Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1884 — A Lawyer’s Removal. [ARTICLE]

A Lawyer’s Removal.

“Say, you all—oome here, quick !** “What’s up?” “Fun! Here’s a lawyer going to move!” The boy was correct. A lawyer was changing his office. Some men who had never seen a lawyer remove gathered around with the boys to watch proceedings. An old man with a lame back and a woman blind in one eye constituted the force. They first brought down a table, inKstained, sci atohed, cut and one leg broken. A second-hand man remarked that it might be worth 30 cents. Next came a book case, one drtiwer gone, all the glass broken, and one: door hanging by a single hinge. Th 6 value of this was set down at $3.26,

Then came articles described and valued as follows; ftsarpet $ 1.28 A lounge as A store 1.T5 Pictures „ 15 Ink 02 Legal tap.... 10 Alpaca coat : 15 Ten straw hats. 60 Spittoons 21 Chairs W State laws 6.00 State maps .60 Total SII.GO After the second-hand man had sharpened a pencil and made some figures on a piece of brown paper a boot-black inquired the sum total. “I make the whole thing $15.45,” he answered. “Is that all? And is he a first-class lawyer ?” “I believe be is. ” “Woof! that settles me! I’ve gots2o in the bank, and to-morrer I’ll shake this kit and set up a law shop!”— Detroit Free Press.