with large holes, worked with coarse linen thread in button-hole stitch. Through these orifices a stout rope was inserted and drawn around the corresponding pegs in the bedstead by strong hands, and upon this foundation great feather beds were piled. In the guest chamber, over the blankets and sheets was spread a white quilt, which was often a work of art, so beautifully was it quilted and so well were roses and tulips delineated by the needle upon its surface. The small wash-stands were frequently three-cornered, and the ware they held was usually dark blue and white. Venetian blinds shaded the windows, and were very troublesome because of the entangling of the cords which raised and lowered them. A large stufied chair, covered with chintz or dimity, was an indispensable piece of furniture, as was also a bright brass warming-pan. After a while great tin-plate stoves warmed the bed chambers, the Franklin stoves being reserved for the parlors and sittingrooms.

OLD STYLE SILVER TEA SERVICE.

" The toilet table was usually of wood, in half-moon shape, the top covered with linen or muslin beautifully quilted. I have such a cover, veiy artistically worked with oak leaves and acorns. Sometimes the bed and window-curtains were of chintz, worked with birds and flowers never known to nature. One set yet preserved represents Fame with a trumpet hovering over Washington, upon whose brow she is placing a laurel wreath. The curious and, in some cases, very beautiful blue and white counterpanes, still to be found in old houses, were woven at a factory in the interior of Westchester County. Infants