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The Newtown bee., 1896-06-12

SEHuOrS ACCIDENT TO REV JOSEPH HILL.
 Rev Joseph Hill, one of our most re. spected and prominent citizens, met with a serious accident, last week. While crossing the trolley track in Danbury on Wednesday last his horse gave a spring and he was thrown to the ground and his hip broken. An ambulance was call cd which conveyed him to the hospital. He WIS subsequently, removed to his it will probably be many weeks before he will be able to be about again, if he should ever live through the tryiug or deal.
The Newtown bee., 1896-06-12

The most important school iu" .- of
 the year will be held, next Tn. ,uy night, when the school committee and
 sclcctmcn as a joint board meet r, make the appropriations for the year. For,ny. craI years the board has had. in common with many other towns, most rrrplcx- ing problem to face namely, u =tcaay decline of the school population, making 1t serious question how to provide for certain districts. It is apparent that some radical action is necessary. ndcr the existing state ofanars wc believe the schools in the Street should be consoli- dated, and possibly consolidation would be feasible at Sandy Hook. We see no reason why the small number of pupils who attend school in the Pootatuck dis trict could not be accommodated in San. dy Hook school. This would enable the Board to maintain 8 larger central school at the Hook. Whatever is the result we hope all parties may leave partisanehip aside, approaching the question which confronts them in patriotic and sen sible way, Nothing will be gained by being unreasonable. If appropriations are made recklcssly to provide place rather than for the need of the hour, Iiti. gation will likely follow, and an uu- pleasant state of things will result. Bet ter far to lay all bickcrings aside, to make concessions if need be and to vote out the public money in such a way as to command the respect of the taxpayers.
The Newtown bee., 1896-06-12

.CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH INTERESTS.
 Memorial day should be marked as 8 red letter day in the calendar of the Con- gTegatIonal church. Nothing but con- gratulatiOns have been heard from those who were present, and the verdict has gone out that Bedding has never had so interes ing Memorial service. One novel and interesting feature of the dec orati0us was the large state flag hung over the organ recess and heavily uraped with the stars and stripes.
 Next Sunday, June II, will be observ- cd a3 chlldren's day and an interesting program of carols, recitations and re- sponsiVe readings will take the place of the regular morning service.
 Edward Ryan has bought W. C. San ford span of gray horses.
 A strawberry festival will be held in the basement of the Methodist church. under the auspices of the Epworth League, on the evening of the 18th. Speaking aud music will be features of the occasion.
 The scholars of the academy will close up the school wear with picnic at Put nam Park on Friday.
 Il. <. Osborne has been appointed con- 2Gl FaLOL LII AAAd OOIHau7 recently ad . judged insane.
 Chiidrtn's day at the Methodist church has been pO~Cponcd to June 2I. when an interesting program will be rendered.
 A Polish famiIy has moved into the Hull Bradley place in the Hollow, none Of whom can speak English.
 The Putnam Park commissioners with their wives enjoyed delightful outing, last Thursday, as guests of Senator Fer ris on his new yacht.
 Funeral services for an old resident of the town, Mrs Jo2hua Chapman. who died in Fair Haven, were held at the res- jdence of Joseph Mecker on Wednesday afternoon
 The hand some diploma and medal awarded Clover Farm creamery at the Worlds fair, Chicago, has been on exhi- bition at the creamery.
The Newtown bee., 1896-06-12
BAPrIsr oRURoH NOTES.

On account oE the stormy weather, last Sunday, only small audience was pres.
The Newtown bee., 1896-06-12
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Local Notices in Bravier Type, loe Lins.
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-02-26
POpuliSt State Convention.

