All I says to him was, 'All right, who'll pump water to make the fountain squirt?
Suppose the taxpayers 'll take turns, hey ?'" "Well," said the landlord, "I ain't in favor of a fountain, myself.

I reckon a nice piece of statuary would look better, so long as we ain't got water works to make the fountain fount out water.

But it don't look right to have a public square rented out to grow buckwheat in.

It ain't city-like." "It brings in seven dollars a year to the town," said Pap, "an' that's better than payin' out good money for statuary.

I'm agin high taxes every time.