The Caldwell tribune., 1916-12-15
THE HIRED MAN

mentioned in the bible? Notice that
nv answer is to be "as mentioned in
the bible" and not as some dictionary
or sect may have it. If one is living
the Justified state he does not do any
thing that God would say to him you
weren't justified in doing that and |
YOU know it" The Sanctified state
means that God Almighty has set you
aside for certain purpose. Those |
He sanctfies to preach the word are |
usually mighty good men, but | have |
seen churches sanctify some pretty |
sloppy preachers. You notice that |
said in reference to the Justified state |
that you are justified when God says
so. and not when some missionary
board of church authority endorses it. |
You have certain vessels about your
house that are sanctified for definite
purposes, like the coal oil lamp, the
sugar bowl, the cream pitcher, the
butter dish, etc When any inspired
writer uses the word "sanctified" he
means selected for a purpose to which
it or he was to be thereafter used"
The other week when the Hired
Man was sick, some one, figuring the
doctors would let me eat chicken
broth before anything else, sent me a
big, fine, young red rooster. He is
Just now learning to crow He makes
a pretty good out at it and says. 81
slept on de roof" | want all you
boy readers of the Tribune to write
me and tell me what your roosters are
saying and then l will make a story
for my columns. | notice that the
Oregon Short Line engines when pull
ing a heavy load slowly have all been
taught to say Boise City, Boise City,
Boise City" You just notice the next
time you are in town and see what
you think these engines say. | was
going along the road the other day
with one of Caldwells best doctors
and some ducks at the side of the road
commenced to shout "quack, quack,
quack" and we just went right on like
nothing had happened. l was listen
ing to a church bell ringing here in
town the other day and could not just
make out what it was saying, but a
young woman thought it said to her
take your fellow, take your fellow,
take your fellow" Now going back
to the chicken broth feature of this
story, | am too far along now for
broth and thus Mr.. Rooster will be
made up into pot pie and stuffin'.
When the Hired Man gives story
for the truth it is because he thinks
he knows it is true, and when he has
simply heard something he wants to
relate he gives it for what it is worth,
naming his authority, and lets the
story stand on its own merits. Today
woman told me that a little girl one
time was visiting where they were
making good many pies on Saturday
for Sunday use. The little girl stood
and watched the crimping process on
the pie edge, that funny little drinkled-
crinky ornament that women most
generally put on the edge to make it
pretty, and which does really make
the pie eat better, and when the child
saw how it was being done in this in
stance, she said that her aunt Mary
Jane always used her false teeth to do
that with | do not say that this is
the truth, except that woman told II
to me.
What ought to be done with man
when he gets to a place where he
cannot sin? He ought to be compelled
by law to give the state and county
and village where he found it thai
way 1t wouldn't be Caldwell, moi
Nampa nor Boise, nor Payette, moi
Wciser. | have been around goo(
deal and have never found such
place. Of couse, a man might hav'
to stay around day or two to .ge
onto the ropes, but with ample tim
on his hands, there amt no sucl
animal
What will spuds be worth this fall
Now you have me again. Since
come to think Of it, none OF you eye
saw three dollar seed grow crop tina
you got seventy-five cents Tor, di
you? OF course this might be an eS
ception of year. but that "ot course
has fooled many smarter man tnan
am. If the war ends in May, Hollan
will ship fifty ship loads OF potatoes
the United States and sell them
one dollar per hundred in New for
Citv and a dollar fifteen in Chicago
and dollar forty-five in Texas. NOV
with this much valuable informatio
to start with, you figure it out
The question has been brought up !
to the best way to disrupt an u''u
srable match between ones M,
daughter and scrub. You mig
courteously give a supper to wh''
you invited about four ot the mo
beautiful young couples in the nciig
borhood. Let your girl see Tor nc
self just how her scrub shows up WI
the other young fellows, and then y'
keep your game strictly to yoursee
In this way it ofen occurs that nj
girls get their eyes open. Then agar
some times that scrub shows up
we'll he quits his former sweethea
and carries off the most charming o.
of the decoys you invited, and yl 20
girl has to match up with the jill
fellow.
think this paragraph will be wor
hundreds of thousands OF dollars
Idaho inside Of three years, and CO