232 THE TIM BUNKER PAPERS. 



the horse worth only thirty-three dollars and a third, and 

 the saddle and bridle half as much which is only about 

 one-quarter of the price of good sound horses in Hooker- 

 town to-day. Side-saddles have not fall en off much. They 

 were a good deal in demand then, and not much now. 

 You see Mrs. John Walton, bride, had no other way to 

 get to her new home but on horseback, and all other 

 brides, and damsels in general, had either to try the 

 saddle or go on foot. Happy wa that damsel who. could 

 boast of a horse on her wedding day.&quot; 



Immediately following the saddle was the entry of &quot; one 

 pot, 8 shillings, one small iron kettle, 6 shillings, one iron 

 spider, 4 shillings, one pair of flats.&quot; It would seem from 

 this that Mrs. Walton was expected to cook her husband s 

 dinner, and to iron the clothes. Mrs. Bunker says she 

 was a capital cook and laundress. I think it must run in 

 the blood. I have no doubt I am indebted to that pot 

 and spider for all the good dinners I have eaten under 

 my own roof. 



Then follows, in the bridal outfit, &quot; two candle sticks, 

 two shillings.&quot; These must have been iron, such as went 

 out of date about the time I was a boy. The bottoms of 

 the dilapitated sticks used to figure on butchering day, in 

 scraping off the hair from hogs, and nothing better has 

 been invented since. Then follows &quot; one case of knives, 

 one fire shovel, one large iron kettle, one teapot, one tea 

 kettle, one trammel.&quot; Then for personal adornment the 

 bride had &quot; one gauze handkerchief, 3 shillings sixpence, 

 one pair of gloves, same price, one pair of English shoes, 

 6 shillings, one pound of whalebone, and four and a half 

 yard moreen for a skirt,&quot; which shows what the whalebone 

 was intended for. Our grandmothers probably split their 

 own whale-bone, and never dreamed of steel hoop skirts. 



The fitting out of the bridal chamber was &quot; one feather 

 bed, 4 pound 10 shillings, two under beds, 1 pound 1 shil 

 ling, four pairs of sheets, two coverlids, two fulled blankets, 



