The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-08-10
THE EaRMER'S HIRED NAN.

I'm kinder lookiu round tho market FOR
hired man, he exclaimed, as lie stopped at
bfie Of the stands aud hibbled At al onion. =
81 kinder need one, but kinder hope
shan't be able to find him.
{ How's that 2 =
Wall, there amt no profit in hired man
no more. No, sir, he's no good any longer.n
What's the reason 20
ooh, dozen reasons. First and foremost,
times have changed, and the hired man has
changed with 'em. All sir, 1t makes me sad
when think of the hired men we had before
the war-great big fellers,. With the strength
Of an OK and the vim OF locomotive. I
didn't have to holler my lungs out to get one
of 'em out at three o'clock in the morning,
aud II was all could do to coax 'em to go to
bed at ten o'clock at hight. I'm afraid that
we shan't never soc no more hired men worth
keepin' around for their board.n
"That's sad. - 80 .s-a3ssN
" It's sad, and more too. Now, as I said,
want hired man. I'm willing to pay
eleven or twelve dollars a month for smart
one. Some farmers want a man to work all
day and all night but that amt me. never
asked one to get out of bed before three
o'clock--never. allus give my man three
quarters of an hour at noon, unless the hogs
get out, or cattle break in, or q shower is
coming up. After mat has worked right
along for nine hours his system wants at least
a half an hour to brace up in. They don't
quit work on some farms till eight o'clock
but I'm not such a slave driver. At half-past
seven tell my man to knock off. All be has
to do after this Is to feed the stock, cut a
little wood, NOW some grass for the horses
milk four cows Mi up the watering trough,
start smudge in the smoke house, and pull
a few weeds in the garden. / never had a
hired man who didn't grow fat ON my work,
and they alus left me feeling that they hadn't
half earned their wages.
He stopped long enotgh To wipe tear from
ffis eye, and then went on !:
Sand now look at the hired man OF day
He wears white shirts and collars. He won't
eat with a knife. He wants napkins when he
eats, and If we don't hang up q clean towel
once a week, he wipes OF bis handkerchief
Call him at three, and he gets up at six. Hs
WdhIs WHolo nOuF az HUN, huu dit6r supper
he trots off to singing school or sits down to a
newspaper. Fifteen years ago, If my hired
man was sick half a day could dock him.
If no died could take a months wages for
the trouble. He was glad to get store orders
for his pay, and he would wash in the rain
barrel and wipeo on the clothes line There's
been change, sir--an awful change, and if a
reaction don't set in pretty soon you will wit
nose the downf~ii Sf esssonitprs in this coun-
try"
:" Then you won't hire another?e
Wall / can't just say. Work is power
| fully pressing, but I'm going slow. Before
| hire him | want to know whether he's
man who'll pass his plate for moro meat and
taters, and whether we've got to use starch in
doing up his shirts The last man had took
me to task for not holding family prayers
tw ice day, and after had done SO for three
months found 1t was only gat,e of his TO
Beat mo oht of half Oh hohr dag. lie
thought he had pretty soft thing, and he
looked mighty lonesome when cut Old Hun
bred down to two lines aud got through the
Lords prayer in forty seconds. ~ Detroit
Free Press.