Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

| The Andoyer Gazette takes ex
ception to our comments on poo
bill from that town and proceeds t.
explain that the claim is for goods
furnished TWO FAMILIES. Thii
being true, why was it not so ex,
planned, or why we're the bills not
made out for goods furnished tc
each family, noting each separately
by name and amount, The charge
SAG. Al for coal, considered in the
light of the Gazette's explanation is
reasonable and had the bill been
made as indicated above, the board,
no doubt, would have allowed it;
but when they found 400 pounds
charged in one place and then 400
again in less than a week, presuma-
bly, to one family, is it any wonder
they kicked. Ii these two charges
had shown The coal delivered to TWO
separate families ii would have
made decided difference-but as
there was no one here who could
explain the manifest incogruities of
the bill it went over. What we
have said of the coal bill is true of
the grocery. We do not question
The integrity of the man who made
chis bill nor have we; but we do
condemn his judgment. The Ga
zette says:
"Again, as the arrow of death was
expected to enter the house of one
Of the unfortunate families at any
moment, it was necessary for the
invalid to have little nourishment
outside of that of the demands of
robust appetIte-cornsd- beef and
cabbage, wouldn't digest well, and
even beans and matches, which our
worthy contemporary has seen fit to
mention wouldn't prove very stimn-
ating when the frail body Of man
vas tossing back and forth with
tevered brow ard parched lips.
The business man who made out
The above bill IS as honest and res
pected citizen, and transacts bust
ness as accurately as any man on
Gods footstool, and the bill is not
reckless and extrayagant but just
and true and unpaid.
Now, honestly, Bro. Raynes,
don't you think raisins and currents
rather unnecessary to "the frail |
body of a man tossing back and |
forth with fevered brow and parched |
lips?" 1t strikes us that if they fed |
him raspberries, apricots, raisins
and currents and such indigestable
things, 1t is no wonder the "arrow
Of death was expected to enter tho
mouse of one Of the unfortunates at
any moment" nor yet that he
should be tossing back and forth
pain IN the stomach) with fevered
brow and parched lips"
Bro. Raynes is not just to himself,
when, in speaking of psuper bills
allowed by the Board in the past,
ne says:
"lf people who pay taxes win
'efer back a year or two they will
ind some pauper bills from another
source which will make their eyes
start from their sockets These
ollls are generally for one family
Il aesa-ai ley,.d ss4a.l.sir eaa val.,q !
Even up to date you will fint1zzssssa-
pei bin presented for 1851; $500 /
or goods-possibly the first pay
nent on seal skin sacque land the
s2l:7l for coal. As the names of |
The debtors appear monthly they
would be greatly missed should |
hey fail to be recorded among the
proceedings, by the people who pay
he taxes"
The bills mentioned above are for
some five or six families for two
and we're allowed without
question, simply because EACH
FAMILY WAS CHARGED WITH WHAT
IT GOT SEPARATELY, and "the peo-
pie who pay the taxes" can be as
sured that, in no case, is there
s39.Sl for canned goods, apples,
raisiEs, currents, oranges and lem7
ons for any member of any of these
families where "the arrow of death |
vas expected to enter--at any mo-
ment" or for any one of them who
was tossing back and forth with
fevered brow and parched lips!
aoWlimg for peaches and cream.
A few oranges and lemons aud |
possibly canned pears and peaches |
for sick person is not out of the
way, but for the other articles men
toned, We submit, no physician |
who has sense enough to pound |
sand, would allow his patient to use
them under any consideration. If,
for the benefit Of this one sick man
the bill had covered S. or even SO
for two months that would have
been reasonable, but S39.S1 our es-
teemed contemporary will admit is
rather a husky amount for a man
tossing back aud forth with fever
ed brow and psrched lips" to use.
The bills in question were re-
ferred to Mr.. Goodwin, commissioner
from the Andover district, who is
an honorable gentleman and will
deal justly and fairly by all con-
cerned.