The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-04-16
CREsCo, IOWA, APRIL Is, 1885.
SERVANTS ~ ENGLAND.
How They Ar. .raincd-K Relation fetHecn
-. S<r ani Ean--Thc fsasi-r.

-favASlS IN ENJLA.S0s
How T'sc, Are .raIncd- Relation Eetween
sirs@r ani Nan--Tl,c f:asisr.
!. PIC, Lair so...er in t5.ica-, srs.
IE-s.ish servants are trained. They
walk one straight path, IN. to this
their feet lecOme % accustomed that
they g,t lefogged and confused If they
stcp as:,ie To rake other paths for their
feet. \ ,ooi is a cook, and hous maid
is l.o s.ma:d. 4 footman is nodded
by his duties into !. loot an And
m-lded Ire is 4 footman and coach
man he lives and dies The church
cafcchisIn mist have the credit or the
discrcdit for this universal automatic
life. i.ns.i~h people are taught BY their
national religion to lie content in that
st;-tion oi lie whereunto they are
called. Or throne AMI nobility, Tor
the fellows II tho head and on top this
IS Il lc,;:sble social philosophy, Int
TOR lodge, the farm lasorcr, and for
/ rid1ct. the scul.ery- mail. for tho
newer, Of wood and tie drawers Of
water the outlook is less optimistic.
The work Of inglish servants never
oy.r.a;,s. II is rlgidly defined and
strici.y ;sd. rssi TO. 1t is an annoy
;nee in an n-!ish household that
Til, is true, for often certain work
zoe, unaGns for tie re.san there
Is iio che Hose place it = to do it.
In Germany. rance. and III this coun-
try servants will turn their hands to al
most anything. but not so in England.
It is deemed deroyatory 10 do another's
work, and one gets accustomed to hear,
1T is not my work, and the work goes
undOnc. There are two sides to this.
We do not put blacksmith to mend
ones watch, and perhaps maid-ot-all-
work Is good Al none. English servants
is 4 rule do vel what they undertake
to do.
The relation between master and man,
between mistress and mail, would be
to an American-lsonfcss it always was
to irnso..le. It i, an unnatural,
and sorbidling relation. Tie servants
arc he'd at arm length. and their
servlity is universal. ir and mann
are used with every breath. AMI the rails
ing the hanl to the head Lv the man
servant and the half-a.complished
courtesy Of the maid-servant are so
mechanical AMI as if done BY machinery
th.t it is o..enSivo 1t is very seldom
that there is any love lost between tho
family and the servants, any more
tii.n between employers and employees
in England. The relation is purely a
commercial Onc-so nuch Work for 80
much pay. In case Of s. rvant falling
i'll he or she is almost instantly sent of
to the hospital, returning to the family
nrIN whos, sat la faN rsf N..tf IN hnfV In
rance or America the family would
feel under natural and humane obli-
cation, as we'll as restrained ! sympa-
pathy and affection, to care for the sery-
ant while sick
All English servants have some badge
or livery. AL female servants wear q
little cap, though it be but wee bit of
muslin and edging, on the top of the
head; and the men servants dress in the
regulation livery Of their rank in the
household. Many have their separate
table fare, whi, Ii is arranged for day by
day or week W week. and is palmer
and coarscr than that used by the fam
ilv. The servants seldom, and in most
families never, have expensive food,
such rs game and dessert.
II is custom observed in all respect
allie families to engage servants by the
year and to require character from
their last place." This is not q written
certi cate. as in trance or Germany,
and which is a worthless thing, but the
name of tie fam ly last lived with be-
ing given, the person engaging the serv-
ant writes to in, uirc concerning charac-
ter and capabilities. In no matter
would housewife be moro scrupnlously
conscientious than in rep. .ying to an in
quiry. In dissharging servant 4
months notice is given. or the wages
for the month paid On the other
hand, servant is required to give i
months notice before quitting a family.
After the Battle.
lTh Cent ry.i
After the engagement went over the
field in front of tho enem : fort Ad-
yalcing througli the tangled mass OF
logs and siumrs. saw one of our men
aiming over the branch Of a fallen
tree which lay among the tangl
abatis. callcd to him, Tut he did not
turn or move. Advancing nearer,
put my hand on his shoulder, looked in
his face. and started back He was
dead shot through the brain. and So
suddenly had the end come that his
r.gid hand graspcd lis muskct, and he
still preserved the attitude Of watch!nl-
ness literally occupying his post after
death.
At another place We came npon one
of our men who had evidently died
from wounds. Near one Of his hand
was Testament, and on his breast lay
an ambrotype pict. re of a group oi
children aud another of young woman.
We searched in vain for his name II
was neither in his book nor upon his
clothing; and, unknown, this private
hero was buried ON what was doubtless
his first battle-fie Tho pictures were
afterwards put on exhibition for identi.
ticatinn.