Brigham City Bugler | 1891-08-01 | Page 2 | That Fetched Her

That Fetched Her.. There are tricks in the trade of collecting collect-ing taxes. Here's how one successful collector col-lector does ft, or a part of it. He had particular difficulty In getting-the getting-the poll tax out of one mun in his town. The wife was the financier of the bouse-hold, bouse-hold, and whenever the tax man called she concealed her spouse in the background and vigorously talked the persistent monej scraper off the premises. This worked twice, but on the third visit the collector sprung bis surprising dodge. He grabbed the woman's little child,' pulled out bis book aod said with determination: determi-nation: "Very well, madam; we won't trouble about your husband. I'll place the tax on this young one, and will arrest him if be don't pay it at once." The woman wasn't highly posted In tar questions. She evidently placed the child a step higher than the husband, and the requisite two dollars were produced from hehind the kitchcnclock