Excerpt from Behind the Counter: Handel Und Wandel<br><br>Intelligencer, It would be a part of the duties of the youth whom I should take into my service to deliver, twice a week, this paper at the houses of such as take it in regularly.<br><br>A third, who seemed somewhat prepossessed in my favour, inquired if I could be trusted to go out with children, as in the large family of the writer, it was necessary that the apprentice in his leisure hours, and after eight o'clock, should be so employed; that he ought to be fond of children and have a pleasure in their society, as he would have the elder children to care for and to amuse in all kinds of rational ways.<br><br>A fourth, who wrote in a sanctified style, inquired whether the proposed youth were of an unquestionably christian character. To him my grandmother would have replied satisfactorily, had not he demanded an unusually large sum for board and lodging.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.