Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1880 — The Greatest Attraction. [ARTICLE]

The Greatest Attraction.

A young man took his sweetheart to the exposition with a cold-blooded determination. He showed her the dog show. . “This,” said he, “is one of the best things in the exposition.” He conducted her to the place where beautiful Borneo A polios hold forth. “This,” said he, “is one of the sights here which is very interesting.” He then explained the two great engines seen in the industrial part of the building. He showed her the art gallery and that pretty picture in the press-room which is called, “ Farewell to the Forest,” and which every lady who sees wishes to carry off. “This pioture,” he explained, “exhibits a gem of female loveliness, and few things could be prettier. The greatest attraction. I have reserved to the last. It is by far the most unique in the building.” The young lady became very much interested as he lea her up-stairs

and expatiated on the beauties of an unknown object. Soon they stood before the large mirror; he paused, and so did she. Then, with a cold-blooded determination worthy of a better cause, he pointed into the mirror at the young lady’s reflection, and said: “That, I think, is the boss attraction of the exposition.” “It i 3 strange,” she mnrmnred, among her blushes, “that one glass should mirror both the greatest and the least attraction at the same time.”—Louisville Courier Journal.