, 1869-04-04
S0CfA1, LIFE N GERMANY.

Among the 1rst lhlnes which attract tae at:ea-
| Ton OF an American on arriving In Germany Il
| the amount OF hAfd WORK done by persons Aal
animals, from whom on our side at The waters d,
such service Is expected He looks On with ierl.
fnSs of astoulshment and PITY, often somewh..
wurSng lie men Ia the Held or drawing bu1,itas
| with dogs In the streetA Hy degvces the amaze
mens ne passes away. since hahlt accustomed to
| tinHally awakened FOR at least two classes of
| hardly used beings
II ever any dumb creatures deserved sympathy.
they drag loads far exceeding their strength. MIX
caIts, which, as they ate Lghteue.1 lrum door 10
door, arr rendered doubly heavy b. the stout peg
son Of the milk women; bread caEts Ia which tae
long loAves Of hlnck bread arc packed on end Ike
sttcfs Of wood, piles OF trunks, ami all manner or
Vegetables and nut wagons, l:uit aud cosl: I'll
sys e,ty b }.,o.a these poor dosa.. When tasy
down painting upon the pavement 10 rest.
Sometimes, when they hare q very heavy load.
they seem TO become e1aspcrated. a1d rush bark
Ing down the Street at tho top Of thtr xpee- nst-
leg 1t dc1lt for thelE tuastef to Keep Up with them
Il however, but Just y Md lhas many dogs haIa
e.nq e.a mssts1s ~ao Provide foF ther comfort -
Rhine there s law that dogs shall not be use,l a.
d1aught animals unless adtodse'i strong enough
the appearance Of the dogs ia Northern Germany
preclades the Idea Of such law being In force
there.
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II not worse, than the doga I often saw them
last SUMNER In Southern Germany on their kneea
IN the feid4 setting OUT plants With their hngrra
or reap!ng With the men, and drawing home tho
hay Themselves The cowA arc kept in the barns
all summer, a there Is no iand TO spare for rn4-
ture and the old women and children cut the grass
for fodder, ~ the fpalsiGes and evsu to the topa
ol the mountains Nhere Il grows bat Bparsety,
They then tic il up In a large cloth md caz1y1t
y alnnoes III peasant women hs5e bald spot s o.
the top Of the head, caused by their carrying all
loads In this manner. They place just smAu
Ter or bassets Of clean clothes fr1t or vegetables;
and al this Wtthous seeming ~ suner the least In
uere IN Northern Germany they fAsteu large bas.
kets TO their backs, 30 he,Ty that often they 20
double German bentl caused bJ WORK, not
With two b udlesi SAWS, MAI holding one end and
coal In The streets and ne1p the dogs to ds.g she
One often wonders how they get time to work 3,
much ont o. doors; but as the poor very ltt!s
except black bread and soup. with now anu then >
pii l o. meat t9e women have not much cooking 70
ID Be1ln numbers Of children work IN the faeto-
houts, sti the5 M auo~e', % i.ior mi NJ iaso IL
night 10 gain little e1lra money. In tae lecture
on the Feed Of poor chli,lren In Bestu, delivered
md the following kt&ttn,ents- must, however,
n!st say tnaf Children are confirmed IN The state
Church wnea e .ou5sesn 50 toas those q whom he
age- &c sAya: " Does II not border on musu er
when pale Little child, who visited ne for
catecheticaI instruction, H2s obliged to vork
according 10 tho declaration uf his own nother
ffnm In the morning TIL Il at night q. Such
= child cannot 70 to bed KILL O'CLOCK a1sd must
rike again BY 8, which gives fonr nsura' A!eep 70
almost sixteen houra' hard woEt. have not few
children Ia ny classes Who must work from IN
the morning I'LL 10 II night Such children when
they come to catcchiam, tall at once asleep when
they Sit down; lDdee1l they sleep standing when
they arc obliged to stand. No wcnhef hist !" he
adds they have for spiritual things no sppzehcn-
Loo or feeling"
Happily, III arc not obliged to work 50 hard,
but the general imprrss.on which one receives BY
very labortous natlon- The Gr2admotheGs seem.
BY general consent, TO have been appointed nurses
and tend the little children while the mothers arc
At WORK They seen 70 live to good old aRr. II
one cau tusigr from their appearance for VIC Ger.
tAtnly never tMaHzlned that women could look 50
dried and decrepta until We gaw s9ne OF Iheso poof
people We wonder no longer At the number Of
have seen people who could be ea1NJ mistaken for
them
Wherever Jou see the poor they are always busy
And often Fott1ng under great dis2dT dTauta9eS, II
Wnen they employ, IN cnlt1vating the neids imple-
mentA which would be Vewt1 with curiosity by an
American farmer; pIow1 which merely ecrstch tho
sou; md bees q larYe and heavy a. two Of o1r&
men frequent the beer Ga1lcns much more than L.
good FOR heusclyea or their fAnlllc1. They also
have many more holidays than We, many HhAch
sI9 kept with peculiar Interesting customA
IheJ also, poor A5 they Are, seen 10 be happy
a1eetonAts people; and one pity u often minded
Or them exhibit and the patient endurance or tn,,
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