Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-09-30


noble workmanship! felt inwardly tie
iruih oil the saying, 'con,en,meni is a
kingdom,' and after / left my philosophi-
cal c"bh'er, | thought much about him.
and satisfied that his nhilosophv Uas
sound, and that mankind in general hive
yet TO learn the secret 10 be happy. His
situation in life is obscure, tut
"But honor and fame from no condition rise,
Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Conten'meni kingdom would that
The whole human family realized this sen.
'iment moro fully and praciiscd many OF
The maxims of the cobbl ler such as never
To buy wha, they do not need, and trust
to our Heavenly father, who has promised
10 give whatsoever We ask ia his name.
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Employment Of Women in France.
! lam induced to say word upon the very
numerous empIovments openedio females
in France which are not open TO lem at
home. The books ol nine tenths Of the
retail shops in Paris are kept by women.
do not remember a cafe or estaminet in
,he city, the counter Of which is not pre-.
sided al by woman. The box officer
of the ,heaers are tended by women--no,
only those Of the evening but those open
during the day for the sale OF reserved
places. The box-ofllces and audience
sealers are women: And not only do wo.
men act as sellers in such establishments
as are naturally fiNeh tr them. but even in
groceries. hardware stores, wood yards,
fruit stores, hu.cAerics, etc. C. In all
these places The boOkeepcr is woman,
fenced in and seperale from the rest by n
frame work of glass. The ticket-selers
at the railroad station are principally wo-
man. have the pleasure Of purchasing a
seat daily of good looking young person
Of abont tnenlv four years. From ap-
pearances should say she was engaged
to the conductor ofihe four n'clock train.
Women even guard the stations, and some
Of the less Grtquenled crossings. Women
cry the rate Of exchange every afternoon.
after Boursa hours, and moro numbers OF
the rrcsse and the Mousquelaro are dis
posed by women than by men. nev.
err yet saw newsboy in France. In the
porter's lodges of the city there arc a,
many porucsses Us pnrers; and landlord
would prefer to take, for this service, q
women without husband than a mar
without wife. In small houses, where
one person only is required, that one
person is womln. Omnibus conduc.
tors submit their way bills, at the transfer
offices, to women, for inspection and rat
ifcation, Women, book you fer seatil
the diligence; women let donkeys 70
rides at Montmorency, and sadie then
too. women undertake the moving 0
lurni;nro, agree with you as to price, an'
you Gnl them quite as responsible a
men. Without multiplying instances, yo,
will see what a number OF avenues ART
opened to females here which in Americ,
are closed. Athome, nearly all the sit
ua,ions at,ainsbe by them are either me
niul or involve subordinalion. Womel
are either servants, or clerks, operatives
walters, or type.se,ters. The foreman
rarely Il woman, II may here be above
the expression. Here however, female
hold positions Of authority, responsibility
and consideration, in the various employ
ment of ovorseers and book.keepers, an
} even as heads of establishments.
1t has been found that the weakness @
the sex causes the empire 10 be any ,h
less energetically asserted, or obedienc
to be the less promptly rendered. Thfr
ore other capacities in which women ar
= employed in France. which | trust an
believe would never be accepted home
A brigade of street>sweePers contain a
equal number Of males and females
> There are female chiffoners and old ell
women: A complete establishment Of
t fruit vegetable pedler consists of sma
7 cart, man to shout and sell, and a w
I man and dog harnessed into s,rons,
8 drag. In the country, women labor
, he fields, and thrash and winnow in Il
i. barns. ! might say that, from mo,l'
t of pity, | employ 6 . old grandmother
weed an alley, tend strawberry bed al
t hawthorn grove, in which take an u
a natural interest considering that iSey 5ro
n on land not my own. American won:
i were not born for such occupations
these, but think there are many emplo
men,s yet mcnopolised b. men TO whi'
h their labor might be usefully and conv'
Il niently divered.-PartS Corresponds
of the Ncw York Times.
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"a A little fellow about five years old. r
"a across a street, and in his course ran b
tween the fore legs Of q horse, which W
~ rapidly passing along. A man who ST
~ the occvrrence ran and snatched the b
~ supposing he was injured in the attem
ia But the boy, unhurt, pertly calculated:
80 lie. him keep his horse ou. OF my wa
or what do care"
he An old lady once said that her idea o
ut great man was. a man who was keetul
IL his clothes, don't drink ofspiri,s, kin re
ay his Bidle without spelling the wor
to and kin eat,a cold dinner on wash day,
To- save the wimmen folks the trouble Of CO.
ing