Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-05
Looker-On In Iona

Steamboat Rock, Jan. 5.-The new
minister was in his pulpit 10 preach
his first sermon, not here bu- in Mex
town. A big crowd filled the church.
No shorthand reporter was present. out
one O. the congregation with a GOOD
memory tells Of some things he said.
MY new friends" he said, 4 can say
e few words on this occasion wnlcn
later would possibly be misunderstood,
now YOU will receive them in the spirit
they are uttered. In the first place
let me remind you, you have hired me
as your pastor. but you have not So
cured the services Of my wife, except
ing insofar as q member o. this cnurch.
She Will do her fun duty as she I'M
6erstaaGs II. IL VIII be her flrst duty
10 attend 10 home affairs and after
wards work for the church the same az
any other woman member OF ms
church There's another matter Wish
10 SPEAK about now.yMayoe am I'M
duly sensitive but this Is the way l
feel about il. For Instance, when
walk into a clothing store and ask TO
look al q ha. and the CLERK or proprie-
tor showing the goods. remarks our
price on that hat is s. but for
preacher viii throw off dollar ano
sell II to you for So. snail not buy
that hat, and also Will trade n the tut
ure In other places ] am rot an oD-
ject Of charity Not that / wish TO be
over charged but simply 10 re treated
as any other man, with cash 10 pay Tor
what ne buyE. And once more want
70 say this now for 1t possibly viii save
future trouble. This church has agreed
to nay re e statcG. sum fog Ey ger
vices shall never ask for this money.
shall expect your church treasurer
10 send me every Monday morning
by mail check for the amount due
me Other laborers are paid IN this
way so ask nothing unreasonable II
Tnay be your trea surer viii some times
find is collections coming in go slowly
that has bank account would be over
drawn If he sent the usual check. In
that case as q business man he would
borrow Of the bank to pay OF his help.
u am aware this blunt speaking is
( matter Of surprise to you. but my mo-
tive in this plain talk is FOR mutual
benefit. Money matters between
preachers and congregations have
caused more trouble than any one
thing" And the narrator of these Few
words" went on to say the scheme
worked well. The preacher stayed
eight years with that church. The
( preacher did not ask for his salary but
got il promptly. The treasurer once
i II, while had to oyerdraw at the bank
( but when the church treasurer said to
the slow brethren he had oyerdrawn
al the bank in the slang OK the day
they came across" No sir, his SER
mon was not preached in Steamboat
Rock, but ii was preached IN an Iowa
town and many readers OF this paper
heard II.
Edmund NJ vittum's corn letter In
last weeks daily, attracts considerable
attention not only among farmers pu,
town people. Now il Nj. Vfttum vii
send the T.-R. or get the by farmer o.
Georgia, Luther Alfred. to give the cos
Of the fertilizers used 1t may star
something. There's universal belle
It will not pay to use fertilizers on lows
corn aelds. We have any number o
farmers that can and do figure inter
est on land investment, labor. seed ant
harvesting on all crops. NOW CAV
i.uch farmers the cost Of fertilizers nee
essary to raise 227 bushels of corn pc
acre. and some OF them will try 1t. AM
some OF our Ames graduates are abb
, to tell us what kind Of fertilizers shout
be used on Iowa soil. Some OF on
Iowa Ames graduates can tell US tina
some fertilizers can be used profitaDl
ON some farms but not on others. Tn
iowa farmer today uses more manur
isDresaeTs <..ss. az; state /: the nnioz
, lConv1nce him that It win pay to u
lruano and he'll buy II By the cAfioat
The lows farmer would really EMO
raising AT bushels OF corn to the acz'
Il Has everybody stopped TO think the
i Jour almost universal system OF cemer
I aAeynlko Aas yaiooA the oOGt Of Hvtnl