The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-14
A RELIC or THE REVOLUTION,
Cloth Captured at the Battle of
Trenton,

Mr.. Daniel Haines, of Coaltown, in
Moline township, called at The ARGUS
Office on Tuesday bringing with HIM an in
teresting relic Of the revolution, in the |
shape of vest made from red wolen cloth |
captured from the British at the battle of
Trenton, Dec. &c. TIT. The cloth is the
same kind of red cashmere that the Brit
ish army red coats were made FROM 1t
was captured in the piece, and Isaac
kirby, who was at the battle, and whose
wife was sister of Daniel Haines's father,
secured enough of it for vest. The vest
is made long, coming down over the hip
joints, and having large pockets, low down.
1t has the old fashioned law-hammer
cut, at the bottom Of the front, like Wash
ingtons vests,-and buttons up to the
throat, having narrow standing collar. 1t
is single breasted, having no roll. and has
Is large button notes.-the buttons were
gone long ago and some of the button holes
are torn out. The back is the same kind
of cloth as the front. After the buttons
had been lost. one at time, and some of
the button holes torn out, and the vest
pretty we'll worn, it was thrown aside, un-
til, one day, Mrs. Kirby aud her girls were
cutting up some old clothes for rag carpet,
when her brother Samuel, Haines, father
of Daniel Haines, espied this old vest and
rescued it from the Unsuitable shears of the
carpet makers. Samuel Haines was
then living in Washington county. Indiana,
and the vest remained in his FAIRLY, as a
relic of the revolution, until May 1916,
when Daniel Hainess, who was then helping
raise COMPANY in Indiana for the Mexi
can var, got it out and had set of hooks
and eyes put on it and wore it in the re-
cruting service until he left for Mexico.
with his company--Co. @. 2nd Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, of which he
was orderly sergeant. He left
, the vest at New Albany. Indiana. and
found it there on his return from the Mex
lean wal, year afterwards Wher
Haines returned he brought along, among
his traps, large Mexican metallic buttol
q which he picked up on the battle field o
Buena Vista, which came from the coat 81
O. some Mexican soldiers coat and this but
Z ton is now the only button on the old rec
q vest. It's face is covered by large raised
n figure
4 Haiues had been out here in 1887 ,havinI
rode here on horseback from Indiana, ant
returned to indiana in 1910. In Noyem
q Der, 1S47, he returned here again aud ha
J since resided here In lS48 the lat
+ Elisha Devinney, of Hampton, was comm
o out here from Indiana and Haines's rels
tons sent him this old red vest in Devinney
!. trunk, and it has since been in his posses
q sion. 1t is now at THE ARGUS sanctun
and if Haines visits Philadelphia durin
h the centennial he will take this vest wit
f him-he CAM wear it now, for he is yer
+ large, heavy man. He tried it on, in on
IL office but it is or s inches too sma
T. around, showing that 30 years has mad
quite change in his corporosity. If Nj
10 Haines does not go to the centennla! 1t
r. probable that Mr.. j, S. Drake. of tn
ARGUS, will wear the vest there, and sho
,e little Of the kind Of cloth the BIRTHS
Red Goats" wore a hundred wears ago.