Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1910 — Old Pete’s Little Joke. [ARTICLE]

Old Pete’s Little Joke.

Foolish questions and funny answers were under discussion in the Trenton avenue and Dauphin street police station the other day, and after listening for a while to some amusing Instances, Sergeant MCCay told the following: “Old Pete Flood was the attendant in the Franklin cemetery some years ago, and it became the custom to ask him how business was, Just to hear his reply. It came in a heavy bass voice: “ ‘Ain’t buried a living soul today.’ " —Philadelphia Times.