc term"d 4
~ i.npr.vsrs.' Old boots aid she
i,s, hats. etc., find their way with c!ot
ed. 10 this cuntrui mart, and having b,
rot disposet Of, are revived aud sold o.
3ut more"
IN 80 r sHnpDY, :, :,
byj "Having traced old clothing +,
ek- tho wardrobe to tho -,burrow of
I,h. cos.ermonger. AID. The bng of the .
ON from thence to tho gentier attent
3m- Of tho royivor and translator, we n
'ur. stiff farther pursuo them Rev
The by tho lowest class of the, popula;
to too bad even fsrthe bcggar, bro
nth iuto pieces far beyond tho. powe
yes, the otobsrsr 10 repair, it Is yet
ome from becoming so poor a thing.
- itahns reachsd the. ulthnase desl
gets tiol cfalt mundane thiogs-tbs 81
Thy Indeed having descended sas low
ts to posi- big oould in the sociaFe scal,
,oop. taf1-of f,rtuoe suddenly sands Il
and} again. WshagetaH beard Of; tde
iher. tdusi, J, witch Mr:s Farrspd mad,
!; he. Foutsry; ,EHopt IN Parliament i
!. bis| ysartssago 5 Won II s devils dist 4
sd from = .,aac chinsl Invented fos ths:
,s.lo fpose ef grinding mp Old iMootlsa
II of 4brics,saod converting them, into !
-sgesa 20. .hii,,;d i,;d sholay ne ssnnsf Jnbt
pstfs,I Of ahs lsfgess 6ras ] g thisssrad
s:sss Bsusy Ye, siaie, Abs capt.
ts II thesi6 tfade ivss asxeEgss;i
sytop psa aceuaat sorE sslhsss eSiHes:;