The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-10-04

IN k.uitcr fOku NUuhu tHc
market i.r hirc,l man." be exclaimed
~ no stopped at Que of tho stands AMI
uibbled at an onion. "I kinder need
one, INT yet kinder llopo I shan't be
Abe to find him."
"How's that?'
"wnll, there amt no p,oft In ahircl
man no moro. No, sir, hc's no good any
longer"
"Wunt's tho rcason?"
"Oh, q dozen reasons Frat and
foremost. times have changed, and the
nircd mau has changed viii, 'cm. All
air, 1t makes inc TAD when think Of tho
hired mcn we hal bcfurc the vnr---great
big fellers with the strength of an OK
and the vim Of q locomotive. I litlnt
have to hollsr my lungs ont to git ono Of
'em out Of bed at 3 O'Clock In tAs morn.
ing, and il was MI Icould 10 to coax EN-
to 20 to bed at 10 o'clock Al night I'm
afrsid that we rhan't never SEQ no moro
hired neu wuth kecpin' around for their
brrad."
"That's SAL"
"It's s,d, AMI morc. too. Now. as I
ssid, I want hired mau. I'm willine
to pay sll or sl2 a mouth for smar
Que. Some farmers want man to wor,
all day ar'l all night, Int that mint me.
I have never a.l;cd one ID git ont of bed
before 3 o'clock-ney.E. allus give
my man three quar'ers q nm hour ut
noon. unless tl,s hogs git ont, or cattle
break in, or q shower IL coming mp.
After man Inns worked right along for
n no hours his system wants ut least
hnlf an hour to brace mp in. Tho, don't
quit work on some farms till 8 O'Clock,
but Tm no such slaye-drivcr. At half.
past Z tell my man ~ knoca oil. All
he has to do after That is TO fe-d the
stock, cut little wool, NOV some grsss
for the horses, milk four cows. fill mp
the wnter. trough, start smudgs in tho
smoke. house, and pull few weeds in
the garden. I never hired a man who
didn't grow fat OH my work, and they
al!us left ME feeling that they hadn't
half carnod their wages"
He stopped long enough to wipc a tear
from his eyes, aul then went on:
"And now look at the hired man Of
to-day He wears white shirts and col.
lars. He won't cat with knife. Ho
wants napkins when he cats, and IL wo
don't hang up clean towel once aweek
he wipes on his handkerchief. CLll him
at 8 aud he gets up at @ He wants q
whole hour ut noon, and after supper ho
trots o. 10 singing school or sits down
to newspaper. Fifteen years ago il
my hired man was sick for ma dao1
could dock him. II no died Ico6ld take
ont months wages for tho 4 9AA He
was glad to git store-ortlers - pay,
AMI he would wash In the 3sl
and wipe ON tho clothcs-lax 4hat(s
been . change. sir. an awful ehaanA md
II q reaction don't sst in lrst hdon you
will witness the downfall q spicultuSs
in this country" 5&
"Thcn you won't hire ano(hlfa
"wsll, I can't just sag, P6rk 10
powerfully pressing. but I's&gdtgslow.
Before I hire him I want 10 know
whether he's man who'll raa his plate
for more meat and taters. and whether
we've got TO uso starch III doing mp his
shirts. The last mum I had took me 10
task for not holding faulty. prayers
twice day, and after I hid done 30 1
found It was only game re to beat
mo out OF half an hour sQay. He
thought ho had . pretty soit thing, and
he looked mighty lonesome When I cut
"Old Hundred" down totwolines and got
through With the Lords Prayer in forty
seconds. Detroit Free Press.