Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1911 — Traveling Man’s Tale. [ARTICLE]

Traveling Man’s Tale.

"I had a strange experience with an Intoxicated man in a telegraph office down state the other day,” says a traveling man. "Was in a hurry to send a message myself, but this fellow was leaning against the receiver’s window as if he was camped there for the night. He muttered a lot of fool stuff to the man behind the screen, but I couldn’t hear what it was. Finally I got impatient and shoved my message over his shoulder. At the same time I saw the scrawl this souse was endeavoring to get On the wire. It was addressed to somebody in New Orleans. "He fumbled in his pocket, produced 62 cents in small change, and started away. 'Hold on,’ the clerk said; ‘this Isn’t enough. It will cost you $1.40 to send this to New Orleans.’ ** ’A’ right, o’ man,' waved the inebriate airily. ‘That’s all I gdt with: me right now. Just send it as far as you can f*r th’ money!’”