Show reeds unruly tenant there used to live in portland joseph reed an uncle of the late speaker reed he was a very large man and was never known to lose hia temper he had an office on exchange street up one flight of stairs one day he sent one of his tenants who was behind in his rent a five days notice to move which made his tenant very mad he called on mr reed boiling over with rage using some very profane language mr reed was sitting and writing at a desk he replied in his quiet easy voice mr stevens you are mad and you must not come up here when ou are mad mr stevens kept right on only worse it anything when mr reed started to get up saying in the same easy tone of voice mr stevens you must go right down stairs or I 1 will have to cuff you mr stevens went quietly down stairs |