Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1903 — Scotch Coolneś. [ARTICLE]

Scotch Coolneś.

Speaking of Scotch characteristics, an Englishman traveling in this country told a story illustrative of Scottish coolness under trying circumstances. “A number of Scots,” he said, “were working on a fifteen story building. One up near the roof lost his foothold and fell. But even in his swift descent through the air he remained quite cool and calm. In fact, as he shot past a friend on the twelfth story he sang out: “ ‘Eh, Saundy, man, sic a fall as I shall hae!’ ”