The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-05-19
THE HIRED MAN

THE Hired Man" advocates both
surgery and prayer for cancer treat
ment; now if you could not get both.
which would you take? | make a dis
tinction: If the querist means for me
to say which is best, | will say that
good surgical operation is better
than poor prayer; if the inquisition-
er means what would l recommend
in the event the patient would not be
permitted to have both prayer and
surgery and had to take choice be-
tween the two, then | would advise
the fervent effectual prayer. A good
prayer is better, Of course, than
poor job with the knife, but if the
friend means to ask what | would
prescribe geographically for the man
who was about to take UP his domi-
cile in one of the two regions, one
where he would need to depend en-
tirely upon surgery, or the other
place where he would need to de-
pend entirely upon effectual honest
prayers, l would not hesitate to ad-
depended entirely on Gods promises,
who solely depends on God. If he
not yet developed the cancer, my inn
mediate advice is to take this and all
other matters UP with God a year
ahead of time and thus keep the can
Ger away, even if the sore had to oc-
cupy or inhabit he other man who
depends entirely upon surgery. God
says He will work together with a
good surgeon, but that He would
rather not be hitched up publicly with
a bad one. He says. of course, that
any surgeon must necessarily learn
his trade, and that He will be with
him while he learns either praying OF
operating, but a man can do a gooC
deal of harm with either of thes,
sciences if he really does not NEAR
business. An irrigation ditch is /;
splendid good thing, but it will drown
your child if it fell in and is not taker
out. Fire is good, but it will burr
your house if it gets a chance.
The Hired Man has received let
ter from Grandpa Simpson, father o
S. D. and w. G.; some friend o
Grandpa sent him The Tribune il
which was some remarks on this sub
ject The aged father yearns for tn
release of his, to him, innocent boys
He chides the Hired Man for not hav
ing done amore and for having don
what he did, in the way he did it. H
states that he sent two petitions t
Caldwell for signatures, and one cam
back with nearly a hundred name
on it while he feels that the pet
ton the Hired Man holds has neve
been passed around at all. The Hire
~ 20 tnll Hxrtth n
who signed this other petition for
doing SO | may get track of anotht
stratum of thought The business me
of town know how carefully my pet
ton was handled among them SO {
to not do the former fellow townsme
unnecessary injury or injustice, an
they know what they said to me as
came around. In his letter the al
xious old father holds out for his ow
flesh and blood and in this few wi
blame him, but the Hired Man &
much as he thinks he knows0 do,
not know how to relieve the prese
pressure on the two dear old sou
and friends of mine, who sorrow in
faraway Texas town.
mo man ere felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law"
The Hired Man hardly ever writ
on any subject that he doesn't knc
anything about, but here is a case
that kind. | really do not knc
whether this is some grim joke tn
are working off on me, or that 1t
some serious matter that should
attended to, but it has been broug
UP to me to say just anything Thu
best, and silence would seem best
me, but am not permitted to keep
lent this time 1t seems that pi
minent man and his wife-lust
prominent, went fishing last Sund;
and she caught whopping. gr,'
big fish. 1t was fully fifteen incl
long. He says ten inches. They
its head off and yet it was eleven
ches long Anybody Dug hit to KIN
that a ffteen-inch fish has a ne
three inches long, if not longer, I
culation will show that this fish v
actually fifteen inches in length: l
man is jealous because he did !
catch the FISH and he is going, to sh
enough human nature to belittle
lob and undermine the accident t
gave his dear wife the victory. so
passer-by overheard the last chap
of the necessary argument III the
nv home and is at loss to know w