Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1883 — Anecdote of Charles XV. [ARTICLE]

Anecdote of Charles XV.

Soon after the death of the dowager Queen of Sweden, Desideria, Jhe King, Charles XV., was met by one of the theatrical managers of the city, dressed in deep mousing. No sooner did the King see him than he said: “Ah! Have you, also, been visited by a sorrow in your family?” “Oh, your Majesty ” said the manager. “It must be some very near relative," said the King. “Oh, your Majesty, it was a sad bereavement.” “Your wife, perhaps ?” “Ah, no, your Majesty. I mourn the most revered Queen Dowager, her Majesty, Desideria ” “The d 1! I didn’t know you were related to the old lady/ laughingly exclaimed the King,— Texas Siftings. According to an English statistican, who has been at pains to collect data on the subject, early risers live the longest