Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1916 — Needless Expense. [ARTICLE]

Needless Expense.

A traveling man for a Boston house tells of an incident that he observed In one of the northern towns of Aroostock County, Maine. He was seated in the smoking room of the station when a typical Frenchman, from across the border of Canada, appeared at the ticket window and asked the agent for a ticket to Lewiston. “Straight or return?" inquired the agent. “W’at you mean, ‘straight or return’?” inquired the Frenchman, bewildered. “Why,” said the agent, “a straight ticket will take you to Lewiston only, and a return ticket will bring you back here." The Frenchman understood at once. “Say,” he shouted, “w’at for you Vink I want som return ticket w’en I am already on de place?"