Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1919 — The Mean Man. [ARTICLE]

The Mean Man.

Everybody knows the story about poor Tom Sharkey, who electrified theZ lingers in his saloon one daydty ing heartily. “Well, boys, what are we going to have?” And then,' ,as the loungers gathered round the bar, Ire ailded. “Rain or shine?” Representative Gordon Lee of Chickamauga told a story of a similar kind about a mean -man nt Atlantic City. Some friends visited him on a hot evening and after they had sweltered a while in the sitting room he said: “ ‘Well, friends, coukl you stand some refreshments?’ ‘“We certainly could!’ the visitors replied, and they moistened their dry lips in pleasant anticipation. “ ‘Then,’ said the mean man, rising, ‘we’ll open this window. There's promise of a breeze.’ ’’