The Hartford herald., 1875-02-24
AN IHQuIsITlyE cuss.
rim Various Bothered About Tax Re
ceipts and Taxes Seeks Information.

ceipts and Taxes Seeks Information.
RAcCOOS HoLLER. Some time inl
- Febuary. 1875. but don't ex-
aetly know the day. 81 .-
MISTER EDITOR:Al see you hey got TO
making a paper in Hartford You sent
me one last week which sorter made me
feel like my vestsoat was gettiug too small.
It's CRATE thing to hev friends, even if
one aiht acquainted with EN-. Well,
was reading the funny pieces in it, and its
as good as a almanac, and | sed so to old
Alllck. Ses j, I'll be conlouad if he amt
sharp; and he, that is, old Allick, put his
finger to bis eye and pulled it open . little,
Old Allick, as we call him, is ssmart man,
and has got education, and used to teach
our school, (before they got to making
teachers with certifcates). and the -neigh-
borhood all think he is nifty sharp, and
that they say is what makes him 90, Gu
rious- Does it do you that way3 ,8
Well, you see, was readipg your paper
all through, and seed where you wanted
subscribers, and ! said to old Allicks want
to subscribe for it because, yoa see, man
don't want to be cumbersome to his friends,
and like the paper, and think by read-
ing it / might get sharpened up q little
myself. But you see, while back the
Sheriff came, round TO see who had tax
receipts, and ses, he to me, have, you got
one? i ses, no-got no use for it. Ses he,
you better let ME sell you one, for, ses he,
everybody buysem, and you better takeone
Well you see, don't Ike to be out of
fashion, so I axt him what sold EN- at,
and he sed different prices some for rich
people, and some for poor people atlower
prices- axt him what he would sab me
one for. Then he got out his book; then
be looked around the house. Q reckon to
see how poor we wasl. and then opened
his book, and ses, can sell you o very
good one for fore dollars and q haf. Ses I,
I'll hev- to try and git along 5withoat it,
because / amt got that much mosey.-
Ses he, you better git it up before Icome
round again, for its the law thet every
talking about the, law got skssrsa, for,
you see, I'm nifty feard of thipgs don't
know anything about, and sss 1, cant
you,lst have q tollable goodoue for 3 doll
lars2 It's all ! got and Peggy's tthetsm my
wife) barfoot, and we're out Of coffee and
- Here be begin to. look mad, and
sed he couldn't help thetyhs wusn't lowed
to take less, and if didn't git it up by the
time he come round agin. he'd hey to take
our cow. Thet sieered me worser still
So, soon as he wus gone, put off TO Un-
Gle 6harley's and axt him about it. He's
a squire, Uncle Gharlsy.is, and be sed I
must pay for 1t, or the Sheriff 4 sal my
COW to, make it. Well, you see, I got Un-
Gle Charley to let me have money enough
to pay the tax, and I'm. to work it out.
So, yon see, I've not got the two dollars
now, but I've sot my hart on heEin thet
paper, and I don't intend you shell send
il to me for nuthin, no how; but lest es
soon es git the two dollars Pm coming
down to take night with ysu, and sub
scribe . ..--.r-, oi .,9s-s.f, sssI1Ia.
Well, ses to old Allick, after thinkin
bout thet tax bizness, ses L. thet Sheriff
must git lots o money. Eff be makes me
pay tbet much with only q cow Q wife
and baby, and a few other tricks, bow
much does he make them rich-fellsrs pay?
He sed some of EN- in this county paid
two or three hundred dollars q ysar.-.
Well, thet surprised me-. SesI, where
does it all go to2 Sss be, (and he looked
little sorter cunning where the wood
bine twineth." p Ses 1, Rhere's thet2 Ses
he, thet will take a smart man to teA. bat
es you are goin to take the HARzsoRD HkR-
AID you might git the Eeitor to ask Judge
Gregory about il. and put il in the paper.
Ses /, thets the very idee, and. you see,
was so taken With il, thet is, the ides, thet
/ could not wait till l come down 10 see
you, but sot right down to write to you
about it 5.-ars. .1rsrl bssd
Now, Mr.. Editor, I'm in terrible sArn>
est about thet tax business, and ever ssnce
the Sheriff come 30 near taxin our COW, /
can't think Of anything else. hardly Ef
you could Jest find out and put in your
paper the strate Of what goes with the
money, there's lots Of folks over here thet
would subscribe for your paper. I know
eff Judge Gregory, and the rect of them
fellers in the court house, are only shaf es
pleasant and clever es they was last sum-
mer, they will tell yon all about il. and
eff you win put it in. your paper Will be es
\ fashionable as tax receipts, bekass there
notbin so much talked about as high tsx-
es, and nothin We know so little about es
what goes with the money. When 1 got
this fur with my letter, L showed il 10 old
! Allick, and he red it thru with thet curis
expected; and, ses be, eff you'd only take
a few lessons, you Good soon rite letter
thet your friend, the Editor, wood put in
his paper. Thet's settled. Pm goin to
take them lessons. --sa 44rgs. f
Now,Mr. Editor, I've got to go TO work
for Uncle Charley. for l expect thet Sher-
iff will soon be here agin to sell me tibet
tax receipt, and 1 must be reddy fur him.
Rite soon 10 your friend, G msdi
Tfn Vakxoua