The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-17
Letters from the People.
RURAL,DIsrRICr, WEsTsyA, :
.@-H April IL, 1867.
Editor Of die Reri.ter. U

/. -8 April IL, 1867.
Editor Of the Register. ..
Some things were created for good
and some for deviltry. Of the first, for
instance, oornbread and women are
blessings for which mankind ought to
be truly thankful. The, one by which
we live and are comfortable the other
to cheer rs through the dark days of
trouble and help US bear the burden of
our hearts and pocketbooks. My wife
complains that my pocketbook is not
particularly burdensomes just now.
Money, in woman, is grievous fault.
A friend Of mine, who is studying for
the ministry, says that he has a notion
to marry, but the "gaw has one serions
failing-she has ten thousand dollars.
/ told him i knew that women were
possessed of many false, but if that be
her only falling, and she had confidence
enough in him to trust him with her
"besetting sin" I thought he ought to
marry her. Pve known some good girls
that a man might do we'll to marry, and
o ten thousand thrown in would not be
Objectionable; and I've known some
nice ten thousands that i should like to
marry, but should hate to have the wo-
man thrown in. But L am digressing.
Of the deviltry sort, two. species have
infested my premises Of late, and have
made themselves particularly obnoxious.
One is a skunk and the other is the Gin
cinnati Gdseftee. They distress me
greatly; and if it were not for the be-
nign influence of . free government un-
der which live and enjoy the privil-
ege of occasionally facing Board OF
Registration and being complimented
by them for having passed satisfactory
examination, and then to have my name
enrolled among those of my loyal fellow
countrymen, ,1were it not for all this, i
believe l should give mp to the war
mint and leave. The skunk Is attract
ed here by my hen-roost, and if my lit
tie dog would not insist upon quarrel
ing with him, probably he would take
chicken and pass off quietly without
creating any unpleasant scent-sation.
But not so with the Gazette. What it
comes here for l can't tell. The dogs
olfactory nerves are entirely too sensi-.
tive to allow him to meddle with, so it
comes right into the heuse and is ex-
tremely odious.
An overseer of the roads brought an
indictment against respectable though
conservative citizen for Obstructing the
public road. Said citizen plead mot
guilty." and after being formally tried,
convicted and fined, he appealed the
case to the Circuit Court. Here Mr..
Overseer met with sad reverse, greatly
injuring his patriotism and demoral.
izing his pocketbook about hundred
dollars worth, whereby he found HIM
self greatly inconvenienced. AS the
aforesaid conservative citizen and his
sympatbizers were the heaviest tax
payers of the township, the loyal friends
of the injured Overseer thought that
they ought to help pay the costs. So, ut
premature township meeting, it was
voted that the said overseer be indemni-
fed out of the township treasury, when,
tlo.-trouble again, citizens demur-loy-
al citizens, too, this time-and unto HIS
Honor comes now his humble petition
ers, praying that Mr.. Sheriff ct. al. be
perpetually enjoined and prohibited
from collecting the taxes assessed, mas
much as said taxes are made up IN part
of item or items illegally imposed upon
the citizens Of said township. The case
is up before Judge Stewart at the pres
ent term of the Tyler Co. Circuit Court.
The question involved is, has township
power to levy o tax upon its citizens for
whatever purpose it please, or, in this
case, to make good the loss sustained by
one of its officers in suit prosecuted
by him in behalf of the towHshipf L
do not know what will be the decision,
but in case it should be in favor of the
plaintiff, suppose proceedings will be
commenced at once to wipe OUT the
Circuit Court and impeach Judge Stew
art, according to CINCINNATI GaseHe
style.
But / don't meddle in politics only
when they are of q local character like
the above, and then I've become intense
ly interested, especially whenever taxes
are concerned. Occasionally, when in
conversation with my Radical friends,
venture to use the word Connecticut
Just to see if they still are snuffing over
the dead carcass of Democracy. Jurls-
diction under the reconstruction bill
ought to be extended over Connecticut
at once. This Democracy epidemic in
its modified" form might, in the course
of few years, spread in such a manner
Us to seriously interfere with our pres
ent system Of pious> and lenient Con-
gressional legislation, and might cause
somebody to be defeated at the next
Presidential election: g. s8 r
u sYonrs coniecturiugly, 1 Z
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