The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-13
"A Patchwork OF Life.

a Chicago lady hasa quilt filled with
| Doth delightful and sorrowful stitches.
Ihe border Is made up Of some grave
sllaues. "Ihat one," she said, point
ing it out, "is made from SAMPLES of
the dresses which my mother and my
grandmother put on after tho death Of
their husbands. That one is from the
| burial dresses of my husbands mother.
Tho one OH the end made up of pieces
sent he from Scotland, Of an old friend
OF my mother, who was twice divorced.
| The pieces represent the dresses worn
| ny her during her trouble and her free
| dom. 1t is about as checkered as was
her life. The other one is made ND
ellCirely from samples OF tho attire
worn ny friends Of mine, who laid
! uOwn III them Tor the last time" Here
slle went over the catalogue of names.
telling how each one had died and
where each was buried.
between these borders and the patch
work proper were four rows or strips-
TWO ol white Satln-IrOn her wedding
uIeSS, ana TWO from her second uay,s1
afeSS. Ihe patchwork proper was what
llau Interested her most, and cnus,.L
ilef lllcH trouble and vCXaLiun. I'm,
llilu come about not only OH account OF
tAe dllhculty Ill procuring what she
wanted, but III tho harmonious blend.
ing ol The same after She had secured
iier nlelnolrS. These patches are from
Ilie craFatS and ncckule5 OF her old To-
'elS anu admirers, ANA those Of IL few
ol her girl friends. The story of one
ol lileSc Is That the "wearer OF lllat.D
polllllnS out Il crimson block, ''wa5 at
ToII Sumter, when the iilg of the
olilon went down under tho Dombaru-
lilellI from AlouItriG. Ilc wore tho tie
~ Ille lllne from which this is ltlkun.n -
Allotller WaS from The tic OF inc IirSL
llall VINO llau proposed 10 her. "ilu is
I'D oouth America How, very rich, ;: She
audeu, III Il sort Uf half regretful mau-
ner.
There is another which was ylnurr,cd
through the lines during the war rom
drummer boy who went out with I'm,
lOlh Illinois regiment. "iIe WAS :,
SWeeLhcarL OF mine,n she sad. ",nd
Ills death remains Il lnySlcry. W.,
KNOW he went out To battle, but he
never came back, and singular, or Der
maps not singular, no one could ever
TEL where, when or how nc Was killed
Of Where he Was Duficu.'
There Is Il llLllc patch cut from Il cra-
VaC Worn by Abraham Lincoln ON In.
evening al,cr illS nomination IN Cujc,-
90 lor The presidency. IL vbLaineI
lnaI, SAID the lady, from Mrs. LIN
coin myself, and here Is one from lne
hecktio OF Stephen n. DuuuIas. one
from that Of Jonn q. BrecKenrIupu and
one from Jonn Bell. You know tnev
were All candidates the same wear.
llaVlng Retained lme sample from Mr..
i.ii'coIh HcCkuic L WrULo to each OF
The otIlcrS wIlaL l wanted and each oua
complied III autograph letters. You
may DC sure that prlZe the collection. -
Slic pointed out samples from Lhe ties
worn ny several SWueLuparLs OF Conn
mon place note; OF The one her h;;sbaud
wore "licn he popped the Question -
ol Inc one llo had on When Sllu yayo min
an answer; of The one ne wore Lile eve
hlllg o1 thclr marriage, and, woven in
WIN these, were s;lmples from the
''chokers" of tho minister who tIed 1ha
KNOT and ol the "DcsL men" present.
DO you sUe that une--plnK-wluu 4
cross "orhcu III 1t With biuo sllkr IL Is
very small. Well, that cross Was puL
III there by young telioW whom | used
~ Ike awIuily well. L aiu moL sorry |
married Lllc lllan did, Du. II the DINER
one hau spurrcu llmlsull up il bit 1
would have taken linn. lie worked Tho
cross III There one day himself and sent
IL 10 Inc, on Tie Square upon which you
seo IL, ny my little gIrl, and have never
heard OI llIn Slice.
That onel Oh, yes; that was from
my oid family physician, and The ono
WHICH yol nave rightly surmised is
Iurhed wrong side out is from a new tie
worn NY my husband on the occasion OF
ooi lilsI quarrel alter marriage. No, l.
oiull'C Keep up those salnpleS," she
'alo, with Il merry Lwlnklo or the eye,
pccauae, youscc, he ulun'L Lhaye enough
ucCkLluS.n
She spread the work out on The floor,
ana looNeu aL It's patches us d woman
would, Tod Il 1oW more stories about
Iic combinations, and, rolling up Tie
spread, Threw 1t III Il corner, and
brushed something out of her eyes, and
Iilcn laughed aloud and almost nysLurl-
cauy.