The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-03

From the meagre descriptions that TO It's, it would
seem that the wardrobe Of the Of the colonies
somewhat less elaborate than that OF the Of the first
rank For long time after tic establishment OF the colony
to have been quite vogue material dresses petit
coats and stockings. 1T be remembered it
and that there was NOT first e an1
presence that OF the loom in the homes OF the colonists.
Later On these found large and useful place in the eeono-
poorer class especially Of the and slaves spun
woven and made these plantations It to be after
and provided largely for all the food and the clothes
worn on the plantation
void OF Jewels and ornaments Jewels such pearl neck
laess gold pendants silver earrings and gold finger rings
Of women These were Of course, brought from Eng
land in most instances by the wives Of the early
who the colony in early days. By the time
the ourishing days OF the middle OF the seventeenth
from England slasIa IN i Il
An III, Interesting use 1 81 level sailed the gift
e T. af re Ma pro of IN wills These Were
frequently designated mourning rings In the will Of Ma
tf1ane Bacon sr ordered thai twenty pounds OF his
was greatly attached john Pages will al-
thorized the purchase OF eighteen such rings.
The plantations were widely removed from one another,
and communication between them easy unless they
were located along the river banks then the
scarcely than bridle-patts rarely
bridgcd 1t will be recalled, however that the country,
the first settlers found it, there was very little under-
growth, and it easy to find passageways through the
forests In the early days the planters had horses 1t
was 1919 before had occurred to the company London
to send horses TO the farms In 1927 Charles l. urged the
people OF to produce pitch The Governor
line until the colony provided with horses with which to
transport the wood to the lns where the pitch and tar
could be As late 1640 there only three hun
dred horses in the entire colony years later the
record shows that this number greatly increased
lhe prices were however, still very high In 1869 act
OF the Assembly forth the fact that horses beconl-
burden the community in that they allowed to
run at large This is indication that the number must
Cows, goats and swine were brought from the old coun-
try at very early date, but told that during the
starvation Time all OF these killed with the eScep
ton OF when Lord Delaware arrived in 1910
number of wild hogs. In 1911 Dale brought cargo
OF sixty and in the Of the another
cargo OF one hundred and two hundred hogs was inl-
ported Every effort made beasts OF burden
Oxen were IN use than at the present days
and frequently the used blowing. In 1915 Argal
made expedition into Canada and seized number OF
horses which brought into Virginia Yet when Yeard-
ley became Governor, domestic animals il,
the colony that he made long report urging the London
Company send the colony anupbe Of horses heifers
placed his farm at Flower de Hundred The fact that
cattle Virginia probably explains lit does
not Dr. John Potts Of larceny III stealing some
cows By 1850, however, very numerous and
years order that the cattle might be allowed to multiply
1t made felony to slaughter The proportion
OF COWS and much larger than that OF horses
shown by the Inventories OF the estates during le
seventeenth century, the proportion being generally one
horse cattle doubtless that the first Vr
gina families worked their lands with and used tel
horses more for pleasure than beasts Of burden.
From this statement it will be that after the frs
of colonial life very rapid progress was made N th
TO thrilled Of has