Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-04-06

ly honest j mus reply ual III uOn L. !
not by IA iug-full!"
Elder 1oots was then called upon,
and he id:
eff dar' am any one pusson in De- |
troit who has had chicken fur dinner
any oftener dan hev | should like to |
see his photograph, an yit whar' am
de pusson who dare stan up an say |
steal chickens! | used to be strictly
honest. II found cent in de road
went whoopin' up an down TO find
an owner. II s25 lost dog crept I'M
der my house to be token keer OF until
advertised drove him out an let de
man next doah get de money. | not
only paid the house rent on the day il
was due, but made all repairs out o
my own pocket. l run right down
hill, an by an by woke up to ind de
ole woman out O Eaters. -four, meat,
sugar, tea and every thing else 'cept
Rough on Rats an two bars O. soap,
while my toes war out in Jinuary
weather. On dat same mornin' as l
was gwine down town, heard one man
say to another: Say. Jim, see dat
pussonP He ar de fool niger OF De-
troit II he had a quarter wild hole
in it he would frow it in de ribbsr fur
fear OF accidentally passin' it off on a
millyonary.' Dat sot me to thinkin'.
Dat very night l stole lot OF wood.
three chickens, bag O Eaters an a
pair OF butes, an hev prospered cher
since. ! specks it will be little harder
on me when l cum to de gates OF
Heaven. but l am doin' powerfully
well down yere below an increasin'
my fat cherry day."
Whalebone Howker, being asked for
his experience, gave it as follows:
81 was de honestest man in Detroit
until u 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 my
pound of coffee was short an ounce an
a half, peddler gin my wife lead
dollar. an de landlord lied me out OF a
weeks rent. DE worm turned, l 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 bar'l of salt from
} n 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 q thousand times befo'!
From dat date | have steadily gone up
hill, an to-day l wouldn't surrender
my property fur less than three thou.
sand dollars"
Shindig Watkins. Pernambuco John.
son, Three-PIy 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:
II ar not a bit surprised. My own
experience fur de las fo'ty years ha:
taught me dat de pusson who starts
ont to be strictly honest won't have
Eaters on his table half de time
! don't counsel a man to be dishonest
fur from it. lar down on rogue frs
an last an all de time. But what
advise is a course lynn between stealth
a red hot stove an beatin' a street kya
, cut of ride. If | go to de grocer,
and pay cash down, dat grocer has n,
furder use fer me. If git trusted h,
| keeps track of me an is anxious abou
, my health and prospects. If | gi
trusted fur thirty days, kin stand hin
off thirty mo-. and he is jist as read,
to wait on me an deliber my goods a
If ! paid spot cash. Somebody stole
I my dog. fze got to git chen or rze 81
much de poorer. A merchant charge
/ me fur all wool an it turns out to b.
: half cotton. Fze got to chen up some
5 how. If pay - fur shoes which gil
Y me only 81 worth of war. | mus max
$ up dat loss or | can't hold my own
0 As matter of sentiment an principle
0 honesty ar de best policy. As mat
V ter of fact an daily practice it doan
amount to shucks. We will now ad
+ journ, an de janitor will search eacl
g member rs he goes out an see if he i
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