The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-11
a Hundred Years Aro
Compiled by Junius lrowlkes Tor

1
| Virginian)
Every gentleman wore @ cue and
| powdered his hair.
y gentleman bowling to lady always
scraped his foot on the ground
! The church collection was taken in /,
bag al the end Of pole with q bell
| attached TO arouse sleepy contrIbut ors
| When man had enough tea he placed
MS spoon across his cup to Indicate
mat he wanted no more.
Gravats were unknown. their place
being supplied by huge stocks tha
| reached from the shoulders TO the ears
| Postage was paid in money and the
| amount was endorsed on the outside of
the letter by the postmaster
| ~ New England girl was not allow
cd ~ get married until she could bake
n loaf Of bread and cut 1t into smooth
| even slices while 1t was warm
| The United States contained fewer
people than now live In New York and
its suburbs. and Virginia contained one
| if.h Of the whole population or the
| country.
The letter and the envelope were a
| single sheet OF paper SO folded as 10
bring blank page on the outside
Leather breaches, 4 checked skirt. q
J red flannel jacket and 4 cooked hal
| formed the dress OF an artisan.
When a Virgnian started on Jour
ney TO New York he made his Will and
babe faTcWell TO his friends as though
| he expected never 10 see them again.
Imprisonment for debt was q common
| practice.
An old copper mine in Connecticut
was used as q prison.
There was not Il public library in the
| United States.
Almost all the furniture was imported
| from England
There was only one hat factory and
| that made cooked hats.
! BOOKS were rcry extensive stFrhe 1iyac
| of the Poets" cost SIS
| y day laborer considered himself well
| paid with two shilllngs 4 day.
horscman who galloped on the city
| street was fined four shillings
Crockery plates We're objected to be-
cause they duled the knives.
| a man who jeered a the preacher or
criticised the sermon was fined.
Dry goods were designated as ''men's
| Stuffs" or "womens stuffs"
Stoves We're unknown: all cooking was
| done before an open fireplace.
The houses were not numbered and
| many Of the streets were not named
The number Of toasts drunk at a ban
quet equaled the States in the Union
Quininc was unknown: when O. man
had aSuc fits he took Peruvian bark and
| Whiskey
All The population Of the village as
| semblcd at tho inn on the post day
| to hear the news.
Incrc were no manufacturers In this
| country and every housewife raised her
own flax and made her own linen.
The favorise novels Of worldly
young women were Victoria Lady
| Julia Vaudeville" and Malvern Dale. u
Dances in Philadelphia were given
every two weeks, but young men under
twenty and girls under eighteen were
not admitted.
| Editors begged their subscribers to
pay up: II they had no money to send
| IN wood, cheese, corn or pork
The Mississippi Valley was not so we'll
! known aa the heart Of Africa now is.
! Six days were required for a Journey
between New York and Boston, and two
stage coaches bore all the travel be-
| tween these two cities.
| The parquet Of theatre was called
| the pit and was filed with the rahble.
Vaccination had not become popular
and smallpox was an every day dis
ease
The whipping post and plllory were
| still standing In Boston and New York.
Twenty days were required for q let.
ter to go from New York to Charleston
| by land. MI !