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THE BAKER'S-MAN.
“One loaf of bread, if you please, sir, to-day—And half-a-dozen seed-cakes for dear little May.”
Do you think the hidden face, 'neath that funny looking bonnet,
Is worth the long gaze that the baker bends upon it?
He looks like a loafer—that crusty young man,—
And his face is a rye face, do all that he can.
Early in the morning the Baker's-men are to be seen calling at the dwelling-houses to supply families with bread. The large loaves of Bread are sold at one shilling, and the small ones at five pence or six pence each. These are placed in large baskets, which, being put into long, narrow wagons, are drawn rapidly by one horse, through the streets. The baking of Bread is a profitable business, and many fortunes have been made by it, in this city. It was one of the principal occupations of the first Dutch inhabitants.
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