Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-04-18
NEGRO IN TIE SOUTH.

Ntho Darby Provides Tor the Sick
ard TsurIcs tic Bead.
M recent stran ling IL New York of
M nv Of negroes. who had been Guped
leaving their homes in the south, is
M entabIe lesson to their brethren.
HI is to be deplorcd that their igno-
N Of such events prevents it from
N beneficial to the race.
III the individual horizon of the col
MI people is so contracted that the
MI Of the outside world rarely reaches
M ears. And their narrow mental
Ih catches only glimpse Of happen
outside OF their immediate neigh
bod.
ke the peasantry Of all countries,
negroes are ignorant. Yet, as a rule,
ignorance is joined to a childish
1licity, native good humor and
M ous open heartedness essentially
lent from the vicious serfs OF Rus
III the brutal vindictiveness of the
ar Italian classes.
Europe the serving class presents a
Ip and willy copy of the sins of its
1er. But the negro is generally like
rergrown child-lazy and rogui IN,
enerous in giving as he is quick in
ing, improvident of the future and
betty content with present satisfac-
/ hing from hand to mouth, and pos
NJ but few of this worlds goods, it
81 wonder existence to them has be-
Il a happy-go-lucly affair, in which
han takes care, of the present, and
Future takes care of itself. Yet
d few seem to realize that bit must
hid aside for Il rainy day, and these
q together into societies. The socie-
Rre all of semireligious character.
bne of the names under which these
eties are chartered are exceedingly
Sing. Daughters of the Household
Ruth" ''Sons and Daughters of
les s.GaIilee Fishermen" Sons and
lghters of the Morning STAR" are a
of the titles by which they are chris
"a.
hese societies have as their object
care of the sick and the decent burial
he dead-an exceeding worthy pur-
\ when we remember the poverty and
eral improvidence of the race. A
N hber is allowed a few dollors month
ing sickness to meet the medicine and
tor's bills, and at death a coffin and
fch burial, with several carriages,
provided.
fow, if there is one thing on earth
a negro loves more than circus 1t
funeral. And the more heartrend-
the display of grief and heavier the
ppings of woe the greater is the
hsure. To have a big funeral is g
\ ter of such pride with some families
whena member dies money is spent
ravagantly in providing an impos
funeral cortege, while the poor in
III may have suffered for the neces
b of life.
7 br the young generation the free
bols provide Il means which will a
st teach them the three Rs in a limit
hegree. Yet there is no field where
seeds of training and morality neeC
Ire to be sown than among the negroes
the south, and the money sent to thu
ssionary in Africa could be well eX
) ded in clothing and teaching thos'
HAT land who are in our own cOuntr.
b sadly need enlightenment and help
throughout the whole of Dixie tn
bred race acts as the servant of tn
lite, and as there must be servants Il
N world, the negro, being the poore
Il more ignorant, fills the same plac
IL is occupied in the north by whit
5or. 1t is certainly no more fair t
|nplain of the negro being the Uni
tsal servant in the south than it wOul
Ito murmur that white labor is eli
)yed universally in the north. But til
hsekeeper in Maine or Vermont wit
U white hired help is far better O
BIN the woman in Dixie with three {
III colored ones at her service. For tL
gro is slow, careless and neglects hi
ork unless constantly watched.
Wages are greatly different, too, l
e sections ON either side of Mason an
xon's line. On q country farm a ne8r
ok will have the use of a cabin an
L frewood free, receiving in cas-
ages about three dollars a month. |
e towns her wages are advanced
re or six dollars, while III the cities sl
ceives q few dollars more per month
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