The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-02-02
SOMEBODY 10 aSEMO."

Memo begins to feel the power of
the invectives uttered against him,
and well he may, if he can be pune
tured by anything human.
He had his own way SO long that
he thought that no one would dare to
reply to him
Now he begs quarter at my hands.
He wants to meet me" nary time"
"Nemo." I stand by our city officials
and you can't stifle my utteranees,
until you acknowledge yourself all
wrong. We are gathering strength
all the time. Look at the whitening,
seathing article in the Advertiser
from old Citizen-like Petroleum V,
I shed tears of joy when read it. He
proposes to turn the old reliable Dem
oeratic gun on you. That is sure fire
and a dead shot. We know this
for we have seen nine-tenths Of our
Democratic friends shot in the neck
with this old, reliable weapon.
Our efficient city engineer and
Commissioner-both paying offices,
I suppose-is now in correspondence
with the patentees of blockpave-
ments for our streets. That's thedoc-
trine Memo. We should have all our
streets laid with Nicholson pavement
nothing like putting on style-and
then, too, it would afford such an
abundant opportunity to spend some
of our surplus change.
He might experiment upon which
is the best kind-lay, say, four kinds,
beginning at the intersection of Wash
ingtOn and Market streets, and run.
ming to the four cardinal points of the
eOmpass-one kind in each direction.
In year or two we could see which
proves best, and then we could tear
up the other three and make it all alike;
all of which would be in strict accord
ane with the precedents of our City
Dads.
What does it matter about our
finances? If it is good for nation to
be in debt why is it NOS good for a
city, Memo? We must have some
thing TO do for our men, something
nice for our regular contractors and
give them all something to do, Memo,
or they will starve-politically.
The wooden blocks would be so nice
for our Commissioners to sit on in the
shade and watch our city employees
from three to five at one block-lay-
ing down the public Improvement.
I am for Nicholson pavement in
front of everybOdy's lot except my
own, and then let them pay for it.
They have no business to own a little
home. Who cares for taxes! They
are only three per cent; we might as
well make them five.
Memo, just turn your attention to
the editorial in the Advertiser of last
week, and YOU will see how we are
really blessed by our city officials in
the matter of light taxes. Then go
put sackeloth on your bones, ashes on
your head, a few pebbles in your boots
and make full atonement for your
miserable, contemplate whining.
The argument is perfectly convinc-
ing-read aud inwardly digest, espec-
tally after paying your taxes for this
year.
But, Memo, we are surprised at one
thing in the article-to see the AdUer-
ttser go back on the "City Dads"about
cutting down Market street near the
Rock Greek bridge, and other unnec-
essary improvements Of like nature"
That is not loyal. True, he does not
say what the other unnecessary i'm
provements" are, but then he saws
there are such. Be specific, Mr.. Ad-
uertiser, and I am ready to defend
them against your attacks, as well as
those of Memo. What are the other
unnecessary Improvements E? [ chaI-
lenge the Advertise for the specifca-
tions. He says he doubts if the taxes
will be reduced next year. OF course
not; the debts of the city have to be
paid, and that borrowed money re-
funded. How can we reduce? More
anon. SOMEBODY
Read A. B. Sans & Co.'S. new adver-