Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1886 — For the Minstrels. [ARTICLE]

For the Minstrels.

Why does the historical picture, “Meeting of Mary Queen of Scots and James 1.,” remind the spectator of a celebrated actress? Because it was “Mary and ’er son. ” What is the difference between a railway brakeman and a dancing-master ? One couples trains and the other trains couples. What is the difference between a celebrated beauty and a woman paying court to a man ? One is a fair woman and the other is a woo-man affair.— Detroit Free Press.