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December 12, 1865
The Norfolk Post
Norfolk, Virginia
What is this article about?
A lady near Smithfield seeks to hire a colored cook named Lovy from a Commerce Street tenement, but Lovy refuses to work in the country and delays until after Christmas.
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OCR Quality
95%
Excellent
Full Text
Too Proud To Work.
A lady friend of ours living near Smithfield, desirous of hiring a cook, and preferring a colored servant, was informed that it was very possible she might be able to get one by inquiring at the old warehouse on Commerce street, which of late has been turned into a tenement institution.
"A girl named Lovy was sent for to come and see the lady. Lovy made her appearance, munching a piece of corn dodger, dry as saw-dust. Her wardrobe was exceedingly limited and very stringy, and the lady naturally supposed that' if it was any body in the world that did want work that person was Lovy. Oh! no, she would not go to Smithfield, dat was in de country, she warn't gwine dar. no how : and sides dat she wood make no engagements till after Christmas. We thought-well. Send along your emigrants.
A lady friend of ours living near Smithfield, desirous of hiring a cook, and preferring a colored servant, was informed that it was very possible she might be able to get one by inquiring at the old warehouse on Commerce street, which of late has been turned into a tenement institution.
"A girl named Lovy was sent for to come and see the lady. Lovy made her appearance, munching a piece of corn dodger, dry as saw-dust. Her wardrobe was exceedingly limited and very stringy, and the lady naturally supposed that' if it was any body in the world that did want work that person was Lovy. Oh! no, she would not go to Smithfield, dat was in de country, she warn't gwine dar. no how : and sides dat she wood make no engagements till after Christmas. We thought-well. Send along your emigrants.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Proud Servant
Hiring Cook
Refusal To Work
Colored Servant
What entities or persons were involved?
Lovy
Lady Friend
Where did it happen?
Near Smithfield, Commerce Street
Story Details
Key Persons
Lovy
Lady Friend
Location
Near Smithfield, Commerce Street
Story Details
A lady tries to hire a destitute colored servant named Lovy as a cook, but Lovy refuses to relocate to the country and insists on waiting until after Christmas.