The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-02-03
zENosHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1870

encouragement A neighbor OF this es
adjustment is q toy merchant of Nurem
burg. He has anything that the human
mind could invent, one would think by ex
amining his stock. Go to the toy stores d
Chicago and Milwaukee and inquire
of their owners where the cart loads d
toys, that lumber up the upper stories q
their establishments came from, and they
will tell you they came from Nuremberg
This IS an old city of Bavaria, and many
hundreds of years ago was the residence
Of many Of the German enlperors. Owing
to its. peculiar situation, it being in The
centre of d great plain, without any
neighboring, towns or cities surrounding
It, 1t escaped the, rsyages, Of the, thirty
years, and seven years wars of Europe
together with those Of Napoleon 1t now
stands, with its ancient walls and towers
surrounding it, the same as in the middle
centuries. I once made trip on them of
three miles around, and found it to be the
principal, promenade for strangers. s,g
But there is one other place where toys
are manufactured in Europe, that I had
nearly overlooked, and that is in all the
little villages in and around the
Thuringian mountains. Every little hut
is q mandatory. and every little three
year old is manufacturer. All are, busy,
from him to his grandfather, a,.aia a
: But ] return to q custom that peryades
all Germany, and perhaps other portions
of Europe three timse year--the two
'nesses which occur in fall and spring,and
Christmas. Perhaps il is all we'll enough
among the residents, whose contracts and
dealings are based upon such customs
For instance. the following were some of
the, presents made, in order to comply
with usage, and these, were, not expected
as per favor, but as a right. # they were
not given promptly, the recipients showed
no lndelicacy of feeling in asking for
them, In the first place, all your servants
expect gift, varying from one, to ten
forms each; then the boy who brings
your meat the baker boy who brings
bread, the nailchtrqu who brings your
milk; the boy who brings your paper /;
the man who sweeps the street, and a
number of others who have no special
callings. The sums required vary accord
ing TO their various callings 4 4sH3
1t was a novelty to us, to say the least,
when some great lout, weighing two hum
dred and fifty pounds, would present
himself and calm his present with as
much confidence and independence as if
we owed him "that small BILL" Not
ever having set our eyes on him before
the inquiry would be made, "whst his
claims were on us. This would tax his
ingenuity little, but he would soon have
a reply ready, which would have almost
as much bearing and weight upon the sub
ject as the reason the topper gave for be.
ing dry, "that he was expecting to have
fish for dinner" If this custom extended
to persons who had rendered one some
real service there would be no cause of
complaint, but there are very few here
with whom there is any deal but what
expects his present, Here is an instance
which really seemed to me ludicrous. /
laid in my winter stock of coal about the
time of the last mess The merchant of
whom I had my coal is worth probably
ten times as much as his customer. In
the printed receipt, in payment of the
bill, it covered all except mess gelt,"
thereby giving me to understand that a
little present was expected. But as l
had paid round price for the coal, did
not take the hint. a3a fe8 sds Hod
In England, so great had this nuisance
become, that it had to be abolished by
solemn act of Parliament. This was a
number of years ago. Here, i am told,
that on hiring servants, many make
special bargains with, them, fixing their
compensation, and the servants to furnish
their own presents. This is the better
and safer way for all Americans, and then
when these annual festivals occur make
them small present. This the machin
will appreciate, and will more than ten
times compensate it in her untiring effort
to please you. The laws and customs
bear excessively against herin this country,
and few rays of warm sunlight expands
her oenerOus heart " F.