Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-04-25
Dur Neighbor I'm n Tight Place. The
Publication Of the City and County

Our Neighbor I'm a Tight Place. The
Publication OF the City and County
Delinquent Tax List.
Our neighbor, very TREMENDOUSLY, has re-
piled 10 our article in relation to the City
and County Delinquent Tax List. He
endeavors to shield himself from the ex-
posure Of his demagogism and pconsisten.
cies, by saying che was absent when his
bill against the city was made out and
presented to the Council, and consequently
knew nothing in regard to it,
Well, suppose you were absent, what of
thats Would your bill against the City
have been less had you been at home, and
cognizant to the whole matter2 We have
made no attack upon the bill you present
to the Council for the publication of the
City's delinquent tax list. We have not
said you charged the City too much, but
on the contrary, have said that your oill
was very reasonable one-as low as you
could afford to do the work for Would
you have charged less had you been at
home, neighbor2 We think not-we are
satisfied you would not. Its as lov a.
any bill you ever charged for the same
amount of advertising since you have been
publishing paper in this city. But the
point is. Mr.. Cookery, that tits, in ratio.
more than twice as much as we charged
the County for the same kind Of work, aud
you took great exceptions to our bill-yOu
paraded your opinions in relation To it. Mt
the head OF you column, as standing al
vertisement, for weeks and months, were
you from home during all that timer Your
demagogism overleaped your better judg
ment. and for the purpose of manufacturing
little political capital, you did very
mean thing. thing. Colonel, that is ex
ceedingly disreputable TO you as man,
and more particularly as an editor. Our
advice to you is TO remain at home, or dur
ing your absence, have your business in the
hands of one who will not render you so
ridiculous. Remember that an editor should
scorn to do mean thing.
We will here copy Mr.. Cookerly's de
fence of himself, for in order that we
may reply to it, it is necessary our readers
shall see it. Here it is:
ave charged at the rate of fifteen cents
line, and the whole amount was fourteen
dollars and eighfy.fue cents. How did you
charge for the county list, Mr.. Hudson?-
Did you charge by the line or by the square?
We understand that at the same rate we
charged the city, the county list would
have come to about one hundred and fifty
dollars; yet you charged the county three
hundred and ttoenty seUen dollars and .ffty
eents-more than double what we charged
the city. How many lines did the county
list contain? Answer this, il you please"
1t is remarkable that our neighbor would
write the above. 1t is deceptive in every
particular and requires but one paragraph
expose it completely.
Mr.. Cookery says he charged the city
fifteen cents "ine," and had we charged
the county the same way, our bill would
have been about one hundred and fifty dol
lars. This at first blush would strike the
reader as reasonable; but when it is known
that the lines in which we did the county's
work, are just three and one half times longer
than the lines in the Journal in which the
city's work is done, then the deceit of our
neighbor's allegation is apparent. Each
line in the county's delinquent tax list,
reaches across four Of the columns of our
paper, while in the Journal they only ex.
tend across one. Is not this true, Colonel
Then why do you thus try to deceive the
people in relation TO this matter?
We charged the county not by the line,
bat by the square. 1t takes nine lines,
single column. to make one square. Had
we charged by the line, as Mr.. Cookery
says he did, and for the same kind ofa line for
tOhieh he charged, instead of our bill apount-
ing to fifteen cents for each, the price be
charged the city, it would have been less
than seuen cents. While he then, by his
own admission, charged the city, for pub
fishing the city delinquent tax list, fifteen
cents per line, our bill against the county,
amounted to less than seven cents per line,
The lines being the same.
! In any way this matter can be viewed, +,
either by line or square. the editor of the
Journal has charged the city, for precisely
the same kind of work. more than f,oice
what we charged the county. and we pub
lished the county's delinquent tax list four
weeks, while the city's appeared in the
Journal but three
This is the end of this matter. We have
shown the duplicity of Mr.. Cookery at
least 10 our entire satisfaction, and We
think perhaps TO his also. We hope he
will now put that little paragraph. which
he. sometime ago, so exultingly displayed
at the head of his column, and "keep it be
fore the people" again. We would like to
see this, for we think it would have ten.
dency TO make the blush crimson his cheek
whenever he looked at il.
SILvER.-The most resplendent stock OF
silver ware ever brought TO this city, has
just been received by Mr.. y. r. Freeman
No. 4, Phoenix Row. The stock consists
OF forks. knives, spoons, scoops, and .
great variety of other articles. the names OF
which we cannot at this moment recall
but they are all useful as we'll as ornamen
tai, and they are being sold at Freeman
extraordinary low prices.
We understand that several young ladie
Of the city have experienced an entir
change Of views on the matrimonial ques
tion since seeing this magnificent stock
and are now impatienly awaiting the hap
Py hour when they shall come into pos
session Of the title Madame, and set @
Freeman's unrivalled silver ware.
Call at once and make your selection:
aud have them engraved with your initial