Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1907 — ALMOST TOO HONEST. [ARTICLE]

ALMOST TOO HONEST.

Methodist Preacher Sends Back Pan of Damage Money He Did Not Use. “Yes,” said the railway claims agent, “we come across queer things sometimes. The queerest thing in my experience w r as the case of a Mthodist minister. How honest those Meth odists are—the most honest of all sects. "This man was hurt in a rear-end collision, and we gave him $5,000 damages. At the end of a year we got a letter from him that ran something like this: “ *My salary is $2,000, and the ac cident caused me to lose it for a twelvemonth. My medical expenses were $750. My board at a mountain sanatorium for six months was SBSO Other expenses due to this accident were, in round numbers, SI,OOO. Total, $4,600. You gave me $5,000. Now I am back in the pulpit again, as well and strong as ever, and I have S4OO of your money on my hands. Not be ing entitled to that sum, I do what any other Methodist minister would do in my place—l return the money to you as per check enclosed.’ “How was that for honesty?” said the claims agent. "The Methodists are a wonderful lot. We sent the S4OO back to this honest minister, and he gave it to charity in our name.”