Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1910 — SIMPLY WORKED HIS “CINCH” [ARTICLE]

SIMPLY WORKED HIS “CINCH”

Barber Had Monopoly, Knew It and Was Governed by Hie Own Sweet Will. The man In a small town who has a "cinch” on things in his own particular line often develops into a more complete monopolist than the big operators elsewhere. Among the "Little Stories of the Town” the Boston Journal furnishes this amusing instance: In the town of Tam worth. N. H„ there is but one barber and he is extremely autocratic. He is a dispenser of soda and confectionery, a repairer of guns and shoes and, withal, on Wednesday and Sunday mornings the town's only barber if he feels like it He would rather hunt and fish, however, than do any of these things. Some months ago a traveling salesman, becalmed In Tamworth. had the barber shop pointed out to him and called to get shaved. He inquired of the man wbo was there repairing a shoe if the barber was in. "No barber hero; him gone.'’ The next day the salesman asked the same question. "No barber hero; him gone fishing.” The next day the salesman found the Identical man hs had spoken to for three mornings pro* vious, imperturbably shaving a villager. "What in the dickens did you mean by turning me down from getting a shave all this timer’ he asked, •lie no like your faoe. Good dap.* was all the satisfaction hs got