The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-13
HILLIcAN,
And His First Name is ssBen," Don't
Like to be Called a Bachelor.

Anu HIN EuuSb NOWC 10 hbVu1 s'vss
Like to be Called a Bachelor.
FARMER FR1END: IN answer to
yours will say that your mention
of the Golden Rule Is reminder
of our duty to cacl, other, and am
ready to make confession Of my
fault. believe you did say you
had known Logan for about seven
years. Now be SO generous as to
consider your own faults. You
said spoke of farming. That Is a
mistake, for l sni,l nothing about
the niodus operanoi. l only spoke
in relation Of putting into market
on good rouds us being II saving
and n gain to the farmer Of his pro-
ducts. The attempted charge that
I am sort of hirling for putting Lo-
gun interests and hiding its faults
for don't believe many of the
citizens know who the writer is
and the gentlemnn's allusion In this
connection remintles me Of the in
ebriate church mcmber who stag.
gered onto the village parson and
offering his hand, said: "Hic, how
dy do, Bro. -----" Parson, in
surprise, ~ don't know you. Who
are you ?" Churchmember--"Why,
don't you remember me. You took
me into your-hic-church last
winter and converted me, and l am
-hic--leaning that way yet, but l
am--hic-.a little off my pins today"
Parson--(scratching his headD--
"That il about like some of my
work" So conceive Farmer
Friend Is leaning towards the road
question but seems to be off his pins
in logic, so 1t is hard to tell on
which side he will fall.
Your welI.rounded compliment
of mock courtesy is Of the full size
% calibre. am used to being shot
at ut long range with this size.
You said Noah's Ark had no con-
nection with the subject. To what
subject do you refer? The public
and have been following after you
like the Irishman plowing after the
red heifer It'll every subject has
been "crOsstd many times ineve:y
direction" "all but the road bed that
| is in Hillican Ben's castle. l in.
tended to picture by the Ark the
Great Bears of commerce who
wolud come for inducement. What
need have we for them now?
Falling from the road question tc
look after the "bachelor:" Adam
was the first man who had arrived
probably at the age beyound youth
full wooing-was the first type o
baehelorhood. The Lord said'it wa.
not good for man to he alone ant
presented him with Eve. Adam
who delighted TO set in the shade
was very willing to let Eve tax,
charge of the work. And it cam,
to pass that the devil gave Eve {
few pointers on some forbidden
fruit, and she presented some I,
lazy Adam, and he did eat. Ant
for the first time he got ashamed o
himself, and knowing that the Lore
would come around In the evenin,
and feeling guilty told Eve the.
would hide in thicket SO that th'
Lord could not see their wicked
ness. And when the Lord can'
and not finding him under the "olt
4 shade tree" he called to him. Ad
am made quick answer that the.
were naked and had hid. tn,
Lord asked, "What have you beel
doing 2" Adam made answer an,
said, "The woman thou gavest M
has fed me with forbidden fruit.
Adam, like Ephriam of old hat
been given up as an'incurable cas-
of lnziness and selfshness, ,and her
his last resort at excuse was t
censure the Lord as being partl,
the cause by creating him a womal
, The Lord hardened not to Adam
excuse but turned him out of tn
luXurient garden and told him t
90 to work for his living. And Ad
am looked upon Eve with more fs
v0r and soon began to call her
helpmeet. She was IL good cure fo
his lordly presumptions, and ever
, now and then we still have rea
old Adams born, who dispise WI
men, who they think are guilty I
;, every evil under the sun. suppos
suppose Farmer friend don't civ
the mother Of the Lord any credi
: HILLIcAN BE.
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