Beaver County News | 1916-09-01 | Page 9 | No use for Hearse There

NO USE FOR HEARSE THERE Sleepy Driver's Horses Brought Hi Unwelcome Vehicle to the Wrong Neighborhood. Carl Blessing, a young farmer, living liv-ing near Columbus, was at work In-a In-a field some distance from his home. He happened to look In the direction of his house and then stopped to look again. A hearse was being driven up the lane and as he stood there watching, watch-ing, the horses stopped with the hearse-at hearse-at the Blessing gate. Blessing ran to-the to-the house to see what had happened. On the front seat of the hearse was-the was-the driver, fast asleep. Blessing awakened awak-ened him. "Are you not dead?" the drlvee asked. "Not that you could notice," Blessing Bless-ing returned. I "Well, isn't anybody dead here?" I "Not unless they died In the last' l five minutes," said Blessing. "Then the driver realized he had gone to sleep and the horses had turned in to the Blessing lane of their own accord. He remembered that he-was he-was going to the White creek neighborhood, neigh-borhood, so he turned around, wenf down the iane and remained awake-until awake-until he arrived at his destination. Indianapolis News.