Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1888 — “Don’t Crowd the Mourners.” [ARTICLE]

“Don’t Crowd the Mourners.”

The expression, “Don’t crowd the mourners,” originated with one Mier, a prisoner in Mexico. The captured Texans overpowered their guard at Rancho Solado and escaped, but were afterward captured and compelled to draw lots. • A number of beans were placed in a hat, every tenth bean being a black one. The man who drew a black bean was to be executed the next morning. One of the unfortunates, who had drawn a black bean, was jostled accidentally by a fellow captive, who was crowding up to try his luck. The jostled party, whose fate was already sealed, laughingly remarked: “Go slow; don’t crowd the mourners, boys.” The nobility of England date their creation from 1066, when William FitzOsbome is said to have been made Earl of Hereford by William I. It is estimated that 50,000 Americans visited Europe this summer.