New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-29

70 tne ohtftt are af 10 fnAPine there may oe osnsv
from a cir thus tuex pecedy coming In contact with
u erough-lookisg men and women who are assembled
round the fire eaiil their supper burily occupied
In preparing it. Bui thae who reside In the neigh
borl ODD know there Is occasion for alarm, aud
,vil Gotd ight" is always exchanged betTeen Ihe
,c Ioor strangers the horrers OF tie sill ge; T.
them il il sessOn OF pleasure well as of profit. Ii
they ale III, "hopping" Is to make them we'll IN
debt, "hopl ing LIS to set them Tree; "hen tneir
fi nds from distance invited TO Witt them they
wife, Be sure and come for tho hopping The ser
wants Of the gently are sometimes allowed TO have
" binns" in their masters gardens, TO which they re-
pair every spare m.melt; and houses WIZ be leil
without single person in them Tor considerable por
ton Of tie day. IT. ladies Of tho village will, when
the weather II ne daily witt the gardens, and s'nd
licking for two three hours ut time by tne oinns
OF some favored family. Little children will pick
huahe or two of heIe in hour and il IL because
they can all a their parents that hopping IL consid-
ered 70 graf boon by the poor. Not one Child !. ao
rent: all who can hold bunch OF hops are employed
in helping their inothers aid tho nfnnts ara brought
TO tie gardens and laid come IL little carts some IN old
cradles, but most Of them in long wooden basketS
called "truga" where they slumber quietly or cry
pieously, almost equally unLeeded by the busy mother
Tie boppers are not prid in full till their work Is
concluded. They draw weekly for gums sufficient
10 support them during the time they occupied;
bat in moot cases they do not know how much they
are 10 rect i've till the grounds ell cleared In good
seesos that u.s. when the hops are large and plentiful
tie average rate OF payment il ten TO tho shilling
that H. the hoyIsrs paid shilling for overy ton
bushels which are measured from tho binns into which
they drop them clear of eaveS. Some pckers arc 80
exleIt that they will fill as many as forty or fifty
tushels in day; but when the hops are deficient IN
size quantity, the growers pay more for the gather
Ing shilling for FIVE xix 6usht Is Is then the price,
and il is difficult to say with which the hopper Is best
saif fed for be it observed, he is an habtaal gum-
bier. Every year LIE will 90 to the same master, and
every year viii declare bs will never pick for him
Z, ;.tn 1a dnnh t.I, hath thp
ants in the hop coDties be ter oil than those in
other agricultural places. Ii Is even 10 them ecies
of gambling. So much moro Is made some sessons
than Others that they the greater rt of the sam
uer in state Of excitement respecting the amount
trey nay cain in tie Autumn 1t is TO be feared like
wise that TO some extent il renders them iproyIlent.
Many things are obtained credit, which would 9th.
eIwise be DISPENSED With, and the rent frequently left
uni lid for the twelvemonth hopping" u TO dis
charge that debt, rs well many others. But in
respect it IL certainly benefci al TO the aborng poor.
They quito NJ GIT iii sSying, II does them good"
The comparatively essy work the hope OF large game
the good temper and neriimen which prevail among
TIE tick,, render it, doubt, the .ppiest portion
e if,ir lives Farmers wie,s and daughters have
their tipus placed close by the side Of their lsborer
ard for tue all are on an equality. Not 50, how
ever, with tho travelling choppers" They have
portion of the pound allotted them apart from the
Village piokers If the hopping commences early,
these poor people have had the benefit OF cleaning
during their journey, and they are often when
the days work Is cbno nded, rubbing the chat from
the grain it'll their hands, and then beating il to
pulv With stones with the -four thus ron sby made
they make cakes for their evening NEAL and bake them
round tie fe they have kinded on the ground.
The rules Of the pickers very NO person
"a allowed TO commence work in the n orning till a
stated time and all leave off at tho same moment for
elmer, in the evening Tnle s because they shall
bGye the share Of work. On Saturday they qui.
tie gardens at twelve o'clock in order that the wives
4 tie laborers may have the half day TO bake and
Ernrnf ha field tho hopa ara takan IN thed DIV.
ing or oastbousee. Here tie work goes on night and
day till all is finished. Tue dryer never leaves the
cast till the work is completed. Sometimes be ia six
or seven weeks without being in bed A mattress Is
placed for tin the mouth Of the kline so that he
nay catch brief sldniber when bis ires are repleu-
shed. Should they 20 out, great would be the dam
age 10 the hops committed 10 his charge Sixteen
seventeen slilings weekly is the paid for this
daily and nightly TOLL but at the his wife
and Children probably earning four or i've shilhngs
dny in tie gardens the dryer il looked on US an en-
viable man, despite bis incessant lator.
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