Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1914 — SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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SEEING THINGS.

The bartender had reached that state where he was staggering visibly under the blows and jars of too much rum ts tpe brain. He was seeing double.

The dignified gentleman who entered the bar every evening at a certain hour, with hiß hat on a certain angle, and with the heels striking the floor with a certain velocity, walked up slowly and asked for his customary glass of beer. The • bartender, with elaborate case, prepared two glasses and set them down in front of jthe Bober and unshaken customer. j “I ordered only one glass of beer,” Said the patron in a smooth manner. “Why in the name of suffering heaven give me two?” “Well, said the bartender, lurching forward to emphasize bis curiosity, “ain’t your friend goin’ to have one?” —The Popular Magazine.