" Strange as it may seem, all of these, to us, outlandish costumes and fashions looked well hi tlieir time.' Boys, until grown-up, mostly w.^nt barefooted ; nor was it at all uncommon to see grown-up men pursuing their occupations without shoes upon their feet. All, of course, wore shoes and yarn stockings in winter. Moreover, the young man who could afford a pair of calf-skin boots with white or red sheep-skin tops was regarded with admiration by the belles of the town. He was a rare bird, indeed, and likely to become the target for the arrows of the mischievous blind deity. All the more so, if these (ornamental appeuilages supported a trim, symmetrical form, attired in buff colored corduroy pantaloons, white vest, a blue broadcloth swallow-tailed coat, trimmed with glistening brass buttons, the collar extending high in back of the neck, and the tail reaching to within a foot of the floor ; the whole surmounted with a high, bell-crowned beaver hat !

" 'Attired in this most marvellous array.

Thus walked and talked the dandy of his day.'

" In these early times, the children in farming districts were early taught habits of industry, the boys going to school in winter, and assisting in the work of the farm in sunmier and autumn. At the age of sixteen ime or more of them would be put out to learn a trade, and bound by indentures to serve five years as apprentices. The girls meantime, while attending the district school, assisted their mother in household duties, and indeed some of them did not hesitate to help at an emergency in the out-iloor work upon the farm -- in such light occupations as stirring and raking hay and pulling flax. Nor by so doing did they at at all lose Ciiste or conipromise their claims to gentility.