Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-17

ing Job which any man can undertake.
1t is sign of shiftlessness, if not worse,
to see men idle while Gay work might
be we'll expended in battening doors
and windows against winter rude blasts
or in providing some simpleconveniences
long needed by the good housewife to
Tighten her work.
True hos pi taiity.
True hospitality is thing that touches
the heart and never goes beyond the cir
Gle of generous impulses. Entertainment
with the truly hospitable man means
more than the mere feeding Of the body;
it means an interchange of soul gifts.
Still it should have its laws, as all things
good must have laws to govern them.
The obligation to be hospitable is sa-
cred one, emphasized by every moral
code known to the world, and practical
outcome of the second great command
ment. There should never be guest in
the house whose presence requires any
considerable change in the domestic econ
omy.
However much the circumstances OF
business or mutual interests may demand
in entertaining stranger, he should
never be taken into the family circle I'M
less he is known to be wholly worthy OF
a place in that sanct1tzn sanct0ru,1l OF So
cial life; but when once man is admit
ted to the home freside he should be
treated as if the place had been his al
ways.
The fact of an invitation gives neither
host nor guest the right to be master Of
4ho l1ra
even temporary sacrifice of ones entire
individuality Or pursuits.
A man should never be SO much him
self as when he entertains friend.
To stay at a friends house beyond the
time for which one IS invited is to per-
petrate social robbery.
To abide unlimited in friends house
is a much misdemeanor as borrowing
his coat witout his permission. 1t is
debasing the coin of friendship to mere
dross when man attempts to make it
pay his hotel bills.
The fact of two men having the same
occupation and interests in life gives to
neither social right to the others bed
and board. A travelling minister has no
more right to go unlimited to fellow
preachers house than travelling shop
keeper or shoemaker has to go invited
to the house Of his fellow craftsman. Men
are ordained to the ministery as preach
ers, and Epastors, and not as private
hOtel-keepers.
Remedy for Unjust Weights and Meas
ures.
In many portions of our country-es
pecially in the newer por-
ton of the country, there
is a great talk among the farmers Of
false weights and measures. We could
give very large number of definite ex
amples of this kind, which have come
within our observation.
Hogs fall short from five to twenty five
pounds each. Buyers take from tifteer
to ninety pounds of wheat or oats from
each load bought in the street. At the
close of the season, one buyer in small
town had a surplus Of two carloads O
wheat left over. This was equally di
vided between the dealer and the rail
road company.
Two bags Of clover seed fell short six
teen pounds; small crock OF butte
three and half poundes three bags o
barley ground at the mill fell short fit,
pounds, besides the lawful toll; a load o
wool shrunk fifteen pounds in going t
town. Meat, tea, coffee, sugar, and al
kinds of groceries, often tall short from
five to twenty per cent. Two firm
advertised kerosene at five cents gallol
less than most other dealers. They wer'
found to make up the difference in pric
by the shortage in measure. At one rail
way depot, in two years, fifteen THOUSAND
bushels of grain were taken out of tn
farmers.
Most of the aboev examples were dc
tectcd by the good sense of several farm
ers. They mistrusted they were being
cheated They bought large and sinai
scales, and carefully weighed everything
before going to mill or to market, TIL
cheating is done by loaded weights
two sets of trucks and variou
other devices which ever sugges
themselves to minds wanting to use then
We have mentioned only few case
in which we could give the names of the
parties. What shall the farmers do abou
it? They might go to law, but they ar
peaceful class OF people, and dislike t
make "fuss." The enterprising me
referred to are now buying and sellin
by their own weights and measure.
They are saving each other more than tn
costs of the scales and the trouble {
weighing grists,of grain they now weig
in, and weigh out of the mills. Sue
!, farmers are looking out for their rights
many others are catching the same spi1
it. Heretofore they have done as do no
; very large majority Of the farmer
in the country, they allow the buyer
; this own price, do his own weighin
on his own scales, and make his ow
figures as to the result. Such farmer
= : court abuse from all dealers who are
any ways inclined to be dishonest. VII
says that the farmer does not need |
keep his ears and eyes open, to learn Il
; tricks of the trade! Successful men a
!. learning to conduct their farms on bus
ness principles.
e System IN Farming.
d There must be system in every bus
a ness if it is to succeed, and whoev
ignores clear foresighted way of CO.