Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
To Those Who Have Stomachs.

To Those Who Have Stomachs.
Those who have none need not read
this. 1t will do them no good. Others
who have part Of stomach may
read II they wish to.
There are no charges either way.
Paul says in one of his letters, that
the body is to be presented by its tenant
as living sacrifice, holy and ACCEPT
able, and l take it to mean that in
cludes the stomach, very essential
organ of the anatomy, sometimes.
lfyou had a machine for thrashing
grain and wished it to do you good ser
vice for many years, you would take
such care of it as would warrant it
wouldn't you? But If you wanted it
for use just once, as soon as the new
ness of it had gone, yon would let it
take care of itself and become rackle,
snackle, old thing wouldn't you !?
Rafting itself out of existance to an
untimely death, premature grave,
when it really ought to be in its prime,
which with right use and proper care it
would be.
You see farmers that care or their
tools and those who do not, and
whether you know them or not, when
you see the tools we'll housed, you think
if you do not say it, "there, is prosper
Gus man" and on the other hand, when
the hay-reke and pIow are left where
last used exposed to all kinds of weather,
you exclaim, without thinking, "there
is G shittless, for-nothing farmer,
a grumbler and yet seemingly rushed"
and "always in hurry" with $50 much''
business pushing that he does not know
what to do with it, or himself.
| But let ns consider the machine that
is kept for use and the care of it, sup
posing you want it, and need it for
many years. Before using it you
would see to it that all parts were in
readiness, no gummy oil cups, no loose
belts, no chains with broken links, nc
gearing without oil, and If you took
pride in it, all parts would be polished
and shining.
1t always thrilled me and does yet to
witness the starting of a great me.
chine, it fairly takes on life and you can
hear its very pulses beat rs every part
"tunes up to q. seeming sense of duty
as it does its work. There stand the
men at various points, watching, with
nerves on the alert and with keen eyes
a word or the lifting of finger from
either of which would tell the engi, esl
TO stop the machine and he would STOP
it and would not start it until the part
had been properly adjusted. Then
when all was ready and the men began
to feed the machine they would coz
slider (a) the kind of grain, (bl the quail
ity, large ungainly ears with soft cob
or firm ears, whether the boards are
clean or smutty, (c) the quantity, I'd
how fast to chuck it in, (e) whether tc
put in tips or butts of the ears first, If
whether foreign substances such as
nails, or bits of glass or metal wer,
mixed in accidentally or otherwise, (g
the condition of the machine wouit
have to be considered in connection
with each of the other things and, On
if the band cutter and feeder were mad
or excited, or in fear, or in hurry they
would be more apt to feed too fast, OF
to put things through they ought not
or do some other unreasonable ttina
that might spoil the machine or disable
] it.
1t would be better for the. machine
and them, If at such time, they die
not feed at ali.
Or, like its master 1t might run Itself
down, just run and run without STOP.
ping, until it couldn't run any more
main spring broke too boot. Or, il
after proper feeding it wss not cleaned
and put in repair end kept SO it would
get clogged up and gummy and no,
| OuIS JIG CsiiiIueI, VIC StOludCE Oh X
would rebel to do its work, but tbs
more intricate and "far away parts
would become involved and do i vast
amount Of sentinelling in terms en-
phatic md distressing, 80 the grating
cog, the squeskiag Ueit, the wheels that
will not move, !he chain that hreass
And nothing yiil remove these discnrdf
but to remove She causes that protiuce
them The old tnschlne, faithful friend
fairly groans sud achea and WHIT ART
we to do aboutit2
Ii will rest without use, just 40. But
II will rust and brenk both with wrong
use. 1t will just tear lts bowels cut
trying to digest some things that have
been put into it that were nat intended
for it to digest. Or some other things
that were, If they pass the M bnth of it
without being chewed or two mouth.
fuls at time, or to do somA, other
things, that as well as these, we already