The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-05-29

Next Monday an army Of men will
start out, each in his own small dis
trict, on house 10 house canvass.
Their work is to be more thorough
than ever before as the following
furnished the press by the govern
ment, will show:
The questions that will be asked call
for the name of every person residing
in the United States on the first day of
June, with their sex and age, and wheth-
| er white, black, mulatto, quadroon, octo-
room, or Chinese, Japanese, or Indian.
Inquiryswill be made also of every per-
son as to whether they are single or mar
ried, widowed, or divorced and, if mar
ried, whether married during the census
year. The place of birth of each person
and the place of birth of the father and
mother of each person, will also be call
ed for, as well as statement as to the
profession, trade, or occupation followed
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duringthe census year For all persons
ten years of age or over return must be
made by the enumerator as to the number
able to read and write, and also the mum.
ber who can speak English. For those
who can not speak English the particular
language or dialect spoken by them will
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also, the number of months they attended
school will be recorded by the census en-
umerators. In the case of mothers an in
quiry will be made as to the number of
children they have had, and the mum.
ber of these children living at the
present time. This inquiry is to be made
of all women who are or have been mar
ried, including all who are widows OF
have been divorced. Foreign-born males
of adult age, that is, Il years of age ol
over, will be asked as to the number OF
years they been in the United States,
and whether they are naturalized or have
taken out naturalization papers. Of the
head of each family visited the question
will be asked as to the number of persons
in the family, and whether his home is
owned or hired also, if owned, whether
the home is free from mortgage incum
brance. If the head of the family is {
farmer, similar inquiries will be made con
cerning the owernship of the farm. Ii
addition to these inquiries, all of which
are made on the population schedule, the
law under which the census is taken
makes provision for special inquiries con
cerning such of the population as may be
mentally or physically defective in any
respect, that is, insane, feebleminded
deaf, blind, or crippled, or who may bt
temporarily disabled by sickness, disease
or accident at the time of the enumera
tors visit. Certain special inquiries will
also be made concerning inmates of pris
ons and reformatories and of charitable
and benevolent institutions. Besides this
a statement will be called for concerning
all persons who have died during the cen
sus year, giving their name, age, sex
occupation, and cause of death.
In addition to these the farmer will be
required to state whether he is owuer oil
renter, amount of mortgage, if any, num-
ber of acres, improved and unimproved
amount paid for labor, including board
total amount and value of all farm prod.
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milk, number and value of live stock OF
every kind and description. etc., etc
These latter questions refer wholly to the
cencus year which ends May 3lst