The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-05
Dishonest Servants---How the Supplies
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In families where the internal kitchen
arrangements are left almost solely to the
management of the domestics, the very
large demand for supplies for the table
not unfrequently excites wonder as to
what becomes of all the articles furnish
ed the larder. There are many families,
without being aware of the fact, supply
ing one or more families with greater or
less quantities of bread, tea, sugar, cof-
fee, coal, wearing apparel, and various
other articles, all of which is dispensed
in so ingenious a manner that the invol-
untary donors are rot aware of their IN.
heralded philanthropby.
The following incident will illustrate
the point in question:-A few weeks since
Capt. Hayden, residing in Fifth street,
near South Eighth street, Gate Williams
burg,) returned home in the>evening, ac-
companied by friend; their overcoats
were hung in the hall, and at late hour
were found to be missing, and of course
verdict of "stolen by hall thieves" was
rendered. At various times articles were
missing-sometimes jewelry; at others,
wearing apparel or bed clothing-all in
very mysterious manner. The grocery
bills were found to increase at an alarm
ing rate, and the coal disappeared like
snow before a March sun. Finally, the
heads of the department. held consulta-
ton and decided to dismiss the servant
girl. The girl had been absent but a
short time when, before Mrs. Hayden had
an opportunity to go in search of help, a
girl applied for situation, having un-
derstood that there was a vacancy, Gall
vacancies are Immediately made known
amongst serVauts.) The girl was hired,
but articles of various descriptions con-
tinued to disappear in the same myster-
ious manner; and finally, last week, the
second girl was discharged. On the same
day female was looking for situation,
when she was met by one of these girls,
and in answer to an inquiry was told that
she knew of situation. The two then
proceeded to the residence of the females
who had been discharged, in Division av-
enue, where they partook of dinner
The girl was then told that the place
where they would send her was good
one-that they had taken bedclothes,
dresses. jewelry, provisions, and even
coal, without being detected. They de-
sired that she should secure the situation,
and continue to plunder. She should
pack up basket of provisions every
night, and they would call or send for
them every morning at i o'clock. This
was the plan they had pursued all along.
The girl left them under the impression
that she coincided with their plans, and
proceeding to Captain Hayden's resi-
dence, related the facts as they had been
stated to her. A search warrant was i'm
mediately procured, and on the officer
entering the house, the girls we're found
employed cutting up splendid silk dress
which had been stolen from Mrs. Hayden !;
some linen sheets we're being made up in
to under garments, and some bed cloth
ing and other articles were also found
The girls, whose names were given as E.
liza Weisser and Teresa Fry, were taken
before Justice Boswell who committed
them to the Penitentiary. Eliza Wcisser
has since been discharged by paying a
fine of $40, her friends agreeing to take
her into the country.-N Y. Herald.