The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-07-21
THE HIRED MAN

in" the other day by a gypsy woman.
four or five wagons of them were
coming along. A great big red look
ing man in the first wagon was max
ing signs to me that he wanted a
match to light his pipe l fell to it.
and stopped and hunted out a match.
By this time a red woman with an
uncovered neck like jockey saddle
came to me smiling and said was a
fine looking fellow. She wanted to
take my hand, but l replied that her
first premises were correct, But that
my hand was seclusive property. She
said, give her a nickle and she would
wish blessings on me, but | said, no
sir, not for less than five dollars
What do you mean?" she replied. l
said no nickle business goes with men
five dollars worth or nothing. you
good man, very good man." she con-
tinued. "let me Sc hand" No hand
business goes with me, said to her.
She proceeded and said | was going
to have good luck and l said, yes, |
think so myself. She said | was 60
ing to make some big money right
away, and | admitted she might also
be wrong in that. | held my hand up
for her to look at and she said some
thing was after me, that if | would
give her a nickle she would start
in telling me all about it. All this
happened in two minutes. About
block away, another of these woman
thieves had succeeded in interesting
who drives that great big black
me off for one or two ice cream
cones. I think she got a dollar out
of him. But why will our authori-
ties allow these thieves to come in
to our state or towns and ply their
thieving ways on incredulous folks?
This troupe was lodged three or four
days in the limits of Caldwell and
doubtless picked up many articles
that will be later missed. There are
no honest gypsies and we but fool
ourselves when we think so. Candi-
dates for the legislature put this in
your pipe.
"Aint preacher better man than
farmer, or lawyer, cause see how
the preacher enjoys going to church
on Sunday?" That's all right, as far
as it goes, but you must stop to re-
call this fact; let the farmeb get pay
for going to church on Sunday, in
stead of having to pay for it. and it
will change his attitude a whole lot.
. | am pretty regular myself at church,
but | admit frankly that if l got
worn threadbare and down to the
heel like many of the Idaho farmers
and their wives, | am afraid | would
just call the little family about me
at noon and say, "Now dear Lord,
if you were as tired as we all are,
I feel that you would not start many
new worlds until you had little
rest, won't you please just bless wife
and me and the children and the
church and the pastor and everybody
else, and add your benediction to us
and everybody else while we rest
and catch up with our daily toll, and
we will give Thee praise and glory
and the power forever and forever.
Then | would hit the soft side of
pallet for about four hours. or
course go to church when you can.
Can Christians stack hay on Sun
day" Yes, for | have seen them do
it. They can do it pretty well unless
it is raining or the wind is blowing.
You perhaps mean is it sin for the
Christians to stack hay on Sunday?
1t is no more sin for Christians to
stack hay on Sunday than for any
body else to do it. The difference is
this: We don't suppose the Christian
would sin just to save his hay, while
we look for the other fellows to sin,
saving hay, or no saving hay. That. is
why you ask this question. Now tor
the answer: God did his chores, in
the beginning, on Sunday: He COM
menced to make the world at SIX o.
clock Monday moning, and did not get
quite through on Saturday night at
midnight and so he finished his work
Sunday morning and then rested. lie
would have gotten through before
midnight Saturday night If he had not
started so many other things beside
the world, God has the power, thus
YOU see. to start more things than
he can finish in certain time. -!
would dislike to think that my God
did not have power enough to lay
out more work than he could do in
week, Well, he did. not say word to
any man about not working on a
certain day in the week until one
thousand five hundred years after he
rested day from his labors. There is
no provision made in the new tesla
ment for taking an OK or an ass out OF
the ditch if he fell in on the Sabbath.
| presume if there was water in the
ditch man might take it out on
Sunday. But if were farmer and
had an OK that kept getting. in the
ditch every Sunday Il would either
beef that OK or else fill no the ditch. 1t
a man never does anything worse
than get scared about getting his
hay wet and then stacking it on Sun
day, he would make mighty good
fellow to get in under a good strong
rural church-Now don't say that the
Hired Man says Sunday is all right
for any reasonable man knows he
would rather do his work on days
when mems minds are not generally
turned to some sort of worship.
Our present Sunday is the Saturday
of Mount Sinai.
Old Uncle Jim Kinkaid heard the
bugle the other night, LAID his powder
horn aside, and went to sleep, the