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

very middle of the feathery mass, on hit bat-k ; he sinks and the soft masa closes round him, leaving but a longitudinal strip of his body exposed. Now comes the last and most difficult act. By an adroit twist of his wrist he m>ist bring the narrow down coverlet right over the aperture ; if he succeeds he soon falls into blissful oblivion ; if he fails he will feel for the remainder of the night as though he were lying in a bed of hot ashes and having iced water poured over hini. The " sinap band," or " bunk," was an humbler style of bedsteail in use, buc it had also its bed of live-geese feathers.

HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

were put to rest in heavy mahogany cradles, which had a sort of roof extending over the head to shield the child's eyes from the light.

" The parlors or drawing-rooms were laid with Turkey carpets, and round mirrors hung on the walls. They were topped with brass eagles, and fitted with branches for holding the wax candles used by the rich. Other mirrors were oblong, and divided by a gilt moulding about a foot and a half from the top. In some cases the upper division was of glass ; but more frequently it held a picture.