Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1891 — A Neat Retort [ARTICLE]

A Neat Retort

The late Peleg W. Chandler, who was hard of hearing, was one of the most effective of war-time speakers. Every occasion illustrated his eloquence. and one demonstrated the quickness of his repartee. At one meeting he was frequently interrupted by a blackguard at the rear of tho hall, who kept shouting: “Why dfen’t you go yourself?” For a timo Mr. Chandler’s deafness prevented him from catching the exact nature of the interruption of which he had been for some time conscious. At last Mr. Chandler caught the words ol the disturber. Then in the mildes; accents, which emphasized the force o: the words, he said: “Young man, if my ears were at good as j ours, and as long as yours. 1 shouldn’t be here to-ntght!” —JLJostqi Transcript