Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1883 — Minister and Barber. [ARTICLE]

Minister and Barber.

The Rev. Dr. S , who happens to possess a rather florid complexion, went into the shop of a barber, one of his parishioners, to be shaved. The barber was addicted to an Occasional spree, after whicli his hand was apt to be somewhat unsteady. In shaving the minister on the occasion referred to he made a slip and brought the blood to the surface in a considerable quantity, The minister turned to the man and brother, and said, in a tone of solemn severity: “You see, Jackson, what comes from taking too much drink.” “Yes, sab,” replied Jackson, “it makes de skin very tendali, sah. It do, for a sack, sah.”