Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1883 — His Reasons. [ARTICLE]

His Reasons.

The attorney for a Maryland railroad which killed a passenger was trying to effect a cheap settlement with the father of the victim, and finally said: “Now, sir, was not your son almost dead with consumption?” “Yes, sir.” “He would have died anyhow within a month?” “Yes, within a fortnight.” “Then why do you demand SI,OOO damages?” “Well, the case is right here. If he had died at home I should have got a S2O coffin, had a quiet funeral and put in three hours’ work cutting corn the same afternoon. Being he was killed qway from home and the news spread around, we had to keep dressed up for four days, buy a SSO coffin, hire a regular hearse, and feed and lodge over twenty relations who had no call to show their noses. It'a a damage of at least SSOO, and the other half won’t more’n jfay his debts and get a headstone up.” He got his money.

A man who can’t < xcite envy or jealousy needn’t expect to excite admiration and respect. The man who has no enemies cannot boast that he has any friends,