Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1876 — A Good Seat. [ARTICLE]

A Good Seat.

Some years ago, being in Philadelphia, John Cockerill, of Ohio, received an introduction to a prominent divine of that city. The reverend gentleman Invited John to attend his church on a certain Sunday, which invitation was accepted. They entered the sacred edifice together. It was one of the first churches in the city, and its members were fashionable ana aristocratic in the extreme. The minister put John in an elaboratelyfurnished pew, well to the front. John nestled comfortably down into one corner of the same, and looked about as interesting and contented as a toad under a cabbage-leaf. Alter awhile the owner of the pew arrived, and at once gave signs es intense disgust and indignation at the presence of the interloper. He looked at John, looked at the pew, scowled magnificently, and, finally, after ftimbling through his pockets some time, drew forth a card and wrote on it with a pencil: “ This is my seat, sir!” and, with the air of the loftiest contempt, tossed it over to John. The latter took it up, read it with lamblike meekness, peculiar to Himself, and then, with the most delightful coolness, wrote in reply: “ It’s a mlgnty good seat. What rent do you pay?" and tossed the card Sack to its owner. The latter took it, looked at it with the most profound astonishment a minute or two, and then a broad grin overspread his countenance. He evidently enjoyed the supreme brass and coolness of his new acquaintance, and when service was* over he approached John, apologized for his rudeness, invited him to his house, gave him the best he had, and treated him with tne utmost respect and consideration during his sojouSm in the city.— N. T. Express.