Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04
DEACON ROGERS HOUSE.

The deacon was n successful business |
man. Beginning life as an crrand boy |
he worked his way through his various |
grades of clerlSshipin the store to whore |
he was employed. At thirty he was y
partner in the firm. At forty he was the |
sole proprietor of n first-class businessSn
growing town. The old house his father |
had built was antiquated; and, moved |
by the oft-repeated urging of his wife
and family. the deacon had at last de-
cided to build house which should DO
worthy of his position as leading
merchant, and Mt the same time an orna-
ment to the town he lived in.
The question now was, what kind of
house should he build? And on this
the deacon was taking counsel with him
self.
After consultation with his architect,
the deacon had finally narrowed his
choice down to two designs, one was to
cost SIS 600 and the other $50, 600. His
inclination was toward the moro expen-
sive. Could he afford it?
With pen and paper Deacon Rogers
carefully set down the figures of his in
come and disbursements. So much
could be relied upon as profit from his
business; so much would come in yearly
from the investment of past savings.
On the other side he set down the eX-
penses of his children's education, the
cost of maintaining an increased estab-
lishment, certain amount to be
prudently saved and re-invested every
year. The two sides of the account
came perilously near 60 balancing; but
still there was margin.
"I'll do it." said the deacon as he
looked lovingly at the design of the
more expensive house and thought
what vastly improved appearance it
would give the village street. And
without more ado the deacon wrote a
, letter to the architect instructing him
, to go ahead and prepare the specifica-
tions and contracts.
The letter was just sealed, the ink on
, the envelope still wet, when the
/, deacon's old friend Mr.. Smith, the tax
collector, entered. In the pride of his
heart, the deacon showed him the plans
, of the new house.
beautiful indeed" said Smith, "a
, building like that will give our village
a regular boom; bring us in pretty
penny more in taxes, too won't it?"
, Deacon Rogers started. He hadn't
thought of that He made hasty cal.
| culation of what the additional taxes
, would be, and found that they would
t more than swallow up the narrow mar.
gin of income over expenses. 81 was
II only joking, Smith," said he. "That S
f the house I'm going to build" And the
y deacon displayed the plan of the SIS, COG
], building.
i So the smaller house was built, the
5 lumber dealer sold less lumber; the 9th.
e er dealers sold fewer nails, less glass,
l. fewer stones, lighting fixtures, plumb
ing furniture, and ION. The contract
II II or made smaller profits, and the carpen
u ters, and masons, and bricllayers and
. daily laborers, all had less to do and got
u less wages. And all because the village
} authorities wouldn't let Deacon Rogers
u build Il house without filming him for do
ing it.
q And the vacant lot which lay next tho
new house increased in value by nearly
u thousand dollars as soon as the house
was built; and the man who had intend
C ed to used his savings in buying it ant
Us building n house upon it found hC
couldn't manage it.-W. {. Wood, NJ. ID
Now, Who Is the Worst Man Unhung?
= Rev. Benjamin Waugh has testified
~ before committee of the British HOUSE
a. of Lords that every year "a thol.san,
i children are murdered for insuranc,
- money in England" Such testimony i
-, calculated to make Jack, the Ripper
feel that he is not the worst man VIII
7 goes unhung in England. d.-Boston Globe
e. The, Chicago News, which has beer
ii doing so much good for the single tn:
fl cause in Illinois, is out against the per
It sonal property tax. Itsays:
/ 1.-The personal property tax is fatuous
and it ought to be abolished. 1t is
W farce in the cities, and most uHjus
Id imposition in the country, where its dis
v, couraging effects are most grievousl
a felt. The assessors can not possibl
assess it with even approximate fail
re ness; and, as a matter of plain fact, the
ut do not attempt so to do. They far NOR
is frequently use it as club for the pur
I'd ishment of their political enemies tina
Is as means of justice, and it has thu
Nv become kissing and by-word, odiou
III in the sight of the people, and n RI
Id proach to our civilization, which ough
a to be beyond fining the citizen for hi
I'd industry, his thrift and his enterprise.
ar But it says that the personal propert
as tax is fixed fact, which can not DO RI
nd moved until the State Constitution
ly amended. The News calls on the pee
rk Pile to take up the agitation of the que
ton with view to the election of
ye Legislature in 1891 which will prepar
nnan0mnnt will mako
se possible to abolish the personal propert
Ii tax. The Chicago single tax men hay
"a been fighting on this line for Ion
ge time; and now that the Chicago New
ng has decided to assist than the road
SUCCESS is clear.