, 1876-02-27
THE CITY.


HONESTY THE BEST POllCYf
RA1zAn nLrsRAT1sa TIE FEAcucE OF 1H
AssKssodS-
Il fell UPON the noec7y ,ida
When 60 Aaseeso<s forth
To find and note what citizens
A1y-d1 may noble worth,
Two neighbors, being allied with fear
Their tA1eE would to high.
EscL for himself mad6 Kt&rn rusat1a
70 foil tic eaemy.
Tbs int taxpayer stood It his doR.
When he sAw with tlarn
The drexd Assessor heave in night
With his book beneath his a1D~
Nearer h zme, and soon upon
The doorEtep took his stand,
W2,en tht frrt citizen rushed oHt
And seized hin By the hand:
~Eow bless Tnt Dexter J" he Loudly Rzid
'sAnd the Reverend C. &. T..
And al the Directors of the Aid
And Relief Society,
Tint they have sent yog ttds t,y to 49,
~Rslie|e your mother :" tho stranger 11ed,
al oo1ae here to Assess r.
sGood faifh :" exclaimed Inst citizen,
'Tn1ne u41pd then give Der,
For ], nlAek have not been b1e6sod
In my BASKET OF my store
I OVID bit little here below,
Nor shan own It long,
And that szzne little it would not hrtnx
At public sale song.
Within my Etors {ppon whC1e door
Are neither bolts nor 1ockS} IL
Taught but 3 beggarly array
OF worthless empty bo-e8~
Co1ne view my hoiAse, no ca1pos
Upon the doax7ug secn7
And over the snAuty etnberH crouch =
My wife and children lean.
TtnldcE il s9 the frugal board.
The Ineai in full detail ia
Cold water And potatoes, which
Ate not cun grano sails.
lily cnly suit Of clothes hasp
On INC yuW eye now B1es,
And the elbows ot usy shit hrJ hang
Out at uay txouscrs' knees
I'd write to my father fo funds to taxa
Ne from thin region hard
Ifsouebody d Only lend mo 2cent
TO buy postal cArd:"
The Assessor On that wuful scuas
lie cast = calu, regard;
Then 1nurmured in a softened vu1eA
Like Eattee ~ This ees ard"
Then ho baid to that first citizen:
"Do you NOT think you eould
Manage to raise $40 to put
Where Il would do moss eood7"
~Alas!" cried The n1st citizen,
'' l cannot raise cent"
*Keu Il can't he helped, ," the Aaeessor said,
AB from the room he went
he oped his book At that citizens n1naa
And hruriedly wrote down.
"$, ,000-Person1l Prop
arsJ Of Peter Bruxn.@
Forth fared that good Aaseamtnm
To tie second c1dzsna store,
Add he found the second citizen
Al-standiug Ut tho door.
Now, welcome. Assessor inn, ," he cAed
Al he gave his hand g1p;
N soore Of the boys tAern tnddn,
Enter md akr NIP
That second citizen ho vas
4 goodly ulEn zxad fkt,
or choicest bross3clozh we1r hs clothes,
And shiny WIZ his h1t.
Upon his Ahist-front glo<ed and gtea1nod
A priceless solitaire,
And le~sas enough to rsnsom Ktuz
On his stumpy sEgus weTe-
truw ha WIS wRxl,hJ wight
Thsa eoodly man and tat
His tzosts1a cost ten thousand . Juaf,
And hts mistress mora than that;
Naught let7 than forty-cent cjE1r
Ever psp1aned hts Lps,
And wheo he went to gzmbkng-ht0
lis Alwsye paayad blue chipa
His was . mammoth liquor atore.
That drove Toa-tng trade,
Beren baz-keepers behind ths bar
We're In R{,rons white 4r1xyed,
Barrels and bottles round about
In piles ro4e 10 the roof,
All the surroundings Of his wealth
They gave undnubted proof.
There At The bsr The Assessor found
A dozen Aldermen.
And as many cappe1s and Topors-ta
From Mike MeDonald's den.
I trow joviA baud were they,
And In their merry mood
They toasted high u Roedcrcr
Their Aguew and their Trude.
What ho. Assessor Jlm-" they cried
how welcome mote thou be.
Why art NOS investigating th55e1f
AZ one Of the Grand 1ury7
So thou xrt On the wnr-path now
To see al foK zsse1sed7
Deal gently with tho boys, good jim.
And rock 1t 10 tho rcst.
30 VIC shall at tie Cypfian'R
Upon the free ltst be,
And when thu city trtasury's tpv,
Aud we want an l. or c.,
We can always get it from The eaehtr
OF EAnkln's or McD."
Up rose fhtt good ABseasor then.
And thus to the Boss did saJ:
~Cou1d you lend me SIS till
Tho day btkuta yesterday
And gise NE boz 0 good cigars,
The best you can select
Answered the BOSS, - Keerect''
Then that Assessor in hi1 book.
P4sin for al mtn 70 view,
Wrote ~S11-Pefsonal Prop
etty Of Pat NrFue.''
GENERAL NEWS.
hare is large quantity OF silk and silk vel
at the CentrA Station awaiting IN owner.
ID Cleveland, who was spoken OF in tho pa-
> "a candidate for Alderman, wants it
e<st1od thst he will not run for ofice.
hes Whitaker, tho Treasurer Of Hooley's
atro, Nas presented with an elegao. gold
81 and chain last ulght at ths Sherman
:se. Tbe' gift was from his many friends.
b Boyd offers some fine bargains in his i'd
iaemeos ID. the real ostase column this morn
Persons who arc On the lookout for cheap
,erty viii do we'll to read what he has to say.
40 Milwaukee Sentinel begins En- s<tic1e
J.: at has o7ne to our ear" and people
t see how it could very we'll have helped