. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . on of this happy brideand bridegroom, through years of stately use andformal dignity to more years of happy desuetudeas a childrens cubby-house ; and finally its ignominyas a roosting-place, and hiding-place, and laying-place, and setting-place of misinformed and mis-guided hens. Under the coachmans seat, wherethe two-score dark-blue Staffordshire pie-plates werefound on the day of the annihilation of the coach,was the true resting-place of this trunk. It wasa hidden spot, for the trunk was small, and wasintended to hold only treasures. It
. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . on of this happy brideand bridegroom, through years of stately use andformal dignity to more years of happy desuetudeas a childrens cubby-house ; and finally its ignominyas a roosting-place, and hiding-place, and laying-place, and setting-place of misinformed and mis-guided hens. Under the coachmans seat, wherethe two-score dark-blue Staffordshire pie-plates werefound on the day of the annihilation of the coach,was the true resting-place of this trunk. It wasa hidden spot, for the trunk was small, and wasintended to hold only treasures. It holds them361 362 Two Centuries of Costume still, though they are not the silver-plate, the roundwatches, the narrow laces, and the precious cameFs-hair scarf. It now holds treasured relics of the oldentime; trifles, but not unconsidered ones; much es-teemed trifles are they, albeit not in form or shapeor manner of being fit to rest in parlor cabinets oron tables, but valued, nevertheless, valued for thatmost intangible of qualities — Iron and Leather Pattens. 1760. Here is one little antick. It is an ample bagwith the neat double drawing-strings of our youth ;a bag, nay, a pocket. It once hung by the side ofsome one of my forbears, perhaps Elizabeth of thebrass-nailed initials. It was a much-esteemed pocket,though it is only of figured cotton or chiney ; butthose stuffs were much sought after when this oldtrunk was new. The pocket has served duringrecent years as a cover for two articles of footwearwhich many of the younger sort to-day havenever seen — they are pattens. Clumsy, uglypattens we find them frequently stigmatized in the Pattens, Clogs, and Goloe-shoes 363 severe words of the early years of the nineteenthcentury, but there is nothing ugly or clumsy aboutthis pair. The sole is of some black, polishedwood — it is heavy enough for ebony; the strapsare of strong leather neatly stitched; the bucklesare polished brass, and brass nails fasten the leath
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