Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1882 — One of the Meanest Men Living. [ARTICLE]

One of the Meanest Men Living.

One of the meanest men in existence is a prosperous Kentucky farmer. 11l bad long been his custom), whenever he had a letter to write, to drop in at the bank whero he kept his acoount and borrow a sheet of paper. Having rinished the letter he \tmuld ask the cashier to put it in an envelope and direct it for him, and'then carry it to the postoflice himself. The frequent repetition of this performance seemed in itself a tribe small, but the cashier’s indignation can oe imagined when he learned that the farmer never stamped his letters, knowing that the postmaster, recogui/.ing ttie cashier’s handwriting and the bank’s name in the corner, woqld courteously prepay them and seud the hill to the bank. Corbouate of ammonia is nearly as volatile as liquid ammonia. (Sulphate of ammonia is not not volatile, but •isily as soluble. Muraite of ammonia the sal ammoniac of commerce, is less soluble thau the sulphate.