Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-24
G. ". MEAAfFEY, ePrOp, and PqblisherII

i oAAAC ~ W toooCC@ - - a oS
| would you sweep away the mora
| right to engage in any ENTERPRISE de,
| pendent upon money for ad vance'
ment, All branches of business are
not equally emolument tai; q man is
| free to ehoo Sc g
"Ah mys.little theorist !nothing
short of a theoracy could ever bring
men up to your standard ~
"I would have every man heed the
kwhisperings ofthe conscience which
God has planted in his breast. Had
easier you would be better Satisfied
with yourself, my husband YOU
know the conditions are hafdn
/ "He went away satisfied IN all
save wanting his pay on every TWEEN
! ty-five cords. But knew he would
not-cuto on such terms halt as much
as want. They willhave to work
a little harder; but, when they get il
done, they will have more money
than they ever had, at once. 1t, is 8
fine chance for Joe Miller to pay fol
hts land. I intend to give them all
the chopping they can do for a year;
fellow-oneof your honest sort, wife.
Bah ! / despise such men. They are
merefungi in every thing they under
take that requires tact aud persever-
ance-always poor. ~ 2 =
''The victimsiof too many good bar
gaiRs, perhaps - go
Mr.. Rankin bit his lip in. chagfin,
"Your conclusions are forced and
cruel - continued his wife. If you
can afford to pay Thomas Barnes one
dollar per cortland you are not the
man to pay it unless you find Ii prof
itable-yeu can and ought topay Joe
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needy family, and he probably felt
compelled to make the most of the
opportunity.n 2EtJ 80.
faI tell you, wife, he was delighted
when he east up tue amount, and
foundsthat he could so neatly pay. for
his land. 1 told him / would give
him on such terms all the chopping
he can do" a&
s'Therein lies another wrong. You
held up glittering temptation, that
the poor man could not resist. Alas
for poor human-nature 1t seemed so
easy to reach out his hand and grasp
the-bnbble for bubble it is. ohm
Rankin, you know ne cannot fill that
contract houtdfstressing his fami-
ly, and you could, as well as not,
have given him more time, as you
will not draw the wood before next
fall or winter {.
HE caa fill it, if he tries hard.n
You have made no allowance for
any delays that may occur, and the
mere fact sofyout putting the price at
seventy-five cents in case of,his fail
ing to have itFeady in the time spec
flied, shows that ,you entertained a
doubt, at least, about it. Twenty
four dollars to that poor manis a deal
to lose, and there is no telling what
-privatfons the FAMILY may have to
endure by his trying to fill the con-
tract. You will pay Thomas Barnes
forty dollars more for the same
amount of work than you will Joe
Miller, and he is not half 50 needy.
The difference in drawing is worth
/ something to you, according to your
own estimate, to say nothinga of the
worth Of the wood as it stancfs. a. rs-7
THAT is nothing to him, as he Is go
ing to clear his land, whether ! have
the wood or not. 5s
There was anger in his tones, for
he had silenced just such thoughts in.
his own breast.
rs.sRankinf could not see him de-
liberately wronging poor man with
out demonstrating thoughshe knew
from bitter experience that to her
husband her words were as sound
inc brass p - Fgss5z53-5t
ssItrnay be nothing to hin - she
said, 'tbut to yeu I know it is. he
has taken up apiece of woodland,
and to make tho first payment, has
paid out the last dollar he possesses.
70 make out the required amount,
be sold his cow. In the contract, you
give him fifty days, and if the two
hundred cords are not ready for
measurement In that time you are to
pay him only, seventy cents"
That was put in as a spur, for
want the wood, and Swould have
agreed to pay him one dollar. rather
than not to have it though Iexpect
a man to do as he agrees-I always
do.n e sielsEa7 s-u $50 q
Eyes but you are very careful as
to what you agree, said his wife,
with,a meaning smile. 49,, -.
nAh! therein lies one great secret
of success in business. / made sufh-
cient allowance for hindrances. Ee
and his two boys can put up six cords
in day, with ease !; but will allow
them thirty-fivB days, and that will
give them fifteen days to work else-'
where for bread. / am not SO bad
man, after all, If do like good bar
"How do you makeit fifteen days?''
-"Humphl is not the difference fif-
teen between fifty and t1irty-fye ?n
would you compel a man to work
IT did not think of the sabbaths,n
Mr.. Rankin, looking
confused. s ss.....f...,--.
He had no need to remind the pale,
over worked, hearJ-burden woman
before him, that the Sabbath was
not in all his thoughts. She knew
him better than he knew himself
knew him to be q grasping, extor-
man in his dealings with 9TH
ers, and she trembled for the poor
man that had, a few hours before,
left the house. She had reasoned
with her husband until reason SEEM
ed futile, and every day was she con-
scfous of losing confidence in his in
Sad must be the day to that
wife, who has love and reverence
for truth, and honesty, that brings
home to her soul the sickening truth
that her husband is unworthy of the
sacred places of her heart! No, true
woman can reverence the man who
is continually suffering the weeds
and brambles of human nature to
choke out the blossoms of immortal
good in his soul. 5.
AS the days passed, the stroke of
the axe in Joe Mlller's woods could
be distinctly heard at the farmhouse
of John Rankin. To him it was sim
ply the clinking of dollars in his al-i
ready full Golfers, No thought of
pity for the shivering, half-fed man
and boys, struggling to meet the
hard conditions he had pressed upon
tnenn, ever entered his mind, as he
seated himself at his Widespread ta-
ble. He was growing rich very fast;