Logan Republican | 1903-03-31 | Page 3 | A Lively Corpse

A Lively Corpse. Living In a small town In Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania Is an old colored man, who Is somewhat of a local prcachor. On such occasions as ho Is called on to speak ho can usually bo rolled on to mnko tibe of cortaln stercotpyed expressions, ex-pressions, which, however, aro not always al-ways nppllcnblo. Not long ago ho officiated of-ficiated nt a funeral servleo, nnd after drawing Fomo deductions In characteristic character-istic laugunge from tho solemn ovont, he olntod toward tho body of tho decpfisod and said Impressively: "Hero, brethren, wo havo boforo us a. llvln' witness and n standing montt-ment montt-ment of the frailty of human hopos."