The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-06-08
TEE TAX BILL.
SOMEBODY proposes the following

| oomDouy PrOPopee tno loAV"AnB
new amendment to the tax bill:
For kissing pretty girl one dollar.
For kissing homely one, two dol
lars. the extra amount being added
probably for mans folly.
For ladies kissing one another, two
dollars. The tax is placed at this rate
in order to break up the custom alto
gether, it being regarded by our N.
Cs as n piece orinexou'abe absurdity
| For every Irritation, ten cents. 4H.
Every young man who has more
than one girl is taxed five dollars.
For courting in the kitchen twenty.
five cents.
Courting in q parlor, one dollar.
Courling in o romantic place, fivo
dollars, and fifty cents for each offence
thereafter.
| Seeing q lady homo from church,
twenty-five cents.
Going from church without accom-
| panying lady, FIVE dollars.
| Seeing lady home from the Mite
Society, FIVE ccnts, the proceeds to the
relief of disabled army chaplains.
For ladies who paint, fifty cents.
For wearing low-necked dress,
one dollar,
For each curl on a lady's head,
above ten, five cents.
For any unfair device for entrsp-
ping young men into matrimony, five
dollars.
For wearing hoops larger than eight
feet in circumference eight cents for
each hoop.
Old bachelors over thirty are taxed
ten dollars and baLished to Utah.
Each pretty lady to bo taxed from
twenty-five cents to twenty-five dol
lars, she TO fix the estimate Of her own
beauty. Itis thought that very large
amount will be realized from this pro-
vision.
Each boy baby, fifty cents.
Each girl baby, ten cents.
Families having more than eight bas
bies are not taxed, and for twins,
premium offorty dollars will be paid
outot the funds accruing from the
tax on old bachelors.
Each Sunday loafar on the street, or
about church doors, to be taxed his
value which is about two cents.
u9- The CarrsIton (lllinois) DEM
ocrat says: "For somO time past
party of Indians numbering fifteen,
belonging to the Cherokee tribe, have
been encamped upon the banks Of
the Illuois river, ten miles from this
place. Their ostensible object was
fishing, hunting, etc, but it appears
from recent developments, that their
chief aim was TO secure a hidden trea-
sure Of seven urns of Spanish coin
which had been in the bluffs at that
point in years gone by, by their an
ciont forelathers. They seemed to be
extremely cautious in the ir manners;
lest the pale face should discover tho
cause Of their presence in that partic-
ular locality, and wrest tho coveted
prize, for which they had Travelled
many miles After dilligent search,
which occupied some ten or twelve
days, they succeeded in finding the
spot where lay the secret of their re-
searches. Little remains to be told.
Suffice to say that, after due explora-
tion, their brightest anticipations were
by far more than realized. The urns
Of gold and other sacred relics spoken
of by their chiefs, long since gone to
thoir happy "hunting grounds" were
secured, and, on yesterday morning,
these untutored children Of the forest
took their departure for the far West
with many thousand Spanish dollars
to cheer them on their long and to-
diou5 march
IA The nomination Of Wade Hhmps
ton as postmaster at Harrisburg, Pa,
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