New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-23

las one Of Which fhe kindly offered me. She ohered
!, As u.ictbor night have done, quietly WIN 40 su.
r,,on in her manner OF price .or the iriendiy sc'
" - a., shaver WAS over. and returned u wltl
uttls and few kreuzers 20 her Ooy WIZ was Vc"tu
I.r ,Le could only know oi the sPohen pale VI ."o
t1susaction This did not prevent her. " ien our W.!
parted, from cordially wishing NE s;,h ~ W.
..i,urney." which continued in comPan! Mi'h .|o
cfdt,n wlo had Joined during the RAIN. NC sIuc'
vss btieht lad prenaturely So Thought ioF w
man. ard spoke intelllgIbl!- an accohPIiS"nnTrt ~ y!
M n ems universal among the peasantr!. i".to
sr, VILLAGES not fifteen miles distant one rom 'c
Sur yIo., respective inhabitants speak dialects 80
c,rrrt,d az to b. nearly unntelgble to all educated
German much more foreigner, ian,iiar "hly WIN ~
corr. cty.spoltn language, and So dFerssy col1uPeu
"A IN be uIiutelligble 10 each oiher Inc in'rVauV
.ou Of general system of education mas a"es"! o'
toc..d great IMPROVEMENT upon this state 0i things
rporr tie youuger portion Of the population. a,
ia NGrtenbeTgss 10 Prussia parents arc iorccu
~ NV 10 send their children to schOo III the age VI
fourteen. The boy had strapped 10 MS oacA woHct
irJ Of the capacity of New-Jersey peach-basket; hs
hro,Ler carried bag across hls shoulder. lhey nid
takeu these full of matches TO Baden that morning
where they had sold their united stock tor one guuet
0orty cens) and were now on their way nome u tue
noM more ii an tv elve miles from Baden. Inc eiu-
est hoy who did most of the talklng-brother Franz
contributing ia treich only so often as brother hari
closed a statement with appellant nieh clhr
ItaE- Assured that he often walked grea'er as
arces as ten be had the good fortune to meet loot
Traveller in Baden who would employ him rs guide 20
Nildbad In such case he would still get home with
his wsces at nght-haviDg performed journey, with
all crossot Authorizations, OF not less than thrty miles,
He did not seem to have more than twelve years
growth In answer to my surprise at learning that ne
Was 10 wears old lie accounted for his stunted stature
Iy uIder-ite6ing AID oyervOrk. Sometimes he mar
ke,,d Liz wares at Rastat and at Carlsruhe He showed
me his pass signed by the W0rtemberg authorities,
pelmttng the bearer TO travel within aud beyond the
ioutiers Of that kingdom. The sale OF the matches
was the cLief ct support OF family OF seven
uersOnf-the lame father who sat making them at
home the mother and four brothers and sisters They
lived mostly on getables and black bread when they
could get IT, Black bread-it as black, though not un
poatabe to robust appetite-costs 20 kreuzers the
loaf Of four pounds After hearing the price Of one OF
two other articles of prime necessity, asked: WHAT
does M at cost the pound He did not know what the
price of pound OF meat might be-they had
not had occasion to know i'll great while at
bis fathers house or at most other houses in
Doll. What chance scraps of meat he ate
were given him in the towns where he sold matches;
he liked 10 eat it, but Nan iSS klein feisch, trRkt
koin sckoppe lei Gus.-(They don't eat meat or get
"drink Of wine at our folks'.D The last phrase was
perhaps intended hint that should stand treat 'oa
schoppe of wine or beer. l did not act upon IT, lie
Lad vice asked to carry my sack and twice offered 10
Guide me to Widbad. He evidently wished to earn
something from me- he had seen give trihe to the
marketv Omans boy, but he would not beg. rejected
both propositions Of service which were made in the
beeinnng of acquaintance, and did not give kreut
ger when we parted two hours afterward But when
We net the next day as had expected, but as he
could not have expected he seemed as cheerful
though the Yesterdays cOmpanonship had been matu
aHg profitable. Ii was admirable to see the CHEEKY
cok getting the better Of the sad careful look in his
Mt ager little faces it admirable for the sense OF
his pryaons sharpened by contrast with what he
saw of luxurious life in Baden, with what he had
heard Of good wages and cheap food in America,
whittier he vainy onged to carry his muscles and his
good will TO work. 1t was noble 80 to bear his lot,
lust because be not conented with It. Cold and
hungry people outside of books, generally not con-
t,nt,d d. so far as can learn, with such lott though
otter enough they have in the original goodness OF the
nature God has given, wonderful, unconscious phi
losoJ by that makes the best of it,
karl did not exaggerate the hardships of the poor
families in Dohl. | twice passed through the sorry
village 1t is situated the lofty hill mountain Of
tie same name. The climate is harsh and the soil
chary of its gifts to the cuyat0r. At this time Of
year field laborer earns but twenty cents day and
I'll ds hmself woman earns at. held labor but SIX
cents day and is found in soup, bread and vegetables
Compare these wages with the four-pound loaf at six
teen cents aud compare the loaf with the mouths of
family. Returning from Wildbad L walked up the
DOhl with poor woman who confirmed all that Karl
had told NE. She had a good load of bread on her
head which had been paid to her for service in Wild
bad and was in good spirits. / asked how with such
wages she and her husband earned, and with their
children she could ever buy dress for the faded
gown coarse fabric as it was must have cost some
thing. "Ah the gown Sir, was bought ten years ago.
"when there were fewer children, and bread
cheaper than it is this year. Besides, this is only
d" for visiting and Sundays. We do not wear such
things at home or at work. We have not eaten
meat for twelyemODth; nor have l tasted wine
" during that time, except at Gods table'-the Sac
" rament."
1t NAY sound strangely to an American that this
poor woman well as the little match peddler should
speak of the lack of aud wine in the breath.
1t is to be remembered that wine ranks here the
score of luxury comfort nearly tea coffee with
us. The sort of wine, heweyer, referred to in the
text is sold for two three cents the schoppe, and
tastes to the unwOnted palate much like vinegar aud
water. should say here that the rate of wages and
other conditions of life in the Black Forest gene
rally now little favorable to the laborng classes
than they are in Dob Skilled field labor is in some
few places paid high fortyeight kreuzers thirty
two cents. This however is exceptional on the other
side.
Coming down the DObl Git is the last time the vii
lage or the hill shall be mentioned met cart loaded
with eartEenware, drawn by horse and wOman-
the woman between the thils and the horse tandem.
stout man conducted the team, and four other per-
sens young and old, walked by the side behind the
cart. Now there nothing peculiarly brutal in the
apVearance of the driver, peculiarly dOwn-hearted
in that of the woman, who was, judged, merely TAX
ing her tuIn in an office into which the whole family
would rotate in order.
At HerrenalI-but that is on the back of Herr SIAM
bacL's other BILL C. r. b.
An AMERICAN WOAAN IN PARIS. mo. XXXI