Show old english furni furniture ture that fine old furniture Is yet found in britain in many unexpected places Is said to bo be largely due to tho the stirring up of the country that was given by the great exhibition at london of 1851 this was soon after the development of 0 the railway system in england find and there flocked to london a largo large number of squires and their wives A now new world had opened to the country dames the new things had a wonderful fascination for them on returning home they got rid ot of much of their old furniture and bought new much of the old furniture found its way ivay to secondhand second hand shops and was sold to poor folks folk who could not afford to buy new this accounts for the finding today of much good old furniture in small houses in provincial towns and among country people indianapolis news |