Show OFFERED TO DO IT CHEAP An Itinerant Hangman Who Couldnt Get n Job I > was before the days of guillotine nFrance when they used Callous folks as they do nowadays in America Not having a regular exscuioner in the outlying parts whenever there was iced of such a functionary ho was hired at a fixed price with the additional reward re-ward ofthe victims clothes On one occasion a Iramp going through a court town was engaged for this purpose Ho swung his subject of and received the equivalent of five dollars dol-lars and the usual perquisites Passing the same = place some six months after he caused the church bell 1 to bo rung the common method of assembling as-sembling tho people When they were gathered ho mounted tho steps and said Some time ago I hanged a man for you at five dollars the job and his clothes Now if there arc any of you who need hanging I will be glad to do it for half the figure and drop all claim to the garments gar-ments i An opportunity to be disposed of to cheap wont happen again so you had better take advantage of the opportunity oppor-tunity But low as were his rates he couldnt find a market Philadelphia Times |