Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1891 — Preachers and Hacknen Whack up. [ARTICLE]

Preachers and Hacknen Whack up.

It is a curious fact that the Camden preachers are a prolific source of revenue to nearly every hack driver in Philadelphia. A formal agreementexists between the two classes, which provides that all. marriage fees shall be equally divided between the man who marries the couple and the man who drives them to the preacher’s residence. In this manner a sharp competition has developed, and the most popular preacher is the one who numbers the largest following of enterprising hack drivers. As a general thing the gentry who do the driving can tell a couple who intend to get married a block away. —Philadelphia Record. The working population of the world is estimated at 500,000,000; the power of the world’s steam engines at theequivalent of 1,000,000,000 men.