Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1886 — Whiling Away the Time. [ARTICLE]

Whiling Away the Time.

A gentleman who lived in a small town not very far from Buffalo went the way of all flesh, and the burial ceremonies to be performed over his remains were committed to the charge of the local undertaker. The funeral was quite an important one, for the gentleman was prominent in his own town, and a number of his friends from the city were present. The services were held in the church,, but just as the time arrived for taking the remains to the cemetery a severe thun-der-storm came up, and it was considered best not to start until the worst of the storm was ever. The wait .was rather an embarrassing one, but the undertaker was equal to the emergency. Standing on the chancel steps he shouted so as to be ■ heard in the choir loft at the other end of the building: “The organist will please give us a little music to while away the time.” Even the mourners smiled. Tiie pay of ladies in' waiting to the Queen is $3,500 a year; that of lords in waiting $5,000.