Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1884 — A Profitable Office. [ARTICLE]

A Profitable Office.

It conveys an idea of the lucrativeness of high places in England in ‘Mdie good old days”' that in 1824 the then Attorney General stated in the House of Commons that the late Lord Ellenborough had refused $4(11),()()(I for the office in his gift of Chief Clerk of the Court of King’s Bench. When Lord Elienborongh heard that it was vacant he was on horseback, and, alighting-, he wrote in pencil on his saddle his son’s appointment, the groom being witness. The place—a complete sinecure—was worth $35,000 a year.—Brooklyn Eagle. One has need in these days to act upon Luther’s plan; and as our duties grow’ confused and clamorous, to bring them to peace and order through added hours of prayer.— Sara F. Smiley.: