Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1887 — It Was Hot Enough for Him. [ARTICLE]

It Was Hot Enough for Him.

Chicago Mail. A Bar Harbor man, unacquainted with the modern system of piping houses, went into a shop during the recent hot wave and turned the faucet to get a drink of water. He got the wrong faucet, and did not discover his mistake until be had taken a good swallow of hot wa*er. Dropping his glass in a hurry, he exclaimed: “Great heavens. I knew it was a hot dav, but I didn't think it would heat that water like that!”