Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1910 — The Retort Courteous. [ARTICLE]

The Retort Courteous.

"Camp meeting” John Allen was a famous Methodist preacher and revivalist of the old days down in Maine, and like most successful pulpit orators, his sense of humor was equal to his gift of speech. It Is recalled by the Boston Journal that on one occasion the old gentleman's wife was getting into a carriage, and he neglected to assist her. "You are not as gallant, John, as when you were a boy!” she exclaimed, in gentle rebuke. “No,” was his ready response, “and you are not as buoyant as when you Vere a gal!”