The Union and journal., 1870-12-09
W1isfellanrnns.
AN INSIDE VIEW OF A BAKERY.

succee,led in obtaining the stuheion ~
haker. and presented himself ready for
work one Saturday night at an occupation
of which ne had not the slightest practical
knowledge. But We will let the reporter
tell his own story:
..I had given the baker 10 understand
that was from New York, and so i
dodycd the certain disclosure Saturday
night would have made. that l was n
greenhorn, rs in that city no Saturday
night work Is done. and beans and brown
bread are only n Boston institution so
when went into the shop at five O'Clock.
p. NJ. though the other hands were averss
To taking on non-union man. was not
slow In informing them Ia look up the
union here ut its first meeting.-My hrst
duty was being sent into the shop to help
clean up the shelves and boxes OF broken
and stale bread and cake which when all
collected-and much of Ii was worse than
.tnle-was taken into the bakery and empt-
led into IA trough; then nasty old pail
that took to be u slop bucket. but which.
in reality, turned out 10 be the measure
for Yeast, was filed once or twice with
water and enptied into this mixture OF
bread crusts and cake fragments, and l
was directed 10 take the shovel then
standing in an ash heap by the oven door.
and chop and stir this mess into thin
cruel.
BE quick about II. too, and not spend
80 much time polishing up that shovel
blade
From this in my innocence. was re-
moving the ashes and dust, not rejecting
that them ashes don't hurt nothin".
This task accomplished, and the neces-
sary amount Of meal added. gave the
cruel n brown bread value. The deep
tin, for putting this thickencd liquid into
for baking. were produced. and all hands
of ms were busy painting the inside OF
them with little brushes dipped in slush
that would have hardly stood the test rs
fairly valuable for soap grease. This
task done. we went to supper, one man.
however, being left TO receive numbers
and give tickets for the pots OF beans that
were brought in by customers to be baked
in the bakers oven.
TIE BAKED BEANS swINDLE.
Returning from supper. l found but
portion Of the hands held for duty all
night. so the work Of filling up the brown
bread pans was Immediately begun and
duly accomplished. At about half-past
nine. all the beans from outsiders having
been brought In. the covers were put upon
the troughs and four very large sheet iron
flats were laid together on these, and each
bean not enptied Of its beans, the pork
therein being replaced. for the boss told
me ..be careful to get each piece OF pork
into the right pot. Every woman knows
her piece of pork quick AS lightning
All the pots being emptied, nearly, IL
not more than two hundred, was told to
'bo lively and help bring in the snap
stones from the Kitchen Ihither we
went, returning with the family boiler,
mono the cleanest, brimming full of par
boiled beans, evidently the very refuse Of
the market. After straining the water
of, these pcre poured upon he customers
beans, and he tch0ie thoroughly mired.
Then each pot was refilled, the pork nice
ly set in, and the balance scooped into
several very large pots. holding about n
gallon each, belonging 10 the baker.
These were to be sold by the quart, though
we did fill some small pots TO be sold;
thus was his refuse, uneatable stock made
good by the large percentage Of good
beans gained by defrauding those who
had sent in their bean pots to be baked
for their Sunday dinner.
TRIALS or AN AMATEUR.
II would hardly interest you TO tell
about filing the ovens, watering the pots.
watching the fire and waiting upon the
customers in the morning. That i was
useful, there can be no doubt. but my
burnt and blistcred fingers told there Is
need Of experience in handling hot bean
and brown bread puts, and all that Sun
day was anxiously tending and nursing
them. .r
The duty Saturday night relieved me
from early duty Sunday eve in setting
sponge. &C., so that when l appeared for
duty. about ten O'Clock, p. m, 1 found the
process Of kneading just commenced. IL
was here some Of the men tried TO play
me sharp and set me kneading by myself,
but had used my eyes and wits the pre-
vious night. and had the run of the shop
so thoroughly that l found plenty OF odd
trifies to take my time until n luSty call
from the boss startled me.
The REPoRrER PUTS Ills FOOT IN 1T.
Here, you New York Dutch kreutzer,
Get out of them mud scows and knead.'
Il can knead rs well with my shoes on
said I. rolling up my shirt sleeves.
% blast that !; roll up yer lcggins and
jump in
noticed one OF my not overclean fel-
low workmen had jumped in and stand
ing In the bread trough. was vigorously
treading the dough with his hare feet
Suppressing an ominous roll OF the sto-
mach. managed to say
What. take of my shoes and wade in
tho dough?' p
In course, my love; kick of yer skufis
and 90 in
But where shall wash my feet p
Here. take dry rub II you're so blast
ed particular tossing me n towel, and
be lively
or course obcyed the mandate. i no
ticcd my fellow workmen, however, were
not particular even for dry rub but
my mental reservations and n,aledictions
at that time will be now understood by
the boss, when he reads what the Bsalle-
Tin knows about his bread-making. l
certainly made up my mind that should
have to be hungry indeed TO eat the bread
from diat bakery. 80
As I remarked. this shop had The repu..
tation for the reign supreme of dirt and
dirty work. and although therc arc but
few who knead with their feet there are
living those who well remen Der cracker
baker. years ago doing business. not lar
from Fort Hill. who employed six-foot
darkcy to walk up and down In his bread
trough. These facts i give that tho pub
lie may know what Is done in the most
desperate cases. and to induce greater
cleanliness, not only among employees,
but among the employers. Every oven
room in New England should be rs neat.
clean, and convenient as Southmayd's
candy factory, and rs free at all times to
the public. r....s ID
HOW HE KEPT NCoG.
I performed my various duties, not