The man tendered a dollar, and asked the General to credit him with the balance against the next year's rent.

The General refused and made him ride nine miles to Alexandria and back for the fourpence.
On the other hand, he sent to a shoemaker in Alexandria to come and measure him for shoes.

The man returned word that he did not go to any one's house to take measures, and the General mounted his horse and rode the nine miles to him.

One of his rules was to pay at taverns the same sum for his servants' meals as for his own.

An inn-keeper brought him a bill of three-and-ninepence for his own breakfast, and three shillings for his servant.