Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-07-09
Taking the Census-Rules for The Assistant
Marshals.

Notwithstanding the fact that the Superintend-
ent of the Census has issued quite minute in
structons to the Assistant Marshals, we venture
to assist in making their duties more plain to
them. Each Assistant Marshal should cut these
instructions out and paste them carefully in his
hat.
The enumeration is to be made by actual in
qury at every dwelling-house, unless the head
of the house is out in the barn. when you may
inquire there, but not otherwise. This duty must
be performed by the Assistant Marshal alone; he
can't send a boy.
Marshals must take pains to employ inteligi-
bic terms If a man is "shoemaker, no mat
ter if he Calls himself minister or an editor,
put him down as a shoemaker.
Don't call man an "artiSt' because he goes
out whitewashing, or ''saior" simply because
he tends saw-mill A man may be "engaged in
a bank and yet be nothing but burglar, and
you must be careful and make the distinction.
When a lawyer, merchant. or manufacturer
has retired from business, say "retired lawyer,
''retired merchant" &c. If man has served a
term in the penitentary you may say "retired
convict"
Distinguish between stone-masons and free
masons.
Be particular and never describe a woman as
an ''old maid, " if you ever expect to travel that
way again.
In the tobacco business make the proper dis
tinction between wholesale and retail and "pig-
| tail"
Don't put down a teacher of boxing as
''glover,' or a sausagemaker who buys up cats
as "tur dealer"
Separate the cooks and walters at the hotels,
particularly if they have male cooks and female
walters.
When you ind men who are ashamed or afraid
to tell what their occupation is, you may set
them down as of "no occupation" for it is eyi-
Il bov IN of
Use the term " huckster' in all cases where it
applies. If any one objects, let the old huck STR
about it all he pleases That's all the good it
will do him.
When you employ the term packer" indi-
cate whether you mean cr9ckery-packer,"
g mule-packer," pork-packer," or Governor
Packer, of Pennsylvania.
In using the term "iudge," let us know
whether he is judge of court, whisky or a
horse-race.
Officials should have their profession desig-
mated, if they have any, as 'retired merchant,
Governor of Massachusetts; )" " bone-boiler,
Representative in Congress" "rum- seller,
member of the Legislature" etc, etc.
| Be particular to distinguish between farmers
and farm-hands. This can be done by observing
which call the others up in the morning.
! 1t is unnecessary to inquire the occupation of
| children under year old. Set them down un-
! der the general head of ''milkers."
When an able-boded young depends
upon a poor and feeble old mother for a support,
! set him down as a " loafer"
| Be very particular in taking "diseases," par
! ticularly smallpox. The census bureau desires
all the statistics possible regarding small pox, +,
and Assistant Marshals must give their personal
attention to it.
Among social statistics the amount of court
ing done by our young people is important.
Careful and delicate inquiry will result in ac-
gas, oil, talow candles, &C., consumed in ''sit-
ting up' Sunday nights
We trust that with the above rules always at
hand the census takers will be enabled to per-
form their duty creditably and satisfactorily
q Fat Contribution" IN Cincinnati Times.