Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1919 — The Mean Man. [ARTICLE]

The Mean Man.

Everybody knows thestory about poor Tom Sharkey, who electrified the loungers In his saloon one day by saying heartily, “Well, boys, what are we going to' have?” And then, as the loungers gathered round the bar, he added, “Rain or shine?” Lee of Chick amauga told a story of a similar kind about a mean man at Atlantic City Some friends visited him on a hot eve slug and after they had sweltered a while In the sitting room he said: “ ‘Well, friends, could you stand some refreshments?' “'We certainly could!’ the visitors replied, and they moistened their dry ltpsdn pleasant anticipation. ‘''‘Then,’ said the mean man. rising, •we’ll open this window. There's promise of a breexe.’ ’’ "