The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-28
Richmond Man Tells of
Experiences As A Farm
Hand; Prefers the City
Richmond, Ind, Feb. 81, 10

Editor PallaQ1um:
AS the farmers are having quite an
airing of their troubles, and as their
remarks are indeed quite interesting,
especially the majority who are
knocking the daylight saving plan,
and the laboring man in general, per-
NIT me to say a few words that might
be of interest to those who every
evening read the Pail and wonder
who's next.
Not very many years ago. when I
age, going 70 school in country
Town, and evenings and during vaca-
tion l worked in country store.
Becoming dissa tisfied l changed my
location to the Elwood tinplate and
after a months work suddenly found
me home again one Saturday evening.
The next day being Sunday and a very
not one at that in the midst of har-
vest, friend of mine from the coun-
try drove to see me and incidentally
coax me into working for him.
Gets Big Money
He informed me he was prepared to
pay the highest possible wage, which
would be $3.50 per day, and wished
me to begin as soon as we could get
out to his place. After hesitating a
Jew minutes. jumped into his buggy
and in a few minutes we were out in
the field with six horses and an old
tinder-and that when the church
bells were tolling the hour of worship
After we had gotten thoroughly
started, he said my duty was to shock
what he cut. OF course it was but a
short time until he was far ahead of
me, and every now and then changing
teams. l told him to wait till I caught
up with him, to which he just laughed
and said come on, kid. We finally
quit when it was dark and went to
the house where your Uncle Dudley
VAS ready to turn in.
Not Bothered by Dew
The next morning being very bright
and much dew, he politely informed
NE that as it was 10 damp for him
to cut, 1t did not interfere with my job
whatever, and probably l might
catch up. Old Sol was just then peer
ing over the eastern horizon and l
went to it,. In a few days we fin
lshed at noon and at the dinner table
he said: We'll kid. you're all right,
and as l have business in town you
take old Bess and the colt and lay
that field of corn by" | thought
that's easy old top, and away l went.
In few days got it laid by all right
and he then said that was all, and
would pay me when he sold his wheat
thought he was kidding, but it went
on and on, as the babbling brook
wends its way to the mighty ocean.
He Gets His Pay
Finally one day some time later, |
was working in the store again and he
came in to settle with me- He figured
}s day on Sunday at rs cents, 5 days
week days. at 81 per day, days
blowing corn at IS cents per day, total,
SS.75.
This with one or two similar exper-
fences constituted my work along this
line. In the course of time l married
a daughter of a farmer in the neigh
borhood and we cast our lot in town,
where l joined a labor organization
and through its influence we at last
cot better wages, and now when l can
persuade some retired farmer to take
me out in the country in his touring
car to get some produce the same old
hoy says: Daughter, call up the gro
Ger and see what he Is paying today"
She soon reports: Eggs. 55c and sell
ling for 65c; butter CSC and selling for
ISc." He also says: 1T being the fact
you have to pay that at the grocer's,
! guess that won't be too much" At
all of which we smile softly and gent
ly sing:
90 what Pail Is