Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1910 — The Extreme of Meanness. [ARTICLE]

The Extreme of Meanness.

The prosperous farmer was showing me around his estate. “Hello!” 1 exclaiped wltb Interest, as I noticed near his front gate a small building on which was nailed a large reading: "This Is a bathhouse. Every hobo must take a bath before applying at the kitchen door for a hand-out." “I had to put that up on account of my dog," the farmer explained. '“For your dog?” I muttered. In a “what-are-you-talklng-about" tone of voice. “Yes, for my dog,” he i reiterated. “The blamed animal Is so plumb fastidious that he won’t chew up any hobo that ain’t washed.”