Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-07
Cleopatfy's Idees.


too raze. 1t duz SCENE too me that us
wimmin ort too hav chans too no
the trooth about taxes befOr we vOt
next elexshun. My John WIS II
material born ptpalist and he dident
like too fuze with the demykrats last
fawl but he scd beIn that the DENY
krats waz In fur reeforme and ekOnumy
and 10 taxes he thot ther want nc
harme in foozen with such critters
Jest fur wunst fur to git 10 taxes.
but law me when he red in the
pappurs that the legislator waz II pin
up moar exrenceys than Mackkonul
ever thot OK, It kinder made him feele
~ tho popaiists and demykrats wazent
emmy better than golde bugs and purity
soone he jest dide of on ackount ov a
broaken harte fur he thot il popalists
cu1ent Ike trusted then nobody cud
and III wazent wurth livin no longer
So me u wider and them taxes must
he RACED.
Now the lnppurs she's theze figgers
OOrbOHS uVtbuUS Wv CAYCINCCyS tuC
last legislator and AS, 277 dollurs fur
Maekknnuls last extravygint sat ov
gOlde bugs. Too he fare | nocked of
$500 do liars Ov u nlisstnk that ! waZ
told the pappurs made in nggurn out
the expencyes ov the guvvernus ophis
when Mnckkonul way guvvernur the
pappurs sed 5O2,777 but ! say that
488, 277 IL neerer rite.
Now Jane, that's my yungest CURL by
my ftirst husbund, she gos too skool
down to the skt,ol hous on Tammany,
and shes site on figgers, she SEE the
last legislator made sc, go dollars more
expenceys than the other one and she
fingered 1t out by the fggers she scene
In the pappurs. Fur the land ov
Twin! How can Mister Alfurd locke
onest peepul in the fas and say that
the totetui savin by his leggislater waz
100, O0O dollars or more, and him the
speeker at that. Well Jonn uzed to
say. John did, that you couldent be-
3eeve no demykrat no how, and John
wax merely alluz rite, JOHN waz, and
pArtiCkerler when he sed he hOoped
the Lord would furgiv him fur foozen
too GIT 10 taxes. Now, MIR. TELLER
man, Jane SEE that the pappurs seq
there aint ~ much proppurty in Idal.u
- there was and that the vallewashun
ov the state has fs ~ "f nj onto s. OOO. 600
dollars sens the last golde bug Ieggis-
later met now II Jane Is rite 1t seems
too me that ailowin that the expencys
was no hier than they wsz befor, then,
the taxea must he hier too raze the
same amount Ov expeneyes; but when
the expencyes Ia 81, go doIlurs moar;
fur the land 0v the Twin! cant born
idyut see that taxes Will be kleer up
too the last notch. Faxes must he
hler they cant help but lie. line shure
1do hxv 10 sel the rome k0w fur the
taxes this yere and lot her brindul
yerelln hepher NO with her too make
up fur my part ov the s6.27O dollars
extry. John he sold the old broken
back mar last yere and that paid the
assessur but then there wazent no
extry then on ackkount ov foozen for
reiOrme and ekonnu,ny and 10 taxes.
But The hast legRislater dun won
thing that shode it did have n littel
sparkle ov sens left, they give over 3d.
90 dOilA's MoAr tn the insane assilum
than ennyhody ever give befor. That
plas must be KEEP up or els We wont
have no plAs fur peepeI too go too that
ut crazy thlnkin how thay ca, raze
10 tAxea. Aud fur the land ov the
Twin! what rtxun Is there fur so much
more expencye> around the penny
tenshery tllnn ther- yo0sed to bee.
The ieggisla.er must = thot that hekos
taxes wMx h every one would go to
steelll TIN save what wazent wanted
FUR tnA 10 taxes. And, sakes alive!
how JOnus, ttlAt was my last husband
OefOr john, would N ravetl about kut-
ten down the mummy that was wanted
by the old komrads at the Solgurs
Home. Jonus wax mitey set in his
t0ah0 NsNWt NtCCtVU ttC WVSuta tulC
he wax. | waz l0okin IT. his old &.
A. n. kote with the sieve pinned up
that he dident ha e no yO,lsc fur, seein
that he lost his arm ut Five Forks. eZ
say, WAC lookin ut that this
m0rnin aud seq its better Jonus ia
gOa than too bee Twin In y time
when the state has too take the old
sOlgers penshuns too run the home
with jest fur too keep taxes 10. Idle
ruther give rones suekiin caf with the
yearelin than to had the old soigurs
trested that way.
Now I've got to klos far James goin
tho town to-day too see Mister Morris
and some more ov the NOrmul skool
peepul al'owt that skooi ard Tie send
thes FL lines by her 80 rs too saw a
ahAennA IL ho ri tho nnrsnot oh ,lS