. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . hunting-shirt. This is an excellent garment,and I have never felt so hanpv and healthy since I laid it off. It is. HISTUKY OF ILLINOIS. 153 made of wide sleeves, open before, with ample size so as to envelopthe body almost twice around. Sometimes it had a large cape?which answers well to save the shoulders from
. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . hunting-shirt. This is an excellent garment,and I have never felt so hanpv and healthy since I laid it off. It is. HISTUKY OF ILLINOIS. 153 made of wide sleeves, open before, with ample size so as to envelopthe body almost twice around. Sometimes it had a large cape?which answers well to save the shoulders from the rain. A belt ismostly used to keep the garment close around the person, and,nevertheless, there is nothing tight about it to hamper the is often fringed, and at times the fringe is cumpi^sed of red, andother gay colors. The belt, fre(|ucntly, is sewed to the vest was mostly made of striped linsey. Tiie colors were madeoften with alum,copperas and madder, boiled with the l)ark of trees,in such a manner and ])roportion3as the old ladies prescribed. Thepantaloons of the masses were generally made of deer-skin andlinsey. Course blue cloth was sometimes made into pantaloons. ** Linsey, neat and fine, manufactured at home, composed generallythe outside varments of the females as well as the males. Theladies had linsey colored and woven to suit their fancy. A bonnet,c
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