The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-14
Book Of Experience.

DVVA VI GAPOAAOMSOs
Verify the carrier sayeth unto him
self, 81 will always smile, will not
be grouchy and sour, will be kind in
word and action" and verify he be-
lieveth it, and when he goeth forth, be-
hold rich man who hath many sheck-
els of gold and of silver, cometh GU.
and sayeth unto the poor carrier, BE
hold am much in need Of an hundred
feet of rope that may elevate my hay
into my barn to hold it for the highest
price, and of surety l am too busy to
go into the public market for 1t, there
fore, l desire that you bring me an
hundred feet of rope" and the carrier
sayeth Il will" He goeth into the mar
ket and geteth the coil which weigheth
an hundredweight and stagereth with
it to his wagon and loadeth it in
and hauleth it nine miles unto the rich
man, who, when he is come sayeth un-
to him: What is the trouble with
thee; verify l have waited these many
hours for that roper" And straight
way he taketh it and goeth about his
business OF raking In more sheckels.
He giveth the poor carrier none Of
these sheckels nor doth he say, Il am
in thy debt and obliged to thee" and
the carrier when he looketh at himself
wonderful what hath become of the
smile that he hath decided in his mind
that he will wear and how he will pur-
chase oats with that which the ricn
man hath given him.
Again there cometh unto him a wo-
man, the wife of one John, a man of
much influence and mighty among the
people, and she sayeth unto him 60
thou to the dry goods store in the mar
ket and get for me yard of cloth like
unto this which l give unto thee and
also a spool of silk and a skein Of
Yarn" Now the carrier is obliging
and desireth to stand well with the
ladies so he taketh the sample and
puteth 1t in his pocket and goeth about
his business and straightway he for
geteth it, and when he cometh unto
that house again and seeth the woman
. in the road where she doth await him,
then he remembereth that which he
hath promised but hath not performed.
and his heart sinketh for he knoweth
that that which will be said unto him
will not set easy upon his mind, and
verify 1t doth not. On the next trip he
remembereth, yea verify he cannot for
get; he goeth into the store in the
market and sayeth unto them who sell
these goods, Behold the wife Of John
the mighty doth desire yard of goods
like unto this" and the merchant
taketh the sample and goeth among his
stock and cometh again with pack
age. Now when the carrier hath come
again unto the house of John-the-
mighty he delivereth the goods unto
the woman; she openeth it and behold
the goods are not like unto the sample
, and the thread is too fine, and the wool
too coarse, and the woman waxeth
, angry and sayeth the carrier is blind,
, and is also fool, and she Lhroweth
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gocth into the house and slamme.h the
door, for Of surety she is very angry
indeed, and the carrier wonderful II 1t
IS possible to do that which Is pleas
ing in the sight of the woman.
When he had delivered a dollars
worth of sugar to a patron. straight
way he goeth and weigheth it and say
eth, when the carrier cometh unto him
didst bring me was a pound short"
and verify the carrier hath delivered 1t
exactly as he received it, and he de-
clineth to give the patron another
Isayeth unto all men: THE carrier is
a thief he hath taken from my pack
age a pound of sugar. Verify be-
lieve that he hath also stolen the let
ter which / expected but which did not
come" And there be those who be-
lieve him, and they do talk, and then
there are many who think, when they
do not receive that which they think
they should receive, that the carrier
hath stolen 1t, when of a surety he
hath not seen II.
OF a surety say unto you because
of these things the carrier is sad and
smileth not, and when he seeth a
patron waiting he wondereth in his
mind what he hath found to kick about,
and though his conscience 10 clear his
heart 10 heavy, for he thinketh the
hand OF all men is against him.
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