Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1917 — When Might Made Right. [ARTICLE]

When Might Made Right.

A clergyman while passing through one of the by-streets of Edinburgh came upon a rough-looking and gigantic coal man, who was “persuading” his horse to move along more expeditiously, The horse had taken a stubborn fit, and the coal map. .wits very exerted, and couching his sentiments in language which was simply appalling. says London Tit-Bits. . . The clergyman was a little man, but rash, for he rebuked the coal man in a TnanneFThut lefr-absolutciy-nothTng-to be desired. / L. “I cannot understand.” he said, in winding up * his expostulation,- “What you mean by using such harrowing expressions/’ 'u , V■ , This rebuke was lost upon the 1 coal man. “My wee man,” he replied, at the same time patting the clergyman on the shoulder with a very dirty hand, “neither could I understand it —when I was your size.” ' Needless to say, there was no rejoinder, and the clergyman passed on.