A delegate convention of the Peoples party
Of Kansas win be held in the city Of Hutchin.
SON on Wednesday, March Is. 1896, converting
at II o'clock a. m, for the purpose of elscting
ninety-two delegates and alternates to the
national convention Of said party to be held
in st. Fouls, NO., July %, 1895.
The basis OF representation at said conven.
ton is one delegate for each county, and one
additional delegate for each 500 votes or major
fraction thereof cast for L. D. Lewslling for
Governor at the election in 1894, Upon this
basis, the several counties will be entitled to
representation as follows:
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-02-26

1t 10 recommended that the county conVen.
lions for the selection Of delegates to this con-
Ventton be held Saturday, March IA. 1t is also
recommended that in the event the county
committee for the campaign of 1896 has not
been selected or any changes that are contem.
plated be made Rt this time. to the end that
all committeeman may famlliarize them
selves with the duties devolving upon Thorn
before the active work Of the campaign begins.
1t Is further recommended that each county
designate one Of the delegates to the Hutch
inson convention as Q member Of the Appel.
late court judicial committee and that the
several judicial district committees thus 90.
lected meet while at Hutchinson for the pur.
pose Of organization and take such other
action as they may deem proper and expedi.
emit
1t is desirable that every member Of the
party who can possibly do so attend the pri-
maries for the election Of delegates in order
that those selected as delegates may represent
the wishes of the entire party.
Every voter In the State Of Kansas who 10 In
favor OF an American monetary system as op-
posed to our present British single gold stand.
ard system under which the prices Of all prod.
ucts OF the farm have been reduced below
the cost OF production. and under which
the ranks Of the unemployed are being
constantly augmented and the earnings
of those who are employed are being
steadily reduced system which is rapidly
bankrupting small dealers and traders and
concentrating all the money, all the property,
all the wealth and all the business Of our
country in the hands Of few giant corpora
tions; all who are opposed to the further
domination Of the corporations in the lsglslS-
ton OF this country; all who favor reform In
our monetary, land and transportation sys-
TENS; all who are opposed to the further issue
OF terest-bearing bonds; all who favor the
free and unlimited coinage Of silver at the
ratio Of 16 to 1 and finally, all who are tired
OF supporting parties and men who have been
recreant to almost every trust reposed In
them and who have repeatedly secured the sup
port Of many honest voters through promises
that were never fulfilled, are respectfully in
vIted to participate in the selection OF dele
gates to these conventions.
By order of the Peoples Party State Central
Committee.
JOHN W. BREIDENTHAL, R. Fl. SRMPLR,
chairman. Secretary.
TOPEKA, Feb. Is, 1896
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-02-26

taxes, and added to prices OF goods
sold farmers. Taxes on railroads must
be paid by patrons of the road, and
farmers pay freight both on what they
sell and on what they buy. The vacant
land and lots of spectators are as.
sessed much lower than are unim.
proved farms in proportion to selling
value, and in Kansas coal lands worth
several thousand dollars an acre are
assessed only on their surface value as
farms or vacant land, there being q
Supreme court decision forbiding as.
sessment of the coal values beneath
the surface. Personal property be-
longing to farmers lie all in plain sight
and Is known by the assessor, who is
usually neighbor, and little or none
escapes the tax-roll. In towns and
cities personal property is largely of an
intangible nature, not to be seen by
the assessor, and often consisting Of
shares, stocks, bonds, investments,
notes, etc known only by the owners,
and very little of it goes on the tsx-roll.
The average value per person of as
sessments of moneys and credits In the
enormously rich city of Chicago on
May /, 1894, was 3 cents and Z mills,
while in the farming communities it is
from SO to S.. The State banks alone
OF Chicago made sworn statements of
over 1877, 100000 of assets on June 5,
1893, and were assessed for 1894 for
$43, 1926 only.
1t has been ascertained with GER
tsinty that In New York but IL per
cent. of personal property is taxed, ID
per cent. in Ohio and California, and
Z in Connecticut, and comparison of
cities and rural townships show that
farmers are assessed on 80 per cent. Of
their personal property, while the aver
age for the State Is only IL. Ohio and
California have the most stringent
laws 1t is possible to frame for secur-
ing taxation of all personal property,
yet they catch only the farmers. AS
Prof. Ely says: "The more that laws
for taxation of personal property are
perfected, the worse they sre."
The exhaustive investigation of
American systems of taxation made at
great expense of time and money by
Thomas G. Shesrmsn, shows that
farmers pay about 20 per cent. Of their
net incomes In taxation, and million
aires from to 3 per cent. of their net
incomes. Exhaustive Investigations
made by the State Labor Commission
ers of Michigan and Illinois respecting
taxation In their States confirms Mr..
Shesrman's figures for Ohio and other
States. How long can the man who
pays 20 per cent. Of his net income In
taxation compete with the man who
pays but 2 per CENT? viii not the lat.
ter soon have q mortgage on the farm
Of the former and speedily reduce him
to q rsck.rented tensntP Only Z per
cent. Of Delaware farmers own their
land now, and only time is needed to
send the last lsnd.holding farmer Ito
join the troubadOrs, the mound.build-
ers and the Cspulets."
AT the minimum estimates of SIS
per month for national and $40 for
State and local taxes, gives an sggre-
gate of 1875 per month, or $500 per
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-02-26
Producers and Parasites.

