Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1885 — In the Wrong Line. [ARTICLE]

In the Wrong Line.

A father had obtained a place for his young son in a drug store, with a view to his learning the business. Meeting the druggist one day, he asked him how he was pleased with the hoy. “I am afraid he will never amount to much in the drug line,” was the reply. “He doesn’t seem to be fitted for it altogether. This morning when I came down after breakfast, the pavement in front of the store was very icy, and he asked me if he shouldn’t sprinkle some ashes over it. Your son, I fear, is not endowed with the necessary ‘grasp’ to succeed in drugs.”— New York Sun. Speaking of a commercial traveler who was arreeted for embezzlement, an exchange says: “He confesses bis guilt.” A drummer may own up to guilt, but to brass—never.