, 1874-05-16
How Our Porefathers Dressed, Lived,
-...=.~ :. and Worked. .....,
The Advance Made In" the - Present
% ...-s- Century from Primitive
:, 1.' = Habits.
The Machine is- Now tho Only.
r..>. Slave.

tai wants In mans pature. As ho Ia mt nro.
7ided with rorIotual and reproducing cont Of
hair, fur, or feathers to protect bimsoSf aralnnt
ehanges Of weasher md rgor OF olimnte his
arBs condition Of need, aftor food. Ia hin rai-
ment or clothing. We do not affirm that mans
Inventive Ronius has been mainly expended in
motlern times on the stylo or material Of tho
fabric OF his covering-for.. It sooms to have
been frailty Of humanity In all ages to delight
gay clothing, and to fiaunt In bright silks and
nue. linon, and in the Rplendor Of tho Tyrian
dyes with which tho orientais made themselves
gorgeous. But the average man and woman,
ooiore this century began, we're 'content With
- 49, - = PLAIN CLOTHES,
or were compelled to 10 reconci1ed. at loast with
homospun wool, or tlnx, Or tow, or the cotton
spun In the factory, std woven on tic hhnd-
loom. For the grand attire Of tho irnitators of
Solomon was cut Of tho roach Of the masa Of
the pcoplo in the United states Silk WA oul-
tivatea In aorne Of the back towns Of Como csl.
/ cut and in Now jersey and Delaware, which was
reoled from the bulls, spun and knit by tho rus
tic mIdens OF early times; 30 TINT, willis they
covcred their bodies" with wooen frocIs, thoir
delicate llmbH were lpcasod In silk of their own
workmanship. .. ~;
Machinery for the manufacture Of cotton Of 4
WOOL. or tho chemical discoveries by which
colors havo beon oonjurod ont Of tho hidden
springs Of tho elements, had hardly begun to
be, known IN tho beginning Of this contury.
Then our farmers raised their own fax md boat
the fibre by hand with the "breakn and tho
"swlngol;" they raised their own Aocks and,
ahehfed thcif own hoooes, and, II thore happened
sp DO black sheep in tho fiools, It was no black
mark Of Disgrace; but an acquisition much to be
desired; and they washed their sheep IN the
running brooks, nnil 1naeo the wool whita ,ll,e
tho SNOW: and tho honaewIfo connh.5 ..,o ~
.far "a ann;, ~ rroa ~ xssi -, ev"pea inc
S aau eeau ~ upoI nos ioot-"neel' ana card
" euu spun .ne wool nna wovo ne cloth from
male md female respectable and oomfoftahls JI.'
The bjnok wool at H. hlocl aoor, ~ tuo noe,
was mover color to fade md thn ak, tMe ~ % n4oh
nor and weayor maao H. in+n IN nh'5 sp'n:
cloth known as ~ 49, ~ 'A >''A' 0s'0''A0'e >
which v., a1waya rargnh r+c 1Sp = s1ir r,ou
stand. and no sism Ana s T. s.a ~ s%e ;In Mgulo 9
the tos bat they voro 80 10 wsa INC M pFae o.
bly, olnd IN honloapnn. WASHINGTON hiS was T ina,rn. @
in s,ver.sray W. IN nantor ~ untod a, sdases. nos
a1,it AZ hnnE ~ woo1 ~ k az ,at 1ao; oos ~
by some natant mntron 1voven nr enn,a "pHn pt,a
loom honestly cooTS Il tho vo-not 1m some .nd an
on ti,s tonterssra os so," ana driea
whoso vonatinn IA ,nw goo '1 A., stnnRo elotaler,
of tho ncahhorhon1 ono w. ne taorase
past the montionnblo ace. or aomn 1u 1nnni.
spsesbtyso @ s,atlea SatdS 70
maf,ta n ta bnn,os Hvhara t,an o.. " enoso gar
out Tho farmer I'D and fsttenea ha o own W oxen
inr @ schancs ~ .nv Or tho netghbor
.o Of akonG arqea .9em Mnan te
hides to tbs town-ta1nar mn ~ the noie sne
be tiad baoE, markod' kd'' "Ao' ~ 'no years end,
111a nn,, r,.,1,r, 8 -
.,... "ts HAk.AAAGA3 =.
own raising. Il was snaI tannar - h1
Jn],n Drn1v tvoa vhoS Ia rs 4, H. as snls thas
the oary moral trnnur that rnai1e lin H. 9t
mau for the gsilows lint ayer went to e4soi,. ss
tion, :. :" 49, ~ oAe'P-
The, leather brought back to the domiotle fron, y
daya Of Wnter Game. Tia trave5ny So,oan,,3.ns
vas oallalin. He oa1ne with iap.stonn' o1o,nns
fro and there eyarv foot oa a1,9d ~ a.a9en
dopendouty over the nmain af whini, ~ eseaa ~.
head - and 5naatar Hie E' s.nsIs,
done: tho: rotating shoamakar nassa1 mos1:
render like honorable eoryieo w ,,acfo1 c1u1o 70
.bet Of tile communtY.. 'Ihn .town1t,o t.or ~
tho hats from tho po1te gathered fror i,;a rai;
boring customers l,ia fur had bean ta1roh Trs6,,
the mink Of the mill-pond, and lie gayp IN hon
The sillksham and paate- -board BODY wna a ;,ovico-
never yet looked upop as a poasihiiitp ;rs III,
lags ,,man.tailor made tho "groat.ooas Of Of lie
1atlef, 1nQ tn6, ,peHt BultS OF bimHa1f and Ia
tsbIg boys,"~ = o - A''tHao'' "aa 'ue
Thus tho family Of. the past generation wan
well clothed and Bhod, and vol Gtted for tho
plain, honest duties Of life: thor I,n wall NJ SON,
sidered all the, honoss nnurios in thoaosNrn- ~
ducts: viii It wear =? viii it last? In Il vail
naao7 Are tho stitches well but iup viii Tia
buttons hold On +: :IYiu Ms buttans NOM ~ ~
oh what q significant question Ella iai FL
your tailor of iB74 answer il be- dares /,
:. - -, :, NOW. now onASorni ss. /;
Is II certain: tLat 1t is for tho bettar M nro.
ducor or householder can aford % to make M Phis
own materia Dr. ildoeI to mna IN 1nnto.;a Jp ns
bis own CONSUMPTION: he oan M ionrer clath oa
himself: he must bo clothed upon: "a wail o nv bs
pnuuonl upon Ho .aays. .Io. can bnv anrt,i;o H. ~
iuat how oyarythno avarvbodv nj aai1a ~ ~ -. aSs
tat I'd one csn af To ae1i II a1,d - nu 9oap
has 10 hny Ia re- isar rn1,cd,,
ford to buyit! YET soaboiIv. .aor",shara unn a. a.
produced, {hat which everybody couaumes. W. W.
no longer hear anything II lie s. home tspuor %e
for yoa ho taofess has etor y rot pu,y nrps 90 ~
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