Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1891 — In "A. M [?]r” Key. [ARTICLE]

In "A. M [?]r” Key.

A rising artist —the steeple painter. A potato so'-lal Is when tho young folks go to pair. A eox terrier is to called because he ■ never disturbs a fox, but* is rough on rats. I It seems to be the burg'aries and not 1 the burglars that are committed nowadays. A Newaek wig-makar is engaged in writing a novel, which he calls “The | False Heir.” I Dress like a tramp and your friends will overlook you, but a policemen will , look you over. There are men who think loss of seats in the Legislatuie than they do of tho possible receipts. | Deaf mutes may speak with signs, but they don t go around shaking hands with barber poles. Indians are not much disposed to join secret socictioi, although they are fond of establishing lodges. I One may pity the unfortunate from the bottom of the soul, and yet not have even the top of the wallet affected. I Men are drawn and quartered even in this enlightened asre. They are drawn up from tho railroad station and quarti ered at some hotel. Damp sheets are the terror of everybody except the editor, who likes to have a sheet brought damp from the press. | Baron Maubice de Hirsch’b signature to the document by which he i gives $2,500,000 to ameliorate the coni dition of his countrymen in America is ; thus described: “There was a bold start, a wild zigzagging of pen marks : up and down, anti finally a tangle which ■ might be taken to mean anything that suited the fancy of the reader. Yet nobody felt called upon to criticise the penmanship. 1 *