Carlisle Patriot 01 June 1844 01 June 1844 Whitsuntide Hirings

01 June 1844 Whitsuntide Hirings

Cockermouth. - The hiring on monday was well supplied with servants of both sexes, and hiring was considerably brisker than has been the case for some years previous. The average wages were £6 the half year for men servants, and £5 for the women. The day being fine there was a very busy town. ****** Bootle. - The hiring took place on Friday last, and was numerously attended both by masters and servants. hiring was tolerably brisk, and wages, we understand, were somewhat better than those obtained at former fairs, which led to a good share of business being done. ****** Keswick. - On Saturday last the fair was attended by an immense number of servants, but the hiring was very slow, many never having been even asked the wages they expected. For well known good servants there was, as is generally the case, a tolerable demand, but the wages even for male or female servants who came under this denomination were considered somewhat low. ****** Wigton. - The hiring at Wigton on Tuesday last, was well attended by servants of both sexes. The wages of men servants varied from £6 to £6 10; for women from £3 to £3 10; and for youths of 15 or 16 years, from £2 10 to £3. The chief attraction of the fair was Messrs. PRICE and NORTH's Equestrian troop. Mr. PRICE's clever feat of driving eight horses in hand through the town, was performed without the slightest accident, three times during the day. ****** Carlisle. - The attendance of servants was much larger than usual on Saturday last, but we are glad to learn that hiring was decidedly brisk. Good women servant had no difficulty in meeting with situations at £4, and some of known character got 10s more. Those of less experience were hired at various rates, ranging from £2 upwards. For men inquiry was not so great, and the wages were much the same as at this time last year, known servants getting £8, and even £10, and others less, in proportion to their qualifications. The usual evenings amusements prevailed, but we have heard that the visitors to Sark Toll Bar were not quite so numerous as on former hirings, a proof of the growing pendence of the Cumberland lassies, who are wisely growing to distrust these border marriages, which so rarely stand the test of judicial inquiry. ****** Appleby. - Monday was exceedingly fine, and a good many servants of both sexes were in attendance, most of whom obtained situations, but at very moderate wages. The menagerie of performing lions and other animals, late Bromsgrove's, purchased by Mr. WOMBWELL, were placed near the High Cross, and attracted great attention.

 

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