Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1878 — “Only Me." [ARTICLE]

“Only Me."

[From the New Orleans Picayune.] A boy came up in the Picayune office to insert a death notice last night. He said to the gentleman having charge of the advertising department: “ Another one gone; that makes eight.” “ What do you mean?” asked the gentleman. The boy answered: “ I mean that is the eighth one of my family that has died —five brothers and three sisters. I wonder who will come next?” “ How many are left ?” “ Only me,” he replied, as he went out.