The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-09-16
WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, SEPT l6,

so obvious, SO indispensable indeed,
that nearly every Governors message
and Auditors report since had urged
efforts to secure it. The appraisement
act provided for the collection of such
facts by the local assessors and their
return to the State Auditor, by whom
they were to be arranged, tabulated
and published for general instruc-
ton. This placed upon the Auditor
allfhe labor Of creating and putting
In operation a new department of the
administration. A Bureau of Statis-
tics, properly conducted, is sufficient
to make department by itself Mr..
Wldman applies himself to the work
with characteristic energy. He sent
cirqRlars to all the counties with in
str5 hons and urging the most com
pIetf .cellections possible, and he kept
up his sunarvision till his past report
showed what. nobody had ever seen
before, a moderately full-and acurate
report Of the agricultural and indus
trial products of the State in the year
of their production. The census had
given us report, to be sure, but no.
body ever saw it till it was two or four
year old, and then it came only once in
ten years. Mr.. Wildman has made the
census of no value so far as his tables
extend. The law has only to enlarge
their province, SO as to gather reports
of diseases. mortality, education,
crime, as well as of all classes Of bust
ness, and public good sense has only
to maintain the system long enough
| to make its operations easy, and its
sweep complete, to render this tn
most interesting of all the yeaaly re-
suits of the State administration. For
this first time, We have a very fair
presentation Of the years work
and wealth Of the State, and We owe it
to Mr. Wildman. An Indifferent Of
fcer could easily have shirked his
duty and let the tables slip out Of
subtle memory, as they would surely
have done in year or two, and he
would have escaped an cnerous task,
and the people would have lost one of
the things they need most, knowl-
edge OF their own condition and labor
4th. As an accidental affair, but ad-
mlrably done, we may mention the
erection of the fence around the Tip
pccanoc battle ground. The State
made large appropriation for this
work-no less than $24, ,100-but the
State officers managed it with SO much
prudence that they saved 5000 Of the
appropriation. 1t is almost the only
time in the history Of this State that
such saving has been made. Us
ually appropriations are used up and
more called for. The Republican
State Printer of 1868 lacked few
hundred dollars of using up his ap-
preparation, but his Democratic sue
ecssor made the thing even by spend
ing SO 900 more in one year than the
Republicans did in two. In such
hands as managed the State govern
ment in the days of the swamp lands,
and the closed asylums, and the silver
forgeries, that sc, 900 would have gone
into Democratic pockets as sure as
death. We have not completed our
history of the extra labors of the
present State officers, but must defer
the remainder to another day.
e Doing u Dun.
II have small bill against you,
said a pertinacious looking collector
as he entered the store of one who
had acquired the character of hare
: customer.
Yes, sir, very fine day, indeed,
was the reply.
, Il am not speaking OF the weather
I but your bill,' replied the collector
' in a loud key
1T would be better if we had litsl
f rain"
''Confound the rain, continued tn
+ collector, and, raising his voice. added
''have you the money to pay this blll?'
: Beg your pardon, I'm hard Q
: hearing. I've made it a rule not T
e lend my funds to strangers, and | real
: ly don't recognize you"
. I'm collector for the Daily Extin
guisher newspaper, sir, and | have
bill against you, persisted the c0ilcc
q tor, at the top of his voice, producin
+ the bill, and thrusting it in the face G
4 his debtor.
I've determined to endorse bill
= for no one; you may put the bill bac
5 into your pocket-book. l really can
Q endorse it."
o "Couiound your endorsement. Wi
i You'll pay it, no doubt, sir, bu
. there always risk about these ma,
!, ters, you know; SO certainly mus
: decline il"
d 'The money must be mine to o-day.
i "Oh yes, ninety days, hut l woul
n not endorse a bill for you at weel
4 so get out of my store! It is seldo1
Is that I am pressed upon for an Ell
= dorsement, even by friend; on til
Iy part of stranger, sir, it is inexplic;
n BILE. Do not force me to put you on
At leave the premises.
" The bill was returned to the Extil
:, guishcr Office, endorsed $50 dreadful
a " deaf that he couldn't t understand
10 Four ney.Making Rules Of Roth
Il child.
H. Rothschild commonly ascribed h
a early success, in great degree, to tt
y following rules:
a, First-I combined three profits.
"a made the manufacturer my custom
u and the one I bought of my custOm