The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-03-31
THE HIRED MAN

The Hired Man is very close to a
certain preacher. The preacher has
friend who bought horse last spring
from woman. and was to work out
part of the price. He worked out.
perhaps, one-quarter of the bill at
general farm work although the agree
ment was that he was to build GER
tain house for the woman. She
changed her mind about having the
house built, and has failed to furnish
work tor the man. The man stands
ready to do the work any time the
woman furnishes it. The woman got
to wanting her perfectly good horse,
back. The man has broke the horse
and made much improvements on
him. The other evening the woman
came over and made the man and his
family. jolly nice social visit, talked
until good and dark, went out to the
locked barn after she had said ta-ta
to them just as sweet as pie, took
pick and broke the lock off the door.
gathered up the said horse and carried
him home two miles where he was
found the next morning in the bafn
yard. 1t is the strangest thing in the
world to the Hired Man that two per-
fectly good attorneys can take both
sides OF this question, earn twenty
five dollars apaice, one get whipped,
both go to church the next Sunday,
one sing second tenor and other first
bass, listen intently to the preacher
expounding the scriptures, 20 10 the
club next night and join hands in a
vigorous hpht for sending good men
to the legislature, and insist that the
more attorneys you have there the
better. and that there is a chump born
every three minutes. l wonder if
there isn't?
In the dwelling house just north of
the Jones Furnitue store, and which
has long since been converted into a
boarding house, live Grandma and
Grandpa Hagerman, two of the kind
est folks in all Idaho. A few years ago
doctor who has crossed the bar did
bad job on Mr.. Hagerman's broken
leg, leaving the pieces of bone so far
separated that gristle has grown in
between. This means a crutch and
much pain and great handicap the rest
of his life. On their table is good
wholesome food we'll cooked, clean
and served in a way to make you fee
good when you sit down to it because
of its liberal supply and liberty-lov.
ing appearance. You just reach fol
what is nearest and look anxiouslJ
toward the rest, and later you rise
satisfied. Good common everyday
folks eat with relish at Grandm;
Hagerman's table. The Hagerman!
are ike those good old folks who us
ed to live back across the field in tina
farm house where you used to g
with mother when you were a laddie
You remember those cookies and biz
fat pies and apples baked and pota
toes cooked with their jackets on
Well this is another place just lik
that. Then let anybody get sick OF
their block, and Grandma slips owe
with a good hot meal Someone
broke and needs little lift; they g.
to the Hagerman place. Often time
Grandma works to make it comfort
able for others when she is reall
worse sick than they are. Hand i
hand they have journeyed togethe
this long time and now toll face
them, but nobody hears them murine
and nobody sees them shirk. TIL
Hired Man leaves his peace with thes
two dear old souls and wishes tn
benediction of Heaven about them
their declining years.
A minister wants to know how "
may know what to pray for and how
The Hired Man knows that other pei
pie beside this preacher want to kno
the same thing and so he puts 1t
his columns. Some folks confer
you can get everything by prayer ar
others contend that you cannot g
anything by prayer; SO there you ar
After a little he had on a pretty ia
load and was debating about putin
on more. He argued to himself tn
way: "If they can pull what ha
on, they can pull this one more. +
then put on another and said:
they can pull that one. they can p'
this one." On this basis he pr
ceeded to put on a tremendous ,loa
and the team could not start It. Th
he commenced to unload. He sal
"If YOU can't pull that one you cal
pull this one" He Kept UP that arg
ment as he proceeded to unload t
last rail from the wagon. he tn
wondered il there wasn't somethi
wrong with his logic. Thoughtlt
people act just like this with tn
praying performances. Now there
an old story out that is needed rig
here. Here is it: If you have rht
matism rub we'll your shoulder 6la
against the corner of a, house and I
think about q fox, it will cure yo
rheumatism. Try it. Now the nj
who has not heard this story. c;
not 90 and rub his shoulder, blade a
Oct well, He must have heard
Whole story. then try it. There is
prayer about that. Thoughtless p'
Die make one prayer and do not I
answer, so they conclude, and til
straight away they conclude that