Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1890 — Fine Sage. [ARTICLE]

Fine Sage.

Metaphorical language is sometimes misleading. When one begins to “call names,” even in a complimentary fashion, there is a chance that some literal person will -wonder what he means’. A gentleman visiting a little town “Down East,” sayst I called on business at the house o? an old lady, and entertained myself in looking over her library. We fell to discussing books, and, thinking of Emerson, I asked her if she knew much about the “Sage of Concord.” “Concord, where?” she asked. “Concord, Massachusetts,” I answered. “Is it any better’n any other sage?” she innocently inquired.