The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-08

urIes.
AT that time the wearing apparel Of
the entire people. men, women and chill
dren Wa manufactured at home. The
loom-the big and little wheels and reel
I-was Indispensable. end found in every
house. | can we'll remember seeing
many = bsre-footed strapping girl. from
morning until night. walking up and
down, and keeping The big wheel hum
ming % she drew the thread from the
cotton aud wool roll. Az she removed
back snd - she advanced the thread
was wound into the spool. The articles
manufactured were jeans--blue snd but
ternut hsnneis; iinseys. both plain aud
striped. hax and tow linen. and let me
s,v to you that those linsey dresses with
different colored stripes. and especially
the turkey red stripes, wero really pretty
and decidedly comfortable, and l for
myself ssy that the yonng ladies Of that
day, who dressed In those homo made
goods were just o. much admired and
sought after as they are now. notwith.
standing they may be arrayed in silks,
satins and furs.
There we're 90 hoops. stays, corsets or
hooks and eyes when first commenced
selling goods In 1889. The dresses
were fastened by buttons. or what was
known as : drswatring. But my recol-
lections are somewhat misty % TO the
manner and mode Of fastening and nm.
fastening that string. But the strsngest
thing IN this connection is tho small
quantity ef goods required, ssy in 1887
10 ~, to make . lady's dress. was
selling goods st the time In Petersburg
for Judge Foster, and ! csn establish BY
his old books that seven yards OF calico
OF the usual width was . full pattern.
and frequently only six yards wae used
for lsdy's dress. have curiosity to
know how much money It would take
to induce one OF our modern bellies to
walk down Main street wearing dress
that contained, ssy only 8 or yards OF
calico. But 10 that day ! have no recol-
lection that Il detracted In the least from
their appearance.
At the period OF which am speaking
everv body rode on horse back. l am
satisfied there was not . buggy In Pike
county, or ~ imported carpet, and very
few wagons; But everybody rode we'll
the ladies especially.
I In this connection, there was : cus.
tom, when . marriage occurred, ol
'"riding for the bottle" / rec0lIect Of w.t.
messing one or uoeo of There better
| okolfer races n Dubois coonty, b0t noveI
ID Pike, lbooebI I - ln)osmod " o16oI
cIsiBens ,bas 81 - eorller pefod III
amusement wss oomuon bero. IN
programme Wos this: The wedding
, party would start, ssy, q the groOm'
residence, while the bottle VS. buried .
| some place near the bridc's homo vel
known 10 I'll the party, and the lady d
. gentlemen who fret reached and cap
lured shs prize WIS entitled to kiss thre
J persons wlom they might select, ant
, choose that evening their partners 10
! THE daace. lassure you there was som
: wild riding st these times and occaeioni
/. and not otiufreQuently the ladies' we're th
, victors.
l Another sport which was INDUCED ia
{ but exclusively by men. Was to hang
goose or turkey on pole or tree BY Il
: feet, at . height that man could jus
!. . resch By rising In his slirrup, With Il
I neck made perfectly slick with lard On
soop. The korseman was stationed
| ssy, 100 yards away on . straight lin
','lffom tho goose or turkey. Men wer
stationed along this line whose dnty
was TO lash the horse 70 full speed 40
it was then the effort had to be made
1, He had TO Tiee up In the etirrups On
reach for the bird's neck. IL be Vas foI
! llunate enough 20 catch it and BE-
! = enough grip in HE hand to hold on ~
I'll be dragged Il down his reward VI
''-Is gallon OF whiekey But assure 20
I lit wss very difficult feat 10 perform
Not more than one in twenty would o
! complish IL on the fret trial.
,sl Our educational advantages were yer
limited 10 those days. Inever went
, school year al told. In 1887 went
J school 10 Harbison Township. Dubol
i''lCo.. for some six months, about eigl
= miles from Jssper. Ny first teacher ~
81 Dixon. His successor vas name
a Thompson. They were fer above
n qualifications the average teacher o. "a
I. time mentioned. | boarded q msl'
- rfrom tho school house with Uncle Joh
- Stub blefeld, the father OF our Joe. 4
wife treated me ss . mother and | ca
q never forget the kindness ] received
Z. her hands. | was informed at the tin
y that the first public religious servic'
lever held il that neighborhood vet
slheld at their house by Methodi
: prescher, Who like prophets snd mi
Z. lsionaries OF old carried the good tidimI
!. Iof The Gospel to the most distant ana \
. accessible regions Of the earth. Neitn'
q |hards ship nor danger deferred those pt
- lneer preachess from the performance
srltheir duty. Their memory should
: Icherished o long % civilization and :
"A lligion ere honored amongst men.
vi But ws will resume. The scho
e.lhouse was IN sixe, think. about 70
ls.2l leet composed Of logs, and cover'
>, with boards held 70 their place BY lo'
"a weight poles. The door Vas construed
u out of puDcheons. They were split o.
selof white Oak about, three inches thi'
70 and laid down loose. The seats wc
Atlalso split slabs, raised about two fe
IuIIrom the floor, and supported By fro
s-Ifour 10 elk legs. which we're driven 10
u 'auger holes IN the bottom Of the benc
|ylTheu the seat was ready for uae, q
- time which smooshs down al thinf
- and ab0vo All constant use. wore aWi