Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1908 — Felt at Home. [ARTICLE]

Felt at Home.

The former sexton had been arrogant, boisterous and irreverent. To do the wrong tMng at the wrong moment was his specialty. He retired at the end of the year by request of the trustees. The new sexton was a colored man. and from the very first gave intense satisfaction. His movements were as soft as a cat’s; doors were never slammed, nor did he open windows with a bang. “Where did that man receive his training?” asked the elated pastor one evening while attending a meeting of the trustees. “In the Pullman service,” grunted a member who was battling the hay fever, "where he was taught to have a regard for the comfort of the sleepers."