The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-27
Clothing of :. Serentr.sIx." !"

The people of those times were res
pectfully clad. Their store of clothing
was abundant, many of the fabrics used
were elegant, and the fashion of their
dress was frequently very stately. Pan
falcons were not yet in vogue, but in
stead there were breeches of leather,
buckskin, wOrsted, homespHn, stocki-
net, black and brown broadcloth, plush,
and velvet for winter and for summer
of linen, cotton, nankeen, white dimity,
and drilling. Dress-coats, surtOuts, and
great-coats were made of bear-skin,
buckskin, homesDun, denim, wilton,
broadcloth, velvet, and sagathy Ga kind
of serge) and cloaks of camlet, broad
cloth, and kersey. Their vests were of
linen, twilled cotton, diaper, white dim
ity, serge, brOadcloth, and velvet their
gloves of leather and yarn their hats
of felt, castor, and velvet their shirts
of linen, cotton, hOmespun, and tow
their stockings of wooden, cotton, and
linen. For boots and shoes almost ev-
cry householder had in his house whole
dressed calf-skins and sides of sole and
other leather. Such were the materials
of which the garments of the men of
" Seventy-slx" were made aud they
bespeak comfort in every case, and dig
nified respectability IN most.
The apparel of the ladies was still
more varied, and exhibits their charac-
teristic love of gay colors and delicate
these old inventories is fairly bewilder-
ing. Judging by them, the ladies OF
those days must all have considered
caps and aprons indispensable TO their
toilets, the humblest among them hav-
ing been the pOssessors of an indefinite
number of each, the former, having
been made for the most part OF cam
brio, taifets, millinet, gauze, and linen,
and the latter of lawn, holland-linen,
taffeta, muslin, millinet, down through
the gamut to check, hOmespun, and
tow. Their, hats, bOnnets, and hoods
were of beaver, satin, aud bright-col-
ored silks and velvets; their clOaks of
worsted, broadcloth, camlet, gay-col-
ored silks, white and black satin, pur-
pie and black and blue velvet, and es
peeially OF brilliant scarlet flannel or
cloth. Their dresses were formed of an
endless variety of materials. The COM
mon short gown, which seems TO have
been generally affected when they We're
not in full toilet, was of kersey, hOl-
land-lineu, worsted, wilton, calamanco
Ga stuff resembling prunella), check,
hOmespun. and linsey-woOlsey, Their
long gowns were of check, striped cot
ton, wOrsted, striped homespun, calico,
" "boughten" calico, muslin, chintz, out
side chiutz Ened with calico, white hol-
land, blue and striped holland, black
and blue durant (the fabric known as
% everlasting") groset, bombazine, blue
and black russell "a species OF hnsey-
woolsey), moreen, poplin, French tabby,
velvet, and of lustestring, white, Grim
son, and other colored silks and satins.
For the hands they wore gloves of
thread. knit stuffs, silk, and leather
their stockings were of thread, cotton,
muslin, yarn, linen, worsted, and
silk; and their shoes were of cloth,
prunella, culamanco, leather, and silk.
Shawls were of cloth, cashmere, and
taffeta handkerchiefs and kerchiefs
abounded in their wardrobes, and were
of linen, cambric, taffeta, muslin,
guaze, and Barcelona and other thin
silks. OF shifts and petticoats their
supply was nearly inexhaustible, some
ladies recounting the loss of twelve, fif
teen, and twenty of each, the former
having been constructed of homespun
and muslin, but chiefly of fine five and
six hundred linen, and the latter of
linsey, tow, flannel, kersey, ,dimity,
bombazine, and calamanco.-Harper's
1f0O0 zine