New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-06
HOW oUR SERVANT GIRL EMpIoYEp Ms

- :" - = o1AVANT GIRL EMPLOYED US
We nave been employed by d servant pirl 4
ioa IN ous Wiie mas, and as wife and we are on
haxe been hired by a servant rirl1 'yst' !" -
8otit employer Is a young woman OF twenty snm
letsi oohqne IN vision. Hibernian in accent an,
leaves : Fiji III aro agms she s same t. " whe
one ehurlish November evening wben tfe s";nd.
4 were al ABROAD, and the best of her se,s wa.
aig stockings. Dropped into the parlors iii
rs IA roses on our Brussels with polluted bro
sgss2,sniiu sat 9awn contiguous to our Steinway
VS.. Ne looked Tor our poker, but she aceideniallv
4 staf iini usr arm its dimensions appalled, ~.
4 ,;,;d I; o s ~ her sex is weakly fragile and
am e. Would stand no more chance aganst
w 4eihp,oyef thun dove in the clutches Of q bald
eagle The following ans,,sd hataa,,
Bridget and tile Best: Z" oen
- 5laze, marin, wud wees like to hire girl wild
| good moral earaekter?f : Y :
| SSotlo voice. Yes"
: How much do yees pay?',
+" Two dollars per weeks,
9a ~ shat be intirely satisfactory to yees?,'
: Have yees good large kitchen wild large
!, 81 asisonishment we have no range, but We
would not mind retiring early that i nght not IA
disturbed In the evening y ~ - "
'tOh, no -
g De yees have a yasbe1x,ono,, o,,,5 >,
INC coarse cooking ~ StN - ~
y No; You would have to do fbof ,,,o,,, II :.
hard, as the family is smalI., ~ = % no'
u yees have no children about, and ooud rive
ic ny avenings to mesel.' and let the ould man
week. Jug ~ uift yees iof a
p. ihe glst @ the above conversation was that
prlaget was duly installed mistress of the kitchen
IN spite of vehement objections for the Rast ill.,
the oysterman, had d way of ber own aiia;. n
was fragile. =" - "1peis ~
onr servant girl tried us for one week and then
I Us. The first day struggle arose be-
.Ms1 neI and ourselves to the nFoprety az her
Suing IN the parlor during the AFTERNOON We esnsa
in the kitchen, - = = siio 'a say |
], lae. second ,. day speck Of war arose in our
domestic armament, owing to the fact that o,,r an
ioyef insisted on sarehing the sbirt-bosons hefore
lhey were washed boiling the squasbes in ia
keltie anc wearing the Bestss Sunday bonnet n / /
y wase. OUT employer threatened to discharge us
7 she was not allowed the endowment of snci Iittle
privileges. The best of her sex ID cnmnleteiy i
cowed, and has transferred the re;ns Of the dones
tlc team to Bridget, who is driving tandem at
on the third day discovered an Italian oroan.
SElnaer standing in my front yard revolving Irish
Molly from his Internal machine and Bridget
M tile iront steps executing an Irish jig sent
W ane poce ana had the child of sunny Italy ar
Organic Act. 60 ~ ' .1 si'
4 sofer trial was in store for me on the fourth
1ay. AS | returned home at night, rather later
eiuouai SUunu OIL feVelry greeted
T me i, me diningsroom. rushed into The house
inc Best was in corner Of the parlor deadly na1a
Ind Wringing her hands. -
81, y hat means this wild commotion2' cried /.
ahe e9uld not answer, but pointed to the dining
JON. fushed 10 the room and opened the door
came, 4 saw, and was overcome. A player would
describe it as follows: -
7oENE---A long table spread with various eatables
~ me center whisky, upper end, do; lower end
40 around the table appear five men smoking
Pipe; three women singing & Widow Malone, =
~ =. Enter 11 we. Il. Exit Bridget. Omnes Seoul.
ter. Curtain falls to slow music -
That night NE and the Best held a consultation {
y were calm, bnt dignifed. Bridget must evacrl
le ere another sun had set II we knew ourselves
M we thought we did to a certain extent we | !
Wned the house, and so long as we owned II we |
ldn propose TO have any Irish landlords IA pos-
esslon. We were to be trampled on no longer
moving our rights, we should iealously defend !
len. The Best Of her Sex dittoed our determine
lon. INC question was put: ." All who are In I
F9' Of rl5ll say aye; contrary minded
oH The ayes had if. {
me next morning we arose big with our resolve,
cur great surprise the breakfast table stood &
nptY, and eWere summoned to the kitchen nv G
ridget 49, ~ G
Y And now, Msthur Goonybags does wees intind +
deprive me OF my innocint recreation p, said Il
=, drawing herself up to her full height Give feet
ne in her brogans.) y. : - = /,
!" Yes said /, !" I will have no more of your II
a !. doings in my house, i
. ihln discharge yees,H said she and leave = =
y rouse this momint, bad cess to the likes Of Il
es, VINO would take the brfd and bntther from Il
honest woman's mouth" u
That morning, our employer left and Richard u
IS himself again. X