Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-03-10


1t is expected that servants should rise
carly enough to be at work by the time il
is hight. In sections of country that are
sickly il win be found conducive TO health,
inthe all,tomake the hands eat their break
fast before going into the dew. In win
ter, as the days are short and nights long,
II Will be no encroachmcnt upon their me-
cessary rest to make them eat hrcakfast
before daylight One properly taken care
of and supplied with good tools, is certain
| ly able TO do more work than under other
circumstances. While at work thcy should
be brisk Ii one is called TO you, or sent
from YOU, and he does not move brisl>ly,
chastise him at once. Ifthrs does not an
swer, repeat the dose and double the guam
tity. When at work have no objection
to their whisthng or singing, some lively
tune, but no drdwtiag tunes are allowed
in the field, for their motion is almost GER
tain to keep timc with the music.
In winter hand may be pressed all day,
but not so in summer. In the first of the
spring hand need not be allowed any
more time at noon than is sufficient to cat
As the days get longer and warmer, lon
ger rest is necessary. In May from one
and half to two hours, in June two and
a half, in July and August, three hours
rest al noon. If the day is unusually sui
try, longer time is better When the
weathcris oppressive it is best for all hands
to take nap at noon. 1t is refreshing
and they are better able to stand pressing
the balance Of the day. Hands by being
kept out of the sun during the hottest of the
day, have better health, and can do more
work the season than those who take
what they call good steady gate, and
work regularly from morning I'LL night
They Will certainly last much longer.
II the corn for feeding is IN the shaok
the hushing should be done at noon; and
all corn for milling should, during summer,
be shcllcd at noon, that as the nights are
short the hands may be ready for bed at an
early hour.
Ii water be not convenient III the field
where the hands are at work, instead othav-
Ing II brought from distance IN buckets,
twill be found more convenient 10 have a
barrel fixed on wheels and carried full Of
water to some convenient place, and let a
small boy or girl with bucket supply the
hands from the barrel. Some persons
make each negro carry Jug or large gonrd
full of water to the field every morning
and this has TO serve for ttie day.
Dniug fall and winter, hands may be
made to pack at night what cotton has been
ginned in the day. The women may be
required 10 spin what littlc roping viii be
necessary for plough lines, and to make
some heavy bed quilts for themselves. Be
sides this there is very little that can prop
erly be done of nights.
One Of The most important regulations
on a farm IS to see thai the hands oct plen-
ty of sleep. They are thoueh,less, and If
allowed to do so, will set up at all hours,
and others instead Of .roing to bed will
set on stool or chair and nod or sleep till
morning. By halfpast nine or ten o'clock,
all hands should be in bed and unless in
case Of sickness or where a woman has
been up with her child, if any ono is caught
ont of bed after that hour, they should be
punished.
a large sized cow bell that could be
heard two miles, and would not cost more
than three or four dollars, would serve
not only as "A signal for bedtime, but also
for getting up Of morning, for ccasing
work at noon, and rcsuning it after din
ner. Where the distance to be herd is not
great, common bar Of cast steel hung up
by passinga wire through one end, may
be struck with hammer and will ansy.or
in place Of a bell
Most persons allow their negroes to cul-
tivate small crop of their own. For Il
number Of reasons the plan is bad one
1t rs next to impossible to keep them from
working Their crop on Sabbaths. They