New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-23


sp6 bis f. two children Of tee and Twelve years.
and ope servsst-giri. Esch.j wh-n dep 'sef e.
brsAL 'sst takes cup or two OF c0dee and SIN all
roll Eot cakes. warm bfssf or rolls, OF sa) thing
uba.soever o. th. nest k,od. 10 the morning. IL
uni rowp Everybody hyes 80 here-the kiag
himself At o'clock very frugsl diaaer-ev-ry
body lives So except a. he hotels; in the evening
ties with colo bread and butter. and biz of ham or
saulage At evening parties there is al ways
plenty Ard that plenty is good add substantial le
costs him from tn 20 twelve hundred dollars
year Though BIZ. wife is one OF toe real German
scs nomicsl housewives
Imsde a rip in M shoe yesterday an excuse 10
20 down into the habtstiou Of a cobbler Ia our
street. sid spy out thu land LITTLE. He yes 10 q
cellar there is gas- in the eOor, aud by tae llgnt
thus admitted be works bis apprentice or jour
n4ymao, as the case may be. was elevated upon
plstfarm So a. 70 haze the light Of toe single win
dow in TIE room and dOor opened intO another
small dark apartment whose mysteries are mystic
mes still TO me He buys up old boots he told ma,
and axes them over for the poor SOD yet, said
be Il work for some 5eTy god customers
Some body has written sp essay upou sboemskers
a. thinking set and | recolI-cted the various
sloemsk-rs who have names IN English literature
and american politics As my MAJ aisc"ursed upon
tie present political prOspect' Of Europa vita
out showing any extraordinary love for the powers
ihst be.
Beside bis stool there are two chairs in the
rood one with board seSt the other with straw
be tried to make the first suitable to offer
strspler. but found the other. on the whole
preferable In corner partially screened ~
some .helves was bed-two masses ct feathers
an sacks German style-with ali endless quantity
Of huge pillows In an old dresser was the crock
ery but hidden almost by eel ct shelves con AIN
ing ancient boot tops of every sort aud size lao
poor feeble pale little tirls were &C the door
not playing such children DO not play -hu'
mupcbipp an apple. The mother came Ia with her
basket of vegetables for dinner while was there
but can give no inventory at the c0Gtents
DO not give tots anything remarkable by
wy If description people live 81 all over the
civ ard often when | have occasion TO have
little lob done BY the locksmi'h foe instance. by
the tailor go nv self and have talk with my
man. lhe poor master mechanic, be his trade
what il may, lSes in this mauoer. After some
twenty miDut s work my shoe was done. whas
TO psy p "Ob. what you please " But every
msn uust set his price said l. ""tl' then'
give ne grOschet.
| thought two and half cents cheap, and
doubled the sum. Now look at tbe condition oi
this poor devil, as affected by the laws unter
which be lives 10 tie first place. just as ne nad
learned hs trade he bsd to leave il and serve three
years in the army, leaving it at the end OF teM
time with one suit of military clothes Then after
m, king the usual pilgrlmages as a "trampiog
"iour.." he came to Berlin, aud passing the resu'
lar exsmiDatiOus or showing his book of certln'
Gates IS the case may be. was admitted 10 cue
rank and stsrd Of master" Now if he can raise
funds enough to pay up bis debts and furnish hun
IF with necessary tools AID purchase the TIght oil
working for imself he may seek out cellar,
marry ard set up his establisbment-as English
n, bemen express it, Stop-tOO fast; the police
NUT frat know whether no is citizen OF Berlin,
aud fnot can be give security that he will not be-
come a pnbtc burden v bether he has been
re.ularly baptized and admitted into the church
Whether BIZ vie can 4" show clean bull III these
particplars1 And whether either oil toem mas
ever cone in collision with the ;Sn thousaio Po"co
regulations bert or other~here
If all is satisfactory, and he can pay the trade.
taxes for all mechanics pay taxes TOR the r'ght ot
working at their trade then he gets the Perms-
siop TO try bis luck 50 he comes into Marlen
street ard bires the cellar, for which be pays $50
wear. aid per centsge upon mis- rent to the tax
eather.r when his children are born DO must
have them baptized, or the Police will be after
him and the kg0i fee OF the clergyman Will be IN
creased by police charges Ifhe remains very poor
there is q school where his children can learn
reading wrtiog arithmetic, (oEly the simple
rules and religion but if they shall study any
oth,y book whatsoever than those belonging to this
course. they must 90 to schools Of a higher grade
and Day extra. When they are OF the proper age
they must be confirmed or in other words join tue
church and pay a fee to the clergyman; there il
mo getting away from that; all Germans are
church members and mighty pious ones, too, some
of them Houses OF i'll fame here are Licensed
branches of BUSH ess, and girls that come from 9th
er cites TO enter them must, like Others who come
10 be- purs-ry maids and the like, be able to show
their certificates of baptism and conformation!
The Kiug is piOus and looks out for the interests
of pety and the church be is sure Of tall seat
in the other world.
But the king is great way OF from our cobbler.
Every bit Of bread he eats and everything of tue
meat kiEd that comes into bis cellar has been taxed
at tho city gates so that not day passes IN which
be does Dot pay something 10 support the paternh
government of Frederick William the Fourth Per
contra. BE iss "master" shoemaker, and II a
peighbor makes q shoe, even for bis own child, he
can complain of him and have him punished. l
remember in the police report one day seeLg that
sixty girls had been hauled up and fined for work
pQ as taloresses for q slOps shop, they not having
been regularly made &" mistress talloresses. 30
the Government protects the c0bbier from 700
much competitOn-and the c0bbler is so much the
more squeezeable for the support Of the Govern
ment. ., -,
Now and then my shoemaker finds himself with
eft, cents in bis pocket, after rent and taxes and
80 on are paid Well, such g sum is not worth
LAYING Up and wife and children look pOOrly-and
away they 90, rugged out in their best, to some
cheap Sufdsy garden concert, and have grand
time Oh eight cent. worth Of beer, ten cent? worth
of butter bread and some ham, the children get
good drink OF milk. Half dozen beggtrs have
had occasion to rejoice over the wealthy position
of the emspcipated cObbler. What remains OF the
grand surplusis spent on their way home for u
few white rolls bottle ofcheapest beer, or some
other vsnity-and the next morning our hero will
be ready to talk politics aud up the rip 10 your
shoe. and perhaps discuss the glory Of the Their
oarten Yesterday, with OccasiaDsl remarks upon
-. ~k;k;,ad In TIA .ic ar decorations OF the