Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1894 — Plain Talk to His Lordship. [ARTICLE]

Plain Talk to His Lordship.

St. Louis Republic, , j. e T A venerable and pompous English Bishop was having. \hls Iportrait painted by an eminentantist. After sitting steady for an hour in silence, the churchman thought he would break the monotony with a-remark: “How are you getting along?” he inquired. To the astonishment of the Bishop the knight of the palette absorbed in his work, replied: “Move your head a little to the right and shut your mouth./’ Not being accustomed 1 to such a form of address, his lordship said: “May I ask why you address me in this manner?” The artist, still absorbed in his work, said: “I want to take off a little of your cheek.” The Bishop collapsed.