Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1902 — Beaten by One. [ARTICLE]

Beaten by One.

A well-known Glasgow divine related the following anecdote, showing that the ready wit of a countryman was more than a match for him. He was going to the country for his holidays, and was in a railway train, when a young man entered. In a short time the two commenced a conversation, in the course of which the clergyman asked the youth what he worked at. “I am a coupler, sir,” was the reply. "A coupler! So am I,” replied the minister, with a laugh. The youth looked at him for a minute or so, then burst into a fit of laughter, and said: “Oh, I see; ye’re a meenister; ye mairry folk. But I gang farther than ye dae, I baith couple and uncouple.” The clergyman laughed heartily, and acknowledged that the youth had the better of the sally.