Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1917 — "Potter’s Field.” [ARTICLE]

"Potter’s Field.”

“Potter’s field.” the graveyard In which are buried those who are interred at public expense, comes by its name legitimately. In England and the continent the clay used to make pottery was dug up in long trenches, which -were left unfilled. Common consent soon made It possible for these unsightly stretches of ground to be put to the useful purpose of Interring the bodies of those who were cared for as a charge on coun try.