Connecticut western news., 1885-03-04
TOO MEAN FOR HANGING.
A NiRgnrdIy Fellow fhat Burdette Met on n
 Railroad Train out West.

The meanest main in all this land of United America went down from Lin coin, Nebraska, into Kansas the other day. Mind you, he wasn't Nebraskan; he was an interstate immigrant coming from somewhere east of the Mississippi. At Wymore there is a merchant who carries his stock in basket, and he is famous all the land over for his popcorn. He came on the car with his wares and this mean man, who was travelling with his wife, little child of perhaps 8 years land his father-in-law, asked the price of 2popcorn. "Fiye cents package" That WIS too much. He didn't want any. After the merchant left the car the mean man said: "I want some O that ere popcorn, but kin git cheaper'n that. " Presently he went out on the platform aud said to the dealer in the fruit that cheers but not ine-hic-briates: "Say, mister, want some of that popcorn, but hain't got on'y three cents. Now, if you kin lemme have paper of it fur three cents, all right; but I kain't give no more fur it, because hain't got on'y that much money" We'll, after some dickering the merchant finally let him have paper of popcorn for three cents, a. d the mean man came in the car, sat down beside his wife and little child and began munching his popcorn. Never a crumb did he offer to anybody. He was just enjoying it. He said: 'I had enough money to buy his whole basket ful, but I knowed could git some fur less'n five cents." As he munched, his father-in-law and wife seemed to under stand that they were not in on that treat, but the child began to reach up it's little dimpled hands and in the sweetest child ish accents beg for some popcorn. Save to hold the package up out of the reach of the pleading little hands the mean man paid not the slightest attention to the baby, but kept on eating. Presently the mother spoke to him and said the child wanted some of the corn. "Well, replied her husband, Eff the child is any hungrier'n am, an wants this popcorn more'n do, he ought to have it" But he kept on eating it himself and never a grain did the child get. Pretty soon the little fellow began to cry for the corn. This may have annoyed the father, be- cause he soon arose, put the popcorn up in the rack out of the child's reach and went into another car. While he was gone the child continued to cry and reach after the banquet, and the mother took the popcorn down and gave some tc the little one. While this was going or the mean man came back. Furious You never saw anything like it. Ht snatched the popcorn away from tho child and poured torrent of abuse upor his wife for daring to touch his popcorn Then he put it back into the rack and a intervals got up and ate some of it unti it was all gone.
 Now, in a case of that kind-and tht above is a truthful narrative of an actua occurrence-is not lynch law justi6able Is not that kind of man more valuabl, and useful as a fertilizer than anything else ? Isn't he curse to society as lonl as he lives? And might he not prove blessing to the medical student and bar ren land when he dies Then why no kill him and make blessing of him
 The world has no use for a mean man A drurkard, liar, a swearer, thief, tramp, a swindler, murderer may hay good traits and have some sphere o usefulness in this world, but mean man pure and simple-God wasted muc when He made him.