Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1890 — The Assessed Valuation of the Goat. [ARTICLE]

The Assessed Valuation of the Goat.

McCorkle (the nowlv appointed real estate assessor on his rounds) —There, Misthur O’Toole, Oi’ye put in the primises at S2O a phut front and the goat at $lO, O’Toole—Phat the divil hev yez to do wid the goat ? He isn’t rale istate. McCorkle—Oh, he isn’t he! Don’t yez attimpt to interfere wid me dooties, Misthur O’Toole. Oi hev the law an’ Oi know me bizness. Mo instrooctions is to ‘assiss at a fair valuation all rale property boundin’ and abuttin’ on both sides av the strate.’ Oi’ve been watchin’ the baste, an’ it’s many a time hev Oi seen ’im a boundin’ and a buttin’ on both sides av the strate. It will be tin dollars, Misthur O’Toole.