Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-02
A story with Three Morals.

er home. Ihero are lItle ocCufrenccs
transporting every day, replete with inter
est and information, and in many cases
the source of much enjoyment and good
feeling. With your permission | viii!
comment little upon the uncertainty of
many things upon this sublunary sphere
rs well as tie certainty of many other
things equally important. a
1t is fact well known to the readers
of the JOURNAL that there is live Yam
kee village on the north line Of Pierce
county made up of some of the best
people that ever came "out west" l
believe they rather excel their progeni-
tors "down east in shrewdness, alert
ness, and general go-aheaditiveness.-
They are live fellows and no mistake.
Moreover. they patronize the JOURNAL
extensively, THAT'S so, EDS. jour. and
thereby evince there usual good sense
and good taste. One of their virtues is
to stand up for their town right or wrong,
and cardinal virtue it is, too. in this
western country. If man can't stand
up for the town he lives in, he had better
git up and git" and pitch his tent in.
some locality suited to his taste. We
don't like these men whose only occupa-
ton seems to be to sit upon the stree.
corners and find fault with the town and
everybody in il. But you will find these
chronic croakers in almost every place.
If there was a law passed banishing all
such men from the community that toll
Grated them, several would leave Prescott
on the first boat, and the city would
thrive all the better for their absence.
OF them it might truly be said "they
leave their country for their country's
good"
But digress. River Falls has no
croskers. They are a unit on all ques-
tions in which their town is concerned.
Live lpen know the value of advertis
ing and the columns of the JOURNAL
have been used freely to extol the supe
rior advantages this goodly village pos
sesses in location, climate, manufacture,
agriculture. trade, &c, &c. Its remark
able growth and increasing prosperity
have been chronicled and published to
the world, and it has long enjoyed wide.
spread reputation as lively, thriving vii
lage. l write all this without a spark of
envy in my heart. As citizen of
Pierce county l hope her prosperity may
ever continue. May the good village
figure more extensively in the future
especially in those little figures which
make up the assessment list.
You have correspondent who send
you weekly items from that locality. and
like faithful reporter he lets nothing
pass unnoticed that can be rendered into
the .tQueen's English" He likes to
brag. He is a genuine Yankee on that
business. He never lets people look
through his telescope from the big end.
As magniier he is powerful. But l
am disposed to take him ut his word and
believe what be says is true.
About the first of last January l rec
ollect reading in the JOURNAL a state
ment of River Falls improvements, emit
tied What we have done in 1861
which amounted to S60.7l5. Certainly
good yearly exhibit for rising village,
and one which we are glad to notice.
In looking over the statement of the
valuation of property made by the coun-
ty board Of assessors we find the village
of River Falls fixed at $4,000. What!
an entire village rated at $4,000, whose
improvements in single year were over
sixty thousand dollars
l have thought the matter over and
wrought out the following highly proba,
bic conclusions:
lst. That the county board were not
posted on "what we have done 10 1868
in River Falls.
81. That the village must have con.
sisted of few shanties at the most. pri
or to the S6O.7I5 worth Of " ilnprove.
meuts in 1885," or it would have been
rated higher.
Sd. That the exhibit Of your reporter
had nothing to do with the assessment OF
1860 and is therefore entirely foreign to
the subject.
4th. Assuming the assessment to be
just and the exhibit of your reporter COR
rect, the matter may be reduced to a
mathematical equation thus $4,000
6O.7l5-River Falls, prior to 1865
Startling, but truel
The valuation Of the LIST ward Of Pres
colt is fixed at s7I.ls6. Will the good
people of River Falls concede that the
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