Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1890 — He Took Stock. [ARTICLE]

He Took Stock.

“Now tell me honestly," said a scientific gentleman to the proprietor of a dime museum, “do yon really take any stock in mermaids?" “Do I take any stock in ? en\. Look here, if you want to go into the busine-s, the first thing you want to do is to get ¥bme one that understands what he s about to make you a good mermaid.”—Washington Post.