Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1875 — Master and Man. [ARTICLE]

Master and Man.

The London Hornet has the following: “ What the master says is law; what the servant says is impertinence. What the master does is right; what the servant does is wrong. The master never gets intoxicated—he is merely ‘ elevated’; the servant always becomes dyunk. The muster must have a holiday .every fewdays; the servant never requires one. The master cannot wait for his breakfast, but the servant can. It is sinful for the master, but not for the servant, to work on Sundays. If the master kicks his servant, it is proper chastisement; if the servant retaliates, he is a ferocious brute. The master may read the newspapers—by so doing he improves his mind; but the servant may not do so, as it is a waste of time. Champagne is fit for masters, and table-beer for servants. Masters may have feelings, but servants may not. Masters may break a wineglass by accident, but servants may not do so without exposing themselves to the charge of criminal carelessness. A master may use bad language—he only becomes excited; a servant who uses words of an unusually emphatic character is a most depraved fellow."