Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1894 — Deities Made to Order. [ARTICLE]

Deities Made to Order.

It is possible for any Chinaman, or even any Chinese woman, to become a deitv by paying for the honor. A few years ago a rich and devout Chinese lady died in Soochoo. Her friends thought that an apotheosis was no more than her due, and communicated with the priests, who interviewed the gods on the subject, and discovered that the God of the Left Little Tee Nail bad no wife. The old laiy was accordingly married to his godship, and is now'enrolled as the “Godde s of the Left Little Toe NaiL” The honor cost the old lady’s estate over $5,060.