Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1891 — SOCKS FOR MR. M’KINLEY. [ARTICLE]

SOCKS FOR MR. M’KINLEY.

Hl»TarlffI.«»(l» nn Irlsli Lml to Make Mint a Present. Samuel D. Frmv camo to this country from Belfast, North Ire.and, six years ago He liked the American climato and tho American people, but he could not endure American stockings. Ho longhd for the comfortable, homo-knit hosiery of old Ireland. And so finally ho wroto to his mother in Ireland to send him somo stockings, t-he was glad to please her boy, and so she knittoi six pairs of Irish stockings and sent them to her son Hut she didn’t write about them, for sho wanted them to be a surprise, and tho first young Frew knew of tho matter was when a balky document arrived from tho custom-house. It was as follows : Samuel D. Fi»w to the Murrlu European and American Express Company, custom-house brokers and forwarding agents, Dr.: To spealSo duty on one pouud manufactured woolat W-) cents. 8 .SO To ad valorem duty on artioles valued at 83, at 60 per oent 1.50 Belmbursementa, charges, and freight 50 United States bonded storage and labor SI Cartage, shipping, or delivery S 3 Postage, eto .03 Custom-house entries, eto .50 Total ... . ....83.21 When Frew looked at tho bill he thought the custom house was at fault; so he went home and hunted up a tariff book and figured out just what the tariff ought to bo. Hero is tho way ho made it: Ad valorem duty on articles valued at £3, at 40 per cent. 8 ,80 Speoiflo duty on one pound manufactured wool at 85 cents. . ~ 85 Total *1.15 Frew wont back to the express office indignant at the thought of being so imposed upon, and handed the clerk the bill as he mado it out Tho clerk looked at it and laughed. “Oh, that was under the old tariff bill,” said he. “This other bill is made out according to Mr. McKinley's new tariff laws.” “You won't accept my bill, thon?" said Frew. “No,” answered tho official. Frew thought for a moment. Then he called the clerk aside and whispered confidentially: “You tell that d d McKinley that he can have my stockings. ” The stockings are still at the custom house, and after the expiration of tho required time they will be sold at public auction same as tho Astor drosses wore. —New York World.