The age-herald., 1900-10-09
MIR. DINKENSPEIL ON
 THE BACK TAX LAW

My wife says I ags chudgmendt undt Redt says I vas defision in crey madder, but I vas satisfactioned dot I vas not all kindts of tam wool all der times mebbe. Ven der corporations undt der pig undt fiddle tags payers vas grying down nit der tags law down init der pag tags law" I vas as gomplacendt as Marganna maigs oudt he vas aboudt Maginley's elec- tion, undt says to myselv der pag tags law vas goodt enuv for me. Undt "? Pecause got senz ablenty undt gots ahed der pag tags commissioner chust as easy as a log walls off.
 How I does id? We'll, ven der panig vas here I bot nize lot undt house for tventy- von hundret dollar, undt ven der tags age zor sents for me puds i'd in for sigs hun dret, because it would not bring dot much at force sale init no bidders, pesites I paidt too much for i'd enyvays. mebbe. Der tags list hadt a lot of qvestions aboudt solvin credits, money hortet tlmondts, chewelry, undt so on fort but I nefer couldt understandid English ven i'd vas in fine print. Undt " shouldt I pay tagses on my timondt studt, undt my vifes rings, undt on der tree tousant dollar we haf In pank, ven utter peoples doan pay on dose tinss? Undt wy shouldt dey pay ven I doan pay? Undt " shouldt eny of us pay so much ven der Goundy of Chefferson vas alretty payid von-sigsd der tagses of der Stade, vile she only gots von-haf der Stade ovices, mebbe?
 But I doan got troo ven I svored to der list, nod by a plane sidt. Der pag tags commissioner haf me citationed der Poard of hafa adeen hundret dollar for my lot undt house. He maigs a speeh undt say he vas gonsid- erable experienced init der values of real estates, undt dot he vas qvite sure my broperdy vouldt bring tree tousant dollar on der marget easy, but he only asgs dot i'd be raist to adeen hundret. Den der Poard calledt on me for speek, undt I says: "Chentlemens, dot lot undt house vas nod vat i'd vas gracked up to be- Id vas pitt ven Buminham vas in ids infandry, undt vas a oldt house undt lot vat leegs undt chakes ven der win doan even blow. undt chakes vorser ven i'd do blow, undt der water in puttles unter der house standts, undt i'd vas in der worse sord of bad repairs undt dere vas lods of nuZanZes in der naper- hoodt undt vas poor man init only yon wife undt no childrens, undt if der pags tags commissioners geeps on piling der tagses up my wife will haf to took in 1aundtry." I hged to wink ven I salt dot, but I geep a stiv ubber lip undt doan wink fiddle bid
 Vat der Poard did? Id pud Ids hets to- getter undt gonsiter vat I salt, undt gon- sitter vat der pag tags commissioner salt, undt done vat Solomons stardted init der baby to do, undt vat some of der poys aids init a bottle of peer ven dere tangs vas fell-id splidt i'd in two, undt raist my aZezment sigs hundret dollar. I letted on like l vas derribly indignationed, undt vent oudt gussin der pag tags law undt salt I vas gold to haf it repealed. But i'd will be a cold day in Septober ven I podders dot law, undt doan you forgid i'd.
 Vat I aids negs year? I puds him in for sigs hundret, chust der same. Mebbe I geds caudt, mebbe doan. Iv geds caudt goes to der Poard undt says: "Chentlemens you doublt my tagses last year agains my brodest, will you do i'd vonce more ven poverty vas loogin me in der faze init all four feet? Will you do i'd ven der deglaration of inderbendence says you must prodect der life undt liperdies der beeple undt let dem alone in der pursuit of properly? Will you do i'd ven der cidy vas doublint her tags rate efry time she gant pay interest. undt she haf chust bit off anutter big moutful?" But der Poard will nod be vis- iply avegded by by fide of oradory, undt will maig der aZezment der same as sdev malt i'd ven I salt my udder speech, undt I kigs, but doan kig no vorser dan young woman kigs ven nize feller kizzes her
 haf standd ofer for tirty-seven hun dret dollar gash for dot lot undt house. undt von of dose times I sells i'd, undt doan pays no tagses atal vatefer
 A DINhENSPEu.