Show A HUNDRED YEARS AGO THE prisons were in a condition of indescribable filth and jail fever was known in every town MAILS traveled at the rate of thirty or forty miles a day in summer and half that rate in winter TRAVEL up and down the hudson was generally suspended in winter time on account of the ice WHEN a man had enough tea he placed his spoon across the cup to indicate that he wanted no more LEATHER breeches a checked shirt a red flannel jacket and a cocked hat formed the dress of an artisan THE fireplaces were adorned with tiles brought from holland and ornamented with scripture subjects |