who prey upon producing humanity,
we need to examine their words and
acts. 10 deal intelligently with them
at the polls, or elsewhere, we need to
know their beliefs and msxims.
Also Broadway, New York, there Is
nest Of these creatures, who call
themselves the Financial Trust" and
from time to time issue financial fore
casts" which bear some resemblance
to the Hazard circular and that kind
of advice. One great central thought
In their forecasts" is that human
energy moves In cycles, and that
psnics, therefore, must come. AS they
profit by depressiOns during which they
buy cheap and then sell high during
flush times, they are eager to state that
"a prosperous period seems to contain
In itself the seeds of its own destruc-
ton, and is invariably followed by a
period of inactivity and depression,
when every man is forced to join his
fellows in cessation of energetic of.
forts"
Get q man to believe such rot i'm.
pllcitly and he will make no protest
when the gamblers cut down the
money supply, no protest when a "be-
sotted tyrsnt" and q servile Secretary
heed not the sleeplesS monition of a
solemn oath, but issue bonds without
the right to do 80. Every curse
brought upon us by the svsrice of
plutocrsts will be looked upon as In
eVitable.
Says this financial clairVoyant: 81
hope every reader will clearly comnre-
bend the almost omnipotent current of
financial tendencies" Why yes, so do
we. Its tendency seems to be to get
everything in sight and then to charge
the people for the privilege of living
on the rich mans earth. "Weslth is
not accumulated, except In limited
degree, from labor, salaries or personal
effort. 1t Is created by the growth of
the country and the financial tenden-
Cles of the times" That is, such ten
denotes as characterization, national
bank issues, bonds, single gold stand
ard, destruction Of greenbacks, trusts,
etc.
Last October this genius wrote:
every worthy man in the United
States has employment (!lD, but the
money of other countries is out of en-
ployment. 4 Mankind has i'm.
measurable money to use and more and
more will that money be used in com.
bination with American labor" We
are to trail at the chariot wheels of
European mOney-sharks. That is
stimulating to the pride Of genuine
Americans.
Some suggestions are made "to
young men," which should be care.
fully considered by all who make q
living by labor of any kind. "EVery
well.plsnned, well.msnaged business
will have It's time of success during
eras of confidence, but If you have no
business ENHANCEMENT, avoid costly
manufacturing plant, avoid stock in
trade which may be subject to change
or decay, and concentrate your mind.
work and money upon established SO.
curities. No other one medium a0i7
gire such a safe and comprehensive
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-02-26
WHO PAYS THE TAXES THE
FARMERS BALANCE SHEET.
BY W. II. I. wAKEFIELD-NO. III.

BY w. Ii, 7. WAKEFIELD-NO. III.
The average farm in the eastern half
OF Kansas consists of 100 acres, the
land worth $l5 and improvements $40
per acre, or $4,000 in all. Personal
property other than improvements will
average about $500, so that the farmers
have about the same interest as cspl.
talists 40 they have az landlords, pro-
viding there Is no inGumbrsnCe on the
land. This gives total assets Of $4,000.
Interest at 8 per cent. on o. 800 is 1888,
which the owner should receive In ad.
ditlon to wages Of self and family.
To properly conduct such farm re-
Qnires the labor Of two men usually
father and SOM and one boy and two
women, at 81 per day each for the men
and 80 cents for the boy and the
women, for 300 days in the year. This
gives q wages or labor cost Of $500,
which, added to the $288 interest on
Investment, gives 81 1888, to which must
be added taxes of all kinds to get cost
to the farmer.
By observation and questioning
many farmers, and twenty years expert
ence ss q Kansas farmer, / find the
average yearly product of a quarter
section farm to be:
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-02-26


