Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1882 — The State Carriage. [ARTICLE]

The State Carriage.

Washington special. The carriage for President Arthur's use, a New York landau, has arrived. It is painted a dark mellow green, re-,, lieved with enough picking out in red to show the outline without being conspicuous. The trimmings are of morocco and cloth, the cushions and doors being faced with heavy lace. The harness has been made in keeping _ with the carriage, and is heavily mounted with plain silver. The dress blankets are of heavy dark green Kersey, and the coacb man’s lap-robe of green English box cloth. These are all ornamented with the president’s monogram. The lap-robe for tne inside of the oarri&ge is of Labrador otter, beautifully lined with dark green, and having tne monogram “C. A. A.” worked in silk. The horses, two in number, are magnificent animals, mahogany bays, with black points, and without a white spot anywhere. They are five years old, sixteen hands high, have fine flowing manes and tails,|and are half-brothers. They are matched almost to the hair, were raised by the same man, and have always been, driven together. Their beads and necks are particularly fine and though very stylish and showy, they are prompt, firm, and resolute, yet very kind and gentle. They can be driven on an easy rein, without, check or martingale. They were the president’s personal selection, as wjw also the carriage. r—, The Mississippi river at Bt. Paul, Minnesota, is frozen over.