Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-04-19
Local News.

Local News.
Our PREss-Last Friday, when striking off
the outside of this paper, after having run on
part of the issue, we thought we would try the
speed of our Taylor" and without very close
work run off the last thousand sheets in one hour
and ten minutes.-LitIe Prattler, Newport.
About how many thousands had you
q run off" before you tried your smart
ness on the "laa thousand ?" Do tell
us. An astounded public too, would
like to know. Don't let your proven
bal modesty keep the truth back =
If you have upon your list over 100
paying subscribers let US know it
I" and father" said an inflated gaw-
key who wished to appear large be-
fore a crowd, "own so cows" When
the facts were simmered down it came
out that his old dad owned 40 of them
while great owned but onel The
"last thousand" makes US think of
the gawkey's COW. "LAST thousand
oh, Lordy!
WEST DERBY. April II, 1867.
Mr.. EARLE-DEAR SIR: The Standard taken
at this Office by S. NJ. Kittridge, remains here
He does not wish to take them any longer. All
the excuse he gives for not taking the paper is
that he does not want it.
Yours truly,
C. SIAs, P. NJ.
If Mr.. Kittridge don't want the pa
per it is a good reason why he should
not take it, but it is 10 reason why
he should not pay for it. He owes
us for 20 weeks, or from first Of De
cember, and if he wishes the paper
to be stopped he had better pay the
amount of our bill to date, which is
$1,00, and until he does so we shall
continue to send it. Stopping papers
when we are ordered to do so, whe-
Their the party has paid up or not, is
about played out with us. 1t is a
very convenient method for some lazy
dead beat or shiftless scamp to get
rid of paying for his paper to order a
postmaster to send it back. We are
obliged to friend Sias for his informa.
ton, but Mr.. Kittridge will be com.
PEELED to pay for the paper whether
he takes it or not.
Mr.. EARLE understand the listers in one
town in this county assessed people last year, and
are doing the same again, for their interest on U
S. Government Bonds, without regard to wheth.
er they have used it or have it on hand. The
listers in some other towns, | am told think thew
have nothing to do with it unless people have il
by them. Will not you or your friend the Gen.
era, tell us who are right and whether it will
not be necessary for some totos to get their grand
list legalized next fall
TAX PAYER.
We don't know. We have asked
the General and he says be don't
know; hain't thought much about it.
We have right to guess though, and
our guess is that where the interest
has not been used it should be taxed
the same as any other cash on hand ;
to this of course our " Tax PAYER
will not object; he is an unreasonable
man if he would. But where the iu-
terest has been collected and paid out,
we don't see what the listers have to
do with it, but we don't profess to be
wise in such matters. TAX PAYER"
will do well to inquire OF Br. Camp,
who if not too sweaty in consequence
Of working off the "Last thousand" of
his " Little Prattler" so quick, can no
doubt solve the problem.
OUT WEsT.-M. F. Varney, for ma
ny years a successful and. popular
teacher in this county, is now located
at La Crosse, Wis, on salary of
500 month, and teaches but five
days in week. He has the promise
of bigger pay next term.
DONATIoN.-Rev. Horace Stiles and
lady send us a card expressing thanks
to their friends in Newport and Gov
entry, for acts of kindness shown them
during the past year, and particularly
for donations during the winter am
ounting to $l07,50.
MovED.-Mr. R. P. Richardson, who
has been the landlord at Irasburgh for
the past year, and who has kept a
strictly temperance house, has left the
house and the town, worth $500 more
than when he took the house. This
then refutes the assertion that a tenn
perance house will not pay. 1t has
paid and will pay again if some one
will try it.
SCHOOL CLosED.-The present term
OF school taught in this village by
Mr.. A. G. Burbank, closes to-day in
consequence of the i'll health of the
teacher. He has our best wishes for
his future prosperity.
We take the three following items
from the "last thousand" of the dit.
tie Prattler," Newport:
One day last week, a young man
py the name of Clark, engaged a
morse and wagon of Abraham Beniam.
IN, OF salem, as he said, to 90 to Iras-
burgh to attend his sisters funeral
Not returning as soon as expected
suspicion was aroused, and search
was made for the missing team r.
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