The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-05-30

confederation lbomm ilml llio ppnl
..uf uI cellar au ~. mno htOlily
dVmlIu0 NO. lD 0n llc Gnl hoof, y0i
WlII nlilg n0do lUnd tlui 10 " yoE
l,'IlDu1roltJUri unUi0lhpuDIbp thnn
togo Communicating thofo Will hp q
hUI. IUneor Wllt uu level nOu1d, but
tupIp viii bp Uuo pair Ul fHiis lcss ~
n.rrnd and descend, und II by no small
tack 10 pich % lo.kct OF fuel on ones
back up four fliph,4 Oi sinirs, and IL
"dun'i puyp when ine dealer %ill send
II 10 your door for u llltlc additional
pay llc Will employ II woman for the
purpose, a. they are much moro ser
victabic Than men aud cheaper
one SUNDAY morning | sat by my
window, looking ont upon the varied
throng of pussers-hy. | saw Il wagon
approaching. u was perhaps SIX feet
long, two feet aud II half wide and two
feet deep, was Oiled with coal, and
drawn by II woman and II dog. man
walked behind it smoking n pipe.
They stopped ut the street corner, the
dog lay down 10 rest, and the woman,
with slight assistance from the man,
shouldered n sack of COAL under the
weight of which she nearly sank to
the ground, and staggered along under
it some fifty feet or more, where she
deposited il at the door Of Il retailer Of
fuel. Such partnerships are quite COM
mon, and always, as in this case, the
woman is the best animal OF the three;
u little more expensive than the dog,
for she requires some clothes, but much
more useful, for she can always be en-
pioyed, whereas the dog must have
rest; great deal less expensive than
the man, for sine probably does not
smoke, eats no more, drinks much less
beer, and prepares the meals, aud does
the housewoyk, while the other mem
bers of the firm are doing by the fire,
and if she has young children will peI-
haps carry one in her arms while she
packs Il basket OF wood on her back,
and the man will walk by her side,
pipe in mouth and hands in his pocket,
in conscious superiority. Ana such
aights one sees on Sunday, i'll Protest.
ent Prussia, where one would naturally
sXpect something approaching an OBJ
| servance of the Sabbath. Ana every
body is supposed to go to church once
on Sunday, but everybody don't go.
The father and one or two of the chill
dren are enough to do up the religious
observance for the family, and the
mother eau employ her time more
profitably at home cooking, washing
or ironing. In the afternoon The herr
will visit the "bier lakal," aud ot,ep
the frau and kinder VIII accom- pany
him, but in case that is not possible,
the frau Will take her knitting or sew
ing, and go to sit with aneiguoCT, who,
like herself, is prevented from enjoy.
ing the exquisite satisfaction of drink
ing beer and eat.ug 81 lSage in a room
so filled with tobacco smoke as TO give
to ones nearest neighbor The appear
ance of ghost, a shadowy substance
dimly seen.
AS evening approaches the frequent
ers of the saloons come forth and turn
their faces homeward, not II few OF th g
men with unsteady footsteps, often
guided by the faithful spouse, who en-
Joys her beer too well to find auy fault
with her husband for having taken =
little too much. Generally the drunken
men stagger quietly alongwith slupid
expression of cOuntenance, seeming Ia
reach the stage of stupidity without
passing through the stages Of hiarlty
and pugnacity.
1t is only in the "small hour" of the
night that one hears boister0us laughter,
unmelodious singing or profane aud
quarrelsome language, from the revei-
ers, and on Sunday night more than
all other nights of the week, is one
made aware that liquor has the power
of arousing these solid, undemonstra-
tive Germans into spontaneous out
hurst Of hiJarity or of anger. a.