Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-25
CENSUS STATISTICS.

CENSUS STATISTICS.
Completion Of the Tables OF Dec upa 4 tio,,
~. .anS IT, N.amnSr .;.' on Fersons Engaged In
The "Tables of Occupation" which,
have just been completed ut tho census
office, show that the number of persons
pursuing gainful occupations on the
lst of June, 1870, was 1856, ,923. OF
these 548, ,088 were males, and l91 IA
females, from 10 to Is years of ace .
9, 486, 3O7 were males, and 1854 $50 fe.'
males from 16 to 50 years: 6S1 on
males and SO, 1856 females go vears ind
upward. OF the total years. 9.6O2. 03a
were born in the United States 836 509
in Germany; 949, 194 in Ireland; SOL.
779 in England and Wales; 1888 in
Scotland 1O9, 681 in Sweden, Norway,
and Denmark 4; 58, 1877 in France: 189.
307 in British America, and 46, 800 in
CHINA and Japan.
OF the total number, 5,922. Al vere
engaged IN agriculture; 2,7O7, 421 in
manufactures, mechanical and mining
pursuits; 1,101, 238 in trade and trans.
portation. and 9, ,684, 793 we're rendering
personal and professional services.
OF the Germans returned, 224, 591
were engaged in agriculture, 3O8, ,231 in
manufactures, &C.; 112,297 rendering
personal or professional services, SO, 42S
OF the latter being classed as laborers,
and ~, 866 as domestic servants.
OF the Irish returned 1873, ,425 wer
engaged in agriculture 264, ,62S in
manufactures, etc.; 119,O91 in trade
and transportation :; 425, ,517 rendering
personal and professional services, Of
whom 229, 199 were classed as laborers.
and las, 956 Us domestic oervants.
OF the English and Welsh returned.
,173 were engaged in agriculture.
142, ,631 in manufactures, etc. 32,O86
in trade and transportation. 49.889 in
professional and personal services.
Of the Scotch returned, 1850 were
engaged in agriculture 80, $50 in man.
ufactures, etc.; 8, ,44O in trade, etc.: r..
683 i'll personal and professional SER
vices.
OF the Swedes, Danes, and Norve-
gians returned, SO, 48O were engaged in
agriculture 81, ,283 in manufactures !:
1854 in trade, etc., %, ,354 rendering
personal aid and professional services.
OF the natives of British America re
turned, 1925 were engaged in apri.
culture, rs, 457 in manufactures. i6.-
565 IN transportation, 48, ,OO3 in person
al and professional services.
OF the Chinese and Japanese return
ed, 2,862 were engaged in agriculture.
"a, 7O2 in manufactures, &C.. 2,25O in
trade and transportation, 19, 486 in per.
sonal and professional services, 5,42l
OF the latter being classed as domestic
servants, and 2,657 as launderers and
laundresses.
The largest number OF persons re-
turned as of any single specified occu
patton was under the head of planters
and farmers, 2,982.573 being reported.
The number of farm laborers returned
was 2, $3.50, AS. In addition to these
classes there were returned under the
general head of agriculture, 1877 apiar-
lists. 8, ,6O3 draymen and women, 1858
farm and plantation overseers, LILO
hcrists, 81. 1913 gardeners and nursery
men, 4, ,238 stock drovers, 6,O84 stock
herders, 6,614 stock raisers, 375 tur-
pentine laborers, and 1,127 vine grow
ers.
Under the head of manufacturing
and mechanical occupations there were
returned 344, 500 carpenters and ioin.
ers, 152, ,107 miners, al, ia black
smiths, III, 1877 boot aud shoe makers.
161, 800 tailors, tailoresses and seam
stresses, 92,04 milliners, dress and
mantuamakers, 1922 painters and
varnishers, Al, ,789 coopers, A, butch
ers, 1886 cabinet-makers, 42,464 car
riage.makers and trimmers, 32,817
harness and saddle-maker, s., ,831 ma
chinists, SO, 71O brick and stone ma
sons, Al, 582 millers, 23,577 plasterers,
39, $50 printers, AZ, 298 saw-mill hands.
.524 timers, 20,942 wheel-wrights,
26, 67O brick and tile makers, 28,286
cigar-mukers, 27,69c bakers, 28, 702,
tanners, curriers', and finishers OF
leather, ~, 1O6 fish and oystermen,
q, 831 marble and stone cutters.
The number of persons returned as
manufacturers was ~, 905.
Operatives in cotton mills, Ill, ,206 ;
in wollen mills, $3.50; in mills and
factories not specified, Al, ,619; in iron
works of all kinds, $1,000; in tobacco
factories IL 1856; in paper mills, IL, 469.
Under the head Of trade there were
returned 326, 1863 traders and dealers o1
all kinds, in addition to 16, 975 peddlers
and II, 1862 hucksters; 222, 5O4 clerks
in store in addition to II, 353 salesmen
and women, 81, III bookkeepers and
accountants, and 1892 commercial
travellers, and exclusive also of Il, ,361
bookeepers and tenders j.; porters and
lahorers in stores and warehouses;, 81.
610.
Under the head of transportation
there were returned 1902 officials oil
railroad companies, 1874 railroad
clerks, and IS, OF railroad employees;
IS officials of express companies, Isl
express clerks, and 1854 express en-
ployes; 88 officials of street-car com
panies, and 5,1O3 employees. There
were also returned Sc, 663 sailors, 1885
canal men, and 1876 steamboat men
and women.
The number of draymen, hackmeu
and teamsters returned was 120, CSC.
Under the class " Personal and Pro-
fessional services" the principal re-
turns we're: Laborers, 1,031, ,667; do.
mestic servants, 971, ,543; teachers ol
all kinds, 1876, $40; physicians and sur.
Reons, 62,384; launderers and laun.
dresses, 6O,906; clergymen, 1854
lawyers, 40, 1876; journalists, 5,2S6;
dentists, 1874; restaurant keepers, IS,
241; BARRIERS and hair dressers, 23,925
employees of hotels, restaurants, 1882
clerks, do, 5,243; hostlers, 1851 Inv.
cry stable keepers, g. 400; nurses, Is.
667; boarding and lodging house keep
ers, IL, 1856; musicians. Gals; officers
of the army and navy of the United
States, 2,286; civil officers of the GOV.
ernment, national, state or munici pal,
and reporting no other occupation, "A,
743; clerks do, 8,672; employees, do,
IA, 407.
The Age Of Men.
Prof. Farraday adopts Flourin',
physiological theory that the age ot
man is one hundred years. The dura.
tion of life he believes to be measured
by the time of growth. When once the
bones and epiphyses are united, the
body grows No more, and it is at twen.
ty years this union is effected in man
The natural termination of life is five
| removes from the several points. Mar
being twenty years in growing, lives
five times twenty years, that is to say
one hundred years; the camel is eight
years in growing, lives five times eight
years, that is to say, forty years th.
horse is five years in growing and live.
twety five years, and so with other ami
mails. The man who does not die O
sickness, lives anywhere from eighty t,
one hundred years. Providence ha