Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1893 — One of Butler’s Fees. [ARTICLE]

One of Butler’s Fees.

The late General Butler used to delight in telling of one fee that he secured. His son, Paul Butler, owned a fine dog which he kept at the family home, in Lowell. Paul, on his way from the house mornings, would sometimes drop into the meat market where the family supply came from and leave orders. The dog knew the store and formed the bad habit of going around there to have the butcher throw him a bone. This the butcher neglected to do one morning, and the dog satisfied his want by takingfrom the block a fine sirloin steak and running off with it. A few days later the General and the butcher happened to meet. The butcherhad allowed the theft of the steak by the dog to rankle in his mind. “General,” said he, “if a dog should come into my meat market and steal a. line steak, what remedy should I have?” “Send a bill for the steak to the owner of the dog,” answered the General, and off he walked. The butcher took his advice and sent him a bill for $1 for the steak stolen byPaul Butler’s dog. The bill was promptly returned with a check for sl, but with, it was a bill for SIOO for legal advice. “I collected that bill, too,” the General used to chuckle when relating the story,, “though the butcher made a tight about, it.”