, 1879-08-12

llnss the British cutler lives, wha. lu earns Mt
home, t!'W h. spcnds his n'o'ies. ,t'l what lIo4.
t,crt 'lc has of tssIiG In ttte wusl. 70 thr last
question the answer was "Nnne nt MI. But''
sntd '1H' honrst fellow, c,hltllv, ''if our pro.
ple Wonld only PIT away for RAINY tIAy whnt
si!ry auend IN beer, there would he eon,o pros.
T'ct Hf kcriinE nut nt iln Work-l1nlsn In oli
aEc." 4 workman Who dlt' ut drink neer ,, an,
Sheffield m unpleasant town to live ~, IT Is IN
tin Sheffield cutis " cthlrs tl,a he Win a,na IN
iove for becr In lds sonl Is f. lor murder,
stra'aEens. md sle or p1ssT s,'inte' .t,
openly at The bar of p!ab'lc tsousc 10 takc 4
Eass with cncll o'l,er nr apne. rs the mon, ant
sec no ltnprnpF,etv III dolng ao. Although
ShollrId ~ not n lhrGe ritz rs conlpnred With
nrnt-ho'scs lint asa worse than ,thosee
ef " laeati. % 'issee' T~e r tree sss 4ooa's sncs
for tho oatIIig, drinking, md sleeping OF
su afs tat ''"'.Z; %;aerlsa" so"ssn,snss, '"
cook'ng.stoyc, ls mute nut Of the question. An
excavation IN the wall serves rs q Fireplace 10
burn fcw scraps Of canirl eo1s. wien HE
British her wanta tn rtast ptcce Of beef nr
a side ot mutton. She suspen's It nt d snitnhEa
distance atnvc the fire 1ra stout strlng, NIT! Tho
Goals arc left to spis antl sister with tho drip-
ping OF fnt md Juices. In tic placc OF The nicat'
orotlsrs l use here .hey ,sc lonE iton nni tork'
aml colfco ard nol III general ,lsc The unl-
rersal beverage, at home, abroad, at the table.
on tic mar to iuarkrt, everywhere, indeed, Ia
beer, and vet complete fnchrioty, such as Is Wit
messed too often o., the strccts Of an American
clsv, is mt common sight III Sheffield. The
British workman gets muud!et1, bnozrt.-.ny
Whatever name tic border-l md may bc called,
but he is seldom seen actna'lg drunk. Tene-
mcnts Of tho kind tho shelllotd cutler inhaslts
cost less there than here THE tneti talk Of SEQ
nHd e25 per year Us ruoa prices, while teir little
frano houses, ranged IN rows, With Z little gar
zen IN THO rear, wl!i cost them gao year II
space, at'd can bo kept very haolta-
bio With little care. Tho wages
which tho 1ncn will mike here arc not
materially in excess Of English wages, With
to Sl5 ncr week: but tho trouble Is that thera
arc thuus itNfs Of MGn out 1T employment In
Sheffield, ind hundreds of others nro woFkInE
On huff time, earning not more than from - to
IS week. Thay arc toWorlk ny tic piece, not
by tic day. at Bridgeport. ar q the rates ettplt-
lated, exDeyt to earn from Sl.50 to $3.50 per
day.. Saving rents, t!so uecessarlcs Of lilo cat,
be obtained Mt nb0ut the safna schedule OF prices
men say, is to ret WHERE a rnah can save aon,c-
thing II he wishes, mud wllcrc public sentiment
has nos set irroyocablv set ugatust man trying
to make something OF hitnseli.
In conversation with Mr.. Frarg tho Times ro-
porter wns informed that comfortable tenc-
tnents tn East Bridgeport hal already been pro.
vldod for the newcomers, ail4 that they would
ba Immediately set Mt work. producing cutlery
Of the finest quality. Each 1na1's tenement
vii wil1' a"i % enc. Workman s|ll BE- encouraged IN
every feasible way 10 found pleasant
home for bis family. Tic Company pays
gil tllo oxDe,,ses Of transportation
their nuv thresholds fec of cost alld Of lien upon
their wages. Twenty or thirty were brought
ore: ns 90 experiment Feyeral weeks ago, und III