Milford chronicle., 1885-01-02

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open d the little inns frequented
by per- .ss of his class. When it reached
a low e iOb he sought for work in some
neighbdring town. How long he re-
NAMED In his new position depended up
on cumstahces. In summer it was
seldom longer than enabled him to earn
money enough to resume his vagrant
life. When autumn came he grew crit
ical as to titt character of the masters,
and made fldl inquiry of his companions
as to the mistress's liberaIity with re-
spect to diet before he applied for work;
for it would have been unpleasant to
have to turn out again in the lee and
snow. Two or three years would be
passed in this way and then the wan
derer would fall in love and either re-
turn home or settle down in the place in
which he happened to be.
AS soon as youth had finished his ap-
premiership he was furnished with a
book, in which his master testified to his
conduct and attainments. Wherever he
stopped for the night his book had to be
submitted to the authorities, and was
duly signed by them. Each of his new
employers had to insert a statement as
to the length of his engagement. his be-
havior. and the character of his work.
If he was guilty of msubordination or
the slightest infringement of the law,
the fact was entered, ard thus, as it was
impossible for the workman TO find a
single nights lodging wi Producing
his VdnderbUch, exces Y kinds !
was effectively dscourag 1ughs |
and criminals found the # a
Handwerksbursch a diff n
profitable one to assume.
1t would, of course, some
that the wanderers money
fore he could obtain new
Often, particularly in his fir
was the fault of his own C,
but it was more frequently cal
fact that no employment was t,
il the places where he expect
the old times the guilds made
against this eventuality. The
applied to the one to which he bt
if work was to be had in the Il
was told where to go to seek it;
was none and he was destitute,
provided with a sum sufficient toe
MIN to reach another place and N
new trial. When the guilds lost
wealth and influence, their place wa
a great extent, filled by the single m
bers of the profession. The mas
trldesman would generally supply
applicant with meal even when he h,
no employment to offer. The wealth
Ourgher who remembered the merr;
days when he too had often been hungry
and footsore, and the matrOn whose son
was trudging along the mountain ways
IF some distant province, were at least
equally liberal If the worst came to
'he worst, the wanderer had a right to
peg, which was generally allowed, though
lot legally recognized. 1t was only
when they were far from home, and the
iced was great, that the more respectable
# the class availe1 themselves of this
privilege; but after the first month or
wo most of them were ready to re-
GIVE voluntary contributions toward
heir travelling expenses, and these were
RELY offered by persons of all ranks.
hey were healthy, young, and light
earted, and it must be confessed that
ven when they had been compelled to
was their cant name for it
they would often indulge in a more
lentiful supper and more copiOus
raughts of beer than were absolutely
for the support of life. But
o one looked upon them as common
amps or beggars. They were general
worries, and society regarded their
lid excesses with the same kindlylS 6 3
rance which it extended to orga1 fNS s
lisrule of the students.
Yet this harmless body of wpg 8
,aftsmen seems to have f. wy g
sntre round which the gyo ot wy
amps that now afflicts'els -,ss
rmed. ms %
A FORCED PUT,s
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