Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07
TAKING THE CENSUS.
,,,s Done lyon don't get much
HOW nfmeo-the tailor's wife At home
gu" WARY, Augustus John, and JOAN
r. Mary, etc, etc., etc.
FROM the New York World.

~" nationality, how old they are, and
. M important cts which are to appear
w. .ha census report, have some singular
y. nar;ences. By some strange provision
esra,ure. men, but more especially wo-
" .n seem to think that in great and free
Fgsrsrnment such as that of the United
S.,tas of America, they should be exempt
I'm all such petty annoyances as telling
any official person who and what they are.
Tte same is undoubtedly the case among
aaonle who are less enlightened, such as
iSosa who live, move, and have their being
rnder such despotic powers as those of
rr,rce Russia, Prussia and Westphalia;
bnt an element of liberty enters the nature
oSa woman who comes to this country
hare 10 seek bread, butter, and self-culture,
-rd il inborn in her who is native. To
bs thus trihed with and mystifed by Gov.
srrment officials eXcites within her bosom
rot only feeling recalcitrant, but one
cIosely bordering upon indignation. Wo.
nan hates the census taker as she hates
tba gentleman who comes to see her hus-
Lord and entices him to drink of the flow.
mo bowl. As census-takers, pursuing their
calling between business hours, generally
And only women Mt the houses which they
visit they meet all the scorn and indignity
which the gentle female heart so well knows
how TO bestow upon him who would pry
into its affairs; moreover women are so in
tDtiye and it is mainly upon intuition wo-
men pride themselyes-that they scent
danger from afar. They are not altogether
IN be blamed for this for, from time i'm.
mortal st. Pauls remark about the prop
rietv of their asking their husbands about
ANYTHING they don't understand has been
iilged into their ears, and they have con-
tracted an evil habit Of not telling mar
that is, an official man who comes to them
with al odious book in which he puts down
all that they say--that they are in fear and
1emblng, and fustered beyond reason
when asked how old they are, what are
their names, who are their husbands, and
athousand other impertinent queries which
nobody but designing person would ever
think of asking.
A ring at the bell. MARY, wish you'd
90 to the door. I'm doing up my hair, and
goodness only knows where my net is -
GO and see who it is" Exit Mary, who
trips down stairs, prinking herself, an
seeing that her dress is arranged nicely.
She opens the door. and there stands a
man with book. It is a man, and so
Mary is willing to have little chat with
him.
Good day, sir"
Good day. Will you tell me who lives
here"
Mrs Brown"
Does she spell it with an E?"
20 dear, no SIR some of her relations
Does but she doesn't put on airs. She
spells it plain Mrs. Brown, Brown
Mrs Elizabeth Cady Brown"
What is her husbands name?"
why, Mr.. Brown, of course"
yes, l know; but what is his first
name2"
"Peter-Peter Brown"
What is his business?'
wait a minute; Iii get you one Of his
circulars he's wholesale and retail cloth
ier guess you want some clothes-look
as though you did" Exit Mary, who trips
up stairs, revealing slipshod heel in her
fight and waiting for no reply. Presently
she returns with Mrs. Brown who has
done up her hair but forgotten to attend to
the beauty Of her feet her heels. Mrs.
Brown knows the official face and book,
and is instantly on her guard
Mrs, Brown log4itur-"W doyou wish,
sir?'
Il am taking the census"
20, yes; census taker, to be sure. Him
as puts down in book everything you say,
and then sends it on to Washington, and
then laws only knows whatl happen to
you"
'Pshaw! some folks seem to think that
II their names 60 down in this book they
Will be hanged or have something else hap
pen to Them. What is yoar husbands bust
pesSY'
well, he calls himself wholesale and
retail clothier; but he amt; he's only a
tailor"
WELL then, he's a tailor"
We'll, | don't know. Seem your goin
put 1t in book, guess you'd better call
him q Wholesale and retail clothier. That's
yhat he says he is, and here's his circular,
FOLKS put on airs sometimes, and if Mrs.
Robinson calls her husband hair-dresser
Nhen he's only barber, Iguess l can call
Fe'e a clothier.'
Your husbands name is Peter Brown
'a5 he's clothier All right How old is
He'll be fifty six next January. the
"aleaded old goose says he's only forty,
t2I there's that hussv of Susan Jane
5.'.a as lives around the corner.
Yes, yes, see, difty-six. Where was
In the Isle of Maa, he used to nave
.sa with three legs on it, when he kept in
.-e basement, Ii you'll come upstairs I'll
show It to you"
Thank you; but it isn't necessary How
man. children have you?"
Wei, there's Mary, my eldest and
4g'es Peter, him as was named after his
a'leF and George Wilkinson, him as was
named after old Mrs Wilkinson, because
Is'eI thought she'd leave him some money,
ol' sac didn't, but left it all to the Home
,'' baptist Wanderers which was Just like
Ilyf with her pretences, and her always a.
hitting stockings lof the poor; precions
r'"s they ever got of them, goodness
Al0|'' for she used to sell EN- and buy
Sun with the money: and always thought
'~e als opium too. and whisky, Tor used