Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1896 — HAD HIM FAST. [ARTICLE]

HAD HIM FAST.

A Yankee’s Bemark at the tnab of Lord Nelson. The English people will never understand the humorous temper of the American, which makes him ask such questions as that recorded by Mark Twain as having been asked by a friend of his in the British museum. A guide had exhibited an Egyptian mummy, and discoursel long upon the antiquity of it, and the Egyptian process of embalming, and so forth; and at last the American asked: “Is he dead?” It was only recently, according to a letter in an exchange, that in St. Paul’s cathedral a London guide held forth thus to an American gentleman: “That, sir, is the tomb of the greatest naval ’ero Europe or the whole world ever knew!” “Yes?” t “It Is, sir, the tomb'of Lord Kelson. This marble saroophJggus weighs 42 tons. Ilinaide that Is a steel receptacle weighing 12 tons, and hinside that is a leaden casket, ’erraeticaliy sealed, weighing two tons. Hinside that la a ina’ogany colli n ’oldiqg the ashes of the great ’ero.” “Well.” said ther Yankee, after reflecting a moment. “I guess you’ve got him. If he ever gels out of that, telegraph me at my expenses." Tomato Plants at Mrt. Zimmerman’s. *. The General Supply Store sell the Waverly. an Indiana Wheel. Don’t fail to see those high Grade Monatchs, at the General Supply Store. Have you tried it? if not why not? The Lord’s best flour. For sale by John Eger. , .