Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1894 — The Queen’s “Cemetery.” [ARTICLE]

The Queen’s “Cemetery.”

London Letter. “Grandmamma’s Cemetery” is the name given by the younger generation of Queen Victoria’s immense family to a large volume bound in black morocco with silver mountings, in which the old lady inscribes the name, the age, the date and place of interment of all those of her friends and acquaintances who have passed over to the majority. > As b&r life has been a singularly long one, it may be imagined that the volume is of a buiky character, and each time that she looks at it Her Majesty cannot fail to be struck by the astonishing number of those who have preceded her into the great unknown. What lief Object, can be in keeping so mournful a register as this is difficult to understand unless she expects to take it witk her into another world for the pur pose of being ready-posted as tc /whom shye is likely to meet there. Bolata, the product of a tree in Su matra. is becoming a rival of Indit robber and gutta percha.