The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12

And remember you have promising
son 0even my enemies and creditors
admit that am a man of many prom
ises), to whom you can leave your
wealth at the end of your days, or
sooner if you should feel that you are
no longer able to manage your affairs
properly. 1t must be great consola-
tion to an old man to know that his
son is ready, not to say anxious, at any
moment to take the farm and the bank
deposit, and thus relieve the sold man"
from all responsibility.
In hiring your men for the farm, if
possible hire only such men as believe
they cannot sleep soundly at night un-
less they work hard during the day.
Encourage them in that belief; tell
them you ascribe your vigorous old age
to that very thing hard work AS
men of this stamp during month will
easily perform ten dollars worth of
work over and above what can be ex-
pected from an ordinary farm hand,
you may call them at the end of the
month and make them a present of a
dollar each, and tell them nothing gives
you greater pleasure than to reward
honest industry, ETC., etc. And the
next Sunday they will 60 to the village
and blow themselves on peanuts and
scdawater, and tell everybody what a
fine old man you are; and when they
return to the farm they will work
harder than ever. Do you begin to see
the drift of my advicep Take it, father,
and profit by it; it will swell your repu-
tation and your bank account.
The hired girl problem is perhaps
even more difficult of solution than the
hired man problem. 1 am not as we'll
posted about it, nor can 1 write from
personal experience, for 1 have never
been hired girl myself, tho 1 some
times think should like to be one in
preference to what l am at present.
But this much know, and would make
known to you: 1t is extremely danger
GUS for an old widower like yourself to
have in his employ a young and hand
some woman. Beware, old man, be-
ware! Look not into the eyes of
comely but scheming young woman;
they 'slay more gazers than the basil
lisk," especially if the gazers be widow
ers with farms and bank deposits. Flee
from temptation, and remember your
duty towards your son; for I really
cannot afford to divide the aforemen-
toned farm and bank deposit with a
younger generation of Slowgos. In his
old age Cato the Censor married one of
his female slaves, and some of the Ro-
mans called him fool and an old
dotard, amt others ynaliciously said
these epithets fitted him better than his
toga. Do you see what am driving at :?
l don't want to be openly considered
the son of a fool; it is far better to
keep such things secret. You and L
know it, of course, but that is no rea-
son we should proclaim it to the whole
world. Therefore, remember Cato, and
be wise.
want to say few words about this
western country and it's people. 1t is
a great country; that is to say, there is
plenty of room in it for the energies of
man, individually and collectively, to
expand. And yet 1 must confess L
have not expanded much; the room 1
occupy is but small, and no larger than
it was year ago. The people is q
progressive people, and, believe, live
faster-that is, they seem to accomplish
more in q given time-than you slow
going Workers. We move faster, too;
and am sometimes tempted to change
my name from Slowgo to Gofast.
Many young men, and even some old
men, avail themselves of the splendid
opportunity this institution offers to
acquire some useful knowledge, and
the determination of some men to
master all the branches Of learning