Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-08
The Farmers Hired Man

| DetTOll FREE fIess.
"Im kinder iookin' around the fnaf
ket for hired man." he exclaimed, az
he stopped 40 one OF the stands and
Inibhled at an onion. kinder need
one, but vet kinder hope L shant be
able to find him."
SLOWS that?"
"Well, there amt no profit in hired
man no more. No, ST.; he's no good
any longer. -,
whats the reason?
"Ob a dozan rras,us. FIRST AMI fore
most, times have rhanfed' anu me
hired man has changed With EN-. All /!
.,r. il makes me sad when L thinS OF
the hired men we had before the war
great big fellers with the stI eogth on an
* and the vim OF 4 locomotive. |
didn't have TO boiler my lungs out to
OH one of EN- out Oi bed a. 3 O'clock in
the morning, and it was all could do
10 coax 'em to 90 TO bed Mt ten o'clock
at night. pm afraid thar We shan't
never see M more hired men wuth keep
in a-oun for their board. "
that's sad"
ITS sad, and more, too. Now, as
said, want a hired man. I'm willing
TO paw Sll or Sl2 month for smart one.
Some farmers want a man to work all
day and all night, but that amt me:
have never asked one to git out OF bed
before 3 o'clock never. | allus give my
man three quarters OF an hour az noon,
unless the hogs git out or cattle break
in or a shower is coming up. After a
man has worked right along for nine
hours his system wants at least halt an
hour TO brace up in. They don't quit
work on some farms till O'Clock, out
Pm no such slave.driver. At hall past
Il tell my man to knock OIL. All he
has TO do after that is TO feed the stock,
cut a little wood, NOV some grass ior
the horses, milk four COWS, hll up the
water-trough, start a smudge In the
smoke-honse, and pull few weeds IN
the garden. ! never had hired man
that didn't grow fat on my work, and
thew allus left me feeling that they
hadn't hall earned their wages.
He stopped long enough to wipe a
tear from his eye, and then went on: .
Sand now look at the hired man oil
TODAY, He wears white shirts and col
lars. He won't eat with knife. He
wants napkin when he eats. and II We
don't hang up a clean towel once week
he wipes on his handkerchief. Call him
at 5 and he gets up at .. de wants a
whole hour at noon, and after supper
he tramps off to singing school or sits
down to a newspaper. Fifteen years ago
il NV hired man was sick for hal day
I could dock him. Ii he died L could
lake out amonth's wages for the trouble.
He was glad to git store orders for his
paw, and he would wash in the rain bar
rel and wipe on the clothes-line. There 8
bin change-anh il reaction don't
set in pretty soon you will witness the
downfall OF agriculture in this country"
"Then you won't hire anotherW
"Wall, can't just say. Work Is pow
erfully pressing. but Pm going slow.
Before hire him | want to know
VIII ther he's a man who'll pass his
plate tor mere meat and taters, and
whether we've got TO use starch in doing
ND his shirts. The last man | had took
me TO task for not holding family prayers
twice a day. and after ! had done so tor
three months found 1t was only game
of his TO beat me out of half an hour
day. He thought he had pretty SOFT
thing. and he looked mighty lonesome
when cut Old Hundred down to two
lines and got through with the LORDS
prayer in forty seconds"