Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-10-04

time agreed upon, because one OF the men
has been to weddIng,eor has been sick.
or has gone Off suddenly without giving
notice. 1t takes very little apprenticeship
to give another man the run of the work,
even though he may not have been trained
to that line OF business; he fills the vacant
place, and the employer Is saved from en-
barrrassment. The result Of this is that
manufacturers on q small scale can and do
take responsible contracts for work 70 be
delivered At fixed time. With us, on the
other hand. the small employer instead of
exertiny himself TO attain the result, drifts
away from II more and more, and makes
up his mind calmly to the deplorable state
OF things which, to the misery OF the public,
seems to have become Incorporated into
the public morals. Our artisans freely
undertake to deliver work At fixed time,
and will give all manner of oral assurances
of punctuality; but woe 10 the man who
trusts to anything short Of q written con-
tract. with q stipulation for indemnity 10
case OF failure; he will find no end OF un-
foreseen circumstances hindering. l am
sure that an American would blush to tell
his customer that the prompt delivery Of
work according to engagement was impos-
sible because one Of his workmen had got
married. In any case, he would be sure
to lose his customers rs soon as 1t sp-
peared that his word was not to be relied
on"
One of the Unforeseen circumstances"
that interfere with punctuality Is drink.
In the town N. Bally refers TO, "there was
neither wine, beer, nor any spurious liquor
to be had in the hotel, nor even In the
town" Far different is the situation In
Europe:
Ill NJ yia
the ynawing canker q our youth. They
make our children lazy. spendthrift, and
reckless. aud wretched for their whole
lives. What sort OF success can you ex
pect In q business like matchmaking, tor
Instance, which has to be 80 organized
that one man shall take the work from
another. and then pass 1t on TO third, In
steady and exact succession, when one OF
these keeps his Sunday holiday over into
Monday. and Tuesday Is laid up with
headache; Wedne sday it Is another mans
turn for the same--in short, when work
Is broken up by endless Irregularities.
The American works like a clock. His
soda-water aud his tea don't give him the
headache. He does not brutalize his mind
with brandy. He Is healthy and contented;
his home IS pleasant and attractive. Sat
nrdsy afternoon he has tree, and devotes
1t to getting his house and family ready
for Sunday"
OF course all American workmen do not
come up to this description, as. uniortu-
natety Il Is not every place in which it /,
impossible TO find in the whole town
drop af the juice OF the ylne-even OF the
hop-vine. But the facts testify TO an ex-
tent and degree OF sobriety. seli-command.
idelity 20 engagements and steady Indus
try, which IL is surely pleasant to coutem-
plate. And they are no true friends ofthe
workIngman who try TO persuade him that
oar old American notions OF abstinence
and OF S,bbath-keeping need TO be ex-
changed for more genial" habits, such
as they indulge IN Europe. That sort Of
indulgence Is costly In the end.