average yearly product of quarter
section farm to be-
40 acres Germ, 600 bushels "a 2Oc. .....S 800 10
20 acres Wheat-S0O bushels Ia SOC. .... $50 10
20 acres oAts-S00 bushels 40 20c ........ 100 90
70 acres hSy-30 tons "a $3.50. ............ Al 90
acres pOtat0es-200 bushels % Pic. 80 90
8 acres 0Fchard-sAles Of fruit, cider, etc. so 90
Sales from garden and small fruits. .... IS 90
Sales Of butter, eggs and poultry. .... 100 90
sale OF TWO nOfSoB, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10 w
Sale Of three steers and one cow ....... 40 90
Sale OF seven hogs. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80 90
Total years product ..................Sl,14 lao 90
It will be seen that the farmer not
In debt can only earn an average Of 81
per day for himself and grown SONS
and so cents per day for his half grown
boys, wife and grown daughters.
This Ia q minimum rate Of wages, out
Of which little or nothing can be saved,
while the work Is often hard and must
be done regardless of heat, cold or
storms. 1t will be observed the farmer
lacks $48 Of getting the wages indi
Gated, but has probably lost that num-
Der Of days during the year. We're
this the final balance IL would not com.
pare very fsvorsbly with average
profits, but farmers could keep out of
debt, and the majority would be salts
fed TO do even that well, although
they should not be, for it is not their
just share in proportion to labor per-
formed of total increase Of wealth.
To make final balance of the farm
er's receipts and expenditures-one
that shall truly show the wages or prof
Ito Of his business and his financial
condition, taxes of all kinds must be
deducted from his receipts.
Did the farmer pay no more national
taxes than other classes pay, his share
Of such tax would be $12 per capita, or
$50 for his family Of FIVE persons,
which Is S5per month. Unfortunately,
such iS not the case, and the inexora.
bic science of mathematics applied to
known and undisputed facts proves
beyond doubt or question that he pays
At least three If not four times as much
such tax as others, or from Sl5 to $50
per month. To this must be added his
State, county and local taxes, which,
Rt the average Kansas rate of 3 cents
on the dollar on his $4,000 assets, as
sessed at one-third actual value, is
SA6, or "a per month. Unfortunately,
again, this does not truly represt Mt the
farmers State and local taxes, because
he indirectly pays others taxes, or a
portion of them, as we'll as all of his
own. The taxes on the merchant and
manufacturer he must pay In higher
prices for what he buys Of them; the
taxes on business lots and buildings
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-02-26

We are giving better club rates than
ever before.
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-02-26

Come or write for our clubbing rates.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26
THE DRUMMER.
A True Pen Picture of This Peculiar
Animal.

Who hath woe2 Whp hath cnnten-
tons? Who hath babhI,ng>? Verify,
he who goeth forth upon the road To
travel.
He goeth forth in tn. n,orning with
a light heart and Il s,arched collar, and
Ieturneth at eveptIde with SOiled raj
ment and a blister on his heel.
He goeth forth like roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devuur; but 10,
every man he meets smlteth him. He
goeth to the place where they do enter
tain strangers, and what he ordert h
of the servant he brIngeth np', and
that which he doth not order is set
before him.
And when EVENT. lie has fallen he
sayeth unto the keeper Of the house:
--"Behold, would be..wakened a he
fifth hour of the morning, that | my
depart to another country"
And 10, before it is yet Ugh, he
knocketh loudly against the door and
sayeth, "Arise,' in loud voice. THAT
thou mayest depart upon thy train.'
And he that would arise awaken in
haste, and putteth his right foot into
his left shoe, and he girdeth himself
quickly, and behold, he weareth his
clothes hind, Idle. before SO great is his
haste thereof.
And the collar that should be grit
about his neck is recoiled in the upper
story of his hat.
And when he arriveth at the place
from whence he would depart, he find
eth that it is only the third hour of the
morning, and he leaneth against tele-
graph pole, and in his heart he revileth
the keeper of the house wherein he
slept.
Or perchance he asketh to be wax
ened at the sixth hour OF the morning,
and 10, the servant man knoCketh not
until the eighth hour and when he
raileth the hired man looketh at him
with look OF scorn.
He -goeth forth to ride upon the
railway.
Then cometh in a beautiful maiden,
arrayed like the lilies, and behold she
taketh a seat afar off; but the dowdy
woman with five children and a wart
on her nose taketh the seat near him.
Verify, man that is born of woman
is of few days and variegated rations.
To-day he hath much that is good and
tomorrow the food is as the withered
grass, yet not SO cleanly. Where he
sleepeth if there is much water, he hath
no towel but if the water be gone, he
hath of towels five in number and a
piece Of soap.
Verify, he hath cause to murmur
an exceeding great murmur.
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THE GOLD LEAF.
Henderson,. y. G.
'HUItSDAY,MAR 2G. 1886.
THE OLD SPRING HOUSE.

With its rude walls of stone and its moss
covered roof
CTS picture inwoven with memory
wooD-
1t stands there to-day. AS il stood in the
years
When We knew anght OF sOriOW-hOr an
guish-nOr tears;
And though far from It now, l can see II
at will
The old spring house at the foot OF the
hill.
o flights of fond fancy that deeply inurn
Sweet scenes OF our childhood, II" more to
return.
Which carry us back III visions AMI dreams
And illumine life's pathway with memo
rvs CLEANS
Till we see once again. though with tears
The old spring house at the foot Of the
hill
There we children barefOoted, would
wander to play.
And wade in the branch that flowed on the
way
Through the meadows and fields with cur
rent so fleet
And the gurgle and ripple that sounded
so sweet,
And the water that helped turn the wheel
at the mill
w d. lfbili tilb sprung Hoi9t DIT thc ''oI vi
the hill
And oh, remember pair of blue eyes.
With glanceS rs tender and soft as the
skies,
And a little brown head that was covered
with curIs.
And the laughter that rippled between
rows of pearls.
Which was changed To IA cry of despair
and of woe
When the craw-fi,h was clinging t" a lit
tie pink toe
Distilled 10y the heart into memOry's wine,
As thus that we drink draught that's di
vine,
And Tighten the burdens which after
years bea",
And Danish with dreaming the demon of
Care,
o, in fond recollection linger there still,
BY the old spring house at the foot of the
hill.
Though vanished forever the faces that
smiled
And hushed is the LAUGHTER heard when
Yet often when musing they fioal back tC
me,
And see them and hear it as clear as can
be,
And I'm playing again. while the heart
strings all thrill.
BY the old spring house at the foot OF the
hill.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inhamed condition of the
mucous lining of the eustachian tube.
When this tube gets infamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an inhamed
condition of the mucus surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case ofdeafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. CHEVY & CO., Toledo, 0.
6Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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Mrs. James Taylor, who ,.,;s
No. So Bailey avenue, K:nr,b,;s
New York, on the 18th Of Dso.,
1894, said: "My age is * vs..-
For the past two years I have l.,
liver trouble and indigestion.
always employ physician, viii,
l did in this case, but obtained
beneficial results. Ins,es had -.
faith in patent medicines. bu, -:
seen Ripans Tabulcs reoomnena.s
very highly in the New York H,.
I concluded to give thra a trial
After using them for a >hor ~.
I found they were jus, wha, nv -
demanded. l have nevr, ennloT.s
a physician since, which means !,
a call and 81 for medicine. On. i,
lars worth of Ripans Tabules I,,,. w.
me a month, and l would no, b.
without them if it Were my las, dor,.
They are the only thing tha, eve,
gave me any permanent relief =,
great pleasure in recommending
them to any one similarly affected
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The value of newspaper advertising
was never more fully demonstrated
than at the present time. The mer-
chant or manufacturer who fails to
properly advertise his wares is back
number, and will never succeed in these
days of hustle and close competition,
as the time for old fogyism has passed.
The people read more now than ever
before, and are alert for bargains when
dollar is to be spent, and they con-
suit the papers for the live merchants
who are on the market.-Sutfolk Her.
aid.
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JOHN z. MUSICK

All last winter Nj. Geo. A. Mills, o
Lebaaon. Conn, was badly afflicted with
rheumatism. At times it was so severe
that he could not stand up straight but was
drawn over on one side. Il iried different
remedies without receiving relief" he says,
until about six months ago | bought a
bottle Of Chamberlain's Pain Balm After
using 1t for three days my rheumatism was
gone and has not returned since" For sale
by NJ Dorsey, druggist.
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Purifier and NERVE TONIC.