Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-09
WOMEN ASSESSORS WOULD DO
 BUSINESS RIGHT.

Dear Editor, Brothers and Sisters: What lovely weather; and with such q nice carpet of snow on the ground, just to remind us winter is still here.
 Frozen: I am sorry I am not a good guesser. but l should like to shake your hand for you certainly know low to make the iohnnycakes, and know how to eat them. I think when you have tried my way of pick ing chickens you will like it very much better than using hot water Do you have any deer up there? We dc, and they eat up all the hay and grass they can from now on; and then help themselves to alfalfa and garden crops, and peach and apple trees; and. just think. all the money those representatives voted to allow for damages is more than all gone: and those poor men were kept at the capitol almost a year to make & law to protect the dear little deeTs until 1911; then wonder why the farmers can't be rich as they are; and times are so hard.
 There is about as much fun fin read ing the cause of hard times in the papers by city people as there used to be in reading Josh Billings, but they would not like to hear the truth told about it.
 Farmers own or hire g. farm and work hard to raise stock, poultry and crops. The city sports get some law yer to go to Hartford and make laws so the farmer boys and girls can't set any snares to catch rabbits and earn a little money for boots, shoes or clothing, after the sly pets have done so much damage in the gardens, but the guy from the city can come on to the farm with guns and dogs, shoot quail, cartridges, rabbits, squir- rels and some of your choice colts or cattle you have spent so much time to raise tear down your notices and fences or walls, and laugh at 1t.
 Then comes the question, Who did it (and let them find out)? Then the farmer raises hogs and when selling time comes two or three cents is de- ducted from one kind. for it is older and not worth as much as nice spring pigs: but where Is the butcher who remembers when selling which is the cheap hog: same with beef, nice fat cattle 1-2 to 1 cents a pound. Ma western, but how much is it worth when the housewife buys it? Who makes the proft-nOt the farmers. And merchants buy apples for 40 to 50 cents bushel, then would sell them at 35 to 40 cents & peck: but ought they to cost them so much ! Until some good, sensible men get in office that will protect the farmers
 times will be harder and eatables higher than now.
 It is the poor man, not the rich who has to pay the big taxes. A poor
 person has to put in all they own for full vEluation-law requires 1t. He may have a horse that cost him | just 415; the rich man has one
 that cost him $500: it goes into list for S16. Ii is only a horse, and they are all alike
 It is the same with cows The poor widow may have one worth s26; the | millionaire has one worth S15e He
 puts in list for only s2o, for it's only a COW.
 We hope when the women assessora come into office they will make three | different grades of cows-one of beet ] value, ene of milk value, and one oi dairy or butter value; but from what
 some of the women say, guess we can ! trust them to do the square thing by
 the poor as well as the rich; and il 1 law c2lls for full value there will be
 no difference between rich or poor lists.
 Dear Ready: It is too bad no one
 says. Hello Ready. when yeu go any where. Just wait until I see you and | l will say it twice. It is hard when
 people pass you by and not speak,
 but cheer up, you won't get lost in
 mud while this snow is on the ground
 Your cards were very nice, and ] \ thank you
 c. E. S.: Were you or your son al
 the dance the other night? We think YcuE nsw gFanddauEatsg has biG