Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1916 — Didn’t Know He Had "Risen." [ARTICLE]

Didn’t Know He Had "Risen."

Representative Lobeck of Nebraska used to be a traveling man, and has sold stoves and other useful commodities to every hardware merchant in his district. After he was elected to congress, Lobeck found himself one afternoon in a small village where he had once sold goods, though he had not been there for many yeqrs. It was a village where a hitching rack runs the entire length of the business section. Lobeck thought it would be pleasant to see one of his old customers and receive congratulations on his rise in life since the days when he.went about disposing of hardware. x The customer was seated in the rear of his store looking over the books, when Lobeck entered. He looked up, recognized Lobeck, and said: “Don’t want a thing.” And went right on figuring up his accounts. _