The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1837-11-21

From tie .Nc'o York Express.
HARD MONEY GOVERNMENTS

The pc0santry live on bread and cruel -,
1., both prepared of oatmeal with occa-
, -""""'' siona ntelmiXturc OF dried fish Meat
is luxury they rarely enjoy.
The dress Of pc a sanlry is prescribed
SWEDEN. ! by law Their food consists of hard
bread ,dIicd fish ,and Cruel withoutmoat.
The pensantry are still held in bond
DENMARK.S age, and are bought and sold together
with the land on which they labor.
The mobiles own all the land in tile
empire and the peasantry VINO reside
upon il are transferred with the estate.
\ great majority have only tOchagos,
one portion of which is occupied by the
family, while the other is appropriated
RUSSIA. to domestic animals. Few, i! any, have
beds, but sleep upon bare boards, or up
on parts ofthc immense stoves by which
their houses warmed. Their food
consists of black bread, cabbage and
other vegetables, without the addition
Of any butter.
In Poland the mobiles the proprie-
tors of the land and The peasants are
slaves. recent traveller says, have
travelled IN every direction, and never
saw wheaton loaf to the eastward of
tho Rhine, in any part Of North Ger
POLAND. many, Poland, or Denmark The COM
mon food of the peasantry of Poland
80 the working men is cabbage and
potatoes sometimes, but general
ly, peas, black bread and soup, or rather
Cruel, without the addition of butter
or meat.
+ The mobiles tho proprictors Of the
land and the peasants compelled
except Sunday. The cultivators of the
soil are in a state of bondage.
The mobiles the land, do not
work pay taxes. The lnboring clas-
obliged 20 repair all highways
- and bridges, are liable ut all times TO
HUNGARY. ( have soldiers quarcrcd upon them,
and are compelled To pay onc-tenh of
the produce ofthor labor to the church.
and onennth to the lord whose land
they occupy.
Here the credit system is just making
its appearance. 1t has been, and per-
haps now may be, called hard money
government. OF the people of France
seven and half millions cat noswheat
FRANCE. or wheaton bread they live upon bar
ley, rye, buckwheat, chesnuts, and
few potatoes. The common wages of
the hired laborer in France 1897 80
for man, 1918 rs for a woman, annu-
ally. The taxes upon them equal
to fifth of its net product.
, The Sub-Treasury scheme, untried SCheme in
we New World, but tried scheme in the Old
world, where the privileged classes, Corresponding
WIN the Office holders here) have all the gold and
IiaSSes OF the United States, to make this
MtT0 m0ney Government Unless the people arouse,
uese inoco'hoders possessing all the gold and sl.
YER VIII make themselves the mobiles here, as are
VI, ,.e hooles IN Europe, and thus fix upon ggan-
m uespoiism that no human power throw off.
ney can TINS scheme of theirs, that they inn
po55ung from Denmark and Russia dioorce of Bank
nI 1tate ,when is golden union of office oders
and the public Treasury
SUCK WoRK.-A Glasgow, Scotland paper states
'"' palilo Clarkson, Selkirk, sat down to dinner
" P"'r OF lnexpressibles made of wool, wmchAthut
morning wasigrowing on the back of the sheep.
' oriei space of eleven hours and a half, the
AMY was shorn from the animal, secured, dyed,