Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1890 — Extreme French Polit ness. [ARTICLE]

Extreme French Polit ness.

A Frenchman was walking calmly along, when from behind he received a blow from a knife, just between the shoulder-blades. The wounded man turned quickly round and displayed to ..the horrified would-be assassin a face quite unknown to him. “Oh, I beg your pardon, sir; I mistook you for some one else,” he exclaimed, most politely, as raising his hat with one hand, with the other he withdrew his weapon. The wounded stranger was not to be outdone in politeness by his mistaken assailant. “Oh, pray don’t mention it,” replied he, as with a low bow he hurried off to the nearest surgeon.