Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-18
AN APPEAL FOR DELIyERAECE
''0d Man" Of the Backweods is Heard 0f.,ring
Earnest SupplcatiOn for Relief

Riding a short time ago up through a
narrow valley in Vernon county and
nea:ing q dilapidated house, we heard
an old man ia fervent prayer It was
so interesting that give from memory
what | can hope 1t reaches the throne
above, as it certainly ought TO As we
| rode up he was saying, we thank thee
that thou hast led Folk and La Toilette
and Dsneeu and Johnson into the gov.
! srnors' chairs Of four great states. The
have stood for something; they had
| something to fight for
Il thank thee for so many split bal
| lOts It shows that men ara no longer
party cattle but are voting for the best
men Ii shows intelligence and wisdom
! And now, 0 Lord, we would turn our
attention to affairs nearer home Ib IS
| tax time and our taxes have been ter
ribly oppressive ana viii be SO until we
| rise mp and demand a change Our land
| has doubled i'll value On the tax roll, our
| taxes have doubled "a few years; new
| offices nave been created ana 1t is time
| 60 call halls Our land doesn't produce
any more than when it was cheap; the
| boom is going off, trade Is poor, stock
| cheap, tobacco uncertain, the moneyed
men are going to pay no taxes on their
mortgages, and the land and cattle have
/ to stand all the tax o. God. we far
mers are not ready for the single tax
| yet La Toilette promises us that no
state tax shall be cxacted this year
| Thank God for La Toilette So it is our
county and town and school taxes that
we must pay To DO that most Of the
/ property ow lers must take all they can
/ e8rn above expenses for the laxt four
| l,outba To &y the taxes D. Lord, our
| school tax oppressive Il is one-halr
| of the WI tax We have fine build
! ;cgs ed teachers, but the children are
no, as forward as Ia days of old, when
/ taey got three months year in log
! cabin frcM scrub" teacher and gob .
| plenty of individual instruction in every
| branch .. Lord, thou knowest that six
months a year Of school is worth nine,
and that we are examining and crowding
! our children until they are weak in body
and IL mind and soul
Help, we pray Uuc county fathers to
| be as wis as serpents aud harmless az
/ doves. Help them 10 remember that
many of us poor horny handed sorn of
toll here in the valleys are going with
| Out proper f39d and clothing IN order to
/ raise money 70 pay the high taxes i'm
posed upon us. Lord many poor
| widow in her humble hcme in this
county i struggling to lay by money to
pay her little tsx. Many poor old vet
eran, many eu unfortunate pioneer is
cramped for means to pay mis-. II comes
hard TO the be Of us-so We pray the
] county board viii ass the strictest econ
ouy
L015, there hag been 2 period Of spec
u l.
bought la.d at h. gh figures; and Others
haye felt ihat they were richer than
they really we're Help the people Of
tbe towns 10 keep an eye on their sci
\ wants In tins counIy legislature and to
praise th IA when they fight for econ.
Umy and 20 drop them wnen hey are
axgravsgaut with the peoples money.
Q Lord this high taxation cannot al
WAYS last. Thou knowest it is ruiuous
10 he bes interests Of the county We
thank thee shat we see signs Of improve.
. ments We thank thee that fifteen out
Of thirty two county fathers did vote tC
pay their own cab fare to and from the
great annul, Institutional feasts which
consume time and money and fine din.
uers at the expense 30 ths county OF
come two or three hundred dollars and
which amount 10 almost nothing Lord
we pray that the names Of these fifteen
. worthless be made known that we may
banquet them another year as the sign
of our pleasure. lord, the noble women
] who preside at those great occasions
! work hard for days TO cater 60 the six
dozen friends and is there any good com
ing ont of it 10 the tax payerf These
homes are always in order at such
times and other mes and why not
, abolish the annual visit and save the
thirty dollar bus bill aud the sixty-fouI
daya' attendance rf the county fathers
@ho draw &3 q day and mleagef Bles.
Wilkins, and Weieb and Glenn, those
fJieuds to the unfortunate Have an eye
upon the justices o th8 county and helI
them to settle petty grievances ont OF
' court Help che county board TO ordair
3 stone pile ia a barbeG wire cage fol
the exercise Of such persons as may b.
compelled to reside in tine county bastil5
! | O. Lord it is not right that these
! wicked fellows should live upon US hard
worked people when there is a law
q which il enforced, makes them valuable
road makers
Help our law makers in Madison O.
frame a good Law that will compel O
money lender owing ten thousand dol
AAE iAl5& tara- ~ la AAAE Ft@AAAE At& AAl ~
that he would pay If he owned a tel
Thousand dollar farm Grant that tht
game wArdeua Of Vernon county be PAID
no more salary each year than all tbs
q game and fishes are worth Grant thai
bhe Jury commission be abolished anC
! that we 20 back to the Ole way. Abol
! ish tna county board and ia the place
] put county commissioners. Help DsJear
in his fight against the infamous omni
, bus bill which costs the county 81 200
} Help the towns to ses that all the iror
e bridges ara beps painted with suitable
paint % We have already asked toe
Z much. Lord Bug 1t is ali needed, and il
q thou caDst help as @a viii praise thee
az before
y Being IN 3 hurry raped on the door
{ The old gentleman opensa it. Them
+. my sendheuls. too 7 said Amen,
! | he said &. Y POR~ER
O LeEdinE Orchestra Coming
2 TIE Vircqua Lecture association takel
pleasure in announcing 70 the citiz MS oi
3 ViroQua that the Cleveland ladies or
: ehestta q upeTigr organization Of nine
+ lady artists md tne leadership OF Al
T. fred Me'z3orf, the 9reat Cleveland lead
err and violin -ololsr, VIII appear for the
"a frat llme ,n "if9Qua on Friday, Janu
q ary e. Each member If the company
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