Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-24
BuvrALo, Sep. 20, 1866.


Eprroa OF DrsocRAr Permit me, thro'
the columns Of ysur paper to call the At
tention Of your readers TO the following
article, clipped from the Gasstte Of August
seth
1T Is the folly and stupidity Of this Fl.
nance Committee that hes driven OF our
beet sssessors and filled their places with
mso oy whoss issoopstsncy the oossty has
jeet and Is still lssin6 % hssvily. Il 10 bot
tvo days since that showed Ar. Rcee en
ssssssmsot, fse the present. year, Of Bufale
toveehip, which contained svroes ameooe.
| ine to several thousands Of dollars, and y
| il every respect utterly worthless end .
disssacs 10 its author. And yet the Fis
nance Committee allowed full prics for THE
worthless book. while the assessment Of
Butler tosnship, which l. absolutely per.
feet and without the slightest defect. was
.'cut down" By Mr. Ross to less amount
than was paid to the Buffalo asssssee."
Not being . regular reader Of that paper,
my attention Was only recently called to The
abovs. Permit me in The first plsce to say
that il 10 . lalnsntabls fact that man, with
all hb boosted pride and vain.eloev ie nat an
eEsine creature. Unfortunately intallibility
is not part Of bic nature. Nor is this de-
fsst his greatest nisfostuns. He 10 not only
iallibls, but he is vulnerable lia.
BE TO receive . .fotal injury from inferior
and isslgsifeanf beisgs.
This faet has been pretty we'll dssno0otraN
tsd in the author Of the Gazette's item, z.
|S. Waskins. Those Who arc unfamil-
iar with his articles under the caption
Of "Scott County Affairs" will very distinct
" recollect that he has srraigned almost the
entire corps Of Scott county otiicials-some
for wilfully neglecting their Official duty 10
order to swindle the county out Of its just
dues, and others for ineompste0cy. In al-
most every particular instance he he's failed
70 make good h,s charges. Having been
confronted by those he had undertaken 20
missepresent, he has found himself colnpell-
ed in every essential point to beat an igno-
ble retreat
But having more venomous spleen than
the heart OF brain could well digest, and af.
ter casting around for an object to vent h,s
abuse upon. he finally selected - his VIC
tim the illiterate, ms gnificant Assessor Of
Buffalo Township. And Why the illustrious
{. s. Watkins should select the Buffalo As-
SCISSOR is mystery. for be told the Assessor
tuot DIS OCOk was SOOut ~ COtIeCt y auy
return that had been made (cause, perhaps
IaStvisns on tke BRAIN
Nov for the fasts In regard to che Buffalo
assessment defy Mr.. Z. 8. Watkins 70
show whence, by any error in the assess
msut in Buffalo Township, that Scott ceun.
y will lose one cent of her dues, OF where
one single tax payer will be cheated II the
letters and figures OF the ASSESSOR book ore
strictly adhered to. That there may b
mistakes in sdding the columns do not
pretend to deny. But this do deny, that
there 10 one scrs Of land, one house, hog,
sheep, or neat cattle, or any other taxable
property Of the township at the time Of the
assessment that is not assessed at its fair
taxable value. w.
WARRANrED.-Wc would say to our read
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cure the most obstinate sasss Of Dyspepsia
no matter Of how long standing.
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BY the use Of the Cure. All diseases Of the
Stomach and Bowels. like sich headache,
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