Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1877 — He Will Go. [ARTICLE]

He Will Go.

A poor, forlorn boy sat on the Postoffice steps yesterday, reading one of the circus-circulars freely distributed around town. He read of the wild hyena, the ferocious tigers, the hissing snakes, and the terrible boars, and then, looking down on his old clothes, lie said to himself : “ Your clothes arc old, you liain’tgood looking, and you haven’t got buto cents to your name. You’ll go to the circus—in a horn. ” After a moment his face cleared up and he went on : “ Tell you what to do. Borrow a coat from Tim Brady, a vest from Jack Sheppard, a cap from Little English, and walk right up to the tent when the show arroves. Sell yer knife for 10 cents, borrow 3 more of Billy Hope, find 5 cents under the ticket-wagon; and you are all right to go in as a child under 5 years of age. That’s finance, business and fun all in a heap ; and the first tiling to do is to wash yer feet and begin to look youthful and innocent.”—Detroit Free, PreaH.