Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-06-12
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twenty five acres and attend to the COW,
He gave $50 year for the young mar
he was worth more than that, though
and twenty-five dollars for the boy
First rate fed hands, that could cradi
and nov, and good teamsters, brough
as high, in this neishborhood. as $3.50
year.
Between this farm and Alexandria, h
said, land was selling as high as one hun
dred dollars an acre. He considered lhi
farm the cheapest in this part of thu
country, the way land appears to be go
ing now 1t took four horses to cultivat,
this farm.
His estimate of the cost of clothin.
slaves WAS the same as the lady's o
the other farm. Virginia cloth. he
said, cost eighty.seven and a half cents
per yard.
TALK ABOUT FREE LABOR.
asked him if he would prefer free
labor: He said ifhe had a farm of hi.
o wa, and every thing as he wanted it, he
would not employ single slave.
l asked him ifhe could not get free
laborers here Yes. he said. you can
hire lrshmon, as many as you want, from
ten to twelve dollars month
Why don't you employ them,
them.
IRIsHMEN IN rIREfSIA
We'll, for several reasons. First,
there are toe many slaves. and that in.
duees us to hire them. It's the custom,
and ym ran order slapes about. You
can make them do Job on Sunday. or
any time when you want to; but the
Irish, when they come to this country,
get above themselves. they think thy
are free, and do j~ss as they hare mind
to % Then. again. they are very much
given to drink, and they're very saucy
when they're in liquor
What about the Virginians -
They will not submit to be hired by
the year.
why not?'
We'll. don. know = it's the GUS
tom. somehow :"
Ism it because slaves are hired by
the year, and they don't want to appear
to be bound like them p
Very probable. Now you can, hire
a Virginia girl to do any house work
How do the Eirginian free laborcrs
work.
Some of Them he said, work very
well; but, as Il general thing. you can't
hire them to work on farm
l told him that if any of my friends
came down here to settle. should ad-
wise them to bring down Northern la
borers with them. He said, it would be
the best and most profitable they could
do, and advised me to go and see a Mr..
Demins, New York farmer, who had
come into this ncishborhood recently,
and employ free laborers only.
la,ked the lady of the house if she
could hire white servants.
IRISH GIRLS AS HELPS.
She said, Yes, you can hire Irish girls
for four and five dollars month.
Cheaper than slayes:'
Yes.
Why don't you hire them, then >
Because when you hire a slave, if you
like her, you can hire her from her mas
ter for seven or eight years. or as long
as yon like; but if you hire an Irish
girl, if she don't like you, she will leave
in less than a month, or STAY
all winter and leave you in the spring,
just as your busy time is about common.
cling.
NORTHERN EMIGRANIs
visited Mr.. Deming's farm. and
walked over it. He has been here abou.
four years. He paid S27 per acre for
the farm. which contains a long, one
and half st,ry house. barn and other
outbuidinss, good orchard and a gar
den. He had devoted his attention
chiefly to a nursery which he planted
when he fl st went there.
This farm was one of the run-out
estates, which Eli Thayer g. Co. propose
to 'rejuvenate, regenerate and redeem. -
This experiment augurs we'll for Els
great enterprise. 1t costs less-Mr
Deming says-to redeem worn.ou,
estates than to hew down the aboriginal
forests and their value. after that, very
seldom approaches an equality. Near.
er markets, nearer civilization. the Vir.
ginia farms are much more valuable than
Western claims.
Mr.. Deeming had found the expert.
ment of free labor to work we'll he finds
little difficulty in procuring it; and il
is much more profitable in every respect
In every direction around him the same
experiment is in course Of trial.
am j. debted to Mr.. Deeming and
his wife for hospitable entertainment and
much valuable information.
NOTES BY THE WAY.
After dinner at Mr.. Deeming's, l rode
back to Alexandria for valuable caske,
| had forgotten. but Immediately return
ed and resumed my journey a-foot ane
alone. The further you leave Alexan
dria behind, the land becomes less beau.
tiful and less cultivated. Isubjoin thes.
notes as the results of my talks and ob
servations on tho road to Fairfax Cour
House.
NOrthern farpne-e fret bo,an IN c,ttl.