Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1898 — Long Sleepers. [ARTICLE]

Long Sleepers.

The American in England affords matter for much perplexity and astonishment to his English kinsmen. One of our countrymen was being shown an old church, wherein hundreds of people were buried. “A great many people sleep between these walls," said the guide, indicating the inscription-cov-ered floor with a sweep of bis hand. “So?” said the American: “same way over in our country. Why don't you get H more interesting preacher?"