, 1875-12-24

tlars; wl,at made you ,!o III" "ft'a oil on ac-
rnuht O Tint cuased horn. nnil Dick i; "tl,at's
what's tho nAtlaF! II could In tied II tight
enough. III ha' been comfoEtnllo.'
Jlti"te!l our funlish pstnirto'ico In e'nctsng
msro hammers, tns.tatefs. En'-hon.n politicians
- tho ct:y a"a t"n'ty offifea f'oM
,raf ;..l to yer, our !n..a Ma l'ave ben e.,
natlpn lar bor'hlu really A1hrmIng. For aamo
yrata tho burhen lIas heen very uncomfortable,
ni"I tcrin,lA drawback 10 tin growth Ut our
city. The ttotB and seciicsn ft;s1nanaBcment of
our city and cn,,nty linauc:a hss henn E,asent to
e,ely ono. While GIAuI Iurlea llaso shown uH
toInetlli,K tlMt d titho Lowoser) Of the lp,id
tii-l.nnerty which haa been 70 persistentiy sud
fntrcllcshly carr,et TN. yet, like CRAZY Dick, NO
hayo continued to tighten thu string by clectiilg
,nrro ot tle same snr., probably "orae-draw-
Ing it tighter, year nftor yoar. AID nnw-steu at
tho wleezins .-Dca's horn! that's what's
tho natser - You meet n citizen Oil tho street
tan ynu meet tcnses Of just sucil ev"ry 9ay)
10 Ehs MI inlnnctnn aGnihnt Aliie EEant, to pro-
Won't nry on hin household a{1ect-. What's tho
matter ? 'I't. a1l I'll nccnnnt OF that cnsfch
hoslt." Oh. that wo might Heo The real dfcnlty
tim string.. throw away tho crazy ornament.
Ornaments? our City Council sud County Conl-
| insHsioncrH bottom tho Wcav..
er, with tho nHs' heal, ,ritan!n'a fancy !!
| Uh 1lck. try anI do without "tho hnTn." 10
| ynur dlstcrnpcred fancy 1t may seem very gay,
bnt dnpctlh uitoh It, you will 10 happier wlthput
| 1t. Our taxes arc over u per cent ~ tho iocal
| valuation. TltB ts plump eo'tlscatfou. Iho
md lots enci ono Ut us havo tho uso of that
PARTON which no i1nn9tue to bo onra hy paying
| tho full rate for il. Xix per cent IL tue lesa:
| rate Of interest 10 lo paid for the uss Of
tot,uriI will ray. swell, What shall We dos Wo
| must Aaru Hlolnv." Dol Cconuu.fze. re-
trench on every llaud, co'loc. tho Aack tares {Is
!. lair TINT fov should pay a!!f). Sell Tho 1ate-
for tho raitoatlA to place roma money 'where
it will do tho most good:" And our County
commissioners will e1y, We, too. mutt hare
money wo must build al Huow Court House y
| No yon mntnt, shoro IL nn nsccsstty for II At
present. t!lorc arc .pIrnty If llno blocks in tho
| heart uf the city "hero amplo a1d lu1url0us ac'
commodatlonH can bo had for al1 tho public of'
ficos. at low rents, and 4 favor to the ownesB.
| Tho people hro hard pressed. money in scarce,
!si1etn il sluggish. IL this tho dne for cxtrara
ennt outays luateati Of fco!ing tho public tu!ae
| iron, day to la2, watching tho temper OF the
1eoplc, 10 hoo how much bleeding aud sklnnins
| thuY will stabd before they win riHa up md hairy
| yum, yan lad batter htop short, pnt on ttle
building OF tho Court iin!se until no eau atrorl
| to build II. aud instcal Of eciIetnnE aud plan
| ming to HnciI money. Gn to work to lesson eYcry
| cxncnse possible, and Haro all can. Did Eor
| ever k,iow d MAI heavily bnrtened with Debt to
ret ont by increased oxsEavaGauce? Was C!azy
Dick any craalcr than tliis ....
There arc hcrlous questions, affecting tue very
lfa Of our city. We must rlAo ull au1 anpIy TN
remedy. TAoro IL but Que way. The Taxpayers
OF tue city, throwing all political considerations
aside. must unto n1,l hand shoulder to shoulder
| AZ clio lnan il, their common dcfenHo and sell
| protection. We 1nt,Bt have d clean sweep, AMI
| put in met, that aro inon, thoroughly competent
aud unqncAtionably honest men Of character
In short, our bcst c!tze,is whom Will have Il
! beg to BeryG, aud who vii! only conbent through
tho c1igencioA OF tho occaH,on, mud AZ tho onli
means Of protecting themselves mud then
] ncigl,oors from tho terrible mHruI4 uInlel
! wtltch We at6 suffering. CoAMoS SEasE.