Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-01-14
FRIDAY, JANUARY II, 1910.
More Census Enumerators
Wanted.

toy supervisor of census Lynn NJ. hays
of Burlington. lie urges all persons Ia
his district desiring to serve to oda'"
their application forms at ouce aud lo
file them with him before January -.
when he must stop considering new ap- !
plications in order to prepare tor the |
test" of the previous applicants on Feb
ruary ). After this he will examine
and rate the papers until about Feru-
ary ~, when he will forward his list OF
designations as enumeratorS, with their
"test" papers, to Census Director Dur
aud, who will carefully 60 over aud re-
rate the papers of tie successful cand'-
dates before giving his consent to the
issue of commissions to them 10y the
supervisor. BY the middle or latter
part of March all the enumerators VIII
have been commissioned and in receipt
of detailed instructions concerning their
work.
To quiet any qualms relative to the
"test" of the qualifications of applicants,
to be made February 3, the supervisor
has obtained some information from the
Census Director concerning the "test' OF
Twelfth Census enumeratOrs. 1t has been
officially stated that the 1910 'test' will
be very similar to the one in the prectd
ing census and will consist in requiring
applicants to fill sample schedules from
printed narratives concerning census
facts. As the rural enumeratOrs are to
carry both the population and agrlcuI-
tural schedule, they will be 'tested' with
samples of both, but the city enumtra
tors, who carry the population schedule
alone, will only be required to prove
their ability by filling sample OF that
schedule.
The "test' population schedule nara
tive in 1900 was, in part, as follows:
"The enumerator of the forty -titti
enumeration district of the ninth supcl
visor's district of the State of Pemnsyl
vania, in the village of Port Royal
Londonderry Township, Schuylkll
County, begins his enumeration June |
1900, at No POI Burton street.
"This house is occupied by a singh
family, consisting of Patrick O'Leary
his wife, Margaret, and his son, james
"Patrick came to this country from
Ireland (where he was born of lrisI
parents) in May of 1870, when he wa
Just % years old, Three years after hi
arrival he was married to an Irish cir
lage year before. AS soon as possibl
he became naturaized. He can rea
and write aud speak English, and own
good house, free of incumbrauce, whic
he has bought from his earnings as
teamster, in which occupation he Ina
had steady work during the past year.
margaret, his wife, is also of Iris
parentage, and was born in January, an
is nearly four years younger than he
husband. She has had two children, OF
ly one of whom is living. She can rea
and speak English, but has to make he
mark for her signature.
"James was born in Harrisburg, Eel
ruary, 1875. He has good commo
school education works at any sort {
day labor, and secured nine month
steady work during the past year. II
is not married.
ain the next house, 2O3 Burton stree
the enumeration found an English woma
by the name of Mrs. Jane Parker,
widow, occupying a rented house wit
her single daughter, Virginia, and he
married daughter, Nellie f., and ii
husband of the latter, Albert johnson.
"Mrs. Parker came to this country j
years ago, has good education, is
dressmaker by trade, and has constal
employment. She was so years old la
April and is of Scottish birth on ii,
mothers side. She has had four Chi
dren, three of whom are living and OF
of whom has died.
"Virginia is of English parentage, hi
been through the local schools and hi
been saleswoman for eight months
the past year; she was born in Philade
pha in March, 1877.
"Nellie f. was 20 years old last ia
uary, and has but recently married. 81
was born in Baltimore, reads, writes, at
speaks English.
"Albert johnson, the husband of NJ
lie, was born in New York City,
Welsh parents, November, 1865. He
in the grocery business and keeps h
own books and accounts"
1t seems comparatively simple, accor
ing to the supervisor, to draw out of Il
above statement the required details f,
the population schedule and to emit
them under the proper column division
relating to location, name, RELATIONSHIP
personal description, nativity, citize
ship, occupation, education, etc.
About all such "test' can do is
evidence the legibility of an applicant