List of work rules issued by proprietor Zachary U. Geiger in 1872:
1. Employees will daily sweep the floors.
2. Wash the windows once a week.
3. Bring in a bucket of water and a scuttle of coal.
4. Make pens carefully.
5. Hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed on Sabbath. Each employee is expected to spend the SABBATH by attending CHURCH and contributing liberally to the cause of the LORD.
6. Men will be given an evening off each week for courting purposes, or two evenings a week if they go regularly to CHURCH.
7. After an employee has spent 13 hours of labor in the office, he should spend the time reading the BIBLE and other good books while contemplating the glories and building up of the KINGDOM.
8. Every employee should lay aside from each pay a goodly sum of his earnings for his benefit during his declining years, so that he will not become a burden upon the charity of his betters.
9. Any employee who smokes Spanish cigars, uses liquor in any form, gets shaved at a barber shop, or frequents pool and public halls, will give me good reason to suspect his WORTH, INTENTIONS, and HONESTY.
10. The employee who has performed his labours faithfully and without fault for a period of five years in my service and who has been THRIFTY and attentive to his RELIGIOUS DUTIES, is looked upon by his fellowmen as a SUBSTANTIAL and law abiding CITIZEN, will be given an increase of five cents per day in his pay, providing a just return in profits from the business permits it.
Be worthy of your hire.
[One urban legend researcher says this list has circulated for a long time but cannot be verified and is probably unauthentic. See http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.asp ]