At the Newfields town meeting, the road agent asked the town to support the purchase of new steel strips for the blade of the snowplow. Seems the old ones were “all burned out.”
Old-timer says: “If you’d stop scraping that blade across the ground, t’wouldn’t wear out so fast.”
In other town business, Buddy and his wife were upset that the taxes on their house were so high. The upstairs was unfinished, and the taxes didn’t seem to reflect that.
Buddy went to the town offices at the time allotted for protesting tax bills. He sat and waited his turn. He was pretty steamed up. Ready to give it to ‘em both ways.
After a while the door opened and a police officer hauled a sputtering citizen away. Buddy rethought his impulse to give it to ‘em both ways.
He entered the office. Yes, indeed, he sought an adjustment to his tax bill. The head selectman said, “How long you been waiting?”
“About 40 minutes,” Buddy said.
“How about 50 bucks off?” the selectman said. “50 bucks an hour ain’t bad.”
Buddy agreed. And left peaceably.
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Rebecca Rule, author of Live Free and Eat Pie: A Storyteller’s Guide to New Hampshire, spends a lot of time on the road, traveling to her performances throughout the Granite State and beyond. She loves her home state, meeting lots of great people and visiting both new and familiar places. She shares stories that she finds with her this blog. So please "join" her on the road and check back often.
About Becky
- Becky has lived all her life (so far) in New Hampshire. She has written several other popular books set in her home state, including "The Best Revenge," a collection of short stories that was named one of the five Essential New Hampshire Books by New Hampshire Magazine, and "Could Have Been Worse: True Stories, Embellishments and Outright Lies." However, she is probably best known for her live storytelling events, many sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.
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