Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1903 — Wouldn’t Buy the Chair. [ARTICLE]

Wouldn’t Buy the Chair.

When the new furniture was bought for the cabinet room, the president told the cabinet members they could have their old chairs for $5 apiece if they wanted them. Government property cannot be riven away, and the president fixed the nominal price on the handsome mahogany chain, thinking that for sentimental reasons the . cabinet membere would like to get the chairs as souvenirs of their service. All the members of the cabinet rs*, rnded with alacrity and sent their 1 dollar checks, except Secretary Boot. Not being sentimental, Secretary Soot said he really was much obliged, but didn’t think he would invest in any secondhand furniture.