Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1895 — He Found Out. [ARTICLE]

He Found Out.

It is not easy to tell a self-conceited man how he is regarded, but now and then some one proves equal to the bsk. During the civil war & man. great bi his own eyes, was, by some influ»nce, appointed a brigadier-general. His sense of his own importance was it once greatly increased. He could hardly speak of anything else but his •ew dignity. Meeting a ‘'homespun” Funkee one day he accosted him thus : ‘‘Well, Jim, 1 suppose you know 1 have been appointed brigadier-getier-slP” “Yes,” said Jim, “I heerd so.” “Weil, what do folks say about it?” •They don’t say nothin’, ’’ replied truthful Jarnos, “Jhey jest laugh." Fouth’s Companion.