The Newtown bee., 1899-09-22
WOODBURY..
TAXATION.

TAXATION.
A response to my good friend, Broth.
er Knox: Mr. Editor Some OF my friends,
that are readers OF your valuable two
sided paper, have urgently expressed a
desire to have me respond to the com"
ments that came out In the Rept rser 10
the first issue after you published my
article on the last town meeting OF Wood.
bury, therefore, to crafty their wishes,
ii you have room to spare please publish
few OF my thoughts. was very much
surprised to see my lengthy epistle in
our local paper that was copied from
your paper, which am happy to say Is
quite extensively circulated among the
farmers, which liz the cl8es I want to
reach. I wish / could command the IN
guage l want to use to express my
thoughts for want to wake up the dull,
sleepy farmers, who fare not only a. laep
but dreaming. and some OF them have
fallen into trance, so that they sra un-
conscious as TO where they are drifting.
Brother Knox's views and mine do not
correspond very we'll, so I shall have to
use some other paper, and yet, out of
respect to my good friend and brother,
perhaps / ought to make an apology, for
the last Issue OF the Reporter had not on
ly two good large sheets and four pages
Jul IL u&u tWO SfOGS W lks D1G h&O IL DOb
been for my lengthy epistle and an &C
count Of an unfair ball game, there
wouldn't have been much reading In 1t
outside of the instal lment plan and, ac-
cOrding to the testimony OF several Of
his subscribers, the SD ace which was oc.
cupied by my lengthy epistle won't be
any detrfment to him. / have always
paid my subscription TO the Reporter In
advance and l hope | shall always be
able to as long as take it, but / am sor-
ry to say that owe my good friend
little mite for repairing some bicycles
that purchased Of him, but have been
so busy at work on my valuable farm,
fighting apple tree worms, woodchucks
and potato bugs, besides working for
three OF my neighbors on their farms,
that have neglected my needy brother,
but just as soon as get nay little mite
Of tax paid, am going to try and settle
up my bills and l will endeavor to call
II anything should happen to
me before get my little mite of tax
paid, nay wife is perfectly honest and my
creditors will not lose a cent IL there is
anything left after the undertaker's bill
Is settled. God forbid that | should
cheat needy br0ther;out of dollar or
cent Of what justly belongs to him. l
had rather be buried in my old dingy
wedding suit or lie at the rich man's
the town farm than to cheat
creditor out OF one cent
of their just dues. ann well aware of
the fact that cannot get a passport
through the pearly gates into the Celes-
tial City unless nay sins are pardoned,
and will the Lord pardon my sins IL
do not deal honestly and justly with my
creditors? Occasionly see an account in
the Reporter of the editor and wife going
on an excursion or taking some pleasure
trip, but never went on an excur sion in
my life and l haven't had the pleasure of
enjoying but Just one pleasure trip, and
that was my wedding tour, when my
wife and visited the great Metropolis Of
America, was introduced to and heard
the great Brooklyn divine both lecture
and preach the gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ, then we went up the Hudson In
magnificent steamboat, visited the
Berkshire Hills, wher4 / was born and
spent my youthful days. Obi how
should like to take that same trip over
again, slthough the great Brooklyn di-
vine is not in the City Of Churches and
the old homestead has passed into the
hands CT strangers, yet the old Berkshire
Hills and Green Mountains are still left.
But never expect TO see them again, for
it takes all of my time, strength and
money to run my valuable farm, get the
necessary things for my family and pay
nv little mite of o tax, which comes due
once In IL months. believe that work
as hard with my muscles as my good
brother does with his brains and be-
lieve 1t is as honest and honorable to dig
my bread and butter out of the earth az
it ia to get 1t out. OF subscriber's pocket
book and lie Brother Knox wants to keep
the buildings in repair, pay the insu-
rance and the little mite OF tax, just
forward the cash. [ don't care to er gage
in the printing business, but I have
thought some Of taking out license, not
to sell rum or keep drug store (espec-
tally on Gods holy day., or build state
roads and graded schools. but to preach
the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and
not orly preach but live it, seven days
in week and see il can get people as
much interested Ia the road that leads to
the New Jerusalem 90 they are In the
proposed new road that leads to Quassa-
paug and Waterbury City. Brother
Ford with the help of the Lord, Miss
Lord and few faithful ones of the diff
ferent churches drove several evil spirits
out of Hotchkissville, but instead of en-.
tering into the swine, they stopped i'm
Woodbury. village and have been running
1t seven days In week, for III the Lord
Jesus Christ was there, people would be
as much interested in divine know adge
as they are In brain knowledge and when
Gods holy day came there wouldn't be
one single store open only for medicinal
purposes. When Christ was here on
earth. he made scourge and drove the
money changers out Of the Temple and
IL he was in Woodbury. TODAY. either In
the flesh or spirit, he would drive the
money changers away from the temple.
In Hotchkissville they haven't any
whiskey saloons, drug stores, churches,
theological students or lawyers and. /
think there is only one professional man,
and he had common sense and decision
of character sufficient TO veto one of the
greatest nuisances that ever got inside q
public building, especially when it liz out
OF repair and, II the janitor isn't willing
to take.the place Of mother or nurse,
the dear little kindergarteners would
soon get things out of order and Ii tht
reservoir should get low 80 thst the su-