Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-09
The Toilers of the Nation.

The Tables of Occupation, which have
Just been completed at the census Office, at
Washington, show that the number Of per-
sons pursuing gainlul occupations on the lst
of June. 1870, was l3.j0j .923; OF these
81. .0SS were males and l9l, ,li3 females
from ten to fifteen wears Of age; g. .4o6,3u7
were males and l ,594 .959 females from Fix
teen TO ffty-nine years; 63j, OH males and
50,3S5 females sixty years and upwards.
Of the total . S02. .03S were born in the
United States. SGT. .jO2 in Germany, 949, lG4
in Ireland, 3Ol,77y in England and Wales,
Il ,933 in Scotland, l09 ,6ol IN Sweden, Nor
way and Denmark, S., l97 in France, lS9
SO7 in British America, and 46, 800 in China
and japan. OF the total number ;. l22.4 40
were engaged in agriculture, 2,1O7 ,42l in
manufactures. mechanical and mining pur-
suits: .l9l .23s in trade and transportation
and :, ,6S4, ,7g3 were rendering personal and
professional services. OF the Germans re-
turned 22f, ,53l were engaged in agriculture,
3OS .23l in manufactures, etc. 1920
rendering personal or professional services.
96 ,432 Of the latter being classed as lah0rors
and - ,Si6 as domestic servants. Of the
Irish returned l3S.I2j were engaged in
agriculture, 264 CPS in manufactures, etc.,
ll9.O9l in trade and transportation, 42j.
Ol7 rendering personal and professional ser
vices. Of whom Do, ,lJJ were classed as
labore1s and l4j $50 as domestic servants.
Ofthe English and Welsh returned 77.l73
were engaged in agriculture, l42 ,G3l in
manufactures. etc, p ,0o0 in trade and
transportation, ~, $50 in professional and
personal services. OF the Scotch returned
1850 were engaged in agriculture, ., 900
in manufactures, etc, $40 in trade. etc,
L. .6s3 in personal and professional services
of the Swedes, Danes aud Norwcgians re-
turned 81. .4sO were engaged in agriculture,
.. ,2c3 in manufactures, 1854 IN trade. etc,
29,3j4 rendering personal and professional
services. OF the natiye9 of British America
returned - ,2So were engaged in agricul-
ture, 16,457 in manufactures. 10, sos in
trade and transportation, IS .003 in personal
and professional services. OF the Chinese
and japanese returned 2S62 were engaged
in agriculture. p ,702 in manufactures. etc,
$3.50 in trade and transportation. 70 .4S6 n
personal and professional services. 542l Of
the latter being classed as domestic servants
and 1861 as launderers and laundresses
The largest number Of persons returned as
Of any single specified occupation was under
the head of planters and farmers, :, ,9S2. .573
being reported. The number Of farm Ia
borcrs returned was 2,SS0,0 ,045. In addition
to these classes there were returned, under
the general head of agriculture, 49, apiar-
lists. 1908 dairy men and women, 36S9 farm
and plantation overseers, lll0 florists. H.
1913 gardeners and nurserymen, 323S stock
drovers. COCA stock herde1s, G6l4 stock rais-
ers, ll27 vine growers. Under the head Of
manufacturing and mechanical occupations
there were returned 344 $50 carpenters and
ioiners, l52, ,l07 miners, l4l,774 black
smiths, III, ,l27 boot and shoe makers, l6l,
$40 tailors. tailoresses and seamstresses, 92,-
0S4 milliners, dress and mantua makers;
s., ,l23 painters and yarnishers. Al ,Io9
coopers, 44.354 butchers, 1885 cabinet
makers, AZ, AGA carriage and wagon makers