Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-11-04
TIM rARMsFs HIRED NAN.

I'm kinder lookin' around the
market for hired man." he exclaimed
as he stopped at one Of the stands and
nibbled at an onion. az kinder need
one, but yet kinder hope I shan't be
able TO find him."
"How's that2"
"Wall, there amt no profit in hired
man no more. No, sir, he's no good any
longer"
whats the reason ?"
"Oh, dozen reasons. First and
foremost, times have changed, and the
hired man has changed with 'em. Ali
sir, it 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 boiler my lungs out to git one OF
'em out Of bed at 3 o'clock in the morn
ing, and it was all Icould do to coax 'em
to go to bed at 10 o'clock at night. I'm
afraid that we shan't never see no more
hired men with keepin' around for their
bread"
"That's sad"
It's sad, and more, too. Now, as I
said, want hired man. I'm willing
to pay 81 or $12 month for smart
one. Some farmers want man to work
oil day and all night, but that amt me.
have never asked one to git out of bed
before 3 o'clock-never. 1 allus give
my man three quarters of an hour mt
noon, unless the hogs git out, or cattle
break in, or shower is coming up.
After man has worked right along for
nine hours his system wants ut least
half an hour to brace up in. They don't
but I'm no such slave-driver. At half
past l tell my man to knock off. All
he has to do after that is to feed the
stock, cut little wood, NOV some grass
for the horses, milk four cows, fill up
the water trough, start smudge in the
smoke-house, and pull few weeds in
l.
didn't grow fat on my work, and they
allus left me feeling that they hadn't
half earned their wages"
He stopped long enough to wipe a tear
from his eyes, and then went on:
and now look at the hired man of
to-day He wears white shirts and col
las. i H. Il
wants napkins when he eats, and if we
don't hang up clean towel once week
he wipes ON his Handkerchief. Call him
ut 3 and he gets up ut 6. He wants a
whole hour at noon, and after supper he
trots off 20 u singing school or sits down
to newspaper. Fifteen years ago if
my hired man was sick for half day /
could dock him. Ii he died l could take
out months wages for the trouble. He
was glad to git store orders for his pay,
and he would wash in the rain-barrel
and wipe on the clothes line. There's
been n change, sir, an awful change, and
il n reaction don't set in pretty soon you
will witness the downfall of agriculture
in this country"
Then You won't hire another? ?"
=, "Wall, l can't just say. Work is
powerfully pressing, but Tn going slow.
Before l hire him | want to know
whether he's man who'll pass his plate
for more 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
twice a day, and after had done 30 1
found it was only game Of his to beat
me out OF half an hour day. He
thought he had Il pretty soft thing, and
he looked mighty lonesome when cut
"Old Hundred down wolines and got
through with the Lorl's Prayer in forty
seconds. - Detroit Free Press.
SINCE the introduction of the lawn.