Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1910 — Took the Hint. [ARTICLE]

Took the Hint.

A story is told of a certain English bishop well known for his verbosity who rose to address the house of lords on a very important occasion. /‘I will divide my speech under twelve heads,” he said, to the discomfort of his audience. The Marquis of Salisbury begged to be allowed to Interpose with a llttls anecdote. "A friend of mine was returning home late one night,” he said, "when opposite St. Paul’s he saw an Intoxicated man trying to ascertain the time on the big clock there. Just then it began to strike and slowly tolled out 12/ The man listened, looked hard at the clock and said: "Confound you! Why couldn’t you have said that all at once?’ ”