Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1882 — The Generous Young Man. [ARTICLE]

The Generous Young Man.

A generousyourig man, having taken a brtndle of clothing to the relief rooms Saturday afternoon, asked if they wanted help, for, having a little leisure he was willing to lend a hand. They welcomed him gladly. So he off with his coat an< worked like a major until dusk. Then, looking around for hi* coat. it could nowhere be found. “What did you do with that ooat: same stuff as my breeches and vestF* he naked. “Why,” said one of the packers, “I thought it was a contribution and packed it up with the other things.” “Where is it?” asked the young man in great excitement “Up the river,” was the reply. “Up the river! What in blank is ft doing up tho river?” “On its way to the sufferers. Was it a nice ooat?” “A nice coati I should say it was a nice ooat I put it on brand new last Sunday. There was s2l in my pocketbook in the inside pocket and three new silk handkerchiefs I bought this afternoon.” The young man had to wear homo one of the “burut-out’s” garments, and some “sufferer” up the lake will be lost in admiration at the benevolence of the Detroit people when he “goes through” that coat— Free Press-