Show fleas EDITOR STANDARD in a comment o 0 the article headed county economy you asked the slaterville Slat erville club to say specially what they meant and not boat about hie bush in reply will say that the club ie composed of men who do not like to insinuate but who like to hit the nail on the head and when necessary are ready to knock the bead entirely on 0 J ewenson was the person referred to as having run his wages up to nearly the exact amount was 01 this amount wae roil cace ajr orte reason for liis calary being high is that ho part of L W UIs but salary is higher than who did his own work salary waa and abe charres are to remain the same it would be far cheaper to buy a bobae and begzy for each ee leetman and have them left on hand when the selectmen SO out of otice we are not certain is to abe exact distauro dista uco bishop layes from the court but we eee that he charged 30 cente mileage each day he attended court this has the appearance to us of a man skinning a flea perhaps if you would inform your readers as to abe amount paid the selectmen and other county for tills year the people would belter understand bat extra vacant salaries they are paying we that for records stationary printing and publishing furniture fuel telephones and sundry expenses at court were paid aud tor permanent improvements to court house were paid making a total of an itemize d account of ahls expenditure would we think prove that a largo part of it had been spent of the money actually collected from the people was paid as ealar iea to officers that bare statement douht to be enough to convince any reasonable man that the ealar iea ought to be cut down in ad dilion to was paid for the prosecution pros cution and board of our gifted county attorney was drawing his 1250 to see that it was well done while all this extravagance lias been boing poing on it coat the county to beep up a farm of eighty acres from which it received an income of not conduct their business more economically than the county court conducts theirs according to that allowing they wont make enough money to pay their taxes in that case ono of the members suggests that everybody would have to go into the business of skinning skin nine flea hoping you will fitin these facts as pertinent as you desire we remain yours for economy slaterville Slat erville oct |