Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1875 — The Price of a Shave. [ARTICLE]

The Price of a Shave.

An old gentleman in standing collar and parsimonious looks entered the Gibson •House barber-shop yesterd%, and negotiated for a square shave. He was shaved. “ Shall I trim your hair a little ?” inquired the barber. “ Thank’e; I don’t keer if you do.” He was shorn. “ Shall I shampoo your hair, sir?” “ Thank’e; don’t keer if you do.” He was shampooed. “ Shall I dye your hair a shade ?” “ If you please, sir.” His hair was dyed. Then he arose from his chair and tendered the astonished razor-slasher a ten-cent shinplaster that looked as if it had been to market every other morning since the flood. “ It’s a dollar and five cents, sir,” said the chin-scraper. . “ Wh—a—t!” screamed the muchly-bar-bered man. “ You—don’t—charge—a dollar and five cents to shave a man?” “ But, sir, you had your hair cut, dyed and shampooed, besides being shaved.” “ Well, dern my buttons, I thought you were throwin’ all that thare in,” and he paid the sum with a look that plainly showed the ragged edge of his remorse and his loss of confidence in the human race.— Cincinnati Gazette.