Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1892 — After Years in Earth. [ARTICLE]

After Years in Earth.

The tomlkof Edward I. of England, who died in 1307, waa opened on Jan. nary 2, 1770, after 403 years had elapsed, and his body found to be almost perfect, the face even retaining its expression. Canute, the Dane, who crossed over to England in 1017, was found in 1770 by the workmen who repaired the Cathedrals His reposed in the grave for nearly 750 years, but was perfectly fresh and life-like. In 1569, three Roman soldiers were dug out of a peat bog In Ireland, where they had in all probability lain at least 1,500 years, yet they were perfectly preserved even to skin, hair, eyes, and nails. In the reign of James 11. of England, the big church at Warwickshire fell. In clearing away the debris it became necessary to move the tomb of 'Thomas Gray, at one time Marquis of Dorsetshire. When this had been done it was found that the body of the Marquis was as fresh as a corpse newly buried, the jointseven being pliable. This discovery was made exactly seventy-eight years, three months, and two days after the burial, says the Philadelphia Press. Robert Braybrook, who was bishop of London in 1381, and died in 1404, was found to look perfectly natural when removed from the tomb aftlfei the great London tire of 1666; even the color of the eyes could be distinguished.