The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-01-24

There are two men in Caldwell who
have not had a bath for year. The
Hired Man does not agree with some
others that it would be instant death
to give these citizens good wash-up.
| can argue along consistent logical
lines to the contrary. When you re-
move scales from a fish it does not
necessarily endanger its life. When
YOU take horse blanket from a horse,
it does not kill the animal Why
should we then fear that bath would
kill these two fellow townsmen? In
ancient days certain Arabic fellows
went nearly as long as these men. and
yet when caught out in a big rain,
they were not killed. 1t did them
good. Then why should we hesitate
longer? We could begin the job
scientifically, and clean Tip foot at
time. Then hand, then the neck,
and so on until we got them scraped
pretty good. Let's hear from the
council.
"Is our young people as bad as they
were hundred years ago?" Not
many of our present young people
were either good or bad hundred
wears since Folks are folks the year
around, the world around, time
around | believe the wicked are get
ting more so, and the good are getting
likewise "gooder" The world is get
ting worse and worse, albeit not all
the people can be rated as "the world"
Howbeit all the people are in the
world, but the world is not all the
people. The young set of today
~ Of .,,ca rtiar in, life th n
they did in the days of your great
in these days as of yorc, and forget
most we thought we knew. We are
getting weaker and wiser with each
succeeding generation. That is, OF
course, my people and yours are get
ting stronger and wiser, but mean
that as a general rule, the race is diff
ferent.
Don't the Hired Man think it was
smallpox that Job had where the bible
states that he had boils all over his
body The writer is sure it was only
smallpox" I don't know which of the
diseases the Hired Man would rather
have | knew one time Of woman
writing a note to doctor and asking
him to come quick to see one OF her
children who had worms. When the
doctor came he found badly broken
leg. When the woman was asked
why she had not said it was broken
leg, she said there was a dispute in the
family whether to write it broken
or broke, so they made it worms. 1t
may be that the writer of Job did not
know how to spell smallpox, so he
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clined to think that Job had boils 1t
might have been carbuncles, however
and boils was easier to spell. A negro
one time told me that Job was the
wickedest man he ever read about for
he commenced cursing on the day he
was born. For the present distress
let's say that Job had boils.
Does the bible say that the wicked
do not ned to use scales? Don't il
state that the wicked should forsakt
his scales?" The bible states In one
place, at least, "let the wicked forsake
his ways" yes But how do you know
that that does not mean for him to &c
out of the grocery business and &c
into a business where he would no
need to weigh his stuff; for instance
DO to selling milk or lumber. We
NAV try all we want to but it is ;
pretty difficult matter to slip up or
the writer's Of that old bible and fine
them asleep. In one place the bibl
states "the wicked flee when no MAJ
pusueth" Some body made that reat
"the wicked flea the man pursueth.
In one place in the bible it state
that they could not come TO him TO
the press" Some have gone so far a
to say that means our daily paper
keep us from coming to the Savious
There are many things in the bible
but there are more outside of it, yo
must remember.
Tell us now, on honor, since tn
election is over, do we have a goo
set of county commissioners? Thi
is on a bet that you won't answer i
print" If the Hired Man were
gambler, he would bet you a hundre
dollars that we never had bette
set of men in the commissioner
chairs. While we are in the bettin
business, | would like to find a ma
who will bet you that we have goo
set of officials all the way around tn
time.
What is hell likc?" II is a plaC
where there arc no good but all ba
people just to make it still PLANE
what would this world be If all Il