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

E mpelled to work from six in the
morning until eleven at night; and
even children between nine and four
teen years of nge are kept all day ut
this employment "es
Asa general result Of the inquiry
among all these classes, it appeared
that of bread the needle women ate
least the shoemakers most; that OF
the persons interrogated in all classes.
only four three of them being kid
glovers---went wholly without sugar,
the kid-glovers generally using tho
least sugar, the needlo-women and
stocking makers the most; the balance
of carbon in the diet being re-adjustcd
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 wero all found among tho silk
weavers Of Macclesfeld and Coventry.
But twenty in every hundred ate
butchers meatin no appreciabls quap-
tity,spreferring to use bacon. Beer of
the ordinary strength was found to bo
drank very generally by the silk
weayers Of London, and by the shoe
makers, and avery weak beer by the
clzing-makers Of parts of Derby
shire. In half the 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 unwonted ease. What is
left from the Sunday dinner is on the
following weekdays the husbands.
r1l whether no take il with him hit
of % -, s9 his daily dinner in the fields,
Sa;tI .SSme, it is his, as matter
hread ,nd '-id; 's''1 Thehousehold,
His physical well being i%w. WINS nsoa me :,
the house. If he have eaten%
remainder of meat or bacon bv IN
middle of the week, and there be but-
ter or 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.
Of course this state Of affairs ia a
great hindrance to marriage. A map
alone can subsist comfortably, and the
temptation to remain single is reluc.
tantly overcome, when by MARRYING
he IL. certain TO deprive himself of fond
absolutely necessary to health. The
iarln-laborer, apart from fanily. ID
adequately fed, long lived, and iitsle
troubled with sickness. When "a.
takes has meals at thss.fisy'Yosir meals
gIss IN istRtsatsaSd bacon onco, twice, !.
and even three tines day; milk twice
a day; puddiugs or pies three times
day in DsYeps and usrally daily e'se-
where; beer also or cider. In York
shire he is found to get cheese-calSes
and custards almost daily at breakfast
and dinner, or even to take an hours
rap after dinner. He objects to mutt
ton because it is fat, and throws the
fat under the table. Living in this
snmptuous manner, he will put or az
far as possible the evil day which -shall-
nlont upon this state of society is
needless, but it is with gratitude that
we compare the happiness Of cur own
working people with that.of the Eng
lish poor. The emigrant bound for
America, even III these troublous times,
may well be regarded as both wise
and prudent,