The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-27
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.'I'm kinder lookiu' around the marke
for q hired man." he exclaimed, IS hi
stopped at one Of the stands aud nibblsc
q. an onion. ~ kinder need one but ,ye
kinder hope | shal't be able to fHc
him.
"How's thst2"
"Wlll, there amt no prot! in a hired
msn no nor No, cir; he's no good any
longer"
Whats the reason2"
"Oh, a dczen reasons. First and fore
most, times have changed, and the hired
man has changed with EN-. Ah! sir, l!
makes me sad when | think oil the hired
men We had before the war-great big TEL
lsrs, with the strength Of an OK and the
vim oil 0 locomotive. | didn't have TO
boiler my lungs out to get u OF EN- out
Of bed u 3 o'clock in the morning, and 1t
was all | could do TO coax EN- to go 10
bed OF 10 o'clock OF night. I'm AFRAID
that we Shan't never see no more hired
men wuth keepin' around for their
board"
"That's sad"
ats sad, and more, too Now, as said,
| want to hire q nan I'm willing TO pay
SlI or $l2 q month for Q smart one. Some
farmers want O man 10 work all day and
all night, but that amt me. l never asked
one to get out OF he'd before 8 o'clock
never. allus give q man three quarters
Of an hour at noon, unless the hogs get
out, or cattle bresk IN, or q shower 10
Csming up. After q man has worked right
along for nine hours his system wants at
least half an hour TO brace up In. They
don't quit work on some farms till 8o'CloCk,
but I'm no such slave driver, At half.
past 7 | tell my men 10 knock of, all he
has to do after that is TO feed the stock,
cut q littlO wood, NOW some grass for the
horses, milk four cove, fill up the water.
Ing trough, start q smudge In the smoke
house, aud pull a few weeds In the garden.
| never had q hired man who didn't grow
tat on my work, and they alIus LETT me
feeling that they hadn't half earned their
wages"
lie stopped long enough to wipe q tear
from bis eye, and then went n
"And now look Atthe hired man Of to-
day. He wears white shirts and collars.
tie won't eat with q knife. He wants
napkins when he eats, and II we don't
hang up clean towel once o week he
wipes on his handkerchief. Call him OF 3
o'clock and he gets up at 8. He wants q
whole hour at noon, and after supper be
lrots OF 10 SINGING school or sits down 10 Q
newspaper. Fifteen years ago II my hired
man was sick for hall u day | could dock
him. II he died | could take out o
months wages for the trouble. He was
glad to yet store orders for his pay, and he
would wash in the rain barrel aud wipe on
the clothes line. There's been a change,
sir-An awful change, and II q reaction
don't set in pretty soon you will witness
the downfall OF agriculture in this coun'
try"
"Then you won't hire another?"
oval, | can't Just say. Work is pow
eriully pressing; but I'm going slow. Be
fore / hire him want to know whether
he's q man who'll paas his plate for more
meat and taters, and whether we've got 10
use starch in doing up his shirts. The last
man l had took me To task for not holding
family prayers twice q day, and alter | bad
done go for three months l found 1t was
only q gams OF his to beat me out Of hSlI
an hour a day. He thought he had a
petty soft thing, and he looked mighty
Lonesome when l cut Old Hundred down
10 two lines and got through with the
Lords Prayer In forty seconds"