Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1883 — Paid in His Own Coin. [ARTICLE]

Paid in His Own Coin.

An old and well-known auctioneer in a New England city was driving by a group of school-boys, one day, when he received a thump from a snow-ball, just back of his ear. Reining in his horse, he turned about and addressed them: “I’ll give $1 to any one who xill tell me the name of the boy who threw that snow-ball. ” The response came from the urchins spontaneously, “One, give me two?” “One I’m offered; give me a half.” “One, I’m bid; who’ll make it three-eighths ?” He drove on without any more ceremony.