Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-09

~ honest mus reply dat il don't
not by a jug-fullr'
Elder Toots was then called rnon
and he said: ro"'
~ Jar am any one pusson in Da-
,foit who hns had chicken fur dime,
any oftener dan hey should lilre u
sec ms photograph, an Wit whar' am
ue pisson who dare stan up an saw
steal chickens! / used to be strictly
honest. II found cent in de road
vent whoopin' up an down to And
an owner. II s25 lost dog crent nm.
usr my house to be oxen keer Of until
advertised drove him out an let do
man next doah get de money. not
only paid the house rent on the dav 4
was due, but made all repairs ont n,
my own pocket. | run right down
hlii' an by an by woke up to find de
ole woman out O Eaters. -four. meat
sugar tea and every thing else cent
Rough on Rats an two bars a, so.r
white my toes war out in Jinuary
~eather. On dat same mcrnin' as +
was gwine down town, heard one man
say 10 another: Say. Jim, see dat
passonF de ar de fool niger of De-
troit. II he had a quarter wild a hole
IN 1t he would frow it in de ribber fur
lear OF accidentally passin' it off On a
millyonary.' Dat sot me to thinkin'.
Dat very night / stole lot OF wood
three chickens, bag O. 'taters an a
pair OF butes. an hev prospered eber
since. | specks it will be little harder
on me when / cum to de gates of
Heaven, but | am doin' powerfully
well down yere below an increasin'
my fat cherry day"
Whalebone Howker, being asked for
his experience, gave it as follows:
II was de honestest man in Detroit
until merchant sold me two cotton
undershirts fur all wool, an one of his
cash boys beat me outer twenty cents
OF de change. On dat same day nv
pound OF coffee was short an ounce an
half, peddler gin my wife lead
dollar, an de landlord lied me out OF a
weeks rent De worm turned, | sat
down an counted up dat started life
wild TO- hundred dollars an had been
reduced to about sixteen. | went out
dat night an stole a bar'l of salt from
grocer, an befo' ten o'clock next day
dat very man had trusted me fur fo'
pounds OF brown sugar-a thing he had
refused to do a thousand times befor
From dat date have steadily gone up
hill, an to-day | wouldn't surrender
my property fur less than three thou
sand dollars"
Shindig Watkins, Pernambuco John
son, Three-Py Davis and Perforated
Jones. all spoke to the same point, de-
claring that strict honesty was the
highway to the poor-house, and Brother
| Gardner then said:
a ar not a bit surprised. My own
experience fur de las foty years has
taught me DAT de pusson who starts
cat to be strictly honest won't have
Eaters on his table haf de time.
don't counsel a man to be dishonest
| fur from it. lar down on a rogue first
an last an all de time. But what
advise is course lynn between stealth
a red hot stove an beatin' street kyar
/ cut of ride. If | go to de grocery
and pay cash down, dat grocer has nc
/ furder use fer me. If ! git trusted he
| keeps track of me an is anxious about
my health and prospects. If | gil
trusted fur thirty days, kin stand hin
off thirty mo-, and he is jist as ready
to wait on me an deliber my goods al
if paid spot cash. Somebody stole
my dog. Tze got to git chen or Fze Sc
much de poorer. A merchant charge!
me fur all wool an it turns out to be
half cotton. Tze got to chen up some
how. If pay 81 fur shoes which cir
me only 81 worth of war, mus max,
up dat loss or can't hold my own
As matter of sentiment an principl,
honesty ar de best policy. As a mat
ter of fact an daily practice it doan
amount to shucks. We will now ad
iourn, an de janitor will search eacl
member as he goes out an see If he il
hookin' de candles. Detroit Ere,
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