Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-03-03

The st. Louis Republican publishes the fol-
lowing article from the pen of a young Ger
man who is well educated in his own country.
"There is three kinds of girles in Germany
the girle of the rich people, the servant maid,
and the farmers girle. The gire of a rich
man, she goes to school like others and learns
reading, writing, chiefering, and a lady teach
er learns them sewing a shurte and making
stockings. Sometimes gets some lessons be-
sides until she gets confirmed. AT this time
begins another life for her; her parents send
her to female school one or two years and
pay so dollars for her this time. She is kept
there like lady, and she has not much to do
One OF them has to be in the kitchen one week
another one the next week; for that time
she stays in the kitchen she has to take the
bread i'll the morning when the baker comes
with basket, and the old lady shoes her how
to fix this and that, and in sommer time how
to raise Vegetables. The Orther time she
learns playing the piano and orther fine female
work ; but there is institutions where they
have to work hard. Returned to her parents,
she stays at home until she gets chance to
marrld. She tries to get preacher or a law
yer. Cannot she get one like them, at last she
takes whatever she can git. Sometimes she
don't marry, and lives some interest of a
little estate, because the most time there is
good many children, and there is not so much
parts.
But it is an orther case with the servant girle
After she is confirmed, she has to live out
for child's maid, beca use her father is poor
man and lives from his labor He makes the
capital of two bets a day, and sends his daugh-
ter to live out. She gifts for full year the
sum OF dollars, and one or two paires of
shoes She stays by this way in this condi-
ton for few years, and then she gifts kitchen
Irlp md oh fc far, doll f1rt l,.o
year and at Christmas time an apron or a neke
HANDKERCHIEF She has to worke hard making
the dough of the rye bread. Some makes
small dough, but big hous keepings make
dough for half doZend loafs of bread Every
loaf wais 40 pounds. She wares wooden
shoes good many times because the COM
mon leather shoes cost IL dollars. She has
to do the garden work, (eyery family keeps
her garden, takes the wheelbarrow and fetch
things at home along, or she carries it on her
head If she washes she has no wash board to
wash on-she rubs it in her hands, She cooks
the washing and takes sometimes wood ashes
that hurts herfngers most into peases. Is she
got so happy to git poor laborer that makes
his 2 bets day, she helpes her husband work.
ing, going out in the field If her husband got
mad he wipes her dog Without doing any
thing against it, she is silenced like lamb.
The farmer girle goes to school in winter
time only, and in summer time she has TO hide
the cows. ShS enE- tAadeway uutjHabs1s con-
firmed. After this time she has to feed cows,
hogs, chickens, and noirses the babys. After
she gifts strong enough she has to thresh and
go out in the fields. She gifts up at 2 o'clock
at height and threshes till hafpast s. then she
milks 6 cows and goes to breakfast. For
breakfast she gifts a large piece of rye bread
griesed with little bit OF lard or butter. At
10 o'clock she gifts butter bread again like in
the morning. At dinner time she git peace
of meat about ounce havy. She eats with
wooden spoon out of big dish with the boys.
She likes a boy and marries generally one that
eats with her out of the same dish, and most
of the time she is bound to take him. If she
marries, she and her husband live in a small
house and pay 20 dollars a year for rent
They keep a COW and she-goat, little peg,
make it fat and raise it, raise their own vegi-
tables, and help orther people work. He gifts
2 bets day, and his woman bet day. They
are poor and never git rich.
A man can be glad to live in this country,
not minding the dole times"