Telegram-herald., 1890-04-22

81 nsr ur-d 1Ina ~ may 81 ssse4 zeas
sDrrs~s and prissEsSA&
II xuess -.
( And shs aext ons7 eoas1azn.
"sOnl it's only wes car thing
Yes. o. can't yoz remember shsa
/ n vas boruY
We'll, = "a f2st aftsr To1n -ss sens
sp.
Hs~ long .As ss ing say, ianpins
ss he sls~
Five years.
And whsn did hs get szsr
Last Chr.stz@s
- Then the ehiids almost sixr
4 guess So
"'Aad DO. olzs yoar Aashsndy
+ a. danao.'
~Srhiak now eid yoa never ssAr hi1
sayr
We'll, heard him s~y snce be was
born IN he ye@r st the big wind N Ire
Lad
More people IN this generation were
born during, or stsef. Or last before the
Y big wind in Ireland than IL any tea
years before or since, | believe. ols
/ persevsre.
+ lis he elder than yogT
sure
How naehr
Z" Not much
"'Ho~ old are your
"Tts none ot your hus,ness, yosnE
man; don I be askia' impsrinE q aestions-'
'''Bas must kRo1, ma'am- IL don't
ask you rll be nned raysslt, and II you
don't answer yooll DC nnsd.'
"'Wsll, I'm thirty-nine.'
Its truly wonderful how many wou-
\ en there arc vi no are either nineteen, or
twenty-nine, or thirty-nine, or forty
/ nine. DO they hate 70 acknowledge that
/ they have az last lefr the decade IN
which they have tarried for ten or flf
teen years or is there an amazing but
hitherto unnoticed decrease IN the birth
/ Of girl babies one year out OF every ten?
Still hold my peace and put down this
woman a. shirty-nine, though she IS
for.y-nvc II she's day. and pat down
her man, who Is not much older. IS forty
two. This Is about As near as you can
come with these people, and the woman
has done as well as tho average In the
way OF being willing to tell the Httle
she really knows
''But then there Is another class OF
| questions that generally csusos more
trouble than the ages, because the peo-
pie are generally quite unwilling to tell
she truth with respect 70 them. These
are the questions about the dependent,
defective and Delinquent classes, IS tho
last census sheets tabulsted them. Il
takes some gall TO ask big, fiery wo-
nam, whom you have been Fostering for
aquarter Of IN hour about her age, IL any
OF ner family are idiots, or deformed. or
criminals. and II so, how many and whs.
ara their special forms Of disease or ras-
cality. Only a hardened book agent,
llfe-insuranGe canvasser or lightning
rod peddler can do IL every time with
out quailing or minding the shower Of
indignant abuse that comes thickest
and fastest from a mother who really
has a weak-minded son, or a hump
backed daughter. or q jail-bird husband.
fancy that we get correct answers
| IN tho Affirmative 70 these questions
about once in dfty or so.
"Dut great deal depends on how you
put the question. Only a greenhorn
would say: Any OF YOU crazy?' Your
expert book-sgent Says: All their minds
correot3 Speech all right9 Can every
body see7 Is the hearing perfect with
oil OF vou7 tell you tact Is what an
enumerssor chiefly needs IL he Is going
20 get through his work quick enough
20 make any money out OF il. It's no
soft snap. The temptation 20 sit down
and fll In the blanks, to the best Of your
own iudSment, sooner than spend half
an hour with an abusive and ignorant
/ family. IS almost irresistible at times,
yet n heavy penalty attaches to such
work, and Justly, too.
AT the last census many men applied
for the place OF enumerator, thinking it
. picnic, but when they received their
books aud instructions and began TO
grasp the size Of the job, they resigned
IN large numbers. This year, 70 guard
against any such monkey business, An
enumerator who accepts his appoint
ment and then backs out without giving
Satisfactory reason to the superinten-
dent, may be fined and imprisoned.
The city IS so divided that each
enunerator is supposed to have about
two thousand individuals to inquire
about. But he often finds that his DIS
;rict is much moro thickly populated
than he supposed. | remember last
time got into a room In a wretched
house where four families dwelt togeth-
er. The room was paFtitioned OF into
four reotangles, but not in the usual way,
wi.h wooden walls, but by chalk lines
or the floor.
How DO you all manage to live in
such crowded quarters?' / asked. logged
out Of ny routine questions by their un-
usually ssrdine-like arrangement.
"Oh. we'd geton we'll enough. growled
one nan. IL them Joneses wouldn't per-
sist in keepin' bosrders. N. Y. Trib-
una