The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-10-19

am to alrn 81 and spend 50 ana ia ig.
ure dat you am gwine to lib thou
sand years.
Mans Word Was' Good.
"Dar was time when mans word
was good fur somethin' In business. II
you went to merchant to buy he told
you the truth about his goods. II you
hadn't de money to pay he took your
word and trusted you. How primitivel
How silly compared to today! Find
me man who'll take tradesman's
word. Find me tradesman who'll
take q customers word. We look up
on each odder as liars and deadbeats,
and as a matter Of fact we are. We
have to be to keep ahead Of de odder
feller. When man says he will do
thus and 80 you wonder II he hain't
lyin'. When he gibs you his note Of
hand you worry fur fear dat he won't
meet II. When he sends word dat he
am ready to pay It you look for mig
ger in de wood pile. When he has paid
It and you have de money in your pock-
ct you feel sort o. contempt fur him
dat he was honest.
'In de old days when bought hoe
It was n hoe. De same wild shoes or
hat or groceries. De seller made his
profit and his goods war honest. When
you go to buy thing nowadays under
dis up to date system you am swindled
first in what you puy and next in de
price Of II. Oar am swindles in ebery-
ting you eat, wear and use. We not
only swindle our own people, but de
world at large. We send dc heather
Chinese Bibles and missionaries and
tracts, and we also send him cottons
filed wild clay to make 'em weigh
heavier.
"Now and den, in de old days gone
nebber to return, I used to ask a few
nayburs to drap in Of an evenin'. We
had pitcher O. cider, pan Of apples
and some popcorn and all injoyed
deirselves. was invited ober to dc
house Of Brudder Giveadam Jones do
odder evenin'. He said It was gwlne
to be simple affair. Dar was six
kinds of cake. wine, ice cream and ci-
gars, and when de eatin' and drinkln'
was ober we had music on de phono-
graph. hain't sayin' word of critti-
cism. Brudder Jones Arms $15 a week
and hasn't cent In dc bank, but de
up to date programme must be foller-
cd or he would be out of de swim.
Even IL he can't get a doctors pre-
scription filed he must make bluff.
What He Found In the Country.
II hope 1t might be different out In
de kentry, whar It used to seem to me
dat God libed most Of dc time, and de
odder day l took wander to git near
him. Waal, found a farmer who
charged me cents for glass of but
termilk dat was gwine to de pigs. I
found boy who called me an old mig.
ger. found farmers wife who said
l looked like a thief. found coun-
try grocer who asked me 2 cents too
much fur paper Of smokin' tobacco.
I found a constable who wouldn't let
Inc lie down ON the green grass. and I
ed me to change a bogus half dollar
fur him and cuffed me bekase !
wouldn't. God wasn't out dar. 1t was
all man, man, man-de same sort o.
men dat you meet in de city, de up to
date man.
II looked and looked and looked, but
I found nuthin' like 1t used to be. 1t
was keep OF de grass bekase the
grass was wuth money. You mustn't
lean agin de trees, bekase de trees was
sold. You mustn't wander In de woods
bekase a trust owned them. You
mustn't fish in de brooks, wander in
de medders nor hunt fur blackberries.
II come home disappointed and dis
couraged and wild tears in my eyes,
| but I'm not gwine to kick. Progress
has dun all dis, and have failed to
keep up wild de purceshun. I'm has
been. I'm back number. Let us
break de meetin' in two and go home"
NJ. QUAD.