Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1887 — Twelve Clergymen in a Fix. [ARTICLE]

Twelve Clergymen in a Fix.

i Twelve Baptist, clergymen who were attending-a convention at St. Louis, j Mo., went down to-a secluded spot on : the river bank in “the afternoon for the purpose of taking a swim. This score of brethren removed their clothing and placed it upon the railroad track close at hand, because the grass was wet. They then entered the water and enjoyed themselves. Presently an express train came round the curve at the ! rate of forty miles an hour, and before any of the swimmers could reach dry land all of those undershirts and socks and things were fluttering from the cowcatcher and speeding onward toward Kansas. It was painful to the brethren - exceedingly painful, because ad the clothing that could bo found, after a careful search, was a sun umbrella, one coat, and a pair of eyeglasses. And they do say when those twelve marched home by the refulgent light of the moon the situation was —well, embarrassing. —Baptist lic(ordt r.