The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-10-10
THE JOURNAL.
PRAYERS I DON'T LIKE.

PRAYERS I DON'T LIKE.
I don't like to hear him pray,
Who loans at twenty-five per cent?
For then think the borrower may
Be pressed to pay for food and rent;
And in that Book we all should heed,
Which says the lender shall be blest,
As sure as have eyes to read,
It does not say, "Take interest"
do not like to hear him pray,
On bended knees, about an hour,
For grace to spend Alright the day,
Who knows his neighbor has no -four.
rd rather see him so 10 mill,
And buy the luckless brother bread,
Aud see his children eat their fill,
And laugh beneath their humble shed.
1 do not like to hear him pray,
"Let blessings on the widow be-"
Who never seeks her home to say,
"If want o'ertake you, come to me-"
hate the prayer so long and loud,
That's offered for the orphans veal,
Ay, him who sees him crushed by wrong
And only with his lips doth feel.
do not like to hear her pray
With jeweled limbs and silken dress,
Whose washerwoman tolls all day,
And then IS asked to "work for less"
Such pious shavers I despiseI
With folded hands aud face demure
They lit to heaven their "angel eyes,"
Then steal the earnings OF the poor,
lido not like such soulless prayers;
If wrong, 1 hope to be forgiven;
No angels wing them upward bears,
They're lost a million miles from Heavenl
a Farmers Experience with Reap
er Agent.
GA few years ago. he said, "a
farmer who lived near me, and who,
being out Of debt, was on the high
road to prosperity, had, in the early
summer the promise Of q magnifi-
cent crop of wheat. Some weeks
before it was time to cut it, an agent
came along one day, selling i'm
proved reapers. "a beautiful crop
of wheat you've got there" he re
marked to the farmer.
The latter reckoned 'twould turn
out pretty we'll
'Now you ought to have good
reaper TO cut it with, J." said the agent.
Cant afford it; haven't got the
money" replied the farmer.
Pm selling frst-class machine
than any that have been
used about here-and / can give
you-one at bargain and wait until
it has paid for itself. ] don't want
any money now," continued the
agent, temptingly, and with pencil
and paper he showed first how much
the farmer would have to pay for
cutting his crop that year, how much !
grain he could cut for other people, |
and, in short, that before he would |
have to pay for the machine he |
would have saved and earned enough |
with 1t to pay for it, and still have |
.Ae machine not half worn out. To
make long story short, the farmer
vas persuaded to purchase the reap
er, and gave an ''iron-clad" note for
THAT is, q note accompanied with
statement of property, which in
his State is equivalent to q mort
5age.''
"The machine arrived in due time;
t worked well and my neighbor was
.ble to cut his crop himself instead
If hiring a reaper. Then he did
iome work with it for other people,
)ut as several others in the neigh
oorhood had also purchased ma,
chimes he did not ''go out" with it as
much SIS he expected. At length
lis note matured but he had no
money with which to pay. He had
lad sickness in his family and had
Tot got as much for his crop as he
lad expected. The agent was sorry
md, after a good deal Of hesitation
that if the farmer could
lot pay, the time would have to be
but in that case he should :
ave to charge 20 per cent INTEREST," :
lie would much rather have the
honey than that even. So the note
-as renewed on those terms. The
lrmer paid the interest once or
vice, but finally, as the quarterly
ay came around, he saw that he
as not likely to have me ney to pay
ven that. There was nothing then
1T for him to do but to mortage
is place, borrow the money and pay
le note. And still he ran behind il
and, SO that instead of reducing
le mortgage he was obliged to in
rease it from time to time until in
ne end he had to sell out, take new 7
nd and begin again. Now, do you
oppose that that man thinks to-day q!
lat ne was ruined by reaper? No, |
If; he lays it to sickness in his !
.mily, bad crops, small prices, rail
'ad extortIons, the tariff. But his