Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-09-23

sleep on the premises. They also have
their black waiting gowns given them,
and are treated with some show of hui
manity; indeed, one of the girls
told me this firm was the only one
that made it rule to let barmaid
refuse to serve a man who insulted
her.
Even with these advantages, the
atmosphere of exposure, profanity and
drink do its work in deadening the NOR
al serses, and where one girl in the long
run holds her own, nine succumb,
slowly or swiftly, according to their
power to resist temptation, and drift
ing away, join that terrible army that
desolates Babylon.
Another, but much smaller class of
5armaids, find places in country or
suburban inns and are much better
off, though they fail to see it in the
craving for excitement of city life. In
the inn the barmaid is made one Of
the landlords family. She takes her
meals at the same table, sits in their
pew on Sunday and knows the names
OF the regular customers, especially the
&C numerical travellers, many of whom
make her presents in return for little
services she has chance to render.
II be sure, she is rather free in he.
jCl es, and her partiality for the male
sex is apparent; nevertheless she Is
t'usted and we'll treated. 1t is not an
uncommon thing for barmaid in q
position of this sort to end by marry-
Ing the hostler of the inn or neigh
boring publican; and speaking of this
reminds me of one of the strangest
ron ances that ever befell . barmaid.
The duke of Chandos, at the begin
ming of the eighteenth century, was
conspicuous for his peculiarities and
the magnificence of style in which he
lived. Strange to say, at the same time,
he was the soul of thrift. His country
seat, Canons, had cost him 81 900 900.
He dlned in public, like the king. with
music playing and surrounded by his
Swiss guards. In 1719 the duke, while
on a journey, stopped at the Castle
Inn" at Marlborough Just as his
gorgeous gilded coach rolled into the
courtyard frightful shrieks were
heard, and young girl of remark
able beauty, but whose golden locks
and white face were streaming with
blood, was seen rushing frantically
hither and thither, trying to escape
from brutal man. the hostler of the
inn, who was striking her with the
butt end of heavy horsewhip. The
enraged duke ordered the wretch to
stop, but the hostler replied that the
girl, who was barmaid at the inn, was
his wife and he could do what he liked
with her, offering at the same time,
with a wicked leer to sell his right to
the duke. The latter took him at his
word, threw down twenty guineas, and
when he left the town took the I'M
lucky barmaid with him. Now you
will see that all dukes are not bad,
for the duke of Chandos had his pro-
into an elegant and accomplished wo-
man, who afterward became the VITO
of Sir Thomas Duval.
Sir Thomas, however lived but a
few years, and, dying, left a fortune of
f40 1000 to his widow. During this in
terval, however, the duchess Of
Chandos also died and then, in the
year 1885. the noble duke welded the
ex-barmaid and the chronicles tell u
he never repented the bargain, for he
wrote in his will: 81 owe the greatest
comfort | have enjoyed in this life to
my duchess, Lydia Catherine" And,
furthermore, he ordered that in death
they should not be divided, and that
a marble monument should be erected
to her. This quaint romance is to be
found in book in the British museum,
bound in piece of red velvet left over
from the pail used on the coffin of the