Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1887 — A Natural Mistake. [ARTICLE]

A Natural Mistake.

“Yes,” said the old gentleman, sadly, to the traveling man who sat next to him in the car. “It’s a hard thing to have outlived your usefulness; I leel it ver 7 much.” “I suppose you were engaged in a pleasant and congenial occupation,” ventured the traveling man. “I was in the show business,” was the reply. “O, how I long to hear the applause of the multitude and sniff the sawdust once more. ” “O,” said his companion, “from the last remark I should judge that you were connected with a circus. ” “You are mistaken, sir,” was tlie somewhat stiff rejoinder, “I was a ballet master." —Merchant Traveler.