Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1903 — A Carlyle Shilling. [ARTICLE]

A Carlyle Shilling.

More than one point of interest can be claimed for the following story, told In the London V. C.: “My grandmother,” says the writer, “was very friendly with the ‘Sage of Chelsea,’ and frequently went in with messages, or to see him, during his visits there. On one occasion I waa sent out on an errand for Thomas Carlyle, and, being unable to get exactly what was required, I brought the nearest thing to it that I could get. On my return, after telling him I had not got the actual thing I was sent for, but that I had broifght Instead something else as near to It as possible, Carlyle produced a shilling, which he gave me, as he said: ‘Not because I had done as I was told, which was only what I ought to do, but because I had used my intelligence.' On returning home and telling my father about It, I waa very much disgusted when he told me not to spend the shilling, hut to have a hole made in It and keep it, as he said that Carlyle did not give many shillings away, and some day I should no doubt prize It. Although rather disgusted at the time, I kept the shilling, and It is today among my most treasured possessions." The double reason which the stern father gave In advising tee boy to keep the shilling will be appreciated by every Carlyle student. It is estimated that half a million New Yorkers are awake and busy, legitimately or otherwise, in night