Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1869 — A General Benefit. [ARTICLE]

A General Benefit.

IlltjßTra,tivk of the love of seam of our citizens for titles, we have the following, which ended happily. A weO-knswh business man here had a bookkeeper who had been taken on trial, and was receiving 9100 per month. A “young .man from the country ” called on the bookkeeper, and in th* bearing of his employer broke out, u Halloa t how are you, General ?“ as he shook him cordially by the hand. When the granger left, the employer, .who is known for his eccentricity, wheeled round and looked his clerk In the free. The latter thought his hoar had come. “ General I Gumma. I GENERAL! ” broke oat the employer. "So, young man—l beg your pardon. General —you have been promoted T How much do you get in this establishment’ ” The young man, trmMlß* In hit boots, answered that he received 1100 a month, bntlf his employer thought M too much, -—. “That Is enough,” broke in the elder gentleman.; “pleasedo me the fevor to consider your salary raised |BS a month. I cant afford to run a General on SIOO a month; the dignity of the doth most be maintained.” And he now boasts that althivugh of no account hlinedf he has a General in his employ.— Jjjan Jhmeise* letter. Pr » ;* V *» . . ,1;