The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-06-11
~. MONROE, LOUISIANA, FRIDAY. JUNE II, 1885,
QUESTIONS FOR THE CENSUS.
The Information Each Adult is EApcc-
ted to Give. ,..........

The information Each Adult is E:Xpcc-
fl, -.', te~ 20 SASe' lu ,ut.ta.t
New York SUM-
The following schedule shows what
facts the census takers are after, and
upon what points tho citizen must be
prepared to give information, when the
calls
I. Name Of street. perl. Do .'''
.. Number of house. ..''t
8. The name Of each person whose |
place Of abode on juno !, 1850, was IN
the famlly-births and deaths since
June /, 1880, not to be included. ca
4. Color-white, black, 'mulatto,
Chinese, or 1ndian--of each nclnber
Of the family. '.
s. Sex, male or female, of each MEM
ber. g. a'.''' '' '..
6. Age at last birthday prior to juno
1, 1850, of each member. If under one
year, give months in fractions, thus
S.l2. - ~! '.'' se' '-. 80 'l..i'
I. II any member was born within
the census year, give tho month. "ai,
8. Relationship Of each person in the
family to its head-whether wife, son,
daughter, servant, boartler, or other. 80
8. Singles
10. Married? '+' o.. a
~ widowed ID .aal b.. =
12. Married during census year:
Is. Profession, occupation, or trade
Of each person, male or female.
II. Number of months any member
has been unemployed during tho con-
sus year. '.
rs. If any member is sick or tempo
rarily disabled so rs to be unable to
attend to ordinary business or duties
on the day Of the enumerator's visit,
ct,A1 ,hn< V>x, ,sS,1,
disability is.
lG. Blind?
II. Deaf and dumb:
IS. Idiotic:
49, Insane?
20, Manned, crippled, bedri.tden, or
otherwise disabled: .-.
2l. Attended school daring the CEN
sus year t.s''s t''. '''.
%. Cannot read? -s'Ha- L. fti
| %. Cannot write? .Ii, i"lu. as
l "a. Place of birth Of each lnembcr,
naming State or Territory within the
United States or tho country, if Of for
eign BIRTH ron '".i.s -ut 90 ''N.
25. Place of birth of the father of
each member, naming the State, Ter
ritory, or foreign country.
26. Place of birth of the mother Of
each member, naming State, Territory,
or foreign country.
| In the Instructions issued to each
enumerator he is told that it is his du.
ty, Sin the exercise of his authority to
visit homes and intcrrogatc members
of families resident therein rs provided
by law, to use great courtesy and con-
sideration. A rude, pcremptory, or
overbcaring dcmcanor would not only
be wrong to the families visited, but
would work an injury to the census by
rendering the members of these fami-
lies less disposed to give information
with pfullness and eXactness.' The
enumerator is told that such denleanor
would doubtless be found in the long
run to be an injury to himself and to
retafd his work but the caution IS not
intended to imply that he need enter
into prolix explanations, or to give
time to anything beyond the strictly
necessary work of interrogation. Tho
enumerator is advised to not unncces
sarily obtrudc the compulsory feature
of tho enumeration. 1t is only where
the information required by law is re
, fused that the penalties for non-com
pliancc need be advcrtcd to. In sucf
case tho cnumeratOr will quietly, bu
firmly, point out the consequences o
persistency in refusal. Each enumera
tor is provided with u stock OF posta
cards, with which he is to keep thu
Supervisor and Superintendent of Cen
, sus daily informed of the number o
, persons visited and the time occupied
in the service. Duplicate copies Of thu
lists of names have to be filed by eacl
enunerator in the County Clerks oflic'
G for public inspection, and on the fiftl
r and sixth days subsequent to the film!
e he is required to attend at that plac
y for tho purpose of correcting his emu
c meration.
nDo untlcrstan' Brudder Bobcc 1
y say dat dc pusson am Il repositor ::
mildly inquired tho Rev. Pcnstocl
', from down the hnll.
!. ayes, sab, was the prompt Response
!, "Misser Chairman" continued tn
!. reverend as he gave his coat tails
~ new balance, "I shood like to in4uc
dc n,canln' OBJ dat word rcpositor bcf'
it am entered on dc minits ob q
y mcetin'." ... .
~ "Brudder Penstock,'' replied Il
~ president, "dis club imaSines dat
;" knows de difference between a rcpos
=, tor an a dcpositor. Dar bcin' no que
- -. tion now bcfo' dc house, it will bic pc
" mancntly proper ior you to occnPa
your seat.'
~ "Occupate! repeated rcnstoc
~ gasping for breath.