Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1894 — Lord Hannen and the Undertaker. [ARTICLE]

Lord Hannen and the Undertaker.

Lord Hannen the distinguished English judge whose death was recently announced, was known as a very stern and strict ruler of his court; no man dared take a liberty with him, and he was never known to bs hoaxed except on one cc asion. A juryman, dressed in deep mourning, serious a>d downoast in expression, stood up and claimed exemption from service on that day as hs was deeply interested in a funeral of a gentleman at which it was his de-ire to be pre-ent. “Oh, certainly,” was the courteous reply of the judge, a:d the sad man went. “My lord,” interpo ed the clerk as soon as the ex-juryman had gone, “doyou kDow who that man is that you exempted?" “No.” “He is an undertaker.”