Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1898 — A Solt Answer. [ARTICLE]

A Solt Answer.

No man is better known or more generally beloved In the city In which he lives than Prof. Adam Hendershott. His conversation Is quite devoid of bitterness. Only once was he ever known ti say anything Indicating even the slightest trace of 111 temper. Traveling townward on a suburban trolley line to call upon a friend, he asked the conductor to transfer him to the city street cars at a certain point. Soon afterward the car stopped, and he was surprised to see outside the very friend he was seeking. He started to leave the car, but the conductor accosted him. “You can’t change for your car here,” he said, brusquely. “Go back!” The professor passed him, taking no notice. “Can’t change cars here, I tell you,” snapped the conductor again. Prof. Hendershott, deep in conversation with his friend, merely waved his hand to signify that the car might go on without him. “Here, you old Jay!” cried the man Flth the brass buttons, angrily; “don’t tell you that you can’t change cars at this station?” Tjie good old professor answered with severity: “But I can change my mind at this station, can’t I?”—oYuth’s Companion.