Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-04-16
Nasty.
from the Toledo Blade.

CONFIDENT X ROADS,
(Which is in the State NV KcntuckyD 7
March 20, 1874.
The taxes at the Corners hev bin for
some years terribly high and this spring,
when the time come to pay EN-, the peo'
pie murmured We sed it is too bad to
waste SO much money on taxes when
there is so much likker in the land witch
money wood buy; and the niggers and
others at the Corners witch don't stimu-
late sed it wuz pity that so much Nv
their substance shood be taken in taxes
Nv witch they got no good.
Bigler and Pollock, onto whose heads
lite cusses, ez yoosual, took up the cry
and ekkoed it. Ef we'd had the sense Nv
a verlin calf we'd hev dropt it the moment
Joe Bigler pickt it up, for when did he
ever jine us except to bring US to confoo-
shin,
But we did ekko Joe's words Bascom
in pertikeler-and we determined to hev
a meetin to consider the question of taxes,
and to ascertane whether or not we
coodn't redoose EN- in some way.
And George Washinton Bascom, the
idiot, furnished the wood to heat the hall,
and the taller candles to lite it; thus
furnishin the whip with witch to scurge
hisself
We met at early candle-ltin, and wuz
made Chairman, Nv course. l stated 10
the meetn that taxis had risn to a pint
that crushed US l felt myself that eff they
Good not be lessened | shood be COM
PEELED to quit the Corners
Thank Hevin!' Involuntary ejacke-
lated Deekin Pogram.
Not that | pay any taxis myself, but
he, "a
keepin me a serious matter"
And | contlnyood by invitin any one
to say wat they he'd to say.
Bascom rose and remarkt that taxis he'd
got to rooinous pint, and he pledged
hisself TO yoose all possible diligence in
ascertainin the COZ NV the high taXis, and
unrelentin viggelance in rootin out the
COZ when he he'd found it. He moved the
adopshen NV the follern resolushen:
Res0Eped That il is the Nv this meetin that
the increase year by year. nv taXashen IN the Cor
ners hez bin so great ez TO eggsclc the most ser'
Gus alarm and that We pledge ourselves to yoose
all possible means TO ascertane the coz and rem.ye
it forthwith.
The resolooshen was yoonanimously
carried.
Then Joe Bigler rose, with Pollock be
hind him, a eggin him ON and supportln
him.
Joe remarkt that he he'd notid the reg
Ter increase Nv taxes each year with
alarm, and he he'd made some notes, feel
in that he Good show how it wuz.
And the cuss pulled ont Nv his breast
pocket lot Nv papers.
Here" sed he, a hev figgered up
me and PolloCk-wat the county poor
house costs us, and | find it's terrible.
Six thousand dollars is the sum totle.
Doorin the yeer old Spiggins hez bin
taken there, and his wife and his ideot
daughter, for Spiggins spent all his time
and money at the bar Nv our esteemed
friend Bascom till he got to be 50 demoraI-
lied ez to be incapable Nv pervidin for
hisself Then Thompson's wife and chill
dren are there too. Thompson, 700 will
remember, got drunk one mite at Bas-
CONS and fell off the bridge on MS way
home and wuz drownded Then there's
the Higgins children and Sammy Smiths
children, all NV 'em provided tor by taxa
ton Lets see" sed this disturber, Bas.
CON, 700 hey Smiths forty akers, beYnt
yoo?"
Then Pollock he riz.
don't agree with Mr.. Bigler," sed
this hOry.headed deceever, in ascribin
the high taxes to our public charities.
Nv course the poor house costs money,
but that Is only small part w Il. It's
the criminals that squeeze US. hey
made a few tiggers wich will show how II
Is You all know the circumstances NV
the Mackentosh matter Sam Macken-
tosh got drunk at Bascom's, and went