East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-01-04

G mpelled to work from six in the
morning until eleven OF night and
even children between nine and four
tecn years Of nge are kept'all day ut
this employment.
Asa general result Of tho inquiry
among all these clnsses, it appeared
chat Of bread the needle women ate
least the shoemaker most that Of
the persons Intercepted in oil classes.
only four three Of them being kid
glovers--went wholly without sugar,
the kid-gloyers generally using tho
least sugar, the needlo-women and
stocking makers the most. the balance
of carbon in the diet being re-adjusted
in these cases by an exactly reverse
proportion in the use of butter. Only
in five of the whole number Of cases
was there no meat at all eaten, and
the FIVE were all found among the silk
weavers of Macclesfold and Coventry.
But twenty in every hundred ate
butchers meath no appreciabls quap-
| itityspreferring to use bacon. Beer of
the ordinary strength was found to bo
drank very generally by the silk
weayers of London, and by tho Shoe
makers, and very weak beer by the
neutrality-suspicious. Of parts Of Derby
shire. In half tho families who were
taken as fair types Of tho condition of
the poorer laboring class, beer formed
no part of the household dietary.
In the case of out door laborers,
where there is not. much meat used,
it Is all cooked for the Sundays din
ner, usually the only one at which the
whole family is collected and sits to-
gether in unwontod ease. What is
left from the Sunday dinner is on. the
following weekdays the, husbands,
~ whether no take it with him bit
20 20 his daily dinner in the fields.
e. Sa; tIu.'epe it is his, as a matter
bread, and iaust &,.sl me honsehoids
His physical well -beincksS WIS me
the house. If he have eatenS%Souc
remainder of meat or bacon by IN
middle OF the week, and there be but-
ter on cheese, he takes that for his
dinner at the close Of the week. and
tho wife and children at home are then
reduced to dry bread, which is con
yerted into hot meal by the use Of
tea.
VI course this state Of affairs ia a
great hiEdrance to marriage. A man
alone can subsist comfortably, and the
temptation to remain single is reluc.
family overcome, when by marrv,no.
ne ls.certain to deprive himself of fond
absolutely necessary to health. The
iarm-laborer, apart from family. "a
adequately fed, long lived, and iifae
troubled with sickness. When Ia.
takes has meals at tha--fssssohr r. e9lf
glsS =. IA .a.a.ss&fsend Bacon once. twice,
and even three tines day; milk twice
a day; puddiugs or pics three times a
day in Dsyop, .and usraDy daily e'se-
where; beer also or cider. In York
shire he is found to get cheese-cakes
and custards almost dailya breakfast
and dinner, or even to take an hours
rap after dinner. Hc objects to NUT
ton because it is fat, and throws the
fat under the table. Living in this
snmptuous manner, he will put or as
far as possible the evil day which shall
inont upon this state of society il
needless, but it is with gratitude that
wo compare the happiness of cur own
working-people with that.of the Eng
lish poor. The emigrant bound for
Amefica, even III these troublous times,
may well be regarded as both wise
and prudent.