Show 12 THE 06DEN (UTAH) STANDARD-EXAMINE- TUESDAY EVENING OCTOBER Burgess Bedtime Stories 23 1951 Unci e Ray's Corner British Editors Fought Against Stamp Tax Pioneer newspapers in GreatBritain had a hard time three centuries ago Members of the government were worried because such papers might print things against them Laws were made to license newspapers It was against 4he law to publish a paper without a license While Cromwell and the Puri- tans were in power all news- papers except two were put out of business The two which were allowed to appear were under direct control of the government After Cromwell's death Charles II was placed onKing the throne Then" the Puritan papers out went of business A "surveyor of the press" was named and he was given "the sole right of writing printing and publishing all and other narratives mercuries books of public intelligence" That control passed before long and several small newspapers were started One of these was the "Oxford Gazette" which later became the "London Gazette" Other papers included the "English Courant" the "London Post" the "London Mercury" the "Flying Post' and the "Orange Gazette" These were published Once a week twice a week or once in two weeks The dally newspaper with perhaps the shortest life in history was published during that period It was called the "Post Boy" and appeared for only four days! Later the "Post Boy" appeared as a weekly It had been too much work for the editor to put it out every day There were tax collectors in - - — 1 — those days too and they cast an Soon a law eye on newspapers was passed to tax the papers each copy of a small paper was forced to carry a stamp costing half a penny and a penny tax was charged for each copy of larger papers The taxes helped to end the lives of several newspapers but others kept on publishing Despite the taxes 53 newspapers were published in London alone during the year 1776 Taxes were laid on British newspapers for more than three quarters of a century but bold editors and others fought for freedom of the press The fight against the stamp tax was won at last For "General Interest" section of your scrapbook uncle used A picture of a herald wasbay: on the front page of a London paper Tomorrow: Boston Papers A leaflet which reduces an explanation of atoms and atomic energy to simple terms has been prepared by Uncle Ray To obtain a free copy send a stamped envelope to Uncle Ray Publishers Syndicate 30 North Chicago 111 "Probably it was Thunderer orfhldden and died where the hunt-4- one of his family It is a little late era could not find them Somefor Longbill to still be her Of times they had been merely Reddy and Mrs Reddy Listen they could not flu re the sumacs were red the liv course it may be that some of wounded so that this In run could Some profit from another's woe ing flame of the dying but they fly year The LongbiU's relatives from the north had managed to escape theway hunters It should not be but it is so young birch trees here and there are stopping over here on their and their dogs only to be found —Old Mother Nature wore golden robes The wild way to the Sunny South" said later by Reddy and Mrs Reddy who knew that they themselves Along the edge of the Old Pas- - grapes were hanging in purple and Reddy then a double bang sound- were in small danger Later they black bunches in the vines that edJust from another direction would be hunted for their coats climbed over the bushes along the grinned "I don't wish anyoneReddy any but now the hunters were looking old stone wall On the doorstep of harm" said he "but if it does for feathered folk and perhaps there would be their home close to a ledge part happened to someone I hope it will Rabbits Anyway plenty of time to hunt safely for good luck for us" way up a long slope In the Old beMrs Reddy looked at Reddy He any wounded or killed who had Pasture sat Reddy Fox and Mrs was slightly It was a sly not been found by the hunters Reddy Their red coats had been sort grinning Mrs Reddy grinned All they need do was to keep out grin well cared for and were lovely Q en of anH it tvat thm aamm onrt nf of sight of any of the hunters with The two together made a handsome Ta grin She knew just what Reddy the dreadful guns and at the same There were hunters and pair thinking He was remember- time make sure of each place trappers who envied Reddy and was Mrs- Reddy those coats arret would ing the many feasts they had had where they had heard the sound if they had the chance take those on Grouse and Woodcock and Quail of the dreadful guns Then after that had fallen to the dreadful the Black Shadows had come coats from them From over on the edge of the guns of other years Sometimes the creeping out from the Purple Hills Green Forest came the hatefulest feathered folk had been badly they would visit each of those There their noses would sound the bang of a gun It was wounded and had crept away and places followed instantly by a second flBFSEXCELLE NCY NERO CLAUDIUS WHAT AN WOCu: bang Reddy looked at Mrs Reddy A She understood the look I SHAU REMEMBER That' BlSf CAESAR AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS "Well go over there after dark" wre"OFJ5RMf---SSM5Wk ir£££r Lt said she OHYEHA LIEUTENANT V OP rfk "Vy-A N GOlDW D AND UNATTACHE FOOCERO not "We nodded find may Reddy Tom Is so trnstin' that Dolly anything but then we may It is L pCOLONELOOPLJSUNHtAK to while look around always worth knows he don't watch her so where those terrible guns have been" said he "I wonder if it was Longbill the thinks It would be mistreatin' a or Thunderer Woodcock the good opportunity If she didn't Grouse the hunter with that dreadful gun was after" said Mrs deceive poor Tom Reddy Poor Pa - J( "Or a Woodcock" grinned added Mrs Keddy "Or a Bob White" Grinned Reddy almost surely find anyone that had been left there "I hate those hunters with the dreadful Yes air I hate them But they do give us fire-stic- "Or a Duck or a Rabbit or a Squirrel or a Pheasant" said Reddy Mrs Reddy stood up and looked over the Green Meadows to the Green Forest "It is a lovely time of year" said she I The next story: A Rude Awakening 'CoDvrieht 1951 bv Thornton W Burgess) f TSKTS' r NEVER iT 5 YOUR HIGH WOULD HAVfc BE NESS AS YOU'VE ( it told? 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