Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-12
Clothing Or"seventy-Si4-"

The people of those times were re-
specially clad. Their scores of cloth
ing was abundant, many of the fabrics
used were elegant, and the fashion of
their dress was frequently very stately.
PantalOons were not vet i'll vogue, but
instead there were breeches OF leather,
buckskin, wOrsted, hOmespun. stOcki-
net. black and brown brOadclOth, plush,
and velvet for winter; and for summer
OF linen, cotton. nankeen, white dlmlty,
and drilling. DresScOats, surtouts, and
great-coats Were made of bear-skin,
buckskin, homespun, denim, wilton,
brOadcloth, velvet, and sagathy (a kind
of serge); and clOaks of camlet, broad
cloth, and kersey. Their vests were of
linen, twilled cotton, diaper, white
dimity, 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 w0Olen, cotton,
and linnen. For boots and shoes al
most every household had in his house
whole dressed calfskinS and sides OF
sole and other leather. Such were the
materials OF which the garments of the
men OF "SeVenty-siX" were made, and
thev beSpeak comfort III every case and
dignihed Tespectability i'll most.
The apparel of the ladies was still
more varied, and exhibits their charac-
teristic love of gay colorS and delicate
fabrics. The assortment presented i'll
these old inventories is fairly bewilder-
ing. Judging by them, the ladies of
those days must have all considered
caps and aprons Indispensable To their
toilets, the humbleSt among them hav-
ing been pOSSessors OF an indefinite
number of each, the former having
been for the most part OF cambrlc,
taileta, milllnet. ganze, and linen, and
the latter OF lawn, holland-linen, taft
eta, muslin, milliDet, down through the
gamut To check, hOmeSpun, and tow.
Their hats, bonnets, and hoods were
of beaver, satin, and bright-colOred
silks and velvet; their cloaks of wor-
sted, broadclOth, camlet. gay-colOred
silks, white and black satin, purple and
black and blue velvet, and especially
of brilliant scarlet flannel or cloth.
Their dresses were formed of an end
less variety of materials. The COM
mon short gown, which seems to have
been generally affected when they were
not in full toilet, was of kersey, hol-
land-linen, worsted, wilton, calamanco
"a stuff resembling prunella), check,
hOmespun, linSey- -wOlsey. Their long
gowns were of check, striped home
spun, ralico, ''boughten" calico, mus
lin, chintz, outside chintz lined with
calico, white holland. blue and striped
holland, black and blue durant (the
fabric known as everlasting, groset,
bombazine, blue and black russell "a
species of linsey-woOlsey), mOreen,
poplin, French tabby, velvet, and of
lutestriBg, white, crimson, and other
eolored silks and satins. For the hands
they wore gloves of thread, knit stutfs,
silk, and leather; their stockings were
of thread, cotton, muslin, yarn. linen,
worsted, and silk; and their shoes were
of cloth, prunella, calamancO, leather,
and silk. Shawls were of cloth, cash
mere, and taffeta; handkerchiefs and
kerehiefs abOunded in their wardrobes,
and were of linen, cambric, tatfeta,
muslin, gauze and Barcelona and other
thin silks. Ofpetticoats ther supply
was inexhaustible,s some ladies recount
ing the loss of twelve, fifteen, 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 ,fan-
mel, kersey, dimity, bombazine, and
calamanco.-[Harper's Magazine.