Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1899 — The Barber Got His Money. [ARTICLE]

The Barber Got His Money.

A suspicious-looking individual entered a barber shop in Manchester, and while being shaved casually remarked: "I suppose a good many customers forget to pay?” "No, sir,” the barber replied. ‘"There was a time when I used to give credit, but I never do now. In fact, nobody asks for it any more.” “How’s that?” “Well, you see,” said the barber, trying the edge of his razor on his thumbnail, “whenever I shaved a gentleman who asked me to mark it up I put a little nick in his nose with my razor, and kept tally that way. They very soon didn’t want to run up bills.” There was a tremor in the customer's voice as he answered, from b?neatb the lather: “Do you object to being paid in advance ?”—Tid-Bits.