Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1894 — Satisfactory. [ARTICLE]

Satisfactory.

Harper's Magazine. A couple about lobe married were anxious that all their friends should attend the ceremony, but were in doubt as to the capacity of the church. Accordingly the young man went to the sexton and asked, “How many will the church seat?” The sexton considered the matter carefully for several minutes, and then replied reflectively: “We-eil, ord’narily it’ll seat ’bout three hundred; but if some’ll sit with their legs hangin’ over the organ loft, I guess it'll jeat three hundred Mid ten.”