The Hazlehurst signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1883-1885, 1884-12-18
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II 60 - - sSs.. @~"e
""rm kinder lookih' around The
mitkst fcr . hired man" he S1clAmed
u he stopped as one Of the stands and
uil,bled St,su onion. ~ kinder nssd
o.s, but yet1 kiudui hUps i shaa't -
able %, ,anA him. 10 lg,.I, sl.i Of
,,"Howi thsif',. il,r .g.s.,.. .,,,1
.wsll, there dnt no piont in . hired
man no moro. No, Dir, he's no good any
longer. "S'''"' '''' '''''' a. 10
e"whats the feasunf'Issh taI g,t'
h"oh, ~ dozen reasons. Finl and
ioeemosk umes havso changed, and tha
hired man has changed With ,sm,o Ali
air. II makes me sal when ] think Of The
hired men We hsd before the wsr---SrsAt
big feIler. With The strspgth Of an ox
and the vim q Z locomotive" I didn't
have 70 'holler my lungs ont 70 git one q
EN- ous Of bed a 8 O'Clock IN Tia morn
ise, and n wsl alhIoould do 70 coax EN-
10 10 70 bed as 10 o'clock d night In
afraid that We 'han't never see no more
hired men wuth teepin' around for their
@.Tb.s. .ad.. "a ''sdm0s 10 'aiD-
''"It. sad; and mrs. too.s Nov. NJ
said, 4 want . hired man. 70 I'm willing
10 pay Oil or Sl2 = month for isrnsr
ones Some farmers want msa 70 VOL:
al day .pdlall night. but that amt ns
haye never a.ked ono y git out o! bed
before 8 o'clock-neyer. I alluS give
my man three quarters of an hour q
noon, unless the hogs git out, o. cattle
breSk in, or b shower b coming up.
After . man has worked right sIong soe
u.ne hours Lis 'system wants st least
half All hour to brace up IN. 3hsv don't
quit work on some farms till 8 o'clock,
but I'm no such slave.driver. At bali.
past7 I tell my man to knock off. An
he has TO do after that H. 70 seed The
stodk, out little wood, nov soue srsn
Zoe ths horses, milk four eows, hll mp
tho vstof. trough. start . smudgs in the
smokshouss. and pull .. few weeds in
the garden. I never hired . man who
didn't grow fat on my work. and they
alIus left mo feeling that they hadn't
half sarnod their vsscs." 1'r, = 80
p. He stopped long enough 10 wipo tear
from his eyes. aud then went on, bs
.'And nov look at the hired rnsn oi
to.dayi He wears whits shirts and col.
lars. He won't eat with knife. Hs
wants NAPKINS when he eats. and II We
don't hang mp Aclcan towel once week
be wipes ouhis handkerchief. JOAu him
st3 and hs ge.a mp At 6. rHo wants .
whole hour ut noon, and after supper hs
trots Of tea singing school or sits down
70 . newspaper. Fifteen years ago II
my hired man was sick for half day !
could dock him. II no died 1could take
: sut 9 months wagr for Tho trouble He
asRlld 70 git store.ordsrs for his pay.
Ssnd no woulli wash IN tha rsin-basTsl
,andiwips'p on Ttbe clothes-lins., There's
been . change, sir. ar, svful change md
q reaction don't set in pretty soon you
viii witness the downfall oi agriculturs
In this country" -,
"Thsn you wout hire snothsri"
"Wall, j; nahtg jrnt seN Work is
powerfully pressing, but Tn going slow.
Before I hire hnh 'IRwxhtdto khowl
whether he's smsn vhSll pAss hs plsAs
for moro meat and taters. and. .vhsthsR
we've got % nae starch N deipg mp bis
shirtA iyho laat pau ! had took me 70
task, for NOT holding family prayers
twiOe day, and sfter I had done 20 I
found Il was only . Esms Of hh 70 bsst
ne fous'nof half an hoar7sndsy. he
thought b hada pretty so1t thing spd
10 losksd mighty lOnesemsl vhenlI sut
"oA Hnndsedr down totvolinss and got
through With The Lorls Prayer IN inesy
seondA"-Detrof Free Press